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Computer ScientistClass of 20233.8+1500+/34+steminternational
Computer Science Applicant
Female · Asian · International (China) · Private international school
Income: $200-300k
Academic Profile
GPA (UW/W)
3.99 (UW)
ACT
36
AP Courses
2
AP Exams Taken
Calculus BCComputer Science A
Extracurricular Activities
- Research project in programming language theory, presented at a major conference
- Internship at the programming language lab of the national academy of science
- Internship at a computer graphics startup
- Part-time job at a blockchain consultancy
- Wrote and maintained open source libraries with 100+ stars on GitHub
- Dinghy sailing; competed in regional competitions and got gold medal in one of them
- Part of a volunteer translator team aiming to translate literature on trans care into Chinese
- Spoke at a TEDx event
- Wrote a Discord bot that gained approximately 2,000 users
- Photographer at multiple school events, took photos used in school brochures
Awards & Honors
- ★Finalist team, High School Mathematical Contest in Modelling (HiMCM) 2020
- ★Bronze in finals, Senior group, American Computer Science League (ACSL) 2021
- ★High Distinction, Senior group, Canadian Computing Competition (CCC) 2021
- ★A bunch of less important awards
Essay Topics
Common App Essay
I wrote about my experience in dinghy sailing despite being overweight. My English teacher said it was well written in a technical sense.
Interview Experiences
- University of Cambridge
- Performance/Outcome: 2 rounds of interviews involving questions about my CS activities and general logic and CS problems. Interviewers were encouraging and helpful.
- Imperial College London
- Performance/Outcome: 1 round of interview with 3 questions: one about my CS activities, one math question involving integration by substitution, and one logic question. I struggled with the second one but answered the rest with relative ease.
- University of Pennsylvania
- Performance/Outcome: Alumni interview with a CO '26 in CS who just started his PhD program. We discussed our interests in CS and various aspects about Penn.
Letters of Recommendation
Math teacher
I was not very active in her class, so she mainly incorporated points from my resume, including details of the HiMCM contest and my passion for activism.
English teacher
I was very active in her class, and she praised my critical thinking and academic writing, as well as my willingness to help others.
College Decisions
Accepted (14)
Carnegie Mellon UniversityNew York UniversityUniversity of North Carolina, Chapel HillNortheastern UniversityUniversity of Wisconsin, MadisonUniversity of California, DavisUniversity of Massachusetts, AmherstThe Ohio State UniversityRose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyOberlin CollegeUniversity of CambridgeImperial College LondonUniversity College LondonUniversity of Bristol
Waitlisted (6)
University of Michigan, Ann ArborGeorgia Institute of TechnologyUniversity of California, IrvineBoston UniversityPurdue UniversityColby College
Rejected (17)
Cornell UniversityHarvard UniversityUniversity of PennsylvaniaJohns Hopkins UniversityNorthwestern UniversityDuke UniversityVanderbilt UniversityWashington University in St. LouisColumbia UniversityUniversity of Southern CaliforniaTufts UniversityUniversity of California, BerkeleyUniversity of California, Los AngelesUniversity of California, Santa BarbaraUniversity of California, San DiegoUniversity of Illinois, Urbana ChampaignUniversity of Washington, Seattle
Profile Tags
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