Chemistry Applicant
Trans male · White · California · Private
🏷️ N/A (Location for the UCs)
Income: Middle class
- Trans Activism ClubStarted a club for trans activism to get my school to designate bathrooms as gender-neutral.
- Queer Jewish Youth RetreatHelped to organize a retreat for queer Jewish youth around the country with a well-established organization.
- Great Jewish Books ProgramAttended the Great Jewish Books program.
- Theater ProductionsDirected and played a large role in many different school plays and musicals throughout all four years.
- Preschool VolunteerVolunteered at a preschool for the deaf over the summer for 100 hours.
- Preschool VolunteerVolunteered at another preschool for 20 hours over the summer.
- PlaywritingWrote a 50-page play in my free time for fun.
- Maker FaireWon an honorable mention at my school's maker faire.
- ★Scholastic Writing Award Silver Key
Essay Topics
Wrote about family history of grandparents being Holocaust survivors, rated 6.5-7/10.
Discussed activism at school, rated 9/10.
Covered major aspects of identity, including coming out as trans, directing the Diary of Anne Frank, interest in chemistry, and writing, rated 8/10.
- Harvey Mudd College
- Performance/Outcome: Think it went okay, no significant impact. Rated 7/10.
Counselor
Had to switch counselors due to transphobic comments from the first. The second counselor was great, probably rated 9/10.
English Teacher
Had for three years, loved her classes, and she could speak to my participation in the queer community. Rated 10/10.
Chemistry Teacher
Had for two years, was passionate about her class, unsure of her opinion. Rated 7.5-8/10.
Accepted (10)
Waitlisted (2)
Rejected (1)
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