Demographics: Asian female, middle class, attending a private high school, lgbtq+
Intended Major: Physics/Astrophysics

9th grade- 94%
10th grade- 97.4%
11th grade midterms-88% (took very hard courses) (I know there's a significant drop but will get grades up in finals)

SAT: 1560 (790 maths 770 English)
APs: AP stats,AP psychology, taking AP calc BC and Physics Mechanics C next year
School doesn't offer any APs and all were by self study.

School doesn't do rankings but top 5% in school

ECs:

Passion Project: Building safety device for women, presented in a competition and won 2nd place out of over 100 students

Building water purification systems for urban areas, sponsored partially by govt

New York Academy of Sciences Cohort 2024-25

World Science Scholars Cohort 2024-25

Additional Director of MUN committee last year

Now the Director of it^

Lead member of school's feminist collective, ran donation drives and charity for underprivileged women and children

President of theatre club

Hobbies

Been doing pottery for 6+ years, put up 3 exhibitions and donated money to animal NGO (5k USD)
writing a research paper on something related to it

Singer and Guitarist- self taught and played at many local concerts

Summer Programs
Girls Who Code SIP 2024
Umass Amherst Program for Aspiring Scientists (Python with application to physics)
New York Maths Circles Blue Level (80% Scholarship)

Applying to RSI and SSP this year, Also doing CSMC and National Economics Olympiad this year

What should I do in Term 2 and my senior year?

No Hooks lmfao

Stats:

SAT: 1560 (800M)
APs: We don't have APs in our curriculum so I gave only 3 tests.
AP CSA: 5
AP Physics C: Mechanics 5
AP Calc AB: 5

GPA: 87, 97, 89,95 (Anything above 85 is an A)

TOEFL: 115/120

Awards: Regional church volunteer and academic excellence award for all of the west coast of India.
Highest Fundraiser in school for national NGO
AP Scholar
10th-grade academic excellence for tied first place in the country in CS exam.

ECs (Not getting too specific):
Lead dev of school software system, Built website and spread awareness for NGOs, Taught CS and Maths at orphanages and schools e.t.c. Head of Student Council, Presented education startup at a national university, other volunteering stuff & high school football e.t.c.

Applied Dartmouth ED
Also applied to Gatech, uiuc, umich, UW Madison, Purdue

here is my application exactly as admissions officers will see it:

Background: medium sized CT public high school just outside of new york city. middle to high income area. 26 AP courses but you can only take them in 11th/12th. honors and ap classes are weighted the same, and we don’t have A+s. freshmen “honors” courses are actually accelerated, and unweighted. gpa is on a 4.5 scale. no class rank, but >4% of students in grade are above a 4.2.

personal info: im cis female, mid eastern and european, and discussed mid east tensions in application. im autistic, which impacted my academic performance as i was only diagnosed over halfway through high school.

STATS: 3.83 gpa (and by far my biggest weakness on entire application). entirely due to my freshmen year gpa when i took accelerated classes and got B+s at a “regular level” weight. my history course was also taught like an honors class junior year because i was taking AP Lang and they send that cohort to a different “regular” US history. however im actually very proud of my gpa because i did it without tutoring (extremely common around here) and solely through grit. not that that deserves a medal, more so i feel great that i earned the As and A minuses that i DID receive. (i also put that in my application) SAT: 1510 (780 ENG, 730 MATH) 3 Ap Exams: AP Lang- 5, APES- 5, AP Spanish lang -4 (dns)

Honors courses taken: Acc geometry (grade 9) Acc english (grade 9) Honors biology (grade 9) Honors band (2 years) Honors english (grade 10) Honors history (grade 10) Honors spanish (grade 10) APES (grade 11) Ap English (grade 11 and grad e 12) AP Spanish (grade 11 and grade 12) Ap law and gov (grade 12) Honors physics (grade 12)

Awards:

1. William and mary leadership award
2. National merit commended scholar
3. Regional band on flute
4. Seal of biliteracy (spanish)
5. “Rookie of the year” (band)

Extracurriculars: 1 out of 2 students from the public school system selected to serve on towns board of ed (will not disclose more for privacy reasons)

Held 11 supporting/ leading roles in school theater (did this year round)

Cofounded cultural student union and lead the cohort for my own ethnicity

Wrote a book of poems (120 pages) in 6 months

Eng tutor to students at my school, edited for and was published in school literary magazine

Self taught on flute and was invited to prestigious ensembles in school and in competition

Volunteer tutor non english speaking student

Unpaid social media marketing internship for local brand, did graphic design for clubs

Job as a swim instructor

Took care of sibling and household (working parents)

Essays (commonapp):

My personal statement discussed my life before and after my autism diagnosis. My whole life I’d been coached to stop “stimming” (physical outbursts of joy), so I opened by describing one of those vignettes, then moved in to getting the diagnosis and feeling a wave of overwhelm. Folks did not want me taking a heavy courseload post-diagnosis to allow for us to process and promote better growth. With this spare pocket, I decided to write my book of poetry trying to make sense of the world around me. I gained confidence and found a voice. Then, my teacher commended my test performance, and the stims involuntarily returned (end scene).

Additional info: This just delves into me wanting to use my middle eastern identity to help bridge the gap between unrest on college campuses and civility. Then I talked about doing my education independently and how that was empowering.

Letters of rec: Env science teacher who I discussed my strong intensions in the field with and who commended my grit and test performance Teacher who had me in honors history and who was the overseer to student union and the autism diagnosis in its first stage

I also had a rec from the chair of the board and hopefully I have made a pleasant enough impact on my local community

I applied ED to uchicago, early action to UNC Chapel Hill, Georgia Tech, UVM, UT Austin, and regular decision to UDub and UCLA. I’m going to apply to Barnard, Dartmouth, Florida, and CU boulder reg. desision. Either Bowdoin or Rice will be my ED-2 depending on which one I have a better chance at.

Forgot to mention: im applying as an env sci or studies major depending on what the school had. I discovered this about myself very late, hence the absence of research.

I know that my application really sucks. I dont need to hear that. I’d just like to hear…where do I have a shot???

Thank you kind reader :))

Demographics

• Competitive public school
• Upper middle class, single parent, not legacy or first gen
• Female / Asian / Chinese
• East Coast

Academics & Testing

• GPA 3.88 UW + no class rank (really bad extenuating circumstances, parent death)
• 15 AP's by the end of HS (max course rigour)
• ACT: 35 (34R, 34M, 35E, 36S)
• Intended Major(s): Poli sci + minor in Visual Arts

Extracurricular Activities

• Family Caregiver - 9-12 + 43 wks/yr + 12hrs/wk - Became caregiver after mother's death; Cooking, cleaning, laundry to ease workload on father; Watch sister after school; Manage time @ home & school

• [REDACTED], advocacy + workshop series advocating for careers in law to advance gender equity - 10-12 + 30 wks/yr + 2 hrs/wk - Launched workshops for 4 UN youth events to tackle gender-based inequality; 290 engaged; Hosted [XYZ] during [XYZ EVENT]; 48 nations

• Youth fellow for [UN sponsored organization]- 10-12 + 30 wks/yr + 2 hrs/wk - Accepted as 1/100 youth (age 15-24) globally in 2023; Co-launched new global Design Challenge on gender inclusive pedagogy; Managed team of 7

• TikTok Art Creator - 10-12 + 45 wks/yr + 5 hrs/wk - Self-taught digital artist/animator on TikTok w/ 56K+ followers 2.1M likes; $1K+ from 20+ commissions; Averaging 20K+ likes/video; Share original art

• PR Officer & Teacher for 501(c)(3) Nonprofit - 10-12 + 30 wks/yr + 2 hrs/wk - Managed social media campaigns, created graphics, attracted 200+ students to join; 2K total; Planned lessons & taught art classes; ~20 students/class

• Research mentored by Dr. [Name]- 11-12 + 35 wks/yr + 3 hrs/wk - Researched political books for ethical insights on death penalty; Publishing in progress; Presented @ [org supported by the UN]

• Internship @ Litigation Finance Company, Placed 1st in a pitch contest - 12+ 5 wks/yr + 6 hrs/wk - Leader in team of 2; Analyzed cases; Presented risk mitigation arguments & investment thesis in [XYZ] case; Judged by CU Boulder

• VP of school mentoring club - 10-12 + 35 wks/yr + 1 hrs/wk - Club membership increased 200+%; Select 40 mentors from ~110 applications; Support 40 students 1-1 w/ academics & social life; 100+ members

• Artist @ Studio & Home - 9-12 + 45 wks/yr + 10 hrs/wk - Engaged in 8-hour art sessions during school yr; Drew 16-20 hours weekly in summer @ home; Compiling portfolio; Won multiple awards; 5th-12th grade

• Volunteer @ Art Museum - 10-11 + 30 wks/yr + 3 hrs/wk - Worked w/ manager; Assisted w/ pricing & worked as cashier; Coordinated special events; Serviced elder customers w/ care; Totaled 180 hours

Awards pretty weak

1. Scholastic Silver Key- 11
2. 2nd Place NY State in Government sponsored art contest - 10
3. Scholastic Honorable Mention- 10 💀
4. AP Scholar + Distinction - 11 💀💀💀
5. NHS- 11, 12- 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀

Letters of Recommendation

1. AP Lang teacher
2. AP Chem teacher
3. APUSH & AP World teacher

I've had my chem & history teacher for two years in a row, and I'm arguably the best student in both of their classes. A+'s and I participate the most. I've grown close with them and I'm glad that I had them :)

I've had my Lang teacher for one year, but I was one of the best students in his class. He loved my work, and I've always put maximum effort into my work. He also knows me personally, as well as my family situation.

Essays

Personal Statement (9/10): I received only positive feedback from my 10th, 11th, and 12th English teachers.

Supps (9/10): for the ones i've written so far

Demographics

• Gender: Male
• Race/Ethnicity: Asian
• Residence: Tri-State
• Income Bracket: >$500K
• Type of School: Public, large, competitive
• Hooks (Recruited Athlete, URM, First-Gen, Geographic, Legacy, etc.): None

Intended Major(s): BME/Mechanical Engineering

Academics

• GPA (UW/W): 4.00 / 4.8 (out of 5)
• Rank (or percentile): Not sure ~2/715+ (Top 1%)
• # of Honors/AP/IB/Dual Enrollment/etc.: All APs
• Senior Year Course Load: AP Research, AP Art History, AP Euro, AP Stats, AP Physics C, AP Spanish

Standardized Testing

List the highest scores earned and all scores that were reported.

• SAT: 1570 (770RW, 800M)
• APs: USH (5), Seminar (5), BC (5), Physics 1 (5), Macro/Micro (5), World (5), CSP (4), CSA (5)

Extracurriculars/Activities

going to be brief, straight to the point

1. Research @ MIT: conducted several research applications to engineering + co-authored paper in field of major + presented at international conference + glowing letter of rec (also-- @ mit-harvard broad institute internships patient's data, analysis, etc)
2. Competitive Summer Program (SSP)
3. Leadership at local hindu temple to spread knowledge and volunteer
4. Founder of nonprofit (med), raised $10k+, sponsored by specific organizations (really good)
5. Research internship @ local university, lots of lab experience + published data globally
6. NASA Internship: ~3% acceptance rate, utilized geo signaling techniques for data collection
7. Shadowed at local hospital, administered patients, kept records + worked the front desk
8. Science Olympiad Captain + won several medals @ states (mentioned here)
9. President of key club at school
10. Founder of math club at school

Awards/Honors

List all awards and honors submitted on your application.

1. USAMO Qual
2. USAPhO Qual
3. Gold PVSA
4. Qualified for ISEF (1st @ State Fair) + Presented Research @ International Conferences
5. Coca-Cola National Semifinalist

Letters of Recommendation

MIT Prof- 10/10: said that I was one of the best researchers he has written a paper with (saw his rec)

Physics Teacher- 9.5/10: was one of the few kids who did stuff in the class; teacher barely gave recs to heads

Seminar Teacher- 9/10: one of the few people to bond with the teacher

Counselor- 8/10: didn't talk to much, but seemed solid

Essays

good enough, spent lots of time, got them peer-reviewed multiple times

Schools

- Princeton (EA)
- GTech (EA)

- RD: columbia, brown, cornell, yale, MIT, stanford, berk, vandy, boston, etc.

Demographics: Rich Asian (Korean) Male on East Coast (super competitive public?), Polisci/International Relations Major

Stats: 3.9 (2 Bs), 4.3 (15/700?), 35 ACT, Almost max course load (if I had As, I'd be #3), Mid AP Scores (54444 not reporting 4 3s)

Awards (Nothing "crazy" :/)
- HOSA 3rd at ILC
- Some student research publication
- Niche one-time $5000 Scholarship (1/1000)
- National Economics Challenge State Winner and National Semifinalist
- Coca Cola Semifinalist (Probably won't go to the next stage)

ECs (not ordered):
- Helped draft congressional legislation and worked to pass (in process) with 20 government offices to help ~300k affected people w/ niche problem I face.
- National Youth Leader for large NPO (think key club, etc.) helped ~200k
- Varsity swim & JV Track
- Debate President (No national awards, state finalist?), organized 3 tournaments w/ 200+ ppl each
- District Student Council Representative (represent 10k+ students) & created something to help ~20k students
- Med Research Club President and advised biology curriculum for TX
- Democrat Org statewide director (200+ volunteers & raised 20k for 30 projects led by district leaders)
- NSLI Korean
- Korean Youth Democrat Group (~100 members, founded as part of larger org)
- Interned w/ my Congressman
- Interned w/ Real Estate Company

Essays:
Commonapp (8.5/9 by ElevateEd)
Supps (Still writing them)

Chance me for all Top 10s. Anything helps!

Demographics: Male, Asian, Maryland (MD), first generation, low-income.

Intended Major(s): Computer Science

PSAT: 1410

UW/W GPA and Rank: UW: 4.0 W: 4.47 3/459

Coursework: APUSH (5) Taking 5 APs currently and 6 more next year. Enrolled in CyberSecurity CTE program at my high school. Placed in Honors Symphonic Band during sophomore year as 2nd chair clarinet. The band achieved 4 superior ratings at our local band fair.

Certifications: CompTIA Security+

Extracurriculars:

CyberPatriot - Achieved Gold Division in competition heading into states.

National Technical Honor Society - Donated/volunteered in food drive.

Does helping thousands of people buy PCs online count as an EC? I'm the chief editor of a prebuilt spreadsheet that is used on r/suggestapc: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hxzNhBEIxHoIjtPBu--maHMqyuOxHwyvv9oKUKKN2fY/edit?gid=2039052838#gid=2039052838

Schools: UMD, UMBC, JHU, Towson, and other CS colleges with decent programs.

Note: Currently a Junior, what could I improve to get a more complete scholarship since my parents don't make much?

PLEASE DO NOT ANSWER UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT

Here is my grading scale for gpa: 90-100=4 80-89=3 70-79=2 60-69-=0 60<=0 +2 for AP/DC +1 for Honors

Heres a recap of academics and such so far: So, Freshman year was a bit rough I ended with a unweighted gpa of 3.57 and weighted gpa of 4.57. I took a single AP, the only one offered APHG) got a 87 first semester and 95 second and a 5 on the exam. I could not do much clubs due to restrictions I will mention in a moment. some notable things I did do was 6th in state, Tx, for editorial writing, and codded a discord bot with 120k users.

Sophomore year (current) has been weird. I got all As and one in German, levels, for the first half of the semester (1 levels, 3ap, 3honors ) but so far for the second half I'm most likely going to end the semester with: AP: 2 As (APCSP, APSEM), 1 C (APHW) Honor 3 Bs Levels: 1 B (maybe b) [german] Some notablish things ive done this year:

I work at Kumon as a math tutor I started and programed a student lead STEM article site with 20 writers in 12 states with over 30k views I became president of the IPhO club Helped and maintain code for district level technology for admins ( a Digital hall-pass system and site for example)

Background: Neither of my parents went to a college I've been poor my whole life and have 7 siblings so food is not consistent we often just eat cheap noodles or pasta. I had lived in a hotel sense Freshman year and its packed and hard to do much. I have to share a bed with like 4 people, neither of my parents are employed and still up late mostly making it very hard to get consistent sleep or quiet time to study, I had no way to access the internet at home Freshman year, I now have a phone and laptop and my grades have tanked a bit from it. Furthermore, clubs have been hard and I cant do a lot of them because we have to spend gas money to get there or I have to walk 2ish hours home. My dad is a disabled veteran and my mom had two strokes and can not work.

I want to go to MIT, I know it's not easy and my grades don't reflect it, or at least BU. My dad is about to score a job and we should move to a house making sleep and studying easier. The following years I am taking all APs. I have not taken the SAT but I score consistently around 1410 with a perfect math score on practice test. I plan to test out of AP Physics 1 and take two next year and I'm also testing out of AP Precalc. My question is if I got only As (maybe a B or two) and perfect my SAT to around 1560 can I still have a decent shot at MIT and BU and will my past two years ruin my chances and maybe qualify for IPhO. If not what schools should I am for?

schools i want to apply to for RD round:

• Emory (wishing and praying)
• NYU (🙏)
• Duke (just to see, not expecting anything)
• UNC Chapel Hill
• UVA
• Vanderbilt
• WashU

Demographic:

• mixed race (black & white female)
• both parents are immigrants
• low income
• LGBT (bi), if that matters idk lol

STATS:

• 3.85 UW/ 4.1 W
• Test optional most likely
• 9 AP’s, 4 DE, and 6 honors by end of senior year

(4 on Psych & APUSH)

(nursing is my intended major, but based on my EC’s I think i may apply under another major that fits them the best)

ECs: (gonna be very vague so i don’t get doxxed)

• created a website that depicted how different illnesses would present in different demographics of people (information on this was provided by the help of a medical student who has done research on this

• created an app at a fairly prestigious university in my state during their summer program that was designed for safety

• leadership committee at a club in my school focused on maintaining safety regulations. i host educational events to inform the students in my school on impact of certain choices, (not getting too specific) which has caused a measurable reduction in their prevalence in my school by 10%.

• created a dog walking & sitting business amassing 5k in profit. administered medication to older/sick dogs and gave care when necessary

• LOTS of volunteer work, volunteering at domestic violence shelters & soup kitchens, etc

• business owner of an online business selling hand made clothing pieces (pretty good profit here)

• teach a free sewing class to underprivileged middle school students

• part-time job (15-20 hrs a week) as a server who also works multiple other positions at a franchise restaurant, i also train most of the new staff in my position

• tutor math to middle school students

• receptionist for a small business, help the owner schedule meetings & create advertisements on social media, increasing revenue for the shop

• HOSA, helped run blood drives & volunteered

(other club participation like NHS, etc that i likely won’t include since i don’t hold leadership positions)

letters of recommendation: from 2 AP teachers of mine from 11th grade & my counselor. i’m positive they wrote great things about me, i have a great relationship with my ap teachers.

honors/awards: (pretty weak)

• an award for excellence for future leaders in the medical field (national award)
• ap scholar
• national recognition program (college board)
• another national recognition program award
• outstanding achievement in a particular AP class, only student selected out of the grade

essay: about overcoming a fear of public speaking & how doing so has empowered me to lead young girls in my community in creative/artistic & academic endeavors. (includes more elements about my unique community upbringing as well)

Demographic: -White male from the Northeast, roughly 125k household income, non-competitive public high school

Intended major: -Finance

SAT: -1470

Courseload: -16 AP classes and 6 college (maxxed out schedule)

4's and 5's on all exams

Gpa: -Uw: 96.8756 -W: 102.0

Rank: -5/400

ECs:

Internship at regional government

Polish school for 11 years

Student body president (1600 students)

National Honor Society president

Varsity Golf

Captain of wrestling team

Coach for special ed basketball team

Camp Counselor

Science Olympiad

DRIVE club member and local leader (golf introduction program)

Awards:

Perfect Score on Polish High school graduation exam

Leader of Winning Team at Internationally Televised Oxford Debate on Bilingualism

Student Judge of International Debate on Bilingualism in Warsaw, Poland

Selected to Introduce and Welcome the Polish First Lady to the USA

International Seal of Biliteracy Recipient in Polish

Every ec and award is at the highest level in its specific field

School List:

Reaches: Harvard UPenn MIT Vanderbilt Northwestern Yale UNC Columbia Northeastern Princeton Cornell NYU Boston College Boston University Duke UMichigan UChicago Dartmouth

Safeties: SUNY Stony Brook SUNY Binghamton SUNY Albany

Thank you for your time and good luck to everyone!

Demographics: Male, first gen, low income, latino/hispanic, looking for aid

School: no rank, public but small, not as competitive, MA

Major: Business (finance) / Economics, ED 1 app sent, Demonstrated interest

Gpa: 96/100 W, 4 AP’s (ap calc ab, ap bio, ap lang, apes) 12 Honors, Test Optional

Honors: GRA (international), PSVA G & S (national), State Honors Recognition 3x (state/regional), IBM Business Awards (national), NJHS/NHS (national)

ECs: Founder and Head of TikTok Shop Affiliate Marketing Business (3 Platforms) (insane numbers), Finance and Linguistics Management Intern (2x) (good numbers), Founder and President of Youth Leadership Council, Co-President and Lead Peer Tutor, 6-Year Light/Sound/Studio Director & Youth Leader (insane numbers), Mission Trip Team Member (good impact), Marketing Management Intern (good numbers), Student Council Treasurer & Class Treasurer, 4 years Varsity and JV Volleyball Captain, Self-Led Ministry/Motivational Initiative Essay:

PE: Unique childhood story 9/10, NYU Essay: 9/10 LOR: Math: 8/10, English: 10/10

Looking for school of stern, be completely honest, and just tell me why in or why not in, nervous though, but feeling confident

1440 SAT, 4.0 GPA Unweighted, hardest courses available at a difficult school, applied for Physics in the College of Arts and Sciences

I have OK extracurriculars, Rowing Team Captain (Most involved), Model Congress, Lead role in school newspaper, brand ambassador, assistant coach, peer tutor in advanced subjects, yearbook club

My essays were all solid, I think. I am confident that I wrote a strong essay for their special talent supplement and the 'why Georgetown' essay. My personal statement could have been better, but that could have also been a side effect from re-reading it too many times.

I am confident all of my recommendations are supportive. I have two; one from my U.S. History teacher from 11th grade who I have taken multiple electives with, and one from my chemistry teacher which I took advanced courses with.

I also have gotten "soft support" from the Rowing coach, meaning that he is writing a letter to the admission office in favor of my admission. Still, I am very nervous about the EA decision coming out next week and am unsure about my chances!

A side note, I am the only person in my class applying to Georgetown this year. There also has not been a single person to attend Georgetown in the last four years. (Each class is about 45 people)

Pakistani Male (16) Upper Middle Class Applied for Financial Aid Applied for CS at Tandon

Academics: IGCSEs - 5A stars and 6As (Valedictorian) A-Levels (Predicted) - 2A stars (CS and Global Perspective and Research) and 2As (Maths and Physics) SAT - 1500 (Superscored, 730 EBRW, 770 Maths)

Activities: Head Boy (Essentially Student Council President, Hosted a school sports event, intraregional sports tournaments and cultural events)

President Peer Support Society (Peer Tutoring Society, Tutored 43 Students on Maths and CS, grades improved by ~20% on average)

NGO Internship (Winter, 16hrs/week, Conducted sessions on “Power of Vote” and “Womens Empowerment” in Rural Areas.

The Good Project Participant (Research experiment by Harvard University)

Internship at a Digital Marketing Agency (Summer, Part of the IT intern team with an emphasis on SEO. Search results improved by ~16% on average.)

Co-Founder of Research Collective by my school (Conducted research training sessions in less privileged schools)

President English Debates Society

Secretary General of MUN hosted by school

Duke of Edinburgh, Bronze Award

Honors: -Valedictorian -100% Merit-Based scholarship -Selected for a cohort only 50 students from Pakistan got selected for on the basis of academic accomplishment.

• A2-Level German Certificate
• Ranked Top 3.8th Percentile in Pakistan for a Linguistic Contest

Essays:

• Main Essay: 9/10, explained how living in a joint family doesnt leave alot of room for privacy or independence, how I found peace within my room and technology, and why I’m fascinated by technology.

-Supplemental Essay: 8(?)/10, Went in depth about my multi-cultural identity, with both of my parents belonging to different provinces. How I used that, and my time as President Peer Support Society and Head Boy to build bridges between people, and how I hosted cultural events to help people celebrate cultural differences like I did.

LORs: Overall most probably really good, besties with my counselor (probably 10/10), got LORs my physics and gpr teachers (on good terms with them) and my advisor during my Digital Marketing Agency Internship.

Pm me I’ll chance u back

Hi all!! I applied ED1 to NYU, I have been insanely nervous about getting admission, and with results coming out in 6 days, I’ve been more stressed than ever. Do you think I have a shot? I applied for a less popular major, which is Anthropology in Steinhardt, I also did pick 10 alternate majors, which are all “Global Public Health ..” My academics are painfully average but my ECs are very strong, as well as my essay and supplemental!

STATS: 3.55 UWGPA 4.0 WGPA Test Optional Top 20% of Class

EC:

• over 7.5k+ work hours as a business manager since i was 12 years old, created three 5 star businesses in the DMV, make over $700k yearly, managed a staff line, housing for staff, finances, and community projects.

• 2 medical internships at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. over 100+ hours of interning/research

under mentor.

• HTML, Python and Javascript Programming internship abroad for 4+ years where I made a iOS application sponsored by Apple, raised $13k for uneducated kids in Hyderabad, India, and created/manage 3+ business websites, and organized a $10,000 hackathon.

• Started my own food business which holds $13k in inventory weekly and delivered to 3k plus customers WEEKLY.

• over 300 service hours at my temple and spoke to 500+ people about religion, learned an instrument to play for religious services. spoke to youth and created fundraisers for temple. (i’m a small minority in a small town; sikh).

• Tutored several kids abroad nonprofit and improved their test scores tremendously and programming skills via Zoom. (over 60 kids tutored)

• Fitness trained for over 150 clients monthly via WhatsApp and made $8k monthly from it.

• Minority Student Union Secretary represented Sikh population and raised over $2k for school.

• Internship under CEO of MedStar hospital organization in Southern Maryland, conducted research on Kinetic Molecular enzyme breakdown and created a presentation and blog for it.

• Over a decade of guitar experience and live guitar performances, played at senior homes & children’s hospitals.

Awards

• Aspirations in Computing Affiliate Rising Star x2 (Nationwide)
• Youth Entrepreneurship BK (Whitehat, International)
• Future Medstar Role Model (Statewide)
• Principal's Honors Roll
• Student Class Delegate x4
• Student Scholar Leadership Award (National)

Additional ~ First Gen Student Latino/Asian

Solid Essay/Supplementals + Letters of Recommendation ~ Mentioned how I was an advocate for diversity, overcame discrimination & racial bullying & began to workout to battle my struggles which lead me to starting a successful business. *ALSO mentioned in additional information tab that my grades weren’t always straight As and had a few Bs because I had to balance the struggles of being hospitalized and run a business during freshman year while being in school and taking APs.

Pennsylvania applicant. Indian kid. 3.9UW, 4.4W. 36 ACT (first try, never taken SAT).

President of TEDx, National STEM Honors Society, Red Cross Club. Vice President of USACO. Regional President of TSA, Jazz Band Lead Drummer. Varsity soccer.

ECs:

- 4+ in-review first author publications (AI and mathematics), 2 first author published (JDD, NASA GLOBE Journal), 1 first author poster presentation (earth science).

- CEO, Co-founder of $2.1 million funded AI startup focused on enhancing productivity, valued at $12.2 million. Backed by Antler, Stanford, UPenn Venture Labs, etc. (UPenn student co-founder)

- Co-founder of $3 million funded Stealth startup on improving health insurance, valued at $500 million. Backed by Stanford, StartX, Soma Capital, etc. (Stanford alum co-founder)

- Founding SWE at Obsidian

- AI IP patent

- Board Member at a United Nations Committee

- AI researcher at the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab (LLM reasoning), UPenn (genomics & AI), Stanford (enhancing Closed-Form Continuous Time Liquid Neural Networks), UNESCO Inclusive Policy Lab (AI policy), NASA GLOBE (solar eclipse with ML), Network Contagion Research Institute

- AI Product Researcher at Google Labs (helped develop Imagen3)

- NASA SEES intern (1 of 100)

- Senator Katie Muth Youth Advisory Council member

- National Ambassador of Congressional App Challenge

- Team Captain of a FIRST FTC Robotics Team

- Top 5 ranked PA Table Tennis player

- Music producer through Audiomack. 250k monthly listeners

- Founded 2+ non-profits (1: convening platform for research, 2: financial literacy teaching); 150+ members total, $20k raised total

Conferences: ICML '24, CVPR '24, ICLR '24, Intel AI Summit, AI Expo on National Competitiveness '24 (speaker), UN Summit of the Future '24 (delegate), AGU '25, Apple Machine Learning Convention '24

Awards:

- FIRST FTC World Championship 1st Place Control Award (Ochoa divisions)

- FIRST FTC World Championship 3rd Place Control Award (Edison division)

- Stanford University's International Logic Olympiad Finalist (Top 0.5%)

- Ben Carson Scholar (1 of 500 nationwide)

- Congressional App Challenge Winner

- Red Bull Basement Semifinalist (1 of 60)

- USACO Gold Division

- 2x Hackathon Winner ($30k+ in awards)

- James W. Lewis Global High School Leaders Scholar (1 of 5)

Recs: counselor (10/10), Lit teacher (10/10), Chem teacher (10/10), Outside #1 (10/10), Outside #2 (9/10)

Common App Essay: 9.5/10

Supps: 9/10

REA Stanford, applying to all good for computer science T10s

Please don't DOX ME. Be as critical as possible (appreciate it!). Thanks everyone! BE AS CRITICAL AS POSSIBLE PLEASE!!

I can't comment on my post btw cuz I'm a new user (new user restrictions), so the plasticitydemon guy is responding on behalf of me.

Demographics: PA, USA

Race: Butter Chicken

SAT: 1510 Super score

Stats: W GPA: 4.24 W

IB courses: HL (Bio, Chem, Econ, AA), SL (Spanish, LIT, TOK)

Academic distinctions: HOSA Senior officer, Bio Olympiad President, DASD Cyber Academy VP, NTHS President, Doctors without Border (Co-President), STEM research Club (financial head), School Soccer (JV), Uniced, FBLA

ECS:

- Drexel Neuroscience researcher for 3 years, Presented first author poster, at an international conference (only hs presenter), expected to be 2nd and 4th author on papers.

- Penn Neuroscience and Pathology researcher for a year, attended AAIC 24', work in progress

- GW + Penn neuroscience research for 4 years, coded projects and C++

- (CTO, co-founder) Healthcare Startup (2 years) focused on organoid intelligence, 100k investments, 754k val. Partners with Upenn, Harvard, IBM, and Dell.

- (founding exec director) Healthcare/disease nonprofit (2 years), $20k raised, 15 reports published in the United Nations and European Union journals, Invited and Attended: 77th World Health Assembly @ Switzerland, Geneva, 80th session of UNESCAP, 2024 IMF/World Bank Group Annual Meetings, and International Monetary Fund (IMF) ‘24, Invited to the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee's 32nd session, the 69th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, and the 78th World Health Assembly.

- Healthcare blogging platform (3 years): 5k followers, 14k views.

- Highschool Member at a United Nations Committee and European Union

- EMT (5 years): Responded to 130+ 911 calls, charted medical information, took vitals (BP, SPO2), administered oxygen & maintained airways, 1000 hours. (Edit 3 years as a volunteer, 2 as an actual EMT)

- Co-founder convening platform startup (3 years), Co-founded platform dedicated to providing HS/Collegiate students internships & research: 17+ business partners, 100+ applicants, 40 positions provided,

- Soccer coach: (2 years) Founded a soccer organization aimed to provide personalized soccer lessons to kids 15 and below, group cardio sessions, $3000 in Profit

- Other: 2x GHLC, Senator advisory council (2 years), Teaching (300 hrs), dr shadowing (600 hrs), lifeguard (2 summers)

Honors:

- Only hs solo first-author presenter at the international conference

- bio olympiad semifinalist

- 2nd place at chemistry undergrad conference (only hs presenter)

- HOSA volunteer awards

- JSHS- 1/18 in the tristate area for the oral presenter

Recs:

- Counselor (10/10); loved me and talked about special circumstances was very close

- Bio teacher (10/10): loved me and club advisor

- Chem teacher (10/10): loved me and knew me for 4 yrs

- outside #1 (10/10) amazing rec and said best student in labs in years, dean of uni

- outside #2 (9/10) rly good but only knew me for a year, research PI

Essays:

- (9/10) common app wrote on healthcare

- sups (8.5/10) good for normal schools, still being improved for t10's

Thanks and be as critical as possible! Don't DOX me pls.

Colleges:

- ed Dartmouth

- Applied all T20 + bsmds

is it better to go test op for tandon (1440...) or submit 3 aps (5 (apush) 4 (physics) and 4(bio))? my uwgpa is a 95

3200 SAT 36 ACT 200 gpa

Invested in bitcoin at the age of 3 Billionaire Donated 15 buildings to several colleges Literally the daddy of AI Built a rocket ship at the age of 1 Major: Computer science

For Context, I have a Common app waiver and I'm trying to fill schools up for RD

Doing this so to know if I aimed to high and I can change some colleges

Hooks Low Income <25k, citizen to Immigrant parents ,First Gen College Student (first in family to finish high school)
Demographics: Asian, Houston Area suburb
Rigor: 15 APS total (couple 5s, mostly 3/4s), rest hardest classes school offers.
GPA: 3.3 unweighted, 4.6 out of 6.0 Weighted
SAT: Test Optional mainly, but 1320

Major: Poli Sci or international relations

Awards

3 time Presidential Volunteer Medal
Best Position paper at HAMUN (Houston Area Model UN)

ECS:

Family Responsibilities
Assistant manager at a Local popular Sushi/Hibachi Restaurant

Vice-President at Music Volunteer Org: Organizes performances at senior homes dedicated to Music Therapy.

Public Relations Officer at the one of the largest volunteer orgs in Houston
Head Mentor at School's Model UN: Largest Conference in SW USA just so happens to be around 20ish minutes away)
Section Leader + Top band in High School Band: (One of the best wind bands in Texas and nation)
Assistant Senior Patrol Leader+ Life Scout at Local Boy Scouts Troop

Trainer for School DECA: 3 time state qualifier, one time state Finalist
Trainer for Texas YMCA Youth and Government: Two time state qualifier for House

Instagram account for fun: Closing in on 10k followers, dedicated to Drum Corps

Essays:
Solid, (humble brag, inching pretty good) : Wrote about Barnes Noble Help Section and Happiness

Additional Info:
(don't wanna get too personal), short summary: Partner diagnosed with Bipolar, dedicated a lot of time to her

+Family Responsibilities during Covid and Post

Parents Separated

Schools so far: ( Be Ruthless pls) (I'm aiming to high I think)
NYU (ED1) (probably rejected idk)
American
Boston University
Carnegie Melon (I'm not getting in lol)

Georgia Tech (EA)
Harvard (Prob going to Send AP tests instead of SAT)
Indiana Bloomington (EA)

Johns Hopkins (accidental submission)
Texas A&M
UT Austin
University of Houston (Accepted!) (Safety)

Notre Dame
UVA

U Washington (U DUB!!)

Wake Forest

Washington & Lee

UCLA
UC Berkeley
UC Davis
UC San Diego

Georgetown

sorry for the mouthful but

• African American (male) FGLI student who

• is located in the midwest(specifically missouri if that helps w/anything)

• is from a smaller sized high school (class grad size is <80)

• has 4.0 UW GPA, 4.5 weighted

• is class rank number 1 also

• my school doesn't offer many AP classes before junior year, but I've taken dual enrollment courses full-time at my local college/uni with a near maximum course rigor (advanced drawing, advanced graphic design, microbiology, calc 2, 2 higher-level sociology and philosophy courses, engineering physics 1 and 2)

ECs include: freelance Design business with roughly $3k in profit per year, small and independent paid tutoring for precalc and physics, primary caretaker of my father and younger siblings during his cancer treatment, participant of a dozen art galleries and exhibits since 9th grade(two of those being hosted by a very prominent local artist), 4x consecutive winner of art city and statewide art contests, primary organizer of annual city-wide art fairs from 9-11th grade,

I didn't submit test scores because I was too busy to study for the school ACT this year (I ended up getting a 31 and chose not to submit it) but I also just took the SAT today which wouldn't help for my swat application though. I got a score of 1540 on practice test 6 if that's any accurate

my essay was about my curiosity, love of physics, the concept of entropy, and how it can't be stopped or reversed in the grand scheme of things. I tied this back to my experiences with helping my dad and our family through his cancer treatment and possible remission with examples of my ECs like the art and tutoring businesses to help keep the family afloat financially (kinda like the occasional "slowing" of entropy). I capped off the essay detailing how doing those things helped me strengthen my love of the arts and physics and how said curiosity still motivates me today (word salad sorry)

I got my two rec letters from my physics teacher, who highlighted my passion for the subject with some really good anecdotes, and my drawing professor, who essentially did the same thing and both teachers mentioned a good portion of my ECs which I think adds credibility? (I also waived my right to view the letters, the teachers just offered fo show me their docs)

but yeah that's it and I'm scared out of my pants for the next week and next 2 months by extension. am I delusional?

So I’m currently a junior in high school with a 3.2 gpa due to poor performance freshman and sophomore year. But so far i have mostly A’s and I project to have a 3.5 gpa by the end of junior year if I continue to do well. I have a 32 on the act and a 1540 on the sat. I am involved in nhs, stuco, newspaper, archery, some other school clubs, and I have 106 service hours but i don’t have any leadership positions. I want to major in either neuroscience or biology and I really want to go to a good school. What competitive schools would I have a good shot at?

Forgot to mention my course rigor is 1 honors class sophomore year, 2 ap classes junior year, and next year I plan to take 3 ap classes and 1 honors

Chance me: Rutgers NB, BU, BC, UVA, NYU, University of Maryland, university of Rochester, Fordham, stevens Institute, USF, PENN STATE, DREXEL, Virginia tech

Hispanic Male, HS senior, 30k household income Academics: 97 UW GPA, 1220 SAT (prob going test optional) NJ STATE RESIDENT

Extracurriculars: Varsity tennis, Academic challenge, Gaming club, Interact club

Classes: Honors history 2 but took AP test (4), AP Chem (current), AP Gov (current), Honors Spanish III, Honors English IV, Honors History 1

Ed 1 chances?

Grades Class rank 1/4 GPA 3.9/4 weighted

CLASSES Calc AP AB Math AP Stats AP English Literature AP Comp sci A Grade 12 Honours Physics HIST - Introduction to accounting and Finance HIST - Introduction to economics Art - Grade 12 Studio Art

HONOURS Top New Student Award Grade 9 Principles List Annual Honour Roll Grade 9,10,11 Culture and Friendship Award Grade 11

ACTIVITIES Helped Build a School in a Rural Village in India Grade 9,10. 48 hrs spent Organised and Funded a Sports Event Grade 9. 18 hrs spent. Basketball JV Grade 10 and 11. 96hrs spent. Taking care of my baby brother Grade 11,12 60hrs spent. Assistant for a pharmaceutical executive Grade 9,10 spent 38hrs a week during summer for 7 weeks Foreign language Japanese 4 hours a week for 16 weeks.

Please chance me and be BRUTALLY honest. Schools I am applying to/applied to:

• ED: Cornell CALS (biology & society)
• RD: CMU (ChemE)
• RD: Colgate (Biochem)
• EA: High Point (Biochem)
• RD: Johns Hopkins (BME)
• EA: Marist (Biochem)
• EA: NYU (ChemE)
• EA: Northeastern (Biochem)
• EA: UMiami (Biochem)
• RD: Pitt (Biochem)
• RD: William & Mary (Chem w/Biochem minor)

GPA: 98.8/100 W Rank: 17/210 Course rigor:

• Sophomore year: AP world (5), AP chem (4)
• Junior year: AP US gov (5), AP precalc (5), APUSH (4), AP physics 1 (3🥲)
• Senior year: AP physics 2, AP micro, AP macro, AP african american studies, AP calc ab
• All other courses (besides health and PE) are honors weighted

Note:

• Skipped algebra 2 to take calc senior year since I wasn’t on the “accelerated track.”
• School offers 16 AP courses but students are only able to take 2 in sophomore year. I wasn’t able to fit more last year and this year since most courses only run once or twice a day.

Extracurriculars:

• Pre-med club: Founded in 10th grade and currently president. Raised over 2k in fundraising for local hospital, currently teaching CPR/AED/first aid courses to school since I am a certified RedCross instructor, grew club to over 70 members, have guest speakers such as surgeons, PAs, nurses, and EMT come and talk to the club, ran multiple drives for hospital (ex: books, baby blankets/hats, patient closet items), organized field trip to hospital
• Science honor society PR officer: Help organize events, run the instagram
• Research: In process of publishing research on diseases ALS and cold urticaria with help of PHD mentor. Submitted/going to submit research to competitions
• Youth Ambulance corps volunteer
• Cornell youth for climate participant: Engaged in environmental initiatives, collected clothing and contributed to community awareness projects, addressing sustainability and climate change
• Hospital volunteer
• English honor society president
• Youth and gov VP
• Varsity ski captain: Went to sectionals
• National club soccer

Awards (lowk rlly bad):

• AP scholar with distribution
• National spanish exam bronze medalist
• All state orchestra
• Coach’s award (ski)
• Redhawk award (academic)

SAT: 1410 (rlly bad but Cornell CALS is test blind yay) Essay was about rare disease cold urticaria and how it lead to me wanting to be a doctor. Teachers all said it was super good.

86.4/100 GPA , 1480 (790M,690E) SAT, 108 TOEFL

President of IT Club: Led club to win 160+ Awards
Made 2 astrophysics projects with regional merit
vice president of cyber security club
won several national and global ctfs
won several regional film fests
founder of acapella club
founder of music club: Led club to win 30+ awards
game development project with international merit

awards and honours:
Student of the year, STEM Category
all rounder of the year
award for research and innovation
award of performing arts

it’s really important for me i’m 17y.o, 11 grade gpa 4.7/5.0 ielts 6.5(wanna retake mb by 20-25dec) extras: Robotics

Position/Leadership description (Max characters: 50)*

• Captain/Head Engineer

• 9,10,11grade

          -Robotics

Position/Leadership description (Max characters: 50)*

• Designer/Social Media Manager/Handwriting engineer

-10grade

          -Community service/Volunteering

Position/Leadership description (Max characters: 50)*

• Deputy-coordinator of “Knight team”

          -Community service/Volunteering

Position/Leadership description (Max characters: 50)*

• Head of Analytics Department of League of Volunteers of Kazakhstan

          -Speaking club for IELTS takers

Position/Leadership description (Max characters: 50)*

• Co-founder/Mentor/Designer

            -Internship

Position/Leadership description (Max characters: 50)*

• Intern/SMM/Assistant

             -Athletics:Volleyball

Position/Leadership description (Max characters: 50)*

• Player in JV team

             -Athletics:Badminton 

Position/Leadership description (Max characters: 50)*

• Player single/2v2

            -Robotics

Position/Leadership description (Max characters: 50)*

• Mentor/Teacher/Tutor of FIRST LEGO League(FLL)

Also i had internship in IDP(ielts center)

honors: Full-tuition scholarship to study at Suryadatta Group of Institutes in Pune,India

Dean's list at school

Innovate,Rookie Inspiration,Finalist Alliance Captain award presented to “Infinity” team at FIRST TECH CHALLENGE India Championship 2023(5 counries,70 teams)

Autonomous skills challenge 3rd place presented to “RAI”& at Robo Tourney in California(3 countries,10 teams)

Inspire award 1st place presented to “Qazaq style” at "The Goa International Robotics Festival" (220 teams)

Won full-tuition scholarship at Yessenov University at Tech Cup X International FIRST Championship/international 10th grade Winning Alliance Award presented to “Qazaq soul” at Tech Cup X International FIRST Championship/international 10th grade Nominated Top Volunteer of Volunteering team(250 volunteers) 9th grade

already rejected from union(ielts self reported)

What you guys think?

Am I good?

Arab American Muslim, I live in NYC, and I have a very low income background, First Gen College Student

78 Average 1110 SAT but still debating if I should apply with it

Killer essay; reviewed by everybody and said it was one of the best they read

200k in revenue in a exotic car rental business during junior year

Tech internships sophomore year, junior year, senior year

Project manager for a non profit food for homeless company

Coding project that was a finalist for 2024 work

What are my chances? Should I also submit my scores? I had a 3.9 gpa in sophomore year but my grades dropped when I started my business, how can I go about that?

Im in state for GT and I was admitted through EA1 I want to only apply to schools that would either give me a better education or be a better “fit” Most important criteria: Opportunities for research, great social life(parties, clubs, etc), diversity, and prestige ig chance me for hypsm for a smooch😛

Chance me for rd please!

chance me please 🙏🙏

I go to a crappy rural public school uncompetitive except for class rank bc of grade inflation

Male, hispanic (colombian born), georgia, rural noncomp. public.

Intended Major(s): Mech E

** SAT: 1550 super score (770e/780m)**

**UW/W GPA and Rank: 3.96/4 UW 4.46/5 W/ 19/300 **

Coursework: Most rigorous stem course load at my school ap: pre calc, both calcs, stat, bio, chem, physics, apes, bio, world, us history, lang, gov, honors mostly everything no dual enrollment, 3 years of engineering and programming

Awards:

1. National Rural and Small Town Recognition Award + hispanic recognition

2. star award school and likely county level

3. NHS

4. FRC rookie all star and ready set go

5. National Spanish exam bronze medal

also ap scholar w distinction

Extracurriculars: 

1. Robotics: 9-12.

founding member of vex and highest leadership until we switched to frc, also helped found and highest leadership this year with a major role last year. We do robotics outreach with middle and elementary schoolers. We made it to worlds our rookie year for frc, no success w vex

2. STEM Club( math team and science/tech comps): founded stem club which is basically a club that hosts math team and science comps. , 20+ members and highest leadership. we also do a lot of stem service projects

3. College App Forum: Founded an irl forum to help students at my school with applying to college. Have had as many as 30 ppl attend. No leadership positions just founded and recruited some friends to help run.

4. Paid engineering intern:

Engineering design intern at this local company. Designed and modeled hvac units for them. (11)

5. mathnasium: Work at mathnasium, teach kids math and run a digital sat bootcamp. (12)

6. ** tutoring :** i tutor a lot of students for free and paid in every subject and sat prep.

7. quizbowl: varisty quiz bowl all 4 years. made it to state. Captain 11th but no leadership now to focus on other things.

8. guitar: play guitar in a band. Self taught, i have built my own pedals and all that jazz

9. powerlifting/fitness. i powerlift and do free programming and personal training for various ppl in my community

10. deca: medalled at leadership conference for deca. Done all 4 years.

Essays/LORs/Other: i think i write rlly good essays but i fall back on robotics a lot which some people make me seem 1d (7/10)

LORS: ap ss teacher: 11/10. says im one of the best students hes ever met and will be my star teacher.

^ copypasted from a chance me idc about hypsm rlly except for maybe stanford and mit?

calc teacher: Sponsors math team, havent known her for too long tho but she rlly likes me. 6-7/10

Counselor: 10/10 she knows me very well

portfolio showing off my robotics projects from vex, frc, and another comp i did also electrathon ev stuff and guitar stuff thanks for reading :)

What you guys think? These are just reaches NYU, Columbia, Fordham and Baruch Am I good?

Arab American Muslim, I live in NYC, and I have a very low income background, First Gen College Student

78 Average 1110 SAT but still debating if I should apply with it

Killer essay; reviewed by everybody and said it was one of the best they read

200k in revenue in a exotic car rental business during junior year

Tech internships sophomore year, junior year, senior year

Project manager for a non profit food for homeless company

Coding project that was a finalist for 2024 work

What are my chances? Should I also submit my scores? I had a 3.9 gpa in sophomore year but my grades dropped when I started my business, how can I go about that?