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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