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BiologistClass of 20233.8+1500+/34+steminternational
Molecular Biology Applicant
Female · South Asian · SoCal (international because of H4 status) · Competitive Public School
Income: 300k
Academic Profile
GPA (UW/W)
3.97 (UW)
ACT
34
AP Courses
13
Extracurricular Activities
- Editor in chief of an award winning school newspaper
- Animal Pre-Vet intern
- Intern with a clinical research company
- Human Factors intern
- Linguistics research with a local professor
- Campaign volunteer and phone banking intern
- Classical Indian dancer and singer
- Private paid tutor
- Editor in chief for the newsletter of a prominent national group for environmental science
- Writing director for student run NPO
- Writer for a mental health magazine
- Currently in the process of writing a book
Awards & Honors
- ★First place in a state journalism competition
- ★National Rural and Small Town Scholar
- ★HOSA state qualifier for several categories
- ★National Merit commended student
- ★AP scholar with Distinction
Essay Topics
Common App Essay
Focused on hardships, poetic but clear
Interview Experiences
- Dartmouth College
- Performance/Outcome: Terrible, power outage before the interview
- Washington and Lee University
- Performance/Outcome: Amazing, loved the interviewer
Letters of Recommendation
History Teacher
Enjoyed the class but not very close
Journalism Teacher
Close relationship, favorite teacher
Science Teacher
Loved the class and had a close relationship
Research Mentor
Extremely sweet and well written letter
College Decisions
Accepted (12)
University of Southern CaliforniaUniversity of AlabamaGrinnell CollegeMiddlebury CollegeCase Western Reserve UniversityUniversity of California, San DiegoUniversity of California, DavisUniversity of California, RiversideUniversity of California, Santa BarbaraSmith CollegeWesleyan UniversityEmory University
Waitlisted (5)
Colby CollegeUniversity of MiamiUniversity of California, Los AngelesNortheastern UniversityWashington University in St. Louis
Rejected (9)
Dartmouth CollegeTufts UniversityNorthwestern UniversityRice UniversityVanderbilt UniversityUniversity of California, BerkeleyCornell UniversityYale UniversityDuke University
Profile Tags
ResearchLeadershipEditor in chiefInternshipVolunteeringCommunity ServiceWriting & PublicationsPublic SpeakingAcademic CompetitionAdvanced Coursework (AP/IB/Dual Enrollment)