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EngineerClass of 20213.8+1500+/34+stem
Mechanical Engineering Applicant
FTM · White · Rural Iowa · Rural public
Income: Lower middle class
Academic Profile
GPA (UW/W)
4 (UW)
ACT
35
AP Courses
1
AP Exams Taken
APUSH
Extracurricular Activities
- FTC Robotics4 years, team captain 11th and 12th, typically pretty solid team for awards
- Part-time jobStarted during the pandemic, and still there, a lot of time spent during the summer and a decent amount during the school year
- Ethics Bowl10-12, team captain this year
- AEOP research apprenticeshipSummer before 12, pretty interesting, and it was paid
- Football9th and 12th + off-season lifting the summer before each season
- Volunteer position at the libraryNot many hours a month, but long term 10-12
- Part-time jobSummer before 9th and 10th, wasn't during the school year
- Junior RotaryJust senior year
- Science bowl10th and 12th, team captain this year
- Community bandWeekly performances in June, non-selective
Awards & Honors
- ★FTC Dean's List Finalist
- ★Description: State/regional
- ★National Merit Semifinalist
- ★Description: National
- ★Silver Chord for 100 hours of volunteerism
- ★Description: School
- ★Department Award - Math
- ★Description: 11th grade, picks one student out of 11th and 12th who's demonstrated a high level of academics
- ★Department Award - Science
- ★Description: 9th and 10th grade, won both years out of all the students in 9th and 10th
Essay Topics
Common App Essay
Personal essay was a sports essay that tied into my gender and the interconnectedness between them
Letters of Recommendation
High school calculus teacher
One of the best students in her tenure at the school
Humanities teacher / ethics bowl coach / football coach
Knows a bit more about me as a person
College Decisions
Accepted (3)
Iowa State UniversityJohnson & Wales UniversityNorthwestern University
Profile Tags
ResearchLeadershipCaptainClubVarsity SportsAdvanced Coursework (AP/IB/Dual Enrollment)Community ServiceVolunteeringAcademic CompetitionScience OlympiadNational Merit