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EngineerClass of 20233.8+1500+/34+stem

biomedical engineering, bioengineering Applicant

Male ยท Asian-american ยท deep south ยท large public

๐Ÿท๏ธ sibling legacy at yale and harvard

Income: ~200k

Academic Profile
GPA (UW/W)
4 (UW)
ACT
36
Class Rank
5/700
AP Courses
17

AP Exams Taken

Calc ABStatEuroPhysics ICalc BCChemAPUSHCSP
Extracurricular Activities
  • C-suite level of a student organization with 200,000+ memberssomething I've invested an insane amount of time into during all of high school; work with well-known nonprofits and lead membership development
  • Research Internship in Bioinformaticsmentored by local school prof on independent research contributing to lab; presented at ISEF and a conference; working on publication
  • Science Olympiad Captain3x Nationals Qualifier and coach for several events, place extremely well every year
  • Research Internship Program in Animal Geneticssummer program at state school, first authored poster and presented at undergrad-level symposium
  • Biology Club President2 years of being president; tripled membership, managed competitions and STEM service projects
  • Engineering Club Leadership Committeedirected STEM outreach in elementary schools for 4 years
  • Varsity and Club SwimmingDistrict and State competitor, did well in competitions over 8 years
  • Piano10 years of independent study, have won both state and local competitions
  • Boys Stateselected by school; elected for several positions/wrote a few passed bills
  • Class Repelected by students and led yearly events
Awards & Honors
  • โ˜…ISEF 4th Grand Award
  • โ˜…Conference Presenter and Poster Competition Finalist
  • โ˜…Science Olympiad State/National Awards
  • โ˜…App Development Contest Top 3
  • โ˜…Distinguished State Officer for EC 1

Essay Topics

Common App Essay

about my job as a bobarista and how making drinks changed my mindset towards breaking out of my comfort zone

Yale University โ€” Supplemental

very school-specific and personal

Duke University โ€” Supplemental

very school-specific and personal

Harvard University โ€” Supplemental

very school-specific and personal

Stanford University โ€” Supplemental

the realest things I've ever written

Interview Experiences
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Performance/Outcome: 7-8/10; almost 3 hours long and also my first interview
  • Stanford University
  • Performance/Outcome: 7-8/10
  • Duke University
  • Performance/Outcome: 7-8/10
  • Harvard University
  • Performance/Outcome: 7-8/10
  • Yale University
  • Performance/Outcome: 7-8/10
  • Princeton University
  • Performance/Outcome: 7-8/10
  • Washington University in St. Louis
  • Performance/Outcome: 7-8/10
  • Rice University
  • Performance/Outcome: 7-8/10
Letters of Recommendation
  • English Teacher

    super close with him. we talk weekly about both academic and non-academic things; he was close to my sibling as well and knows my family. he's known for writing fantastic recs and explicitly stated that mine was the best this year. he read a part to me - very personal. so thankful for this one

  • Calc Teacher

    taught me two years and kept in touch this year. was a strong student and participated, but didn't really stand out. probably generic

  • Engineering Teacher

    she's known me for 7 years; was my mentor and coach for basically every science activity. very close to her and she wrote about pretty unique things, but she was only my teacher pre-high school so used as an additional rec when possible.

  • Research Mentor

    we were fairly close; she knew a lot about my non-research activities and expressed that I was a very strong intern. used this anywhere that accepted additional recs.

College Decisions

Accepted (10)

University of Michigan, Ann ArborGeorgia Institute of TechnologyNortheastern UniversityUniversity of North Carolina, Chapel HillUniversity of Illinois, Urbana ChampaignBoston UniversityRice UniversityVanderbilt UniversityColumbia UniversityYale University

Waitlisted (7)

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyStanford UniversityWashington University in St. LouisUniversity of PennsylvaniaCornell UniversityPrinceton UniversityDuke University

Rejected (4)

Harvard UniversityJohns Hopkins UniversityNorthwestern UniversityUniversity of California, Berkeley

Profile Tags

ResearchScience OlympiadLeadershipPresidentClubVarsity SportsInternshipVolunteeringCommunity ServiceAcademic CompetitionMath OlympiadWriting & PublicationsCreative Writing
Profile Ratings
92
Overall Score
Academic9.2
Extracurricular9.5
Awards8.5
Quick Stats
CategoryEngineer
Year2023
Majorbiomedical engineering, bioengineering
GPA4 (UW)
ACT36
Acceptances10
Rejections4