Computer Science Applicant
Female · Asian · Bay Area
AP Exams Taken
- CS/HCI summer research internship
- Psychology summer research internship
- Editor of a student-run publication
- Student leadership position
- President and vice president of 2 clubs
- Dancer - lead roles in shows, some regional awards, did a dance portfolio for all the schools that allowed them
- Volunteering
- School performing arts
- Short AI summer camp
- ★Big national award for a piece I wrote
- ★National French Exam Gold Medal
- ★Smaller awards for publication work
- ★Dance awards
- ★Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
Essay Topics
Wrote about how dance has shaped me and taught me skills I use in many aspects of my life as I step back from dancing to make time for my other interests
I took advantage of the University of Chicago PDF upload and designed a page with some digital art for the celestial object prompt; still got waitlisted though
- Georgetown University
- Performance/Outcome: 8/10
- Northwestern University
- Performance/Outcome: 6/10
- University of Pennsylvania
- Performance/Outcome: 8.5/10
- Princeton University
- Performance/Outcome: 9/10
- Duke University
- Performance/Outcome: 9.5/10; felt the most natural and conversational, I got to share some more fun parts of myself and learned a lot about Duke's community and opportunities that got me excited
English teacher
8/10; I spoke up a lot in this class and wrote some interesting essays
Bio teacher
6/10; probably pretty impersonal because he wrote a lot of LOR and I didn't stand out in class
Professor from CS research
7/10; was recommended to use her letter to make my STEM side stronger, but my work was usually independent, so I didn't get to know her that well besides just sharing my project progress
Mentor for one of my ECs
10/10; I've worked with her for 4 years, and she knows students really well and knows how to talk about their strengths. Unfortunately, she didn't finish the letter in time for most of my apps
Accepted (4)
Rejected (13)
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