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Computer ScientistClass of 20223.8+1500+/34+stem
Computer Science Applicant
Female · Asian · Northeast · Public high school, competitive
Income: Middle class
Academic Profile
GPA (UW/W)
3.96 (UW)
SAT
1550
AP Courses
9
Honors
8
AP Exams Taken
AP Physics 1AP English LanguageAP StatisticsAP World History
Extracurricular Activities
- ResearchIndependent research in computational biology during junior and senior summers.
- Science OlympiadParticipant since 7th grade, led a couple of events.
- ArtDrawing, maintains an art Instagram account.
- ViolinParticipates in school orchestra and qualifies for all-county orchestra.
- Math ClubCompetes in math club competitions, qualified for states once.
- Violin TutoringTutored an elementary school student during COVID.
- InternshipWorked at a local art business one summer.
- VolunteeringVolunteered sporadically for art events.
- Foreign LanguageLearning Chinese, Japanese, and some Korean; developed an Anki-style application for memorization.
- Figure SkatingRecreational figure skating, started in high school.
Awards & Honors
- ★International Research Award
- ★Regional Research Award
- ★Science Olympiad Medals
- ★Description: 9 regional medals over the past few years.
- ★Regional Art Awards
- ★Description: A couple received over the past few years.
- ★Mandarin Essay Writing Award
Essay Topics
Common App Essay
Discussed stepping out of comfort zone to try figure skating and research.
Interview Experiences
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Performance/Outcome: Positive experience.
- Princeton University
- Performance/Outcome: Positive experience, similar backgrounds with interviewer.
- University of Pennsylvania
- Performance/Outcome: Positive experience.
- Harvard University
- Performance/Outcome: Positive experience.
- Columbia University
- Performance/Outcome: Positive experience.
Letters of Recommendation
Honors Algebra 2 Teacher
Strong relationship, good performance in class, positive feedback from parents.
AP English Language Teacher
Good relationship, made effort to communicate during virtual learning.
Science Research Teacher
Long-term relationship, knows the applicant's research process well.
College Decisions
Accepted (8)
Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyBinghamton UniversityStony Brook UniversityNortheastern UniversityWorcester Polytechnic InstituteVanderbilt UniversityCornell UniversityUniversity of Pennsylvania
Waitlisted (5)
Carnegie Mellon UniversityJohns Hopkins UniversityHarvard UniversityColumbia UniversityNew York University
Rejected (2)
Princeton UniversityBrown University
Profile Tags
ResearchScience OlympiadArt ClubVolunteeringLeadershipInternshipAdvanced Coursework (AP/IB/Dual Enrollment)Creative Writing