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Computer ScientistClass of 20223.8+1500+/34+stem
Computer Science Applicant
Female · East Asian · California Bay Area · Public, pretty big, decently competitive
Income: Middle class
Academic Profile
GPA (UW/W)
4 (UW)
SAT
1530
AP Courses
10
AP Exams Taken
AP Euro (5)AP CS P (5)AP Calc BC (5)AP English (5)AP Physics 1 (3)
Extracurricular Activities
- Summer program, led a team of four in creating a modern remake of a classic video game with C within 1 week, doubled as lead artist/designer
- Summer program, led a separate team of four in creating an original video game with C within 2 weeks, doubled as lead artist/designer
- Research program, worked in a team of four to do data analysis on COVID-related data with Python ML packages
- Research program, worked in a team of three to create an algorithm related to eye disease
- Personal website, taught myself HTML/CSS/JS to create a website from scratch to show off my artwork and sell art commissions, also drew all assets and designed logo
- Volunteer TA/Mentored for a web design class for underprivileged demographics
- Digitally illustrated and drew cards for elderly isolated in retirement homes during COVID
- Member of school art club, just attended meetings and displayed artwork at school gallery
- A.I. Program, just two weeks long and learned a lot about A.I./ML techniques, trained and built models
- Volunteered as a tutor for my elementary school
Awards & Honors
- ★Perfect score on an AP Exam
- ★3rd Best Research Poster out of 40+ projects at research program
- ★AP Scholar
Essay Topics
Common App Essay
Wrote about how I liked the color blue, connected it to digital art and existential themes
Interview Experiences
- Tufts University
- Performance/Outcome: Super nervous but friendly interviewer, felt genuine connection
Letters of Recommendation
Calculus Teacher
Not really close, estimated rating 2/10
English Teacher
Not known well, estimated rating 3/10
Counselor
New to school, sweet and approachable, estimated rating 6/10
College Decisions
Accepted (12)
Oregon State UniversityChapman UniversityNortheastern UniversityPurdue UniversityUniversity of Wisconsin, MadisonSan Jose State UniversityUniversity of California, MercedUniversity of California, RiversideUniversity of California, Santa CruzUniversity of California, DavisUniversity of California, San DiegoTufts University
Rejected (10)
Case Western Reserve UniversityUniversity of Illinois, Urbana ChampaignUniversity of California, Santa BarbaraUniversity of California, Los AngelesUniversity of California, BerkeleyCalifornia Polytechnic State UniversityUniversity of Southern CaliforniaRice UniversityCarnegie Mellon UniversityJohns Hopkins University
Profile Tags
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