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Computer ScientistClass of 20223.8+1500+/34+stem

Computer Science Applicant

Male · Asian (Chinese) · Midwest · Public (but huge)

Income: 200k+

Academic Profile
GPA (UW/W)
3.93 (UW)
SAT
1540
AP Courses
19
Honors
4

AP Exams Taken

AP Calculus ABAP Calculus BCAP Computer Science AAP ChemistryAP Physics 1AP StatisticsAP English Language and CompositionAP English Literature and CompositionAP US HistoryAP World HistoryAP SeminarAP ResearchAP Environmental ScienceAP PsychologyAP GovernmentAP Spanish LanguageAP Studio ArtAP Music TheoryAP Physics CAP Microeconomics
Extracurricular Activities
  • Founder of chess clubGrew to 40 people; built websites/software/an environment to support it and everything
  • Paid research internship at leading finance companyDeveloped something proprietary that cannot be shared
  • Dance Captain of school show choirWins competitions
  • Moderator of math olympiad class
  • Teaching assistant for computer science olympiad class
  • Printed 400 face shields for hospitals during COVID
  • Vice president of volunteer coding clubBuilt fully functional websites for organizations, including government organizations
  • Social Studies peer tutoring
  • CS honors society, NCHS
Awards & Honors
  • USACO Platinum Qualifier
  • USAMO Qualifier
  • Description: Three-time AIME qualifier
  • Co-Author of Academic Paper
  • Description: Accepted to two international conferences
  • University of Southern CaliforniaF Top 100 in Age Group
  • 1st place in local CS competition

Essay Topics

Common App Essay

Discussed how show choir transformed me as a person; writing vocabulary was nearly nonexistent, very dry in wording but content was good; wrote in 2 hours with 5 major revisions totaling about 8 hours

Interview Experiences
  • Yale University
  • Performance/Outcome: Went for 110 minutes, engaging conversations about college and life; reflected deep thinking
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Performance/Outcome: Kind of screwed up at some points due to lack of preparation
  • Northwestern University
  • Performance/Outcome: Had an amazing conversation despite a 30-minute limit enforced by admissions staff
Letters of Recommendation
  • Math teacher

    Knows me very well and I'm sure he wrote something really good

  • APUSH teacher

    Writes so well that Yale and some other colleges literally had to call her to ask if they were true; had great communication but scored a solid B+ in her class

  • Intern Professor

    Sent me his letter on accident

College Decisions

Accepted (6)

Yale UniversityCornell UniversityPurdue UniversityIndiana University BloomingtonCase Western Reserve UniversityDuke University

Waitlisted (4)

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCarnegie Mellon UniversityStanford UniversityUniversity of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Rejected (5)

Harvard UniversityPrinceton UniversityUniversity of Illinois, Urbana ChampaignUniversity of California, BerkeleyUniversity of California, Los Angeles

Profile Tags

ResearchLeadershipFounderClubVolunteeringCommunity ServiceInternshipAcademic CompetitionMath OlympiadScience OlympiadWriting & PublicationsCreative WritingPublic Speaking
Profile Ratings
87
Overall Score
Academic9.2
Extracurricular8.5
Awards8.0
Quick Stats
CategoryComputer Scientist
Year2022
MajorComputer Science
GPA3.93 (UW)
SAT1540
Acceptances6
Rejections5