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EngineerClass of 20213.2+1100+/22+stem
Astronautical Engineering Applicant
Female · Vietnamese · White, wealthy suburb in Massachusetts
🏷️ Single mother with schizophrenia, first generation, experienced homelessness during COVID, worked full time until senior year
Income: Wealthy
Academic Profile
GPA (UW/W)
3.3 (UW)
AP Courses
6
AP Exams Taken
AP Computer Science PrinciplesAP Computer Science AAP United States HistoryAP GovernmentAP Physics CAP ChemistryAP Calculus AB
Extracurricular Activities
- Cofounded club teaching kids programming
- IT intern at school building computers
- Teaching kids and adults English in hometown of Vietnam
- First chair violist at school orchestra
- Part time job working at laundromat as seamstress
- Lead cleanup crew and member of neighboring town's rocketry club
- Little business of sewing masks and scrunchies at work
- Caretaker of family
- Junior Varsity cross country and track for 3 years
Awards & Honors
- ★Honor roll every semester
- ★Academic excellence in geometry
- ★Honorable mention in New York Times photo contest
Essay Topics
Common App Essay
Discussed personal experiences and challenges faced
Stanford University — Supplemental
Reusing rocketry pieces with friends Defying stereotypes of women in STEM through makeup/fashion Taking apart mechanical keyboards Work at the laundromat
Interview Experiences
- Stanford University
- Performance/Outcome: Did not prepare, discussed various topics including soldering and anime
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Performance/Outcome: Did not prepare, went with the flow
Letters of Recommendation
Physics Teacher
Two years of teaching
Latin Teacher
Three years of teaching
College Decisions
Accepted (3)
San Diego State UniversityUniversity of California, San DiegoUniversity of Southern California
Waitlisted (3)
University of California, IrvineCalifornia Polytechnic State UniversityUniversity of California, Berkeley
Rejected (7)
Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyNortheastern UniversityUniversity of California, Santa BarbaraUniversity of California, Los AngelesBoston UniversityUniversity of Maryland, College ParkStanford University
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