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ResearcherClass of 2020

Cognitive Science Applicant

Male · South Asian · Missouri · Large Public High School

Academic Profile
GPA (UW/W)
4 (UW)
SAT
1560
AP Courses
9

AP Exams Taken

Calculus BCWorld HistoryPhysics 1Computer Science AChemistryEnglish Language and CompositionStatisticsSpanish LanguagePhysics 2
Extracurricular Activities
  • Student researcher for 3 years in neuroimaging lab at Washington University in St. Louis
  • Corporate analytics consultant for startup in Bangkok, Thailand on natural language processing and data analytics
  • Summer 2019 visiting student researcher at University of Oxford John Radcliffe Hospital
  • Global entrepreneurship firm Founder and CEO
  • Model UN Regional Undersecretary General and School President
  • Taekwondo athlete Instructor/Coach
  • Investment and Economics Club Founder and President
  • Independent paid summer researcher at University of Pennsylvania Med School
  • TED style Local Interdisciplinary Science Conference Founder and Organizer
  • Education access nonprofit Regional coordinator
Awards & Honors
  • Intel ISEF Finalist 2019 and ISEF Special Award Winner
  • Second author on academic paper in NeuroImage
  • Best Oral Presenter Award at 2019 International Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology
  • 2020 RIKEN Centre for Brain Science Summer Program Poster Presenter
  • 2020 AAN Neuroscience Research Prize Winner
  • Princeton Creative Arts and Humanities Symposium National Delegate
  • Intel Excellence in Computer Science Award
  • Missouri JSHS Finalist and Regional Science Fair Winner
  • Kukkiwon-certified 4th Dan Black Belt/Master of Taekwondo
  • 2018 TKD Gold Medalist/State Champ at MO State and IL State
  • 2018 TKD KS State Silver Medalist
  • 2018 MO SIFMA Stock Market Game Winner
  • National Merit Finalist
  • National AP Scholar
Letters of Recommendation
  • Science Research Teacher

    Had every year of high school, offered to write LOR, wrote about academic interests and desire to make scientific research translational

  • AP Spanish Teacher

    Very good relationship, wrote about interest in global affairs and language ability

  • Oxford Professor

    Wrote about intellectual ability and curiosity

  • College Counselor

    New to school, but her rec helped in getting into the Princeton symposium

College Decisions

Accepted (5)

Stanford UniversityHarvard UniversityUniversity of OxfordUniversity of California, BerkeleyUniversity of California, Los Angeles

Waitlisted (2)

University of PennsylvaniaUniversity of Chicago

Rejected (3)

Yale UniversityPrinceton UniversityMassachusetts Institute of Technology

Profile Tags

ResearchLeadershipFounderModel UNInvestment ClubVolunteeringAcademic CompetitionNational MeritEntrepreneurship
Profile Ratings
95
Overall Score
Academic9.2
Extracurricular10.0
Awards9.5
Quick Stats
CategoryResearcher
Year2020
MajorCognitive Science
GPA4 (UW)
SAT1560
Acceptances5
Rejections3