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Computer ScientistClass of 20223.8+1500+/34+stem
CS Applicant
Female · Asian · Texas · Public
🏷️ LGBTQ
Income: Greater than $200k
Academic Profile
GPA (UW/W)
3.97 (UW)
SAT
1560
Class Rank
58/600
AP Courses
4
IB Courses
4
AP Exams Taken
AP US HistoryAP Computer Science AIB PsychologyIB Spanish
Extracurricular Activities
- Research Internship at local universityLed my own project and partnered with a PhD student
- Summer program through Massachusetts Institute of Technology focused on Machine LearningMade an app with a team using ML
- Debate4 years
- Educational initiative for underserved communitiesCreated and ran initiative, received media recognition
- Biden for President Fellowship
- Senior Class RepresentativeIncluded in applications after October
- HOSACompetitions and some medical volunteering
- VP of student initiative for refugee childrenHosts book drives and reading sessions
- Volunteer math tutorIn my community
- Independent writingWon competitions and participated in library's writers club
- National Spanish Honor SocietyCulture-related volunteering
Awards & Honors
- ★FBLA State
- ★Description: Nationals qualifier
- ★Science Fair award
- ★Description: Regional
- ★Academic All American
- ★Description: Debate award that goes to 2% of participants
- ★National Spanish Exam Silver
- ★Finalist for a poetry contest
Essay Topics
Common App Essay
Received positive feedback, specific "why us" essays
Interview Experiences
- Case Western Reserve University
- Performance/Outcome: Went somewhat okay, blanked on "why us" question
- Rice University
- Performance/Outcome: Meh, conversation didn't click due to interviewer's background
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Performance/Outcome: Insightful conversations, lasted an hour and a half
- Northwestern University
- Performance/Outcome: Interviewer was a grad school alumni, positive feedback
- Dartmouth College
- Performance/Outcome: Lasted an hour, got interviewer to laugh
- University of Pennsylvania
- Performance/Outcome: Lasted an hour, provided good insight into my interests
- Cornell University
- Performance/Outcome: Non-evaluative and informational, asked good questions
- Harvard University
- Performance/Outcome: Casual conversation, interviewer thought I had a good shot
Letters of Recommendation
Chemistry teacher
Did well in her class and had her for multiple years, close personally
Math teacher
Had him grades 9-10, showed a lot of growth in his class
Counselor
Did not know her well but communicated frequently during virtual learning
Summer Program Mentor
Oversaw our project and mentored us, somewhat close personally
Research Mentor
University professor, first high schooler in his lab, exceeded expectations
College Decisions
Accepted (5)
University of Texas at DallasTexas A&M UniversityUniversity of Michigan, Ann ArborCase Western Reserve UniversityHofstra University
Waitlisted (3)
Rice UniversityGeorgia Institute of TechnologyDartmouth College
Rejected (8)
University of Texas at AustinMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyNortheastern UniversityNorthwestern UniversityHarvard UniversityColumbia UniversityCornell UniversityUniversity of Pennsylvania
Profile Tags
ResearchDebateLeadershipVPClubCommunity ServiceVolunteeringAdvanced CourseworkWriting & Publications