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Computer ScientistClass of 20223.8+1500+/34+stem

Computer Science Applicant

Male · White · Illinois · Poor rural public school, community college feeder

Income: approximately 80k

Academic Profile
GPA (UW/W)
4 (UW)
SAT
1540
AP Courses
2
Honors
1

AP Exams Taken

AP US HistoryAP Calculus BCAP Statistics
Extracurricular Activities
  • Quiz bowlCaptain
  • TennisVarsity doubles 1 freshman, Varsity singles 2 senior
  • National Honor Societypay to win
  • Podcast clubFounder
  • Anti-drug coalitionMember
  • Chess clubFounder
  • TutoringTutored 7-9 kids for math
Awards & Honors
  • First place in sectional math competitions
  • Description: Two years in a row
  • Chosen by county's representative for mock senate
  • CollegeBoard Rural and Small Town National Recognition Program

Essay Topics

Common App Essay

My love for genealogy and how it brought me closer to my family despite never meeting them. Discussed wanting to interview my great-grandmother after COVID ended. Revised essay after my great-grandmother died during the summer of my applications.

Interview Experiences
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Performance/Outcome: 5/10, first interview, lady was very quiet and we talked a bit about Massachusetts Institute of Technology but then she mostly talked about herself
  • Princeton University
  • Performance/Outcome: 9/10, man was class of '64 when only White men were allowed, so he said he didn't know anything about the school now and we talked about art for the remainder of the call
  • University of Pennsylvania
  • Performance/Outcome: 8/10, lady said I knew what I was talking about and thought I was a very interesting and fascinating person
  • Yale University
  • Performance/Outcome: 6/10, it was on a phone call because the lady didn't know how Zoom worked so I woke up 5 mins before and she was just not talkative but I think liked me
Letters of Recommendation
  • English teacher

    8/10, really loved me and wrote a very kind letter

  • Math teacher

    2/10, was basically just a copy-paste but the best I could do

College Decisions

Accepted (8)

Texas A&M UniversityTexas Tech UniversityVirginia Institute of TechnologyGeorgia State UniversityUniversity of Wisconsin, MadisonNortheastern UniversityUniversity of Illinois, Urbana ChampaignPrinceton University

Waitlisted (1)

Georgia Institute of Technology

Rejected (6)

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyYale UniversityBrown UniversityUniversity of PennsylvaniaUniversity of Michigan, Ann ArborUniversity of Texas Austin

Profile Tags

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Profile Ratings
63
Overall Score
Academic9.2
Extracurricular5.5
Awards4.5
Quick Stats
CategoryComputer Scientist
Year2022
MajorComputer Science
GPA4 (UW)
SAT1540
Acceptances8
Rejections6