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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

๐Ÿท๏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

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Quick Stats
CategoryEconomist
Year2022
MajorFinance
GPA98 (UW)
SAT1510
Acceptances8
Rejections9