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Computer ScientistClass of 20213.8+otherstem
Computer Science Applicant
Male · Asian · Florida · Very competitive public school
Income: Less than 20K
Academic Profile
GPA (UW/W)
3.8 (UW)
Class Rank
1/100
Extracurricular Activities
- School CaptainGrade 12
- School Vice CaptainGrade 11
- Major related internship
- Heavily involved in National Rubik's Cubing community
- 400+ hours of volunteering at a local school for underprivileged
- Table Tennis club president and varsity player
- Updated and translated my ancestral family diary
- Native speaker of a niche language, translating common words and phrases to English
- Started a couple of small businesses
Awards & Honors
- ★City wide entrepreneurship award
- ★Award for volunteering
- ★Grouped all academic awards
- ★Grouped all Olympiad awards
- ★Honor for placing in top 1% in a school system of over 1.5 million students
Essay Topics
Common App Essay
Wrote about surviving the worst earthquake of the century and its parallels with great grandfather's survival of the second world war, and how this experience changed him.
Interview Experiences
- University of Pennsylvania
- Performance/Outcome: Okayish
Letters of Recommendation
Physics Teacher
Strong, known since freshman year, actively participated in classes and projects
Math Teacher
Strong, known since freshman year, actively participated in classes and projects
Counselor
Strong, known since grade 1, discussed leadership and management contributions
Employer
Impressed by performance in internship, highlighted contributions to app development
College Decisions
Accepted (10)
Stanford UniversityUniversity of California, BerkeleyUniversity of Michigan, Ann ArborGeorgia Institute of TechnologyUniversity of Washington, SeattleUniversity of Maryland, College ParkUniversity of California, San DiegoRose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyUniversity of FloridaVirginia Institute of Technology
Waitlisted (4)
Northwestern UniversityJohns Hopkins UniversityUniversity of Illinois, Urbana ChampaignPurdue University
Rejected (11)
University of Texas at AustinHarvard UniversityUniversity of California, Los AngelesUniversity of PennsylvaniaCarnegie Mellon UniversityCornell UniversityUniversity of Southern CaliforniaMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyVanderbilt UniversityNew York UniversityUniversity of Massachusetts, Amherst
Profile Tags
ResearchLeadershipPresidentClubVolunteeringCommunity ServiceEntrepreneurshipPersonal ProjectsAcademic CompetitionMath OlympiadScience Olympiad