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Computer ScientistClass of 20223.8+1500+/34+other

Computer Science, Economics, Philosophy Applicant

Male · White-Asian (mixed) · SoCal · Competitive public grades 9 thru 11, private senior year

Income: Upper class

Academic Profile
GPA (UW/W)
4 (UW)
SAT
1540
AP Courses
8

AP Exams Taken

AP Physics 1 (5)AP Statistics (4)AP Computer Science (5)AP Biology (4)AP Calculus BC (5)AP English Lang (5)AP Microecon (5)AP Macroecon (5)
Extracurricular Activities
  • Debate club PresidentOrganized larger multi-school conventions, worked closely with other chapters
  • TA'ing Computer Science courseHelped design the course from scratch
  • Political Advocacy/VolunteeringAnti unlimited campaign finance
  • InspiritAIBasic AI project
  • AMC 10 and AMC 12Qualified for AIME sophomore year, stopped after that
  • Biking club President
  • Track and field co-captain
  • Outreach Advocacy for charitable club
  • Math TA Sophomore and Junior Year
  • Stanford Summer SessionCS courses
  • Harvard Summer SchoolPolitical philosophy
  • Prestigious engineering program at old school
Awards & Honors
  • AP Scholar with Distinction
  • Cum Laude Society

Essay Topics

Common App Essay

Wrote about connecting one of my biking trips to a life lesson regarding political philosophy

uc 1 — Supplemental

Wrote about leadership with debate club

uc 7 — Supplemental

Wrote about political volunteering

uc 4 — Supplemental

Wrote about computer science opportunities

uc 6 — Supplemental

Wrote about economics

Interview Experiences
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Performance/Outcome: Exceedingly average
  • Oberlin College
  • Performance/Outcome: Average
  • Princeton University
  • Performance/Outcome: Average
  • Dartmouth College
  • Performance/Outcome: Decent, there was a connection
  • Yale University
  • Performance/Outcome: Awful, I got tripped up on multiple questions
  • Harvard University
  • Performance/Outcome: Literally incredible, interviewer understood me perfectly well and called me the best interview she's ever conducted. Best interview ever
  • Stanford University
  • Performance/Outcome: Great, a real, genuine conversation and even got a book rec out of it
  • Brown University
  • Performance/Outcome: Not counting the video essay
  • Cornell University
  • Performance/Outcome: Not counting the question session
Letters of Recommendation
  • CS teacher

    He isn't a prolific writer but the content was very good (8/10)

  • Econ teacher

    I was her best student, she loves me, I've given economics lectures to 3 of her classes this year and I don't even go to the school anymore (10/10)

  • School counselor

    He got to know me pretty well and is great at writing LORs (9/10)

  • Philosophy teacher

    I TA'ed his class second semester after taking it first and did independent study, but he didn't know me super well when he wrote his letter (9/10)

  • Math teacher 1

    I had her in 8th grade taking her HS level math class and again freshman year (8/10)

  • Math teacher 2

    She offered me an LOR without me asking because I TA'ed her class (8/10)

  • Lit teacher

    Prolific writer, thinks I'm a prolific writer, thinks I'm a great philosopher, great relationship with her (10/10)

  • Gov teacher

    She loved my enthusiasm but disagreed politically (7/10)

  • Old counselor

    I didn't know him that well but he liked me (6/10)

  • Engineering teacher

    Covered my interests and STEM abilities quite well (8/10)

College Decisions

Accepted (12)

Auburn UniversityLoyola University MarylandLoyola University New OrleansOberlin CollegeUniversity of California, BerkeleyUniversity of California, Los AngelesUniversity of California, Santa BarbaraUniversity of California, San DiegoUniversity of Illinois, Urbana ChampaignUniversity of Washington, SeattleWesleyan UniversityWilliams College

Waitlisted (8)

Brown UniversityCarnegie Mellon UniversityColumbia UniversityGeorgia Institute of TechnologyHarvard UniversityNortheastern UniversityUniversity of Michigan, Ann ArborUniversity of Pennsylvania

Rejected (7)

California Institute of TechnologyCornell UniversityDartmouth CollegeMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyPrinceton UniversityStanford UniversityYale University

Profile Tags

ResearchDebateLeadershipPresidentClubVolunteeringAdvanced Coursework (AP/IB/Dual Enrollment)Math CompetitionPublic SpeakingSustainability Projects
Profile Ratings
68
Overall Score
Academic9.2
Extracurricular7.5
Awards3.0
Quick Stats
CategoryComputer Scientist
Year2022
MajorComputer Science, Economics, Philosophy
GPA4 (UW)
SAT1540
Acceptances12
Rejections7