Menu
Back to all profiles
Political ScientistClass of 20223.8+1500+/34+art/hum
political science government Applicant
Female · South Asian · NY · Magnet School
🏷️ First Gen
Income: 99k
Academic Profile
GPA (UW/W)
3.78 (UW)
SAT
1570
Honors
4
Extracurricular Activities
- ARTDigital artist and painter, created art near daily, sold 700 in commissions, illustrated for schools and clubs, raised 2000 for scholarship, sold 104 pieces of merch.
- PHYSICS CLUBCo-founder and co-leader, led 50 members, explored topics beyond curricula, performed labs, created contraptions, repaired old equipment.
- DEBATEVarsity debater, competed at local and national tournaments for 6 years, coached recruits on debate basics, forms, techniques, and research methods.
- MODEL UNParticipant, competed locally and internationally, taught writing techniques to peers, edited position papers and speeches, regularly led blocs at conferences.
- SUPER SPECIFIC OUT OF SCHOOL ORGANIZATION RELATED TO MY DAD'S JOB AND BANGLADESHI IDENTITYWriter, graphic and web designer, event organizer, wrote and edited emails and documents, scripted speeches, illustrated logos, designed website and flyers, organized team bonding events, doubled membership.
- SELLING TRADITIONAL BENGALI FOOD WITH MY MOMAssistant, cook, designer, labeler, cooked, packaged, and delivered food, designed labels, 5000 in sales with 0 profit.
- FAMILY RESPONSIBILITIESCooked dinner daily since 10, supervised and tutored brother and cousins for 8 years.
- TUTORINGFacilitated homework in all subjects, edited essays, assisted 6 Latin American students with English in Spanish and Portuguese.
- SELF-STUDYING VARIOUS LANGUAGES AND CODING LANGUAGES AND MORESelf-taught CSS, HTML, and JavaScript, studied Arabic, Russian, and Portuguese, studied college calculus I at state university.
- KEY CLUB AND [SCHOOL SPECIFIC ORGANIZATIONFundraiser, artist, organizer, helped organize events and drives to help school and community.
Awards & Honors
- ★various debate awards
- ★Description: City-wide to national levels.
- ★various MUN awards
- ★Description: City-wide to international levels.
- ★first at my school to break at a national varsity tournament
- ★best delegate at an international MUN
- ★national merit semifinalist
- ★Description: Now finalist.
Essay Topics
Common App Essay
Covered insecurities related to LGBTQ+ identity and severe cystic acne, how I began debating, and inspiration for majoring in political science.
Interview Experiences
- Barnard College
- Performance/Outcome: 7/10, first interview, conducted at the end of junior year.
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Performance/Outcome: 4/10, interviewer seemed uninterested.
- Cornell University
- Performance/Outcome: 9/10, great listener and storyteller.
- University of Pennsylvania
- Performance/Outcome: 8/10, interesting and engaged interviewer.
- Harvard University
- Performance/Outcome: 7/10, personal discussion about religion and identity.
- Princeton University
- Performance/Outcome: 6.5/10, discussed art opportunities.
- Yale University
- Performance/Outcome: 7/10, interviewer was dull and repetitive.
Letters of Recommendation
Science teacher
8/10, knows me well in the classroom for 3 years and outside in clubs.
History teacher
9/10, has praised me in previous narratives.
College Decisions
Accepted (10)
Baruch CollegeBrooklyn CollegeCollege of Staten IslandHunter CollegeJohn Jay CollegeLehman CollegePace UniversityNew York Institute of TechnologyFordham UniversityWilliams College
Waitlisted (6)
Barnard CollegeNew York UniversityColby CollegeCornell UniversityUniversity of PennsylvaniaYale University
Rejected (7)
Columbia UniversityMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyNortheastern UniversityBrown UniversityPrinceton UniversityHarvard UniversityWesleyan University
Profile Tags
ResearchDebateModel UNLeadershipClubArt ClubVolunteeringCommunity ServiceTutoringPersonal Projects