applied math, math, computational biology, bio Applicant
F · East Asian · CA · Public, competitive
Income: $100-150k/yr, but due to some reason my financial aid needed is very high
AP Exams Taken
- Co-founder of organization that hands out free math materials
- Internship at a hospital
- Badminton team varsity captain and club president
- TA for math organization
- Event organizer of some volunteering activities
- Added some random not-so-important activities here
- ★AIME qual x3, distinction in 10th
- ★Top 18.5% in some math modeling challenge
- ★CAML school top 10
- ★AP Scholar
- ★PSAT Commended Scholar
Essay Topics
wrote about founding my organization and how I tried to spread love of math; wasn't outstanding
thank you note to 7th grade math teacher; contribute to Penn by founding fair trade club and play badminton; why Penn because computational bio and their research opportunities
leadership, creative side, academic subject that inspires me, make community better place
- University of Pennsylvania
- Performance/Outcome: 8/10; online; he was nice but I stuttered a bit on a question about my research
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Performance/Outcome: 8/10; in person; I had a 45-minute chat with her and I learned a bunch about life, workplaces, and obviously Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Rice University
- Performance/Outcome: 9/10; online; I loved my interviewer! She's a graduate student at University of California, Los Angeles, and she's super nice
- Duke University
- Performance/Outcome: 7/10; online; my interviewer looked very strict but she was probably paying attention to what I was saying instead of controlling her facial expressions
Math teacher
8/10, had him for three classes, TAed for him but wasn't super close
Econ teacher
7/10, had her for US History and AP Econ, talked in class but wasn't that close
Professor of research
8-9/10, made my mentor write the letter and showed my dad and according to my dad it was pretty strong
Accepted (5)
Waitlisted (4)
Rejected (15)
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