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WriterClass of 20213.8+1500+/34+other
Creative Writing Applicant
F · Asian (Indian) · NC · Magnet, 45 student graduating class
🏷️ None (first gen in US though)
Income: 120k
Academic Profile
GPA (UW/W)
3.9 (UW)
SAT
1530
AP Courses
6
Honors
11
AP Exams Taken
AP Calculus ABAP Environmental ScienceAP United States HistoryAP English Language and CompositionAP SeminarAP Research
Extracurricular Activities
- Service300+ service learning hours, volunteered at senior living, science center, soup kitchen, and had 3 Presidential Volunteer Service Awards
- Service School ClubSchool club dedicated to service learning, led several projects
- WritingRegionally published twice through poetry contests, seeking further publication
- DancerClassically trained in Indian form, performing Bollywood/modern/modified since age 4
- ResearchSummer research program, group award, presented at regional conference, publishing paper
- RoboticsService lead for team, started project to connect with local kids, went to worlds as freshman
- School STEM ClubClub for uplifting women in STEM fields, organizing committee
Awards & Honors
- ★AP Scholar with Distinction
- ★National Honor Society
- ★AP Service Recognition
- ★AP Capstone
Essay Topics
Common App Essay
Wrote about being a perfectionist and alienating "true self" when moving to a new school and dealing with family issues, lacking real substance and connection to majors/extracurriculars.
Interview Experiences
- Duke University
- Performance/Outcome: Decent, had bad internet connection, very nervous and came off as unprepared
- Princeton University
- Performance/Outcome: Very good, nervous but the interviewer loved me, had a very good feeling about this
- Dartmouth College
- Performance/Outcome: Amazing, super sweet older interviewer, had a fantastic conversation, promised they would 100% recommend me to attend
Letters of Recommendation
English Teacher
Great relationship but can't be sure about what they wrote about me - 8/10
Biology/Chemistry Teacher
Great relationship - 9/10
Economics Teacher
Chose because of great relationship but very philosophical/wants me to be less of a prestige seeker - 8/10
College Decisions
Accepted (3)
University of North Carolina, Chapel HillNorth Carolina State UniversityEast Carolina University
Waitlisted (3)
Johns Hopkins UniversityUniversity of ChicagoWake Forest University
Rejected (8)
Duke UniversityVanderbilt UniversityHarvard UniversityYale UniversityPrinceton UniversityBrown UniversityColumbia UniversityDartmouth College
Profile Tags
ResearchServiceWritingLeadershipSTEM ClubRoboticsVolunteeringCommunity ServiceAcademic CompetitionCreative Writing