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Computer ScientistClass of 20223.8+1500+/34+stem
Computer Science Applicant
Male · Chinese · Bay Area, California · Highly Competitive Public
Income: 200k+
Academic Profile
GPA (UW/W)
3.94 (UW)
SAT
1600
AP Courses
9
Extracurricular Activities
- PokétwoSole creator and developer of Pokémon Discord Bot with 3.6 million registered users across 950,000+ communities.
- University of California, Santa Barbara Research Mentorship ProgramAttended summer program after junior year, produced novel deep learning research “Unsupervised Loss Modeling for Noise-Robust Multimodal Networks.”
- ContestDojoDeveloped a math competition platform from scratch for various tournaments.
- Mobile App for my high schoolFounded and leading team to develop app used in cooperation with ASB.
- Project Code FoundationFounded 501(c)(3) organization to teach classes to the community.
- NanoMathFounding member running online math competitions for middle schoolers.
- FBLACompeted in various events, achieving national recognition.
- Science OlympiadMember of the school's Team A, with notable achievements.
- Anime ClubVice President, involved in club activities and software development.
- Boy Scouts of AmericaAchieved Life Rank, served as Senior Patrol Leader, developed leadership skills.
Awards & Honors
- ★USAPhO Semifinalist
- ★Description: Top 400 in the nation.
- ★USACO Platinum Contestant
- ★Description: Achieved Platinum status in the USACO.
- ★3x AIME Qualifier
- ★Description: Ranked 300 in 2021 AMC 12B.
- ★Advent of Code 2020
- ★Description: Ranked 34 globally out of 150,000+ participants.
- ★Pokétwo
- ★Description: Voted 4 Discord bot worldwide on Top.gg with 3M+ users.
Essay Topics
Common App Essay
Explored love for connecting with others through experiences with Pokétwo and school app.
mit — Supplemental
Enjoyed writing process, spent significant time on essays.
stanford — Supplemental
Favorite essays, reflected on learning experiences and personal growth.
Interview Experiences
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Performance/Outcome: Interview went well, discussed extracurriculars, and received good advice.
- University of Pennsylvania
- Performance/Outcome: Hilarious and uncomfortable interview, focused on qualifications and opinions about the program.
Letters of Recommendation
AP CS teacher
Participated actively in class, TAing for him in 12th grade, built a VSCode Extension adopted by the CS department. Rating: 9-10/10.
AP Lang teacher
Less strong recommendation, made efforts to participate and sought feedback on essays. Rating: 6-7/10.
College Decisions
Accepted (6)
University of California, BerkeleyUniversity of California, Santa BarbaraNew York UniversityPurdue UniversityUniversity of Washington, SeattleUniversity of California, San Diego
Waitlisted (5)
University of California, Los AngelesCarnegie Mellon UniversityWashington University in St. LouisGeorgia Institute of TechnologyUniversity of California, Irvine
Rejected (8)
Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCalifornia Institute of TechnologyColumbia UniversityStanford UniversityUniversity of Illinois, Urbana ChampaignUniversity of Southern CaliforniaCornell UniversityUniversity of Pennsylvania
Profile Tags
ResearchAdvanced CourseworkLeadershipClubSTEM ClubVolunteeringScience OlympiadMath CompetitionCoding/ProgrammingEntrepreneurshipPersonal Projects