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MathematicianClass of 20213.8+1500+/34+stem
Economics, Mathematics Applicant
Male · Black (African-American), Native American, Chinese, Latino (PR) · NYC · Extremely small public
🏷️ URM
Income: $100k
Academic Profile
GPA (UW/W)
4 (UW)
SAT
1540
AP Courses
5
AP Exams Taken
AP Comp Sci PrinciplesAP Calc AB/BCAP English Literature (taking this year)AP Biology (taking this year)
Extracurricular Activities
- Captain of the Chess team
- Rockclimbing - City Rocks; certified
- Google Code Next
- Math Tutor, founder of organization
- Activism Organizer (school)
- All-Star Code
- Math Team activities (AMC, random problems)
- NYC Chess Tournament Director
- President of Senior Committee
- Writer and Editor of the school newspaper
- Chess club coach
- Chess class teacher during school hours
- Mentorship at Morgan Stanley
- Math Book Writing (with guidance from math teacher)
- TA for AP Comp Sci, AP Calc, Precalc (for 2 years)
- Created app to help HS/Early college students manage finances
- In progress: App to help prospective students connect with admitted and current students
Awards & Honors
- ★National Honor Society
- ★AP Scholar
- ★Top-100 rated chess player and national team champion
- ★Marshall Chess Scholarship Recipient
- ★One of my science publications was spotlight featured on BioBus
Essay Topics
Common App Essay
Discussed family background and how recycling bottles built math foundation
Letters of Recommendation
Math Teacher
Strong, known for 3 years
Dramatic Literature and AP English Teacher
Strong, known for 2 years
College Decisions
Accepted (24)
Harvard UniversityYale UniversityStanford UniversityCornell UniversityMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyUniversity of PennsylvaniaBrown UniversitySwarthmore CollegeBrandeis UniversityUniversity of California, DavisUniversity of California, IrvineUniversity of California, BerkeleyRensselaer Polytechnic InstituteNew Paltz CollegeUniversity at BuffaloStony Brook UniversityHunter CollegeBrooklyn CollegeCity CollegeLehman CollegeQueens CollegeClarkson UniversityUniversity of RochesterVassar College
Waitlisted (1)
Dartmouth College
Rejected (4)
California Institute of TechnologyUniversity of California, Los AngelesCarnegie Mellon UniversityPrinceton University
Profile Tags
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