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EconomistClass of 20233.8+1500+/34+socsciinternational
economics Applicant
Female · White · europe · private semi-competitive
Income: nearly full financial aid
Academic Profile
GPA (UW/W)
96 (UW)
SAT
1500
AP Courses
8
Extracurricular Activities
- social venturereceived a 30k investment for an edtech project I founded.
- community serviceleading a tutoring program that helps an underfunded institution, managing over 100 teachers/students and fundraised 30k.
- entrepreneurship clubfounded and led, managing 50 students and mentoring 7 start-ups, accumulated nearly 80k as club revenue through 3 years.
- niche social science researchpublished research and created documentary besides the full funding.
- debate and public speakingranked among the top 15 in the country, former member of WSDC national team, leading 21 in the club as president.
- varsity sportsinvited to national selections, won city championship twice, named among the top 15 in a category nationally and qualified for nationals twice, captain.
- research internshipeconomics research alongside professor in top university in my country.
- internshiplead student intern at investment firm, proposed website editing techniques that increased website activity by 1000+ users a day, assisted in managing other interns, received a recommendation.
- internshipscanned articles at a capital investment firm and collected data.
- student governmentpresident, represented nearly 450 students.
Awards & Honors
- ★full international research funding
- ★international public speaking competition national finalist
- ★debate nationals 5th best speaker and 3rd place
- ★80% merit scholarship through high school
- ★AP scholar with distinction
Essay Topics
Common App Essay
losing ties with a close family member, feeling alone, starting to do activities to not feel alone, instead finding another home and becoming who I am today.
Interview Experiences
- Harvard University
- Performance/Outcome: 9/10
- Princeton University
- Performance/Outcome: 10/10, interviewer told me Princeton needed students like me
- Cornell University
- Performance/Outcome: 10/10, very informal and non-indicative
- Duke University
- Performance/Outcome: 7/10, stuttered a few times but the interviewer was around my age and said it was okay
- Wesleyan University
- Performance/Outcome: 7/10
Letters of Recommendation
College Decisions
Accepted (3)
University of North Carolina, Chapel HillUniversity of TorontoUniversity of Amsterdam
Rejected (8)
University of ChicagoHarvardStanford UniversityDuke UniversityWesleyan UniversitySwarthmore CollegeWilliams CollegeAmherst College
Profile Tags
ResearchDebatePublic SpeakingLeadershipPresidentClubCommunity ServiceVarsity SportsInternshipEntrepreneurSocial VentureEntrepreneurship ClubStudent Government