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EconomistClass of 20223.8+1500+/34+socsci
Finance Applicant
Female ยท White/Eastern European ยท NY state ยท Smallish decent public, around 150 in a class, 1 t20 per year usually, not competitive at all
๐ท๏ธ None I think
Income: too high for fin aid
Academic Profile
GPA (UW/W)
98 (UW)
SAT
1510
AP Courses
5
IB Courses
6
AP Exams Taken
AP Physics 1AP LangAP WorldAP CSP
Extracurricular Activities
- Clarinet Study and Performance1st chair in school band; All-State and Area All-State bands; jazz band; private lessons; 10 hrs/week, 40 weeks
- Stage Crewmanager position; 2 productions per year; mostly technical stuff; 10 hrs/week, 10 weeks
- Varsity Fall Sportstarting player for 3 years; 2 hour practices 6 days a week; 2-3 games per week during season; 15 hrs/week, 9 weeks
- Columbia University Science Honors Programfree Saturday classes; 2.5 hrs/week, 20 weeks
- Science Olympiadco-founded club; focused on first competition; 1 hr/week, 28 weeks
- Random School Clubpresident; for fun; raised money and did community events; 1 hr/week, 24 weeks
- Esports Clubtreasurer; played on 2 different teams and went undefeated for one season; 6 hrs/week, 20 weeks
- Tutoring Clubtutored middle school students who needed extra help in every subject; 4 hrs/week, 24 weeks
- FIRST FRC Roboticsco-ran social medias; lead scouting and strategy; shadowed lead programmer; club died after this year; 5 hrs/week, 16 weeks
- National Honor Societysmall leadership role; 1 hr/week, 28 weeks
Awards & Honors
- โ NYSSMA All-State Symphonic Band
- โ NYSSMA Area All-State Symphonic Band
- โ National Merit Commended Scholar
- โ Description: selection index 219
- โ University of Rochester Xerox Award for Innovation and Information Technology
- โ Description: school award
- โ Principal's Outstanding Student Award
- โ Description: another random school award
Essay Topics
Common App Essay
my dream house and how it connects to my values
Interview Experiences
- Harvard University
- Performance/Outcome: went alright, pretty generic
- Princeton University
- Performance/Outcome: similar to previous but slightly better, bonded over shared experiences
- University of Southern California
- Performance/Outcome: did not do it
Letters of Recommendation
Physics Teacher
good student and was really engaged in class, advisor for club and IB paper
English Teacher
good student and was also really engaged in class, participated a lot
Counselor
generic, asked what to put, not bad but nothing standout
Music Teacher
has a lot of credibility in his field, good relationship
College Decisions
Accepted (8)
Fordham UniversityNortheastern UniversityUniversity of VirginiaUniversity of Southern CaliforniaIndiana University BloomingtonColgate UniversityBoston CollegeWashington and Lee University
Waitlisted (2)
Rice UniversityCornell University
Rejected (9)
Williams CollegeCarnegie Mellon UniversityVanderbilt UniversityDuke UniversityDartmouth CollegePrinceton UniversityYale UniversityHarvard UniversityColumbia University
Profile Tags
ResearchScience OlympiadLeadershipPresidentClubNational Honor SocietyAdvanced CourseworkVarsity SportsEsportsMusic PerformanceCreative WritingPersonal Projects