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Computer ScientistClass of 20203.8+1500+/34+stem
Computer Science Applicant
Male · Asian · Maryland · Public school with magnet
Income: 100k+
Academic Profile
GPA (UW/W)
4 (UW)
SAT
1560
AP Courses
3
Honors
2
AP Exams Taken
APUSH (5)Gov (5)Bio (4)Lang (4)World History (5)BC + AB Subscore (5)Comp Sci Principles (5)Bio M (760)
Extracurricular Activities
- Competitive Club Swim12+ years, 10+ hours a week
- High School SwimQualified and ranked at States for all 4 years
- National Honor SocietyOrganized and ran multiple events
- US DOJ InternshipVolunteer IT intern, helped code/design under supervision, 6+ hours a week
- Biomedical Research ProjectResearched CAR T Cell therapy to treat leukemia with an immunology Ph.D. candidate, 10th grade, 2 hours per week
- Hospital Volunteer8 hours a week
- Asian American ClubParticipated for all 4 years, 4 hours a week
- GEMS Program at Walter Reed1 summer, 50 hours total
- Lifeguarding3 years, 100+ hours per summer
- Academic TutoringTutored lowerclassmen in AP Bio, US History, and Calculus, 1 hour per week
Awards & Honors
- ★National Merit Finalist
- ★Harvard Book Award
- ★Certificate of Meritorious Service
- ★Description: 260+ hours of volunteer work
- ★AP Scholar with Distinction
Essay Topics
Common App Essay
Cliche and mediocre, started late
Stanford University — Supplemental
Wrote from the heart, felt genuine
Interview Experiences
- Stanford University
- Performance/Outcome: Thought I completely bombed
- Harvard University
- Performance/Outcome: Went so so
- Brown University
- Performance/Outcome: Went so so
- Yale University
- Performance/Outcome: Thought it went well
- University of Pennsylvania
- Performance/Outcome: Thought it went well
Letters of Recommendation
US History Teacher
Good relationship, excellent marks on the letter of recommendation, 8/10
Math Teacher
Best teacher ever, not the most social in class, 5/10
AP CSP Teacher
Coded a weather app for the final project, unsure of writing quality, 4/10
College Decisions
Accepted (6)
University of Illinois, Urbana ChampaignUniversity of Maryland, College ParkUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore CountyCase Western Reserve UniversityStanford UniversityUniversity of California, San Diego
Waitlisted (3)
Rice UniversityUniversity of California, Los AngelesCornell University
Rejected (9)
University of California, BerkeleyCarnegie Mellon UniversityHarvard UniversityUniversity of PennsylvaniaYale UniversityColumbia UniversityJohns Hopkins UniversityGeorgia Institute of TechnologyBrown University
Profile Tags
ResearchAdvanced Coursework (AP/IB/Dual Enrollment)LeadershipClubVolunteeringCommunity Service