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Computer ScientistClass of 20233.8+1500+/34+stem
Computer Science, Electrical Engineering Applicant
Male · Asian · Public
🏷️ First generation
Academic Profile
GPA (UW/W)
3.97 (UW)
ACT
36
AP Courses
7
AP Exams Taken
AP Computer Science AAP PsychologyAP MicroeconomicsAP MacroeconomicsAP Physics 1AP English LanguageAP Calculus BC
Extracurricular Activities
- Nonprofit CEO/FounderDeveloped originally to help form robotics teams, has helped form and mentor 40 robotics teams, taught over 3000 kids through free weekly classes with 150 volunteers, featured in Forbes.
- Civic Nonprofit Director of Technology/WriterCoded and designed site with over 5 million annual visits, writing has received over 200,000 reads.
- Robotics Internship Team LeadDeveloped robots to automate a specific corporate function for an IPO company, robots currently in use in local office.
- Under-resourced School STEM Program LeadFully funded and coached over 80 kids from under-resourced areas to participate in robotics contests.
- Robotics Team CaptainLed team to numerous awards, built app with over 7000 downloads, co-founded and wrote for the largest tutorial website based around competition.
- Math Club PresidentServed as president for 4 years.
- CS Club PresidentServed as president for 3 years.
- CS InternshipBuilt tool to help an IPO company debug effectively.
- CS InternshipBuilt tool to compile reports on companies for a University of California, Berkeley VC firm.
- Nonprofit Youth Council MemberHelped run projects and conducted data analysis for an anti-gun violence NGO that reached over 1 million teens in 2022.
Awards & Honors
- ★PVSA Gold (3 times)
- ★AIME Qualifier (3 times)
- ★AP Computer Science A Perfect Score
- ★Description: One of 369 out of 80,000 takers.
- ★National Merit Semifinalist
- ★Employee of the Quarter, Most Involved Intern
- ★Description: One of 5300 employees.
Essay Topics
Common App Essay
Discussed growing up in a heavily under-resourced community, finding a love for robotics, and bringing opportunities back to the community.
Interview Experiences
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Performance/Outcome: Spectacular
- Harvard University
- Performance/Outcome: Spectacular
- Duke University
- Performance/Outcome: Spectacular
- Georgetown University
- Performance/Outcome: Very good
- Harvey Mudd College
- Performance/Outcome: Very good
- Northwestern University
- Performance/Outcome: Very good
- Yale University
- Performance/Outcome: Average
- Princeton University
- Performance/Outcome: Average
Letters of Recommendation
History Teacher
Very positive recommendation discussing leadership and importance in the classroom.
Physics Teacher
Very positive recommendation discussing leadership and importance in the classroom.
Calculus BC Teacher
Very positive recommendation discussing leadership and importance in the classroom.
Manager at Civic Nonprofit
Strong recommendation discussing leadership, technical skills, and work ethic.
Contact at Robotics Internship
Very positive recommendation.
College Decisions
Accepted (8)
University of PennsylvaniadUniversity of Michigan, Ann ArborGeorgia Institute of TechnologyUniversity of Illinois, Urbana ChampaignUniversity of California, Santa BarbaraPurdue UniversityBoston UniversityUniversity of California, Santa Cruz
Waitlisted (9)
Harvard UniversityCornell UniversityNorthwestern UniversityUniversity of California, Los AngelesCarnegie Mellon UniversityJohns Hopkins UniversityHarvey Mudd CollegeClaremont McKenna CollegeUniversity of California, Davis
Rejected (13)
Stanford UniversityUniversity of California, BerkeleyDuke UniversityPrinceton UniversityColumbia UniversityBrown UniversityYale UniversityGeorgetown UniversityMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyCalifornia Institute of TechnologyUniversity of ChicagoUniversity of California, San DiegoUniversity of Southern California
Profile Tags
ResearchRoboticsLeadershipNonprofitCommunity ServiceSTEM ClubMath ClubCivic EngagementEntrepreneurshipPublic SpeakingYouth MentorVolunteerAdvocacyActivismAcademic CompetitionInternshipJob Experience