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BiologistClass of 20233.8+1300+/28+stem
Molecular and Cellular Biology, History Applicant
Female · Asian · Texas · Non-Competitive Public High School
🏷️ First-Generation
Income: $60K~
Academic Profile
GPA (UW/W)
4 (UW)
ACT
30
Class Rank
1/200
AP Courses
7
Honors
19
AP Exams Taken
AP World (5)AP Euro (5)AP English Lang (4)AP Bio (3)
Extracurricular Activities
- Family ResponsibilitiesI run my household and my mom works the whole day; this prevents me from doing a lot of outside activities.
- Graphic Design Internship 1
- Graphic Design
- Newspaper
- NTHS President
- NHS
- Literary Criticism and Science Team
- Graphic Design Internship 2
- CourseraI wanted to show that I was taking the initiative to learn about different subjects and my future career in forensics.
- Art
- Key Club
Awards & Honors
- ★Adobe Photoshop Certified
- ★AP Scholar
- ★State Art Award/Published Artist
- ★School Awards (11th)
- ★School Awards (9th/10th)
Essay Topics
Common App Essay
Wrote about handling trauma and personal growth; received positive feedback from Harvard AO.
Interview Experiences
- Rice University
- Performance/Outcome: Went pretty well.
- University of Pennsylvania
- Performance/Outcome: Went pretty well.
- Duke University
- Performance/Outcome: Went pretty well.
- Princeton University
- Performance/Outcome: My first interview; I was super nervous and not prepared.
- Yale University
- Performance/Outcome: We talked about politics for an hour.
- Harvard University
- Performance/Outcome: Was told that me and another person were recommended and we both got in.
Letters of Recommendation
Teacher 1
She let me read it before she submitted it; basically just re-stated my activities and also added my home situation and my character during class.
Teacher 2
I assume it was good; I asked her to focus on my passions for science and future career.
Internship Mentor
She wrote the more personal aspects about me and my dependability, so I think it was pretty solid.
College Decisions
Accepted (7)
University of Texas at AustinBaylor UniversityUniversity of Notre DameUniversity of VirginiaUniversity of MiamiUniversity of PennsylvaniaHarvard University
Rejected (5)
Northeastern UniversityNorthwestern UniversityVanderbilt UniversityPrinceton UniversityYale University
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