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EngineerClass of 20223.8+1500+/34+stem
Mechanical Engineering Applicant
Male · Chinese · Southwest · Smaller Public High School
🏷️ First-Gen
Income: Low-income
Academic Profile
GPA (UW/W)
3.91 (UW)
SAT
1500
AP Courses
11
AP Exams Taken
AP World (5)AP Gov (3)AP Euro (5)AP Eng Lang (3)AP Comp Sci (5)AP Calc AB (4)AP Bio (4)APUSH (5)AP Phys I (4)AP Chem (4)AP Calc BC (4)
Extracurricular Activities
- Chinese School
- Summer Camp Team LeaderManaged a group of 30 children doing different activities
- RestaurantBusboy/Managed Online website/Yelp
- Rec BasketballJust a player
- Rec Swim TeamJust a swimmer
- Varsity Swim TeamJust a swimmer
- TA WorkGraded work for Chem teacher
- Model RocketryDesigned and built some small model rockets, also designed a custom model rocket flight computer
Awards & Honors
- ★AP Scholar w/ Distinction
- ★National Merit Commended Scholar
Essay Topics
Common App Essay
Spoke about the struggles of exploring my passion for learning how the world works as I come from a low-income family
Interview Experiences
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Performance/Outcome: Went fine (6/10)
- Northwestern University
- Performance/Outcome: Went fine (6/10)
- Princeton University
- Performance/Outcome: Went better (8/10)
Letters of Recommendation
English Teacher
Both covid-era online school so they didn't get to know me that well, but I still paid attention and answered questions during zoom + got good grades
AP Chem Teacher
Both covid-era online school so they didn't get to know me that well, but I still paid attention and answered questions during zoom + got good grades
Counselor
She was my English teacher for two years before becoming my school's college counselor, plus she recommended me to apply to Questbridge
College Decisions
Accepted (5)
Arizona State UniversityUniversity of ArizonaCase Western Reserve UniversityUniversity of MiamiUniversity of Virginia
Waitlisted (1)
Boston University
Rejected (9)
Northwestern UniversityMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyNortheastern UniversityRice UniversityWashington University in St. LouisUniversity of Southern CaliforniaCornell UniversityPrinceton UniversityStanford University
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