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Political ScientistClass of 20223.8+1500+/34+art/hum
Political Science Applicant
Male · Black · Non-competitive public school
🏷️ First-Generation, Underrepresented state, Birth defect, Overcame learning disorder
Income: Middle Class
Academic Profile
GPA (UW/W)
3.9 (UW)
Class Rank
5/750
AP Courses
7
Honors
10
AP Exams Taken
Psychology (3)US History (3)Lang (3)Human Geography (4)World History (5)
Extracurricular Activities
- President of Black Cultural Club
- Service Project Founder
- Political content creator/blogger
- Internship with executive assistant to the governor
- Church Fundraiser Leader
- Presidential and senatorial campaign volunteer for 2020
- Varsity Swim
- Organized a Black Lives Matter protest
- Co-captain of trivia club
- Job at Craft Store
Awards & Honors
- ★College Board's African American Scholar
- ★Scholarship from school worth $1000
- ★Varsity Letter for Swim
- ★Finalist in state for national writing competition
- ★Trivia club team made it to the finale
Essay Topics
Common App Essay
Focused on adversity and growth
Interview Experiences
- Yale University
- Performance/Outcome: 4/10, connected well but had a poor response to one question
- Harvard University
- Performance/Outcome: 8/10, enjoyable conversation but not eventful
- University of Pennsylvania
- Performance/Outcome: 6/10, went well but brief
- Cornell University
- Performance/Outcome: 7/10, non-evaluative Q&A session
- University of Notre Dame
- Performance/Outcome: 0/10, phone went off during interview, froze on questions
Letters of Recommendation
AP US History Teacher
Wrote about potential as a future politician, very positive
AP World History Teacher
One of favorite students, wrote a good letter
Counselor
New but supportive, appreciated personal story
College Decisions
Accepted (13)
University of Notre DameVanderbilt UniversityJohns Hopkins UniversityCase Western Reserve UniversityUniversity of Southern CaliforniaUniversity of North Carolina, Chapel HillRice UniversityYale UniversityBrown UniversityColumbia UniversityUniversity of PennsylvaniaCornell UniversityGeorge Washington University
Waitlisted (2)
New York UniversityDartmouth College
Rejected (5)
Northwestern UniversityDuke UniversityHarvard UniversityStanford UniversityTulane University
Profile Tags
ResearchLeadershipPresidentClubVolunteeringCommunity ServiceVarsity SportsInternshipPolitical content creatorSocial Media ManagerPublic SpeakingAcademic CompetitionWriting & Publications