Biology Applicant
Female · Asian · New York · Competitive public school
🏷️ First-gen foster youth
Income: Foster youth independent student no income
AP Exams Taken
- MOSTEC Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyESI learned a lot about genomes!
- Vice-Captain of Science TeamObjectively speaking, my biggest achievement was probably breaking up a fistfight between two juniors who were both equally wrong about microbes.
- Founder and President of Literature ClubSix people joined! We have book circles and write reviews for the school newspaper.
- ChildcareI take care of my foster parents two biological children, a 12 years old girl and an 8 years old boy with low-functioning autism.
- HouseworkI'm responsible for cleaning, doing the laundry and making breakfast.
- Writing poetryI wrote three poems every week for a year. Some of them were even decent! One got published in a very small magazine that nobody has heard of.
- Folding origamiI can make dinosaurs, foxes, rabbits, elephants, frogs, cranes and butterflies.
- ★Scholastic Writing Awards
- ★Description: Gold key for personal essay, bronze key for poetry
- ★National Science Olympiad
- ★Description: Some state silver medals
- ★AIME
- ★Description: Qualifier
Essay Topics
My personal statement was about a school librarian I met in middle school when I was in survival mode, barely passing my classes and hiding in the library because I was terrified of people. She told me I was intelligent, encouraged me to study more and even helped me with my homework, which made my grades rise from Ds and Cs to As. I explained how it made me realize how important it is for children to have someone who believes in them, and how I want to become that person for other disadvantaged children in the future.
- Emory University
- Performance/Outcome: We had a lot in common, and she seemed genuinely interested in what I had to say! She said that she thought I would be perfect for Emory and that she would write me a great recommendation.
- Duke University
- Performance/Outcome: I think it went well? It felt a bit like an interrogation, but not in a bad way, if that makes sense? He told me at the end that he hoped I would get in, but in a tone that sounded like he didn't think it was very likely.
- Stanford University
- Performance/Outcome: We ended up talking about fantasy books for most of the interview. I have no idea if that's good or bad.
- Harvard University
- Performance/Outcome: She asked me a lot about my goals for the future, so I mostly talked about how I want to use my education to help children in foster care and low-income families.
Chemistry teacher
He told me that I was one of his best students, encouraged me to join the science team and even offered to write my LOR before I could ask!
English teacher
I did well in her class and she seemed to like me, but we didn't really have any personal connection.
Guidance counselor
She was extremely supportive and really went out of her way to help me with everything! She seemed upset about some aspects of my home life and said that she would explain my circumstances in her letter.
Accepted (8)
Waitlisted (4)
Rejected (6)
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