Computer science Applicant
Male · Black/African · Undocumented asylum seeker · Public school
🏷️ URM but AA doesn't apply cause I'm not a legal resident. First-gen for some schools: dad has a masters from Nigeria
Income: really really poor. Like living off of savings kinda poor
- Started 3 businesses while in high school before I immigrated. Also had a lot of small trades I would do for cash.
- Writer with 13K reads
- Volunteer tutor: been tutoring since I learned how to read
- Math team: been on the math teams of all the schools I've ever attended
- Creative writer: write for fun. Never published
- ★Questbridge Finalist
- ★2nd in my state in a math competition
- ★6th in my state in the math Olympiad qualifier. Went on to represent the state at the national level
Essay Topics
I liked my personal statement. It was a flashback cut kinda story. Talked about my immigration. The first scene was my dad scolding me while we were at the airport, then me thinking about my mum and then talking about how her death inspired me to build a time machine. Went on to expand on how my mission to build the time machine made me love STEM and math and helped me come to terms with the past and all.
- Performance/Outcome: I liked my interviews. I could expand on my business ventures, passions, interests and knowledge.
Best teacher from my country
One wrote a good one about my ambitions, passions and social interactions. The other wrote more about how well I did in math class.
Best teacher from my country
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