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Human development Applicant
Female · Asian · CA · Private Catholic
🏷️ Lgbtq+
Income: Did not apply for aid
Academic Profile
GPA (UW/W)
3.97 (UW)
ACT
32
AP Courses
17
Honors
2
AP Exams Taken
AP World History - 5AP US History - 5AP English Language - 5AP Bio - 4AP Comp Sci P - 4
Extracurricular Activities
- Ran a political non profit teaching middle schoolers local civics and government as director; raised 13000 in funds and created curriculum. Recognition by a major tech company for my leadership (10-12)
- Vice chair of city youth commission; created and judged youth poet laureate competition and helped create several city programs (9-12)
- EIC of Student Newspaper - Helped create new section, D&I focus (11-12)
- President of GSA - Created regional events and other programs (10-12)
- President & Founder of Ethics Bowl - regional awards and trained several teams (10-12)
- Drum Major - Band/Clarinet Section Leader - Orchestra (9-12) - Helped create a new band program as inaugural drum major
- Research at UC in philosophy/political science (11-12)
- Dental Assistant - had to go find my own trainings (11-12)
- Volunteer Teacher - Over 500+ hours of service; taught over 100 students (10-12)
- Program Manager - Local non profit; created curriculum and training sessions (10-12)
Awards & Honors
- ★Posse Finalist (12)
- ★District Winner - Voice of Democracy (12)
- ★Youth Leadership Summit Panelist (12)
- ★Religion Award (11)
- ★Local School Award (10)
Essay Topics
Common App Essay
Wrote about being gay and catholic and how my school had some really challenging moments and how I had faced discrimination in my community and at home and how I created programs at my school to combine my two identities. By far my best essay.
Interview Experiences
- Kenyon - I really liked my interview and the student interviewer was really really cool
- Washington University in St. Louis - I just remember how short and horrible it felt
- Stanford - Not my best but the interviewer was really sweet
- Case Western - Really good interview; interviewer and I had similar energy levels
- Scripps - Solid. Not outstanding.
- Wash & Lee - One of my best interviews; my AC who interviewed me and I stayed in touch
- Rice - I liked my interview a lot; we valued similar family values
- Rochester - Really good; I fit the school really well so it felt like a natural fit
- Occidental - I loved my interview; he was super sweet
Letters of Recommendation
Junior year Precalc H teacher
Junior year English H teacher
Counselor
College Decisions
Accepted (20)
University of California, Los AngelesUniversity of California, BerkeleyUniversity of California, San DiegoUniversity of California, Santa BarbaraUniversity of California, DavisUniversity of California, Santa CruzCalifornia Polytechnic State UniversityUniversity of Notre DameEmory UniversityWashington and Lee UniversityCase Western Reserve UniversityTulane UniversityNortheastern UniversityUniversity of RochesterScripps CollegeUniversity of the PacificSanta Clara University - 32000 & HonorsTemple UniversityKenyon CollegeUniversity of South Florida
Waitlisted (3)
University of California, IrvineUniversity of MiamiRice University
Rejected (5)
Stanford UniversityUniversity of PennsylvaniaCornell UniversityUniversity of Southern CaliforniaWashington University in St. Louis
Profile Tags
ResearchLeadershipPresidentClubCommunity ServiceVolunteeringNonprofitFundraisingActivismDiversity & InclusionAcademic CompetitionWriting & Publications