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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
Profile Ratings
63
Overall Score
Academic8.5
Extracurricular6.5
Awards3.0
Quick Stats
CategoryWriter
Year2021
MajorCreative Writing
GPA3.9 (UW)
SAT1530
Acceptances3
Rejections8