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EconomistClass of 20213.8+1400+/31+socsciinternational
Econ Applicant
Male · Black · International · Public - really competitive with lots of people applying to US schools- one of the best in the region
Income: Middle income, upper middle/ upper in my country
Academic Profile
GPA (UW/W)
3.94 (UW)
SAT
1470
Honors
2
Extracurricular Activities
- Founder of politics blogWritten articles for newspaper
- Football team
- Vice President of culture club
- Secretary in business clubDeveloped business course
- Catering company
- Community servicePackages for COVID relief, spending time with senior citizens
- Moderator of debate club
- Government internshipConducted research
- Investment company internshipConducted research
- Online courses in econ and comp sciNot listed on common app activities but on resume and additional info
Awards & Honors
- ★Award for achieving the highest possible mark for regional exam
- ★Description: Probably equivalent to a 5 in an AP course
- ★Academic honors
- ★Description: 2 throughout high school
Essay Topics
Common App Essay
I think the essays were pretty good, read and edited by many people
Interview Experiences
- Wesleyan University
- Performance/Outcome: 9/10 - my first interview, went really well, great conversation, about 1 hour
- Swarthmore College
- Performance/Outcome: 6/10 - the weirdest one, talked for about an hour but there was a lot of fluff from the interviewer
- University of Pennsylvania
- Performance/Outcome: 7/10 - not bad not great
Letters of Recommendation
Humanities Teacher
Both know me well and like me, 8/10 for both
College Decisions
Accepted (6)
Swarthmore CollegeUniversity of FloridaUniversity of South FloridaMorehouse CollegeTemple UniversityHoward University
Rejected (9)
Grinnell CollegeUniversity of PennsylvaniaYale UniversityUniversity of MiamiTufts UniversityColby CollegeColgate UniversityWesleyan UniversityNortheastern University
Profile Tags
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