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EngineerClass of 20223.8+1500+/34+stem
Civil Engineering Applicant
cis Female · White / European · Illinois, US · competitive public, ~2k students
Income: upper-middle class
Academic Profile
GPA (UW/W)
4 (UW)
SAT
1570
AP Courses
11
Honors
12
AP Exams Taken
Physics 1LangPsychHuman GeoPhysics 2Euro
Extracurricular Activities
- National Honor Society Executive Positionlead meetings, coordinate service outings, communications
- Science Olympiadsome regional and invitational medals
- Church Youth Groupleadership team, serving events, social media managing
- Work 1summers only, niche sport camp
- Engineering Summer Programs3 for enrichment, 1 for credit
- Environmental Nonprofitwater testing
- VolleyballFresh A, JV, Varsity, attitude award
- STEM Programsponsored by local Congressperson, applied and selected to represent school
- Work 2tutor and admin at tutoring center
- Student Councilnon-elected position
Awards & Honors
- ★National German Exam - Gold Levels 1-3
- ★Description: earned 4 in March, did not update apps
- ★AP Scholar with Distinction
- ★Description: 2021
- ★National Merit Commended Scholar
- ★Description: 2021
- ★National Honor Society
- ★School Level Language Award
- ★Description: 9-11
Essay Topics
Common App Essay
spent time prepping, writing, revising, and tweaking personal statement about identities
purdue university — Supplemental
completed optional essays, proud of them
cornell university — Supplemental
completed optional essays, proud of them
Interview Experiences
- Case Western Reserve University
- Performance/Outcome: optional interview, felt it went quite well (8/10)
Letters of Recommendation
Junior year AP Lang teacher
only on Zoom, demonstrated significant growth in writing and discussion skills, participated in an EC she nominated me for (7.5/10)
Sophomore year Algebra II Honors teacher
enjoyed her class, wrote a fantastic rec letter for a STEM program (9/10)
Counselor
one of his most organized and ambitious students, stops in for meetings (9/10)
College Decisions
Accepted (6)
Colorado School of MinesPurdue UniversityCornell UniversityCase Western Reserve UniversityUniversity of Wisconsin, MadisonUniversity of Illinois, Urbana Champaign
Rejected (3)
Valparaiso UniversityNorthland CollegeUniversity of Arizona
Profile Tags
ResearchScience OlympiadAdvanced CourseworkLeadershipClubEnvironmental ClubVolunteeringVarsity SportsInternshipJob Experience