Economics Applicant
Female · Black · Ohio · Public
🏷️ URM
Income: 150k-200k
AP Exams Taken
- Volunteered at local hospital for 25 hours in the ICU/SICU as a nursing unit assistant
- Nominated to be part of the student council executive cabinet and race relations committee in my senior year
- Wrote research paper about how medical experimental methodologies influence medical inequities, specifically pertaining to Black patients with a research advisor
- Member of the minority achievement committee
- Volunteered 487 hours at a local theatre camp in the summer helping 1st and 2nd graders with theatre activities
- Volunteered 40 hours every year delivering thanksgiving meals through a church since 2010
- Did a medical summer program every year where I was able to see human cadavers and became certified in CPR
- News editor of the school newspaper and wrote 9 articles
- Participated in a selective community program for juniors where I was able to participate in a civic vision project to improve an assigned neighborhood, presented to the director of the Cleveland city planning commission
- Participated in a 4-H organization as a team leader where I presented a workshop on food insecurity and helped coordinate monthly meetings and topics, revised a survey assessing risky behavior among youth in our county
- ★Finalist for the Telluride Association Summer Program
- ★AP Scholar Award with Distinction
- ★National Honor Society
- ★College Board's National African American Recognition Program
- ★Selected to participate in a diversity conference at a local college
Essay Topics
I wrote my essay about how my great grandma used to call me hard headed because I couldn't follow directions when I was little, and used it to show my persistence in caring for my lavender plants, and my hardworking attitude in general. I also showcased how my love for gardening is connected to my grandmother, despite always killing my own plants.
- Huntsman
- Performance/Outcome: 10/10, I really hit it off with the lady and she said that she really hoped I was accepted.
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Performance/Outcome: 1/10, the man told me that I should smile more, and it was just really uncomfortable overall. I emailed admissions about it.
- Haverford College
- Performance/Outcome: Had an interview with an admissions officer, and she stated that Haverford would be really lucky to have me.
Physics Teacher
10/10, I really struggled in his class at first but improved by staying after class and talking to him. He gets the most offers for recommendations each year and offered to write my recommendation while making everyone else fill out a form.
Humanities Teacher
10/10, she said I was the hardest working student she ever had, and that the letter basically wrote itself.
Guidance Counselor
7/10, I never had a relationship with him, but he did say I was very organized and ambitious in my coursework selection.
Accepted (5)
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