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EconomistClass of 20233.8+1500+/34+bus/fin

Business, Economics, Computer Science Applicant

Male · Asian/Chinese · PA · Public

Income: Greater than 200k

Academic Profile
GPA (UW/W)
4 (UW)
SAT
1580
AP Courses
18

AP Exams Taken

Math II
Extracurricular Activities
  • Captain of Economics Competition TeamLed a nationally-awarded economics competition team
  • Captain of Entrepreneurship TeamLed a nationally-awarded entrepreneurship team
  • Captain of Cross Country Team3-year varsity letter
  • Data Analytics ResearcherNothing too significant
  • Captain of Math Modeling TeamWon a big international award
  • Leadership in the Business World StudentAttended 3-week business camp at Wharton
  • Captain of Tennis Team4-year varsity letter, led team to place 2nd at states
  • Committee Chair of Asian American Culture Club
  • Founded an after-school CS tutoring organizationPartnered with school district and non-profits
  • President of a cancer research fundraising organizationRaised over 70k
Awards & Honors
  • DECA International Finalist
  • Description: Top 10 out of 8000+
  • 4-Time AIME Qualifier
  • National Economic Challenge
  • Description: Top 25 out of 10000+
  • National Personal Finance Challenge
  • Description: Top 24 out of 20000+
  • Coca-Cola Scholars Semifinalist

Essay Topics

Common App Essay

To be completely honest, I'm not the best essay writer. I applied to EA/ED using one essay and applied RD using a different essay. I spent a lot of time doing corrections, rereading, and rewriting essays, but even then, I don't think my essays were very strong.

Interview Experiences
  • University of Pennsylvania
  • Performance/Outcome: 6.5 out of 10, first interview did not know how to act
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Performance/Outcome: 7.5 out of 10, talked about some cool stuff
  • Harvard University
  • Performance/Outcome: 8.5 out of 10, nice alumni, had some great conversations
  • Yale University
  • Performance/Outcome: 9.5 out of 10, literally couldn't have gone any better
  • Dartmouth College
  • Performance/Outcome: 8 out of 10, solid
  • Cornell University
  • Performance/Outcome: 8 out of 10, solid
  • Princeton University
  • Performance/Outcome: 8 out of 10, solid
Letters of Recommendation
  • AP Stat Teacher

    10 out of 10

  • AP Physics

    8 out of 10

  • AP Gov

    8 out of 10

College Decisions

Accepted (14)

Pennsylvania State University, University ParkUniversity of PittsburghUniversity of Illinois, Urbana ChampaignGeorgia Institute of TechnologyUniversity of Michigan, Ann ArborUniversity of Southern CaliforniaUniversity of VirginiaUniversity of California, BerkeleyUniversity of California, Los AngelesCarnegie Mellon UniversityNew York UniversityCornell UniversityDartmouth CollegeUniversity of Pennsylvania

Waitlisted (4)

Harvard UniversityColumbia UniversityDuke UniversityNorthwestern University

Rejected (4)

Stanford UniversityPrinceton UniversityYale UniversityMassachusetts Institute of Technology

Profile Tags

ResearchLeadershipCaptainClubCommunity ServiceVolunteeringAdvanced CourseworkEntrepreneurshipAcademic CompetitionMath OlympiadScience OlympiadNational MeritDECAPublic SpeakingSustainability Projects
Profile Ratings
92
Overall Score
Academic9.2
Extracurricular9.5
Awards9.0
Quick Stats
CategoryEconomist
Year2023
MajorBusiness, Economics, Computer Science
GPA4 (UW)
SAT1580
Acceptances14
Rejections4