Menu
Back to all profiles
EngineerClass of 20223.6+1500+/34+stem
Aerospace, Mechanical Engineering Applicant
Male · Indian · West Coast · T30 public high school in the US according to US News
Income: 200k
Academic Profile
GPA (UW/W)
3.75 (UW)
SAT
1510
Extracurricular Activities
- Robotics TeamStarted a robotics team as a freshman and team captain. Won state championship and am responsible for building and designing robot.
- Varsity and Club SoccerAll 4 years, team captain for both in senior year. State champion with club team.
- Volunteer at tech nonprofitSalvaged parts from donated computers to create new computers for underprivileged people. 80 hours over 2 years.
- Basketball Coach and Volunteer at local libraryShelve books and customer service at Library. Head Coach for an elementary school basketball team at YMCA. 150 hours total over 4 years.
- Summer Camp CounselorHelped conduct fun STEM activities using scratch programming for elementary school kids through a virtual summer camp.
- American Heart AssociationFounder and officer at school's chapter. Distributed posters around school to increase awareness about heart diseases, made videos against tobacco use, and volunteered at local food bank a lot.
- Soccer RefereeRefereed around 50 soccer games throughout high school during summer breaks.
- National Honor SocietyOrganized and hosted multiple events for students at my high school throughout the year, e.g., volunteering opportunities at a local farm, school hikes.
- Math TutorHeld weekly tutoring sessions with students who needed help with math at school. Also participated in local math festivals with friends.
- Japanese National Honor SocietyCreate decorations for school events conducted by JNHS. Also tutored middle school students once a week in Japanese.
Awards & Honors
- ★Regional Science Fair finalist
- ★Description: Science fair project was major-related.
- ★Presidential Award for Educational Achievement
- ★Academic Honor Roll
- ★MYP Certificate/Diploma
- ★Second team all-conference for HS soccer
Essay Topics
Common App Essay
Wrote about my robot and the personal relevance of its name to me.
Interview Experiences
- Cornell University
- Performance/Outcome: Not really an interview and more of me asking them questions. Very informal and interviewer was Indian so we talked about common themes between our families.
- Stanford University
- Performance/Outcome: Asked me a lot of questions but I think I did pretty good. We had a lot of books we liked in common.
Letters of Recommendation
IB Psych teacher
Def knows me best, also had me for other classes in high school. Asked to write my letter of rec.
IB Math teacher
Doesn't know me that well because of online school, but she's a good writer so I think it was pretty good.
Counselor
Never talked to her before online school.
College Decisions
Accepted (8)
Cornell UniversityUniversity of Southern CaliforniaUniversity of Texas at AustinRensselaer Polytechnic InstituteEmbry-Riddle Aeronautical UniversityFlorida Institute of TechnologyRochester Institute of TechnologyOregon State University
Waitlisted (4)
Northeastern UniversityUniversity of California, San DiegoUniversity of Illinois, Urbana ChampaignPurdue University
Rejected (8)
Stanford UniversityColumbia UniversityTulane UniversityUniversity of California, Los AngelesWashington University in St. LouisUniversity of California, BerkeleyGeorgia Institute of TechnologyUniversity of Maryland, College Park
Profile Tags
ResearchRoboticsLeadershipClubVarsity SportsVolunteeringCommunity ServiceNonprofitMath TutorNational Honor SocietySTEM Club