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PhysicistClass of 20213.8+1500+/34+steminternational
Physics Applicant
Male · Indian · India (international student) · Private school in Mumbai, about a quarter of the class applies outside India
Income: Middle class
Academic Profile
GPA (UW/W)
83.5 (UW)
SAT
1530
AP Courses
2
AP Exams Taken
Calculus BCPhysics C Mechanics
Extracurricular Activities
- CS program at well known tech companyDeveloped project over 4 months with team of 3 others.
- Co author of physics paper on quantum mechanical squeezed statesWill be published in American Journal of Physics. It passed the peer review just after decisions came out.
- Speedcubing practice/competing/organized a competitionAll 4 years, my most consistent EC. National level awards and national records.
- Alpha tester for QM bookSame professor as in previous activity.
- Recreational codingTaught myself Python ML, C++ OOP, Wolfram Language and did random projects.
- Piano classesGrade 5 Piano and Theory of Music distinction. Learnt for nearly 7 years but stopped in senior year.
- School Speedcubing club founder/leaderWeekly meetings/practice hangout sessions.
- School journalism club writerWrote science articles.
- Unofficial study under PhD student at IIT BombayLearnt mostly about nanotechnology.
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology OCW Quantum Mechanics coursesCompleted courses to fill space.
Awards & Honors
- ★International summer camp
- ★Description: Follow up from this.
- ★Space settlement design competition
- ★Description: Invited team.
- ★School Chemistry quiz
- ★Interschool science quiz
- ★Local hackathon
Essay Topics
Common App Essay
Wrote a lot of bad essays previously, counselor liked the personal essay.
Interview Experiences
- Princeton University
- Performance/Outcome: Standard interview, enthusiastic interviewer.
- Stanford University
- Performance/Outcome: Average interview, caught off guard.
- Rochester
- Performance/Outcome: Standard interview.
- Trinity College, Cambridge
- Performance/Outcome: Academic interview, discussed paper related to interviewer's field.
- Ecole Polytechnique
- Performance/Outcome: Combination of US and Oxbridge style, math section went well.
Letters of Recommendation
CS teacher
Probably very good, active in class for 2 years.
English teacher
Active in class, knew about most ECs.
Research associate at school
Best letter of recommendation he ever wrote.
Professor
Worked online for almost a year, decent letter expected.
College Decisions
Accepted (9)
Boston UniversityUniversity of ArizonaImperial College LondonUniversity College LondonKing's College LondonUniversity of EdinburghUniversity College UtrechtUniversity of GroningenUniversity of Toronto
Rejected (11)
University of ChicagoTrinity CollegeUniversity of RochesterWashington University in St. LouisCornell UniversityHarvard UniversityPrinceton UniversityYale UniversityMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyStanford UniversityLund University
Profile Tags
ResearchScience FairLeadershipClubVolunteeringAdvanced Coursework (AP/IB/Dual Enrollment)Academic CompetitionCreative WritingPublic Speaking