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EngineerClass of 20213.8+1500+/34+stem
Mech/Aerospace Engineering, Math/Phys Applicant
Male · Asian (Korean) · Northeast · Highly competitive feeder school
Income: less than 25K
Academic Profile
GPA (UW/W)
3.86 (UW)
SAT
1540
AP Courses
10
Honors
9
AP Exams Taken
BC Calc (4)Enviroscience (5)Music Theory (5)Psych (5)Chem (4)Biology (4)CS A (4)US History (4)
Extracurricular Activities
- Violinist in a highly selective orchestra in Northeast
- Part of a highly selective local research program for astrophysics
- Questbridge Finalist/Scholar
- Manager of two separate tutoring programs
- Tutored Math, Science, and Violin
- Science Bowl (Captain of one of the low-level teams)
- A couple of other chamber groups and orchestras (All States for both Choir and Orchestra)
- Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and TKD practitioner
- A bunch of community service stuff
- NHS
Awards & Honors
- ★US Earth Science Olympiad Camp Qualifier
- ★Two-time AIME Qualifier
- ★AP Scholar with Distinction
- ★Scholastic Flash Fiction Honorable Mention
- ★Honor Roll
Essay Topics
Common App Essay
I wrote about my struggles as a minority by using Kafka's Metamorphosis as an analogy for my experience.
Interview Experiences
- University of Pennsylvania
- Performance/Outcome: Decent interview. We connected a little bit, but there wasn't anything special.
- Duke University
- Performance/Outcome: I really liked my interviewer, and we had a good time.
- Northwestern University
- Performance/Outcome: It was very clear that he was not very interested in what I had to say.
- Tufts University
- Performance/Outcome: We connected pretty well immediately, and connected even better halfway through when I learned she went to my high school.
- Princeton University
- Performance/Outcome: She said some really nice things to me.
- Harvard University
- Performance/Outcome: He said I was the type of student that deserves to go to Harvard.
- Stanford University
- Performance/Outcome: We talked about our interests in classical music even though we had different tastes.
- Columbia University
- Performance/Outcome: Decent interview.
Letters of Recommendation
Precalc teacher
He recognized I was a decent student, so I think he wrote a favorable recommendation. I didn't know him outside of class though, so nothing special.
Chemistry teacher
Same reasoning as Precalc teacher.
Physics Teacher
He knows me a bit outside of class, and I am pretty sure I am one of his favorite students. So it was probably better than the other ones.
College Decisions
Accepted (2)
University of VirginiaUniversity of Massachusetts, Amherst
Waitlisted (1)
Northeastern University
Rejected (17)
Harvard UniversityTufts UniversityPrinceton UniversityStanford UniversityColumbia UniversityMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyNorthwestern UniversityUniversity of ChicagoUniversity of PennsylvaniaYale UniversityBrown UniversityCalifornia Institute of TechnologyDartmouth CollegeDuke UniversityRice UniversityWashington University in St. LouisVanderbilt University
Profile Tags
ResearchScience FairDebateHonor SocietyAdvanced Coursework (AP/IB/Dual Enrollment)LeadershipClubCommunity ServiceVarsity SportsVolunteering