Finance, Economics Applicant
Male · Asian · California · Semi-competitive Bay Area school
Income: Too much to get aid
AP Exams Taken
- School's DECA Co-PresidentLeading a decently big officer team for 200 members; managing $250K+ budget; organizing events.
- VC InternshipDid research and presented information on 10 companies looking for funds; presented to the team; did research on two different medical markets.
- Student-led productivity app, Chief Business OfficerLeading 10-person business team to get 1000+ active users; managing/budgeting revenue; working with other high schools to expand the app.
- Students of the Year, Leadership TeamFounded school's club, serving on leadership team, talked at workshops, and raised ~$60K.
- Independent research with a couple mentoring professors from T30 schoolComputational economics research to find factors for business success.
- MedTech NPO, CEO/Co-FounderSponsorships ($10K+) for an AI-based robot to help children with communication disorders.
- Guest lecturer/mentor for school's entrepreneurship classTalked about medtech business and mentored a medtech company.
- Volleyball PlayerPlayed volleyball as a freshman; participated in open gyms during junior year.
- Chess Club TreasurerManaging funds, hosting tournaments, and maintaining rating.
- Econ summer camp/Volunteering hours
- ★Entrepreneurship Competition
- ★Description: Regional Semi-Finalist.
- ★National stats competition project recognition
- ★Covid PPE distribution
- ★Description: Recognition from California Board.
- ★School's honor roll
- ★Duolingo
- ★Description: 1000+ days learning languages; Spanish, Latin, Russian.
Essay Topics
For EA, it was pretty generic - what fueled my interest in the intersection of MedTech and Business. For RD, it was a montage essay comparing the 4 steps of Judo to different hobbies and how the lessons learned would help in a career.
- University of Pennsylvania
- Performance/Outcome: Cool interviewer who was in the field I was interested in; it was neat talking to her but I was nervous.
- Stanford University
- Performance/Outcome: Went really well; unfortunate that I am auto-rejected despite this.
- Dartmouth College
- Performance/Outcome: Pretty generic interview; it was nice talking to her about what she liked and calming concerns about Greek Life.
DECA advisor
No idea what she wrote since FERPA, but I've had her as a teacher for both sophomore and junior year. Would probably say 7/10.
English Teacher
I had him in 9th grade and talk with him often, discussing my participation in teaching his students before tests and unofficial TAing. 8.5/10.
STEM teacher
Honestly pretty generic, also talked about taking me to the ER for a medical emergency. 5/10.
Counselor
She asked for a prep sheet and then asked for follow-ups after a while. 6/10.
Accepted (10)
Waitlisted (2)
Rejected (13)
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