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LinguistClass of 20213.8+1500+/34+art/hum
Linguistics Applicant
Male · White · Very upstate NY · Public, medium-small class size
🏷️ LGBTQ
Income: Upper-middle class
Academic Profile
GPA (UW/W)
98.039 (UW)
SAT
1520
Class Rank
4/275
AP Courses
2
IB Courses
9
Honors
5
Extracurricular Activities
- Published LexicographerSole editor of Native American language dictionary
- Fully funded immersion at Native summer language programMoved virtual due to COVID
- Sole designer of Native American exhibits at local museumDedicated to local colonial history
- Taught Japanese to kids going on a foreign exchange program
- Took college classes since 8th grade for credit for Jazz Piano
- Editor-in-chief of literary magazineMember of school's literary club
- Janitorial work + culinary worker
- Restorative Justice circle leader
- Member of Spanish club
- Participated in the North American Computational Linguistics OlympiadWon absolutely nothing, and had a blast doing it
Awards & Honors
- ★Spanish National Language Exam — Silver Medal
- ★Scholastic Art & Writing Award, Poetry — Honorable Mention
- ★Top Spanish student of the year (10th + 11th grade)
- ★NYSSMA Area-all state for Clarinet (10th + 11th grade)
- ★Spanish Honors Society
- ★National Honors Society
Essay Topics
Common App Essay
Discussed Uber and tenacity, authentic self
Interview Experiences
- Swarthmore College
- Performance/Outcome: 7/10, positive experience, relaxed interviewer
- Dartmouth College
- Performance/Outcome: 8/10, interesting conversation, bonding over current events
- Middlebury College
- Performance/Outcome: 10/10, favorite interview, kind and humorous interviewer
- Harvard University
- Performance/Outcome: 9/10, shared high school experience, positive interaction
- Cornell University
- Performance/Outcome: 7/10, focused on Cornell, unique answer to "why Linguistics?"
- Yale University
- Performance/Outcome: 8.5/10, relaxed interviewer, good conversation
Letters of Recommendation
Spanish Teacher
9-10/10, favorite teacher, inspired learning Spanish
English Teacher
7-8/10, second favorite teacher, positive relationship
Guidance Counselor
6/10, first year counselor, limited interaction
College Decisions
Accepted (13)
University of Massachusetts, AmherstBinghamton UniversityStony Brook UniversityNortheastern UniversityUniversity of California, Santa BarbaraSwarthmore CollegeUniversity of California, Los AngelesUniversity of California, BerkeleyMiddlebury CollegeAmherst CollegeCornell UniversityBrown UniversityYale University
Rejected (2)
Harvard UniversityDartmouth College
Profile Tags
ResearchLinguisticsLeadershipEditor-in-chiefCultural ClubLanguage ClubVolunteeringCommunity ServiceAcademic CompetitionWriting & PublicationsCreative WritingPublic SpeakingSustainability Projects