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Computer ScientistClass of 20223.8+1500+/34+stem
Computer Science Applicant
Male · White · Houston, Texas · Tiny private school
Income: 120k - 150k
Academic Profile
GPA (UW/W)
4.88 (UW)
SAT
1560
AP Courses
1
IB Courses
7
Extracurricular Activities
- Founded and sold an e-commerce businessMade over 400 dollars per day in revenue; met with manufacturers; hired a content creator; tracked finances; ran marketing campaigns; sold to a small e-commerce consulting company.
- Part-Time front end engineer at a blockchain startupJoined as an intern. Promoted to junior developer. Promoted again to front-end engineer.
- Paid Software Engineering InternAssisted in the development of an online auction platform. Built new features on both the back end and front end using C, Blazor, and .NET.
- Paid Technical Product Management InternOrganized and coordinated development operations; wrote acceptance criteria for the development team. Performed QA testing on features in development.
- Software Engineering Intern at an investment management firmBuilt an interactive data visualization app for energy power trading to identify trends in wind, solar, geothermal, and hydroelectric energy data.
- Paid Intern at an architecture firmCreated models and floor plans. Won the "complete the community" design competition, and my design was presented to the city for implementation.
- Web Development Internship at a bootcampWorked alongside Flatiron Bootcamp students trying to break into the tech industry and built web-based projects using JavaScript, CSS, and HTML.
- Part-Time Employee at a restaurantTook an active role in improving the restaurant by creating a new bowl layout and implementing practices that improved worker efficiency.
- Bass section leader of youth choirChoir since age 7. Travel to places like NYC and Canada on tour. Soloist for a symphony.
- Bass guitar player in rock bandPlayed bass guitar in a rock band. Performed paid gigs at local venues including concerts, fundraisers, school events, and parties.
Awards & Honors
- ★Invited to speak about careers in tech and blockchain on a software engineering podcast
- ★National Merit Scholar
- ★Eagle Scout
- ★School Scholarship Award
- ★National Honor Society
Essay Topics
Common App Essay
My personal statement is about starting my business.
Interview Experiences
- Stanford University
- Performance/Outcome: None
- Duke University
- Performance/Outcome: None
- Dartmouth College
- Performance/Outcome: None
- Harvey Mudd College
- Performance/Outcome: None
- Harvard University
- Performance/Outcome: None
Letters of Recommendation
Internship Mentor
Good
Internship Mentor
Good
Computer Science Teacher
Good
College Decisions
Accepted (8)
University of Texas at AustinTexas A&M UniversityGeorgia Institute of TechnologyCalifornia Polytechnic State UniversityRochester Institute of TechnologyUniversity of Texas at DallasRice UniversitySanta Clara University
Waitlisted (6)
University of ChicagoDuke UniversityNortheastern UniversityHarvey Mudd CollegeJohns Hopkins UniversityWashington University in St. Louis
Rejected (10)
Dartmouth CollegeColumbia UniversityCornell UniversityYale UniversityHarvard UniversityStanford UniversityUniversity of Southern CaliforniaCarnegie Mellon UniversityCalifornia Institute of TechnologyMassachusetts Institute of Technology
Profile Tags
ResearchAdvanced Coursework (AP/IB/Dual Enrollment)LeadershipClubVolunteeringInternshipEntrepreneurCreative WritingPublic Speaking