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Computer ScientistClass of 20223.8+1500+/34+stem
Computer Science Applicant
Male · South Korean · Minnesota · Public, not competitive
🏷️ Legacy at Washington University in St. Louis, near conservatory level violin proficiency
Income: Middle class
Academic Profile
GPA (UW/W)
3.97 (UW)
ACT
35
Class Rank
2/358
AP Courses
13
Extracurricular Activities
- Independent research in using machine learning to classify solar sunspots and effects on earth climate
- NASA summer virtual internship at Langley, created a CNN to analyze void content in polymer composites
- Mentorship with hospital, developed a neural network to classify protein localization abnormalities
- SciOly
- Independent coding projects
- Youth orchestra concertmaster, won concerto competition
- Violin-piano duets at nursing homes
- Math club
- Class instructor of math classes in pre-algebra for 25-30 students
- Junior varsity tennis
Awards & Honors
- ★Alternate musician for Carnegie Hall's NYOUSA
- ★AIME qualifier x2
- ★Regional music guild grand winner
- ★SciOly state top 5 medals
- ★PVSA Gold
Essay Topics
Common App Essay
Talked about research, acne, and Mahler, weaved subjects together in a refreshing way
Interview Experiences
- HYSM
- Performance/Outcome: All pretty standard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology interview went quite well
- Duke University
- Performance/Outcome: Opted out of interview
- Princeton University
- Performance/Outcome: Opted out of interview
Letters of Recommendation
Chem Teacher
Really lukewarm, did not participate much in class
English Teacher
Did not participate much in class, but was one of the best writers
Counselor
New counselor, very generic
Mentor
Well-written, portrayed me as very qualified
College Decisions
Accepted (2)
Duke UniversityUniversity of Minnesota Twin Cities
Rejected (13)
Stanford UniversityMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyColumbia UniversityUniversity of PennsylvaniaHarvard UniversityPrinceton UniversityBrown UniversityYale UniversityNorthwestern UniversityCornell UniversityUniversity of California, BerkeleyJohns Hopkins UniversityUniversity of Southern California
Profile Tags
ResearchScience FairMath CompetitionAdvanced CourseworkLeadershipClubMusic PerformanceVolunteeringCommunity ServiceJunior VarsityInternship