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Political ScientistClass of 20233.8+1500+/34+socsci
Political Science Applicant
Female · White · New York suburbs · really good small public school
🏷️ first-gen ish, parents are immigrants with degrees from home country, sibling legacy with brother at Penn
Income: enough that paying isn't a problem
Academic Profile
GPA (UW/W)
100.5 (W)
ACT
36
AP Courses
10
Honors
7
AP Exams Taken
AP CS A (4)AP Euro (5)APUSH (5)AP Lang (5)AP Physics 1 (4)
Extracurricular Activities
- School Literary MagazineEditor in chief, grades 10-12, won some major awards, 3 hours per week, 40 weeks per year
- Mod CreatorContributor to online election-related game, grades 11-12, 4 hours per week, 52 weeks per year
- Creator of Election-Based Historical Card GameHobby project, grades 10-12, 2 hours per week, 52 weeks per year
- Social Media ManagerMember of club that runs events for teens through local library, grades 9-12, 3 hours per week, 40 weeks per year
- Quizbowl Team CaptainWon 1st in regional tournament, grades 11-12, 2 hours per week, 40 weeks per year
- Library VolunteerRan events for children and registered children for summer reading program, grades 10-12, 2 hours per week, 12 weeks per year
- Hospital VolunteerHelped at health fair and built website, grades 11-12, 1 hour per week, 12 weeks per year
- Music HobbyWrote album analyses and participated in online discussions, grades 9-12, 2 hours per week, 52 weeks per year
- Spanish TutorTutored an 8th grader, grade 11, 1 hour per week, 40 weeks per year
- Languages HobbyResearched linguistics and language learning, learned basic German and French, made project overviewing Indo-European languages, grades 9-12, 1 hour per week, 52 weeks per year
Awards & Honors
- ★Best English Student Award
- ★Math Honor Society
- ★National Honor Society
- ★National Merit Scholarship Commended
- ★AP Scholar with Distinction
Essay Topics
Common App Essay
Discussed interests in random topics and how they connect to character traits
Interview Experiences
- University of Pennsylvania
- Performance/Outcome: Went really well
- Georgetown University
- Performance/Outcome: Went really well
- Bowdoin College
- Performance/Outcome: Went really well
- Columbia University
- Performance/Outcome: Went really well
- Cornell University
- Performance/Outcome: Non-evaluative
- Dartmouth College
- Performance/Outcome: Weaker but nothing really bad
- Swarthmore College
- Performance/Outcome: Weaker but nothing really bad
- Tufts University
- Performance/Outcome: Weaker but nothing really bad
Letters of Recommendation
Counselor Letter
5/10, don't know her very well so probably good but generic
AP Lang Teacher
7/10, fairly close, rated highly due to being one of the best students, detailed letter
AP Physics Teacher
7/10, close relationship, sought extra help in class
Peer Recommendation
10/10 from brother for Dartmouth
College Decisions
Accepted (4)
Binghamton UniversityBoston CollegeNew York UniversityGeorgetown University
Waitlisted (7)
Amherst CollegeBowdoin CollegeBoston UniversityCornell UniversityNortheastern UniversityUniversity of VirginiaVillanova University
Rejected (8)
Columbia UniversityDartmouth CollegeDuke UniversitySwarthmore CollegeTufts UniversityUniversity of PennsylvaniaWilliams CollegeYale University
Profile Tags
ResearchLeadershipClubSocial Media ManagerVolunteeringCommunity ServiceWriting & PublicationsCreative WritingAcademic CompetitionDebateHonor SocietyAdvanced Coursework (AP/IB/Dual Enrollment)