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Neuroscience Applicant
Female · chinese · midwest · public school, 2-5 going to t20s every year
Income: less than 40k
Academic Profile
GPA (UW/W)
3.77 (UW)
ACT
36
AP Courses
17
Honors
17
AP Exams Taken
AP Physics 1AP Calculus BCAP BiologyAP ChemistryAP Computer Science PrinciplesAP LanguageAP MacroeconomicsAP MicroeconomicsAP Physics C MechanicsAP StatisticsAP World HistoryAP Computer Science AAP Environmental ScienceAP Government
Extracurricular Activities
- Game Studiopresident and founder of game studio on a gaming platform with over 100,000 members and a published game with over one million plays. Self-taught in programming, animation, graphic design, and 3D modeling.
- Competitive Medical Summer Programwrote a literature review on the pathophysiology of glaucoma and received an award.
- Leukemia Fundraisingestablished school blood cancer club, raised $87,000 for leukemia research, served on leadership team to mentor new leaders.
- Neuroscience Outreach Organizationoutreach officer at local university, hosted first high school neuroscience competition.
- Public Policy Internshipraised over $100,000 for nonprofit programming.
- Neuroscience Summer Programparticipated in a summer program focused on neuroscience.
- Tutor/Study Table Leadertutored all levels of math up to AP Calculus and all AP science subjects.
- Science Olympiadteam member from 10th to 12th grade.
- Yearbook Editoreditor of yearbook in 12th grade.
- Orchestrasection leader in 9th grade.
- Virtual Free Tutoring Organizationfounder of organization that has helped hundreds of students nationwide.
- School Cultural Organizationfounder of cultural organization at school.
- TED-Ed Clubvice president of club.
Awards & Honors
- ★AP Scholar with Distinction
- ★Description: awarded in sophomore and junior year.
- ★Presidential Volunteer Service Award
- ★Description: 1 silver freshman year, 3 gold awards.
- ★3rd Place in Competitive Medical Program
- ★Description: ranked 3rd in a highly competitive medical program.
- ★Leukemia Fundraising Award
- ★Description: awarded to 3% of people nationally, first person to win in region.
- ★Science National Honor Society/National Honor Society
- ★Description: recognized for academic achievements.
- ★Scholarship Finalist
- ★Description: finalist for prestigious scholarship with 2% acceptance rate.
Essay Topics
Common App Essay
wrote about gratitude for middle school teacher who helped overcome fear of speaking, narrative format.
Interview Experiences
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Performance/Outcome: 10/10, connected well with interviewer, conversation lasted 3.5 hours.
- University of Pennsylvania
- Performance/Outcome: 4/10, had a good conversation but struggled with unexpected questions, lasted 1 hour.
- Princeton University
- Performance/Outcome: 6.5/10, felt rushed, lasted 1 hour, impressed with tutoring organization.
- Duke Kunshan
- Performance/Outcome: 8.5/10, connected well with interviewer, lasted 1 hour.
- Northwestern University
- Performance/Outcome: invited to interview but did not accept.
Letters of Recommendation
Counselor
8/10, formed a close relationship, expects to read about me in the future.
AP World History Teacher
7.5/10, did well in class, used my presentations for teaching.
AP Environmental Science Teacher
6/10, limited knowledge of me but aware of my classes at local university.
College Decisions
Accepted (5)
University of California, San DiegoUniversity of California, Santa BarbaraUniversity of California, Los AngelesThe Ohio State UniversityNorthwestern University
Waitlisted (4)
University of ChicagoUniversity of Michigan, Ann ArborCase Western Reserve UniversityCalifornia Institute of Technology
Rejected (4)
Stanford UniversityDuke UniversityMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyJohns Hopkins University
Profile Tags
ResearchLeadershipFounderClubScience OlympiadAdvanced CourseworkVolunteeringCommunity ServiceTutoringPublic SpeakingCreative WritingPersonal Projects