poli sci, applied math, econ Applicant
Female · Asian · south · public magnet
Income: upper middle
AP Exams Taken
- policy advocatepanelist at 2 national conferences related to that area
- informal leader of a councilorganized members statewide to present suggestions to government leaders
- student government vice presidentstarted a mental health branch to change school policy
- math club presidentorganized all competitions and presented biweekly lectures
- policy nonprofit internresearched and wrote 3 articles
- school newspaper managing editor
- model UN co-president
- speech and debate3x national qualifier, NSDA academic all American
- FBLA parliamentarianhelped with outreach
- math peer tutorstudent coach for local MathCounts team
- ★math modeling team finalist
- ★math modeling team honorable mention
- ★NHD national qualifier
- ★scholastic art/writing silver medal
- ★speech and debate award
Essay Topics
talked about doing creative writing in my free time and how it led to growth, tied in math modeling
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Performance/Outcome: didn't really know what to expect, it was more of a conversation than a Q&A
- Princeton University
- Performance/Outcome: more of a Q&A and was pretty short, interviewer wanted to know about my experience in policy
- Stanford University
- Performance/Outcome: more of a Q&A but branched off into conversations after some of my answers
- Yale University
- Performance/Outcome: interviewer was an alum from my high school, we were able to talk about teachers and clubs, started off awkward but ended well
- University of Pennsylvania
- Performance/Outcome: this was my worst one, I was pretty bland and forgettable
- Harvard University
- Performance/Outcome: would have rated this higher, but realized it was amazing because the interviewer was super cool and a phenomenal conversationalist
history/government teacher
she sponsored model UN and taught me for 2 years, helped me prepare for the application process for a government/policy-centric scholarship before college apps, known for writing good LORs
math teacher
she taught me for 1 year but had known me for longer, sponsored math club, we talked a lot outside of class
counselor
wasn't super close with her, but I went to her for advice on pursuing poli sci and ended up crying in her office because my parents weren't yet supportive of that path, which led to me being a lot more open than most people probably
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Rejected (4)
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