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Health SciencesClass of 20213.8+otherstem

neuroscience biochemistry Applicant

Female · Asian Indian · Los Angeles · public competitive

Income: middle class

Academic Profile
GPA (UW/W)
3.9 (UW)
Class Rank
45/594
AP Courses
9
Honors
11

AP Exams Taken

BiologyLanguageGermanAP US History
Extracurricular Activities
  • Key Club
  • President
  • Speech and Debate Club
  • President and Founder
  • District Student Government
  • President
  • United Students of South Asia
  • Senior Officer
  • Varsity Tennis
  • Internship at Doctors office
  • Internship at Non-Profit
  • Borgen Project
  • Internship at Health Program
  • Volunteering at Autistic Children's Camp
  • Volunteering making a guide to free/cheap medical resources for local low income families
Awards & Honors
  • National Merit Commended Scholar
  • Lions Club Speech Contest Two-Time winner
  • CSF member
  • NHS Member
  • Girls state representative

Essay Topics

Common App Essay

I felt great about this one and still do. I wrote it in June and tweaked it until August when I finally uploaded it. It was about how my life for the movie Cars and my family's ownership of a car rental/dealership business motivated me to work hard after my dad died my sophomore year.

Interview Experiences
  • Wellesley College
  • Performance/Outcome: went really well and went over allotted time and into the next interviewees time on accident. She gave me advice on how to maximize my other apps in the future and we related pretty well.
  • Northwestern University
  • Performance/Outcome: not so well. Super thrown off by my interviewer cuz I wasn't adequately prepared and was way too tense. Definitely feel like I bombed that one.
  • Baylor Unviersity
  • Performance/Outcome: went great! Bonded with interviewer over multiple shared interests.
  • Harvard University
  • Performance/Outcome: she said I was “an excellent candidate for Harvard” and we got along pretty well, but it only lasted 26 minutes which is pretty short for a Harvard interview.
Letters of Recommendation
  • Internship supervisor (health program)

    8/10; very detailed and she knew me well since I had been under her direct supervision for several months

  • AP Language/journalism teacher

    10/10; she doesn't let kids see their letters but sent me mine to make sure it was perfect because she said she wanted to do everything she could to help me get in. Super detailed with projects and info I forgot from multiple years I had her

  • AP US History teacher

    6-7/10; we had a good relationship but weren't close and only had him one year

  • AP Biology teacher

    7/10; had her two years and weren't super close but knew each other alright

College Decisions

Accepted (9)

Stony Brook UniversityHofstra UniversityHoward UniversityBaylor UnviersityUniversity of California, San DiegoUniversity of California, RiversideColorado School of MinesMenlo CollegeCalifornia Lutheran University

Waitlisted (6)

Wellesley CollegeOberlin CollegeUniversity of California, Los AngelesUniversity of California, BerkeleyUniversity of California, IrvineUniversity of California, Santa Barbara

Rejected (7)

California Institute of TechnologyRice UniversityUniversity of Southern CaliforniaNorthwestern UniversityBrown UniversityHarvard UniversityBoston University

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Quick Stats
CategoryHealth Sciences
Year2021
Majorneuroscience biochemistry
GPA3.9 (UW)
Acceptances9
Rejections7