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WriterClass of 20213.6+1300+/28+art/hum
english literature Applicant
Female but i use she/they pronouns so idrk · White · los angeles · public
🏷️ 2nd gen immigrant, California
Income: very very low
Academic Profile
GPA (UW/W)
3.625 (UW)
SAT
1350
AP Courses
9
Honors
7
Extracurricular Activities
- Volleyball7 years (3 years of club, 4 years at high school, 3 years on varsity)
- Piano10 years
- Violin14 years
- Model United Nations2 years
- UNICEF Clubpresident, founded it sophomore year, 3 years, officially recognized by UNICEF
- Summer Volunteeringat a local public library for 4 years
- Tutoringvolunteering at local middle/elementary school for 2 years, 1.5 hours/week
- Space and Physics Club2 years
- Environmental Awareness Club2 years
- Local Basketball Leagueworked for 4 years, many hours over weekends
- International Crochet Businessstarted it for 1 year, major time commitment
Awards & Honors
- ★National French Contest Silver Medal
- ★Description: 2019
- ★National French Contest Silver Medal
- ★Description: 2020
- ★AP Scholar with Distinction
- ★Description: 2020
- ★3rd Place at a MUN Conference
- ★Honor Roll
- ★Description: 4 years
- ★California Scholarship Federation
- ★Description: 3 years (sophomore to senior)
- ★Outstanding French Student Award
- ★Description: 2019
- ★1st Place in Local Art Competition
- ★Description: included in LOCIs for Reed, Georgetown, and Berkeley
Essay Topics
Common App Essay
wrote about abusive father and difficult home life
Interview Experiences
- Stanford University
- Performance/Outcome: super good, longest interview, impressed interviewer
- Mount Holyoke College
- Performance/Outcome: had anxiety attack, saved interview with connection to interviewer
- Columbia University
- Performance/Outcome: did not connect well, FaceTime issues, applied
- Harvard University
- Performance/Outcome: amazing interview, interviewer liked me, made him laugh
- Reed College
- Performance/Outcome: decent interview with student interviewer
- Wellesley College
- Performance/Outcome: overdid enthusiasm, interviewer was a bit ditzy
- Lewis and Clark
- Performance/Outcome: really good, liked me
- Sarah Lawrence
- Performance/Outcome: bonded over shared interests
- Georgetown University
- Performance/Outcome: early interview, good experience, interviewer was kind
- Middlebury College
- Performance/Outcome: chill interview, discussed Shakespeare
Letters of Recommendation
French Teacher
known her for four years, good relationship, estimated rating 8/10
APUSH Teacher
known for great letters, liked me, estimated rating 9/10
AP Lit Teacher
asked for additional LOR for waitlist schools, called me his star student, estimated rating 10/10
College Decisions
Accepted (8)
The American University of ParisUniversity of Washington, SeattleUniversity of California, Los AngelesUniversity of California, San DiegoUniversity of California, Santa CruzUniversity of California, IrvineMount Holyoke CollegeLewis and Clark College
Waitlisted (7)
University of California, Santa BarbaraGeorgetown UniversitySmith CollegeUniversity of California, BerkeleyReed CollegeBryn Mawr CollegeSarah Lawrence College
Rejected (11)
Columbia UniversityUniversity of Southern CaliforniaHarvard UniversityTufts UniversityBarnard CollegeMiddlebury CollegeVassar CollegeBrown UniversityWellesley CollegeWilliams CollegeStanford University
Profile Tags
ResearchModel UNHonor SocietyAdvanced CourseworkLeadershipPresidentClubVolunteeringCommunity ServiceVarsity SportsCreative WritingWriting & Publications