Biomedical Engineering Applicant
Female · first gen west African - American · Midwest · large public (well funded)
🏷️ URM, Geographic
Income: EFC 5,000
AP Exams Taken
- Lipgloss and Jewelry e-commerce business
- Volunteer for well building organization in sub-Saharan Africa
- National Honor Society Co-PresidentOur chapter has 400 members
- NASA-adjacent internship about mosquitos and vector-borne disease
- State-wide Biomedical Research teen boardFundraising for research and raising awareness for public health
- State-wide recognition organization teen boardFundraising for scholarships and free museum trips
- HIV education clubOnly lasted through freshman year due to Covid and censorship
- Academic Team PresidentWe qualified for state but lost badly
- Black Wall Street Internship with local university
- Soccer Referee JobI have other jobs, but this one was fun to write essays about
- ★Gâtes Scholarship Semi-Finalist
- ★Academic All-State
- ★Collège Board African American Recognition Program
- ★Student of the Month (February)
- ★Junior Graduation Attendant
Essay Topics
I wrote about the US/African cultural divide and how I bridged the gap when I went to Africa for the first time.
I connected engineering to my volunteer work with water treatment in west Africa and how I want to use engineering to help the people there.
I was basic and talked about my heritage and engineering for all of them, the more simple I wrote this essay, the better school results I had.
I talked about how my bigoted AP World teacher consistently spread islamophobie and racism in his lessons and how I stood up to him by calling him out in class.
- Yale University
- Performance/Outcome: None
- Duke University
- Performance/Outcome: None
AP Calc Teacher
She is an absolute Goddess, she wrote recs for every school and scholarship I applied to and she genuinely cares about me, even though I got a B in her class.
AP Bio Teacher
The recommendation was good, but generic, but she specifically talked about my personality and work ethic more than just my accolades.
Retail Store Manager
The recommendation was short but it alluded to my work ethic and the kindness I show toward my peers and customers. I love my boss!
HS Principal
The rec letter was very personal and showed the best sides of my character, while saying my stats were pretty nice. I think this one stood out because my principal is over 3000 students and he doesn't write recs often.
Accepted (8)
Waitlisted (4)
Rejected (9)
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