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EngineerClass of 20223.8+1500+/34+stem
Chemical Engineering Applicant
Male · White (UK) / Asian (Filipino) · MA · Private All-Boys Catholic School
Income: don't know but usually get no aid so I guess I'm rich
Academic Profile
GPA (UW/W)
4 (UW)
SAT
1540
AP Courses
7
Honors
11
Extracurricular Activities
- Model UN Club PresidentHeld officer positions in club since 10th grade, won a few awards at college and high school conferences
- Politics Club PresidentMainly just weekly discussion meetings but one time ran a school-wide election simulator
- Full-time summer job50 hours a week for 8 weeks as a camp counselor, mostly worked with mid elementary school age range
- Editor-in-chief of school paperRedesigned and renamed paper, increasing viewership significantly
- Student council secretaryOnly in 12th grade
- Volunteer work as math tutorTutored a few elementary school kids with an outside organization
- Speech and Debate Team MemberParticipated but quit senior year due to time commitment
- Russian School of Mathematics StudentAttended since first grade
- Math Challenge ClubParticipated in club activities
- Peer Minister / Mentor / VolunteeringInvolved within school
Awards & Honors
- ★National Honor Society
- ★National Merit Commended Student
- ★AP Scholar with Distinction
- ★Description: 11th grade
- ★AP Scholar
- ★Description: 10th grade
- ★Rensselaer Medal Award
Essay Topics
Common App Essay
Discussed learning public speaking through Model UN, mentorship, and improvisation
Interview Experiences
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Performance/Outcome: Pretty solid first interview, felt nervous but articulate
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
- Performance/Outcome: Offered HAIL interview but didn't take it
- Tufts University
- Performance/Outcome: Forgot to sign up for interview
- Yale University
- Performance/Outcome: Felt nervous, developed a stutter, did not answer questions well
- Harvard University
- Performance/Outcome: Much better interview, discussed personal topics in depth
- Cornell University
- Performance/Outcome: Short interview, mainly discussed science and engineering
Letters of Recommendation
AP Biology Teacher
Generally did well in class, participated, and engaged outside of class
AP English Teacher
Showed steady writing improvement, attended office hours for feedback
Counselor
Knew me for 2 years, filled out "get to know me" form thoroughly
College Decisions
Accepted (8)
University of Massachusetts, AmherstRensselaer Polytechnic InstituteWorcester Polytechnic InstituteBoston CollegeBoston UniversityRochester Institute of TechnologyNortheastern UniversityTufts University
Waitlisted (5)
University of Michigan, Ann ArborAmherst CollegeBrown UniversityCornell UniversityHarvard University
Rejected (3)
Carnegie Mellon UniversityMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyYale University
Profile Tags
ResearchDebateModel UNHonor SocietyAdvanced CourseworkLeadershipPresidentClubVolunteeringCommunity Service