Asian American female not first gen or low income

GPA: 3.95 UW (weighted its a 5.8 on a 6.0 scale)

SAT: 1540 (750 RW and 790M)- Nolan is test blind so they wont see score

AP test: Macro 5 and Micro 5

CA essay: 7/10

Cornell supps: 8/10

UMich supp: 8/10

UNC supp: 8/10

EC: went to ICDC for DECA, Girlscouts my whole life and I have silver award, I founded two clubs on social justice, tutoring, NHS, I have a small business thats made abt 10k, tennis captin for my school, and I have two jobs. Also take care of elderly grandma.

Classes: 7 AP and 18 honors, my school is ranked quite high in mass but they also don't offer AP till senior and junior year so no one has many AP

Recommendation letters: 8/10 I picked two teachers I had freshman and junior year so they know me well

Demographics:

• Asian (Indian)
• Singapore citizen who lives in Singapore
• Female
• Middle income
• International (private) catholic highschool

Intended major: Psychology

Stats:

• IGCSE: 5A*s, 4As
• IB: predicted 36/42 but got 31/42 in end of junior year exams

HL: Chem, Math AA, Psych. SL: Econs, Eng LL, French B

• no GPA/class rank
• 1550 SAT: 760r, 790m

Grade drop in junior year due to a close friend's suicide near final exams

ECs:

• MUN (13 international conferences - chaired 5 times, delegate 8 times) 5 awards - 1 x 1st, 1 x 2nd, 3 x 4th. wrote 11 research papers (9-PG)
• Founder and editor-in-chief of school journal about socio-political issues - led 15 students (9-PG)
• Wrote 2 fiction books (fantasy and ya) self-published online on Quotev and AO3- 350k+words.15k+ readers in 41 countries and 6 continents (9-PG)
• Head of science mentoring - average increase of 1.5 grades in 6 personally tutored students in french, science, math. Oversaw 71 mentors/mentees. (11,12)
• Psych intern at international private clinic - shadowed psychologist and psychiatrist, observed therapy sessions, administered tests like DSM-IV under supervision (11)
• Psych podcast - 25 episodes, 2k+ listeners in 19 countries, 6 continents (11,12)
• 3rd most-senior and inaugaral member of school record label - produced and released original music (10,11)
• Planned events for the intellectually disabled - worked with local communities to host games, sports, etc (10)
• Paid general intern at tuition centre - did secretarial work (10)
• Founder and president of school club to promote mental health awareness & reduce stigma. Presented in front of 2k+ people several times (9)

Honors:

• National Youth Achievement Award Gold, Singapore Government - 2024 (pending) (11,12)
• Gold, bronze, World Scholar's Cup - 2023 out of 300+ students (11)
• Bronze award, American Math Olympiad - 2021 - 1st in school, 17th in country, 37th in world out of 520+ students (9)
• Gold, Silver and Honorable Mention, Singapore International Math Olympiad - 2021 - Honorable mention placement: 1st in school, 8th in country, 18th in world out of over 2,500 students (9)
• MUN: Best Delegate, Most Diplomatic, Honorable Mention, Honorable Mention, Honorable Mention (9-12)

Safeties:

• NTU, Singapore
• SMU, Singapore

Targets:

• NUS, Singapore
• UBC, Canada
• University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
• University of Washington USA
• University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, USA
• LSE, UK (not sure if target or reach)

Reaches:

• Yale (my USA dream)
• Princeton, USA
• University of Michigan - Ann-Arbour, USA
• UCLA, USA
• University of Chicago, USA
• Harvard University, USA

PLEASE HELP ME!!!

I did ED1, first choice NYC campus, 2nd choice Abu Dhabi campus!!

international student, asian, low income (applying for aid thru css). my predicted ib score is 43/45. not submitting sat/act. im applying for compsci for major (tandon for ny).

both of my essays are pretty average, and my ecs are really bad (limited leadership :((() i was in a few clubs, mun, and student government but not leader. got 4 scholastic art awards too.

what are my chances for nyu ny? nyu ad?

Stats:
o levels: 7A* 4 As, highest in school batch of 1000 students
AS 3 As 1 B
A2 1A* 1 A 1 B 1 C, Mentioned how my grandma who raised me passed away during the week I had 5 exams in a row (that were the biggest portion of my overall grade too), teachers LORs also mentioned this event I think, at least I asked them to.
Gap year as my parents couldn't afford to send 3 children in the same year (I am a triplet)

ECs

450 hours of community service over 4 years, an Outstanding volunteer award by the largest nonprofit in my country. Tested 400+ prisoners in sub-jails for COVID and hepatitis b

Worked at the pharmacy warehouse of a welfare hospital for 5 weeks, developed a system that tags donated medicine and feeds them into a database as per their expiry dates, to help prevent wastage of medicine.The donated medicine was then used for medical camps

Haemophilia welfare center. Helped patients with learning how to self infuse clotting factors after receiving training by professionals. Helped sponsor treatment of a girl with Von willebrand disease. designed and pasted more than 250 flyers promoting financial donations and blood donations.

Future citizens club president, taught basic sign language phrases to students at my school and some teachers over the course of 2 months, this was an attempt to help ameliorate the communication problems deaf people face e.g in expressing their systems to doctors. Furhter exasperated by the low literacy rates in my country

Taught at a school for deaf children for 8 weeks, as a math tutor

Guitar lessons to Foster-care children biweekly over a year. By the end every student could skillfully play atleast 7 songs by artists like Nick Drake, Bob Dylan

Release music on spotify with 1k monthly listeners

Currently assisting with a research project that I proposed to a university, utilizing Computational Biology and Bio-informatics to help predict viral resistance to arvs, specifically HAART, for AIDs , on combinations of different ARV drugs available in my country specifically . Havent completed yet or gotten half way through, so i didnt list as an activity

Stem bootcamp for 8 days, where I did research on AMR, antimicrobial resistance, learnt how to perform plasmid extractions, gel elcetrophoresis.

Fundraiser to promote covid testing in refugee camps, raised twice the intended amount

AIDs control society, SHadowed pathologists . Learnt how to understand and analyze cd4 counts and viral load testings to help with AIDs diagnosis and gauge efficiency of ART

Essays:
very very good IMO, im very happy w supplement and my personal essay, which reflects my interest in public health

LORs: I have worn a Hopkins hoodie to my school every winter since 8th grade. My teachers were thrilled to write a LOR for me, I decided to ask them for Hopkins-specific LORs for my ed as it really is my dream school, and no other college comes close. 10/10 by both teachers that knew me in my senior and junior years

Hospital director, illustrating my work at the hospital pharmacy and volunteering in medical camps overall. signed by a health minister 10/10

English teacher in 9th grade, has always been my favorite teacher, while it isnt as effective as a LOR by a uni prof or something, I really like hi writing and I believe he knows me best out of all teachers, 9/10

Other:
proficient in 2 coding languages, Learning Matlab nad how to use it for biology applications

5 online courses:
Pharmacology (harvardx) (certificate)
Cell Biology (MITX) (certificate)
Controlled drug addictions (stanford, no certificate)
Computational methods in quantiative biology (certificate) (harvardx) how i was introduced to MATLAB so i think it might be relevant

I have made it clear throughout my app that public health at JHU has been my dream for a really long time, writing a seperate personal statemtn specifically for this college. My recommenders have also told me that they mentioned the university name in my LORs.

I like to think I have a chance but im very skeptical.

Applying full aid, domestiic, living abroad.

PM me!!

Demographics: Indian

SAT: 1520

APs: Not submitting any scores

Major: Biology (pre med)

Grades: My school is CBSE board so it doesn't do gpa, it grades on a scale of 1-100 and my average right now is about 92% which is equivalent to A1 or A+ as anyone would call it.

ECs: 1) Internship at a multispeciality hospital where I studied case histories and also observed in ICU

2. Research paper on surgical oncology published in an international journal

3. Co-founded a non profit which focuses on fostering mental health across various age groups, helped more than 100 senior citizens and 150+ school kids

4. Varsity badminton, won 2 major U-17 tournaments, state player for consecutive years, volunteered in one of the most prominent national tournament which had more than 8000 players.

5. Volunteered at a hospital and organized educational events on liver cirrhosis and renal scans

6. Sports captain of my school, helped conduct trials for inter school competitions and planned them for approval l and funding

7. One of the fastest Rubik's cube solver in the town, time for 3x3 was less than 12 sec and for 2x2 was less than 5 sec, won 6+ competitions in the city, collected and solved 40+ puzzles

8. Sports club level, led my team to victory for 3 consecutive years, won 8+ matches, award as the player of the tournament, also taught cricket to underprivileged children

9. Published another research paper of psychological and neural developments, reviewed more than 30 articles for analysis, learnt about various referencing styles

10. Active debater and multiple MUN awards (YMUN 2024, etc), won 10+ school debated and passed a winning resolution at AMUN

Honors: certifications for articles published in International journal and national magazine, recognized as a volunteer for my non profit (given by mayor), IMO winner (school level) , AP scholar

Essays: a really good personal statement like 9/10 , decent supplementals too like 8/10 if not less

LORs: got it from my bio teacher, physics teacher, the doctor under which I interned at the hospital, counsellor, and one of my peers. All of them are like 8/10 and great.

college list: ED DARTMOUTHHHH

EA- UF, Uni of Washington, rutgers, CWRU, UT Austin, Penn State honors program

RD- prolly WashU, Emory, Amherst college (didn't think about other options)

Also, am applying to UCs (ik they don't give aid or scholarships to internationals but I'm suggested to apply so will do so)

AM I COOKED? OPEN TO ALL THE SUGGESTIONS

Hey there, a CBSE board student here. My stats -

93.8% (≈94) in grade 12 (94.75 best of 4)

Subjects - Physics/Chemistry/Maths/CS

96.25% in grade 10.

XXXX rank expected in JEE ADV 2025.

I also have some minor extra curriculars like :

1. being a finalist at a national level debate across India TWICE

2. scored a merit certificate in the Green Olympiad at national level.

3. Helped teach some kids at community level, and was Head Boy at my high school.

4. Good reputation among teachers (can get multiple letters of recommendation easily if need be)

————————————————————————————————

Do I have any chances of getting in NTU/NUS Comp engineering WITH tution grant?

before outright saying no, hear me out—

1. I have heard of students getting CSc at NTU at 94.2% in Grade 12 cbse but without tution grant. And the NTU website suggests that CE is slightly less sought after than CSc. So it might be not that impossible.
2. Since boards have gotten tougher relatively, the cohort average was apparently lower in 2024, according to some current students.
3. I plan on relying on a good JEE ADV rank too which NTU appreciates.

****Can anyone here tell me please what rank in jee adv would strengthen my application enough to be on the safe side?****

thanks everyone pls dont be rude my first post here (i know there might be old posts but they are no longer relevant hence posting with my own stats, thanks)

In state, East Asian

GPA: 3.88W/4.0 no UW for my school and no ranking

SAT: 1320

EC’s: Worked part time for 8 months during Junior Year at local thai restaurant, Gym Trainer for 4 years working 6-8 hours a week with other students to help them lose weight, took an Emory College online course on dietician and nutrition freshman year (non credit).

Honors: 2-3, Chem H, Physics H, English II H, AP BIO but thats about it. Im an extremely average student.

Essay: Wrote about my journey from loving a certain sport to spiraling down a path of weight gain, losing 60 pounds in the gym and discovering my love and passion for exercise science (i’m hoping to become a physical therapist one day)

Yeah overall i’m just average, i’m just hoping my application stands out because I was always focused on one goal since freshman year. ✊

can i get full scholarship in europe's mid universities by 1380 sat score? Toefl 95, gpa 3.84 and i also have good extracurricular activities.

Hey! I'm an international student looking for a full-ride, so I'm applying to a bunch of schools but can't decide which ones to use for my 5 remaining Common App slots. Any suggestions on which ones would be a better choice?

Stats: GPA= N/A | SAT= 1570 | 6 A* 2 As IGCSE | 2A*s 1A A Level | Essays are Pretty mid tbh maybe 8/10 | ECs = Okay-ish Developing country so not many chances for that | EFC = 2K

Schools I'm debating:

• University of Richmond (Demonstrated need& Richmond Scholars Program)
• Haverford (Demonstrated need)
• Rice (Demonstrated need & has merit scholarships)
• Northwestern (Demonstrated need)
• Amherst(Demonstrated need) -Little too competitive tbh
• Hamilton (Demonstrated need)
• Emory (Demonstrated need & Full ride scholars program)
• Kenyon
• Babson
• Fordham (Presidential Scholarship)
• Harvey Mudd
• Macalester (Demonstrated need)
• Lehigh (Demonstrated need & Full tuition)
• Wake Forest ( Full ride)
• University of Rochester (Handler Scholarship)

I do understand that almost all these schools are need-aware, and I know my chances are slim and all that. I would just like to know which ones I have a better chance of getting a full ride to. I don't care much about rank as long as there's good quality of education. I'm more than open to any other suggestions. Thank you for your help.

Hey, I'm new here, but I wanted to see if I have any realistic chances at getting into my early action schools. I just submitted everything, and I'm already so stressed.

13 AP Classes total, scored a 5 on six and a 4 on two, with five more left to take this year

Class rank: 1/262 (not a super competitive high school, average Arizona public school)

Unweighted GPA: 4.0; Weighted GPA: 5.111 (6 scale at my school)

ACT: 35, Writing 35, Reading 35, Science 36, Math 33; SAT: 1540, English 770, Math 770

Extracurriculars:

- Founded and ran a small business for my esport since Sophomore year-crowdfunded $2,458, bought equipment, negotiated for a venue, hired employees, rank a Twitch stream, managed customers, etc etc (my highlight fs)

- Professional competitor for my esport, ranked 5th in Arizona and 568th worldwide with sponsorships

- Volunteered to help other esports tournaments including the biggest post-pandemic tournament for my game worldwide

- Founded and published a weekly newsletter for my esport in Arizona

- Certified schoolhouse. world SAT prep tutor

- Attended state Hugh O'Brain Youth Leadership Seminar

- Chosen for $1,000 scholarship to the Hugh O'Brain World Leadership Congress-attended that too

(Only got to submit the above to MIT because of the ec limit, the rest were just to UChicago)

- Elected NHS Officer and Student Council Class President

- Founded and led a school esports team as a freshman-placed 9th in the state championships

- Played Varsity Chess and JV Tennis for my school

- Worked as a private beta tester for multiple esports apps

- Studied the Beaver Works Summer Institute MIT coursework

- Led and managed Arizona esports official Discord server and Twitter accounts

Awards: National Merit Scholarship Semifinalist, AP Scholar with Distinction

Identity: Middle eastern descent, Arizona resident, middle class, queer (listed that on MIT application, not UChicago)

Essays:

MIT:

- Why MIT: discussed specific professor articles that inspired me relating to my major and how I wanted to follow in my friend's footsteps to become MIT Smash club president

- Hobbies: talked about my fascination with spreadsheets for fun (yes I'm serious)

- Academic journey: mentioned how I had to take virtual AP classes cause my school didn't offer them and how I applied stats/coding knowledge from school in my business

- Community: detailed how I arranged a $2,000 event for my business by bringing together people from across Arizona

- Challenges: talked about how I overcame an eating disorder after having to seek treatment in a medical facility for a summer and how it helped me learn how to better support my friends

UChicago:

- Why UChicago: mentioned another professor article that inspired me, talked about my interest in helping with their specific esports division, detailed how I loved UChicago from my time spent there at a summer convention

- Supplemental essay: chose an old prompt about my unique language, talked about how my specific texting habits changed a lot over time and how that gave me more chances for self-expression/changed how people saw me

Plan to study statistics or possibly business.

I know there are so many other talented applicants, but I really hope I have a shot! Don't hold back on the honesty though, I'd rather be up front with myself than get my hopes too high
(edit for clarity)

Demographics: Female, International, Indian

Intended Major(s): Business/Econ

ACT/SAT/SAT II: SAT, 1520

UW/W GPA and Rank: Rank 1/80. Grades: 9th - 79%, 10th - 96%, 11th - 88%, 12th Predicted - 95%

Coursework: International

Awards:

1 International Community Service Honor, 2 National Olympiad Ranks <20, 1 State Holistic Achievement Award, Ranked 3rd at 1 National Business Competition

Financials:
Applying for fin. aid everywhere, EFC 25K/year

Extracurriculars: 

Founder, Mental Health Initiative
180,000+ students reached; created a mental health education system; 110 posts+, 150+ volunteers; collaborated with the government; handheld 4 ppl through direct counselling.

City Radio Host
Created and hosted 12 episodes in Marathi (local language); 7 guests- all mental h. specialists; received RJ training; first-of-it’s-kind program on radio

Student Council
Mentoring 2 students in academics; spearheaded artistic initiatives; drove key events with authorities, and pushed urgent mental health education.

Faculty, Panelist, Intern at National Conferences

1. Keynote speaker representing UNICEF, the only teenager among 100 faculty members; Attended by 750 doctors; I also handled social media and hospitality.
2. Panelist at a celebrated national business conference.

Panelist, Peer Educator, Organiser - City Conf.
Organized end-to-end a mental h. conf. for 130 specialists; Peer educator with SAATHI – trained 40 students to relay education materials to 1500 more

Music: Vocal
Achieved City distinction in Hindustani Classical twice; 520k+ views across channels; fundraised 30,000Rs for my startup through performance

Founder, Platform where highschoolers meet college students for admissions support
Onboarded 35 mentors from T50 universities; 700$ revenue in a month; 2 school partnerships; 10+ clients in the first month

Customer Service and Relations Intern
Researched varicose veins; handled communication with at least 30 clients; shadowed under CEO; streamlined client feedback for product improvement.

Social Media Intern
Connected founders with Zee Business for PR. Made 5+ ads, 20+ reels, adapted trends, wrote 50+ Quora/Reddit answers, 10+ WhatsApp articles.

President, City Interact Club
Lead a team of 15; directed members' talents to critical projects, and collaborated and planned engaging club activities.

Essays/LORs/Other: external LOR from an Oxford graduate, and a pretty strong peer LOR; teacher recommendations must've been pretty personal; counselor recommendation kinda mid

Schools: Dartmouth ED, Brown, JHU, IU Kelley, Notre Dame, Duke, Northwestern, UNC Chapel Hill, Clark, Northeastern

- Attend a public charter school (no aps) with under 100 kids in graduating class

- Valedictorian, 4.0uw/4.5w (honors + dual enrollment)

- 27 ACT but I am applying test optional (thank goodness for that I was so stressed and put off study until the weekend before, I DO NOT recommend doing that.)

-ECS: law firm internship, non-profit organization internship (involved refugees and asylum seekers), model UN, varsity volleyball, volleyball coach, president of NHS, stugo, school newspaper, part-time jobs

-Essays: transferred midway thru junior year due to previous school closing and as a result faced new challenges. I connect that event and the valuable lessons I learned to an analogy about cars (don't wanna be too specific but I have confidence in it + my writing abilities). I also briefly mentioned how the lessons I've learned support my academic interests and career goals.

- LORS: I have a letter from my MUN Teacher who also happens to be my non-profit internship coordinator who knows about my passion for politics + government, so I know it's strong although I am not allowed to read it. Also have LOR from my government teacher who can also attest to my goals. My volleyball coach who has seen my growth as a student and athelete as well. Good relationship with my counselor, she was happy to provide LOR and school report.

-Major/Plans: Poli Sci major, law school after and plan to either work in politics or international law.

-Demographics: White, Female, First Gen, Middle Class

BTW both schools would be regular decision because spending that much money for school is not something I can be tied down to if I do get an acceptance. I've applied EA to all of my state schools and got acceptances from each and I know where I'll probably end up attending due to money and admissions decisions. I genuinely have heard so many mixed things about my stats so I need help knowing if I have a chance at NYU or BU, both of which are my top choices if I get admitted. Just wanna know if its a waste of money to apply to these schools. Also if you have an recs for schools that would match my stats please let me know which ones, I want to apply to more! I am applying for other schools not mentioned in this post, I just didn't see a need to include them. Anyways, thank you :)

Before anyone comes to cry about lying or nepotism. If you click on my past posts you can see its true and yes it was nepotism.

Demographics: Bay Area Competitive School, high income>$1,500.000 per year

Major: Economics

SAT: 1540 (750 RW, 790 M)

GPA: 3.80UW

Course Rigor: 10 APS ( Physics 1, Biology, Chemistry, Calc AB, APUSH, Macroecon, Gov, CS A, Stats, Chinese)

Extracurriculars:

1. e-commerce owner ~ 1 million sales ~350k profit
2. leader of activist group passed bill
3. school board
4. oversees volunteering
5. political internship
6. econ research
7. service club
8. camp counselor
9. gardening specifically roses
10. journalism program

Extenuating Circumstances

was in special education due to severe adhd for all of middle + elementary school -> transition out in high school..

Universities

Duke ED, Vanderbilt, Georgetown, NYU, UPENN, BU, Emory, Rice, washu.

i was too busy submitting my nwu and u-m app and couldn't meet the EA deadline for these schools so i have to do RD. im oos so its basically over for me and im largely making this post out of cope but lmk what u guys think (i am finished) 😂😂😂

Major:

Computer Science/Computer Engineering

Demographics:

Asian (Korean) Male, Texas Resident, $150-199k income, large and competitive high school (970 class size)

Stats:

GPA: 3.81/4 UW 4.86/5.0 W | Turned off ranking on transcript, not top 10%

(extenuating circumstances - mental health)

1530 SAT no superscore

11 AP Courses 5s and 4s on all exams taken.

Extracurriculars: no sugarcoating so you guys don't get bored

• Volunteer Math & Coding Tutor for Refugees
  • Tutored 10+ refugee students (3 years, 200+ hours)
• Shadowing in Forensic and Architectural Engineering
  • at an internationally renown consulting services company
• Founder, Robotics Practicum
  • Established a permanent practicum course at my school
• Robotics Student Mentor
  • Mentored 30+ students in programming practices in a Lockheed Martin-sponsored robotics program
• Varsity Esports Core Team
  • Qualified for state and nationals; was ranked #1 nationwide in high school VALORANT. Peaked at #360 in North America.
• Codewars
  • Ranked in the top 4% globally, with 750+ kata and 1,000 honor points across 4 languages.
• Nutrition App Co-Developer
  • selected as 1 out of 100 accepted (8,000+ applicants)
• Game Development Project Leader
  • passion project
• Vice President + Co-founder, Photography Club
• Varsity Swim
  • 2 years but i didn't include it in my resume or activities list so its irrelevant

Honors:

• AP Scholar With Distinction
• National Merit Commended Scholar
• Taekwondo
  • 3rd degree black belt, 2x sparring state champion and went to a national tournament in seattle

subjective but imo essays are def above average, 2 LOR (physics, chem) are great counselor one im not too sure about

Hi! I'm applying early for Emory's Woodruff Scholar's Program (still through the RD admissions plan though), and so I was wondering what you guys thought about my application.

Demographics: Female, Asian/Bengali/Muslim, Public Magnet (T20 hs), low-income (not applying through QuestBridge though, because I can't exactly commit to a binding agreement yet for personal reasons)

Intended Major(s): NBB (Neuro + Behavioral Bio) w/ a minor in Global Development Studies + Pre-Med track

ACT/SAT/SAT II: 34 superscored, 33 composite both times (i've only taken it twice)

UW/W GPA and Rank: 3.85 UW / 4.5 W, school doesn't rank (~ top 15% of class)

Coursework: APs: World History, APUSH, APHUG, Calc AB, Statistics, Biology, European History, Seminar, Lang, Lit, Chemistry, Psych, CSP, Calc BC, Macro, US Gov and Pol, Research TOTAL 17 AP COURSES

Honors: Biology, Alg 2 w/ Stats, English 9, English 10, Chemistry, Precal + 4 years of a foreign language (not honors/weighted otherwise though)!

Awards/Honors (not the strongest, I don't think):

Various VEX V5 Robotics Competition (V5RC) awards at local/regional & state level AND 3x V5RC World Championship Qualifications (top 5% competitors out of 20,000 teams globally)

Various Science Olympiad regional placements

Outstanding Delegate - earned at my school's mandatory MUN conference, not really involved w/ MUN otherwise and didn't think to engage much w/ this event in my first two years of hs (esp more bc we were forced into it) but thought i should give it a try once and transformed my view on a lot of things! (writing about this in my essay)

QuestBridge College Prep Scholar - I'm not sure whether I should include this as an honor? Advice would be appreciated.

AP Scholar w/ Distinction

AP Capstone Diploma + on track to publish research in Journal of Student Research

Kode with Klossy Scholar

Extracurriculars (I don't know how to feel about these considering I haven't won international olympiads or competed in ISEF haha, let me know what you guys think):

HOSA - FHP - Co-Founder + President, grew membership to 80+ members in our first year (a little over 1/4 of our school's population). Organized bi-weekly meetings and monthly service projects focused on supporting the broader medical community and underprivileged populations in my area.

Girls Who Code Summer Program

National Science Honor Society - Executive Secretary

V5RC - Head of Documentation + Mentor to sister teams

Manage the editorial team and content strategy for a quarterly literary magazine, collaborating with an undergraduate student + friend at Duke University to research and publish original articles, as well as review and edit for accuracy and style, ensuring efficient workflow and engaging, authentic content that aligns with our mission to dismantle scientific stereotypes and accurately represent patient experiences, while expanding outreach to benefit the larger medical community.

Developed an extensive Arabic curriculum for elementary-aged children with speech impediments in my community, conducting two-hour sessions four times a week to teach them how to read the Qur’an from scratch and perfect their enunciation.

Independent Web Development: Site Design and Management + Graphic Design - started as a hobby, became a profitable side hustle (not six figures or anything huge, but reached an viewership of 1M+ and a social media audience of 30K+ in two years)

Secured a part-time position (4h/wk) as the youngest member on Optometric Technician team for a private optometry practice I shadowed under over my summer break (25 hr).

Science Olympiad - Varsity (nothing too special here)

Al Huda Institute Online Taleem al-Qur’an Diploma Course - Deepened my knowledge of my religion through comprehensive coursework in Uloom ul Qur'an (sciences of the Qur'an), Uloom ul Hadith (sciences of Hadith), and Itteba al-Sunnah (following the Sunnah actions of the Prophet Muhammad PBUH).

Essays/LORs/Other: 

Essay: i think i cookedddd on my personal statement and supps honestly, i've gotten ppl from ivy leagues + t20s to review them as well and i've gotten the green light from all of them; writing happens to be one of my greater strengths :)

LOR: one from my Calc AB teacher : didn't do well in his class lol but i've known him for a very long time bc he's also my robotics coach and so we're close and he's commended me for my work ethic and character outside of class 💀 (7-8/10)

one from my AP Bio teacher : should be pretty good, i did well in her class (ended first quarter w/ a B, but ended the year w/ an A), she and I are also rly close (9/10)

one from my current employer (doctor at optometry practice) : very sweet, speaks abt my experience shadowing w/ her, describes me as a "driven, articulate, and compassionate individual" among other things.

Schools: 

All RD! Emory, Vanderbilt, UF, Johns Hopkins are my reaches, but I've also applied to in-state schools as well, and gotten accepted. My list is pretty small.

Most of you would have submitted your ED and EA Applications, many would have started on the RD Applications. Many would be trying to enhance their ECA. Many would be prepping to retake SAT/ACT. I just want to remind you, when you look at that screen and don't see your desired outcome it is not the end of the world. College is only a small part of your life. There are things in life later on that would be more important that getting into MIT. No college defines your success. I work as a software engineer, I myself did my schooling from MIT and Caltech, pretty amazing huh? Lemme tell you something. I have co workers who have the same pay as me and same responsibilities and have done their schooling from state schools!

Did their college define their success? Today they are competing with the ones that beat them previously. It's not about your college name. It's about what you learn during college. College is just a medium to prepare you. Each University has good professors. In no way will you get let down by your education

You all have worked your asses off these 4 years and give yourself a pat on the back, It's what you've learned throughout this journey and how it had changed your life. It is about the preparation not the result

I better not see anyone depressed after their results or I will send an angry pitbull after you🤣

-Signing off

schools(ranked by my love for them): ed brown, georgetown, barnard, wellesley, bc, nyu, bu, umich

demographic: female, asian, international student in the US, not low-income, bisexual, not first gen financial aid: since i’m international so not rly hoping for much major: international relations/linguistics possibly psychology at some schools

gpa: weighted 4.3/4 (i transferred from another country so my gpa got influenced, i'll explain it in my application) not top 10%

sat: 1530 (math790 reading 740)

ap: 7x5 (chem, human geo, chinese, psych, macro, calc ab, apush), 2x4 (comp sci and english oops)

honors: national merit commended bronze medal in state social studies contest magna cum laude in national latin exam -a few TSJCL area and state latin awards scholastic gold key -a few outstanding student recognition in school

• ap scholar w distinction
• NHS NEHS/ NLHS

activities:

• color guard (heavily involved)
• youth toastmaster club treasurer
• school social studies club captain
• Latin club senior representative (i did a bunch for it)

a city volunteering org vp of education

• asian culture club
• some school clubs

summer programs: georgetown tufts (with college credits, wrote a 6 page research paper)

essays: i wrote about my love for language and my transitions between two countries multiple times, kinda a self growth journey 7/10

others: i’m alright at writing essays and i put time and thoughts into them, so id say they would at least be above average

recs: both teachers and counselor know me rly well, so id say they're pretty solid

I am a senior and I want to get into Brown, but I know it’s a long shot by far. i just want to get outside feedback on how slim my chances really are and any advice on what to do in the next 2 months that may be able to give me a better chance. here are my stats:

• 104.06 weighted GPA
• half hispanic half french, female but born and raised in the US
• i go to a medium sized public school on long island
• ranked in the top 10 highest GPAs in my grade
• ACT 32 (i know it’s not meeting the standards 😔)
• 11 AP classes, mostly 5s and some 4s
• was accepted to and did an architecture summer program at UVA

intended major: i’ve been putting art major for many of the schools i’m applying to but I’m not completely sure yet.

extra curriculars

• started a fundraiser called Brushtail Portraits where I raised money for my local animal shelter by selling custom paintings of peoples pets. Raised $1,260 over the summer
• volleyball 4yrs (varsity 2yrs)
• track 1yr
• jazz band guitarist (2yrs)
• elected student senator(4yrs)
• president of art club (2yrs)
• science national honor society (member for 3 yrs, secretary for 1)
• editor in chief of school newspaper (2yrs)
• rho kappa honor society member (2yrs)
• key club member (2yrs)
• worked as a hostess at a restaurant over the summer
• worked as a cashier at a sunglasses shop over the summer
• i’m an art vendor to a boutique in North Carolina, i sell my original watercolor paintings in this shop

community service

• volunteer at local animal shelter, usually at least one day a week i feed, socialize and care for cats.
• Library of congress online volunteer; I help digitize handwritten historical documents
• local food pantry; I delivered and sorted food for families in need

awards

• scholastic gold medal (and gold and silver keys)
• Go APE! Advanced Placement Exhibition Honorable Mention Award
• National Art Education Association (NAEA) Scholarship Award
• Acceptance to Art Guild Nassau County High School Exhibition and Competition and Honorable Mention
• Heckscher Museum Long Island’s Best (only 80 students selected from Long Island(2021); voted Long Island’s Best Visitors Choice Award
• Science National Honor Society Achievement Award
• RIT Art and Design Award Scholarship (2024) $19,000 per academic year

so any advice is appreciated! I am also applying to UVA, BU, Princeton, U of Michigan, UNC Chapel Hill, William and Mary, UW Madison, Smith College and Kenyon College.

Demographics: International African (Sudan) Hooks: none Seeking full Aid Intended major : biomed engineering and microbiology/bio chem Academics: IGCSE 2A* 3A 1B AS levels AA(bio and chem) BB(Physics and maths) A levels predicted 4 A* Rank : in IG (2/50 approx) and AS (2/7 , nobody takes A levels in our school really) IELTS: Doing it next week SAT : 1340 (700M&640R), repeating in Dec

ECs:

• Poetry national debate competition finalist
• Lead Poetry reciter in school
• School's spelling bee winner (do I even include this)
• Football player (me and my classmates made a small "league" where recording things like stats like G/A for each year in high school, also once coached our team against some college students)
• Also in sophomore year my class including me made some special decorations to our school floor and cleaned it , we were awarded a trip for the efforts.

-Was a captain for a basketball team competition organised by school, we got a bronze medal eventually.

• I'm adding some bio projects later on that I'm currently preparing to do and finish , there is a science fair coming up.

Awards: Poetry national debate competition 4th place winner (the final is out of 4 teams) The spelling bee That bronze medal IGCSE achievement certificate A level achievement certificate (both from school🫠)

Essay: talked about my ambitions, why these majors, related them with my ECs and why I did Those anyway.

I'm applying to : EA (already did) LIU Northeastern CWRU

RD Depauw UAlabama Uchicago WashU Brown Bowdoin Harvard (depends on SAT score really) Yale Stanford Weill Cornell in Qatar (six year program)

I'm applying to a couple of schools with like a 20% (ish) acceptance rate. Overall, I have very strong stats (including almost all dual-enrollment courses), however, I have a question about my test scores.

I submitted my AP score report and ACT score to all of these schools. I have taken AP Calc AB (4), AP lang (2), and AP Euro (3) tests and I self-studied AP lang. Now, my ACT score is 31 in every category but a 29 in math. Since these schools claim to view everything holistically, will the AP Lang score be considered an outlier, or will it harm my application? All of my classes are Honors, APs, and College classes (including English Lang/Comp & math classes) and I have gotten A's in all of them if that helps.

i have had this question for so long and didn't know who to ask so please help if anyone knows. I plan on submitting some masters' applications this month (UGA, FSU, Gatech) the thing is I am not going to pay for them (I am an international student i wanna save up on tax) my relatives in the US are letting me use their credit card. Would it matter and affect my application? the location where the payment came through?

From a decent private school with few APs

Not heaviest courseload: AP PHYSICS, AP CALCULUS AB, AP ENGLISH LIT, AP COMPARATIVE GOVERNMENT

5s on all exams

Class rank: 18/134

(During 10th grade i got a 3.28 GPA due to a situation)

1: 4.00 2: 3.28 3: 4.5 4: 5.0

WGPA: 4.2 SAT: 1600 (second try)

Extracurriculars:

2nd place in a 30 school math olympiad 10th grade

member of debate club council

have read 93 books on politics, psychology, and business

Awards: National Hispanic Recognition Award

Ethnicity and location: Puerto Rico, hispanic and white

Want to study political science and computer science.

Hi!

I'm pretty much the standard qualified applicant here. No hooks, not seeking aid

SAT: 1540 (740M/800EVBRW)

GPA: 4.0 uw, 4.78 w (on a 5.3 scale but whatever u get the idea)

Rank: 1/~225

Courseload: 12 APs, 14 honors courses (basically every course except required electives)

AP tests: 5s on chem, physics 1, apush, lang, precalc; 4 on csp (sophomore year)

Awards: Boys State (held a state position), NMS semifinalist (to-be finalist), AP scholar w/ distinction, regional science scholarship, princeton book award

ECs: Founded a racial equality club (spent like a year running it unfunded before school was convinced lol), captain of debate team, president of NHS and FBLA, exec. on school peer development program, 150+ hrs volunteering with special olympics, worked a summer job at local camp, student council, varsity track & cross country

Essays & letters of recommendation: I've shown my personal statement to many people (both randoms and qualified counselors and whatever) and the reception is extremely positive, I think it's really solid---9/10; my letters of recommendation are probably quite good also, I'd guess 7-8/10

What do you guys think is possible? I'm of course throwing out a couple of ivy-level applications just to see, but i'm really hoping i can at least snag a couple of options in the t20-t50 range (places like usc, unc, georgetown, w&m)

For context, applying for polisci

chance a desperate girl (please)

Hi! To clarify, my journey is not the best because I moved to America during sophomore year (don’t know if that’s a hook?), so most of my progress is shown in 9/11/12 grade due to me having to acclimate and learn english from scratch, still kept all A's but a B in 10th grade.

Demographics — Latina (recent US. Citizen) — State/Location of Residency: Massachusetts — Type of high school: small, catholic private school — Hooks: First generation, Female in STEM

Intended Major(s) — Neuroscience, biology if neuroscience is not offered. Pre-Med track.

Stats — Weighted GPA: to be determined, finished junior year with a 4.02 GPA. School doesn’t do unweighted. — Test Optional — Class Rank: 13/76 (school kinda messed up the rank this year, not including the years students were enrolled in other schools, so it’s very common to see lower grades in top 10 or so)

Coursework — Not allowed to take more than 5/13 AP classes. AP-Bio, APUSH, AP-CS, AP-Spanish, AP-French. — 5 Honors classes in math & english.

Extracurricular Activities (very summarized) — Book collector for donations: collected +120 and donated them to small english teaching places in low income-rural areas in the Dominican Republic.

— Research with professor: quality and manufacturing of medical materials, created new templates for the lab, researched + labeled +600 materials, presented my work at Harvard-MIT summer institute.

— Student Ambassador Program: self explanatory school club, gave a speech to +450 individuals at a fundraiser for financial aid aimed to prospective students at my school, my team got to raise 200k.

— Healthcare and wellness club founder: created a digital newspaper to spread awareness of common health issues around teenagers, interviewed 10 doctors and 3 patients of the issues covered. Relatively new and ongoing activity.

— Dance: (These are two extracurriculars i’m going to summarize) taught 40 middle school kids/2 grades dance, leader and choreographer of the dance team, presented at a christmas function to 250+. Founder and co-leader of kpop dance team, lead +10 practices, +6 solos, attended around 10 competitions, stopped due to immigration.

— Coordinator of Culture Exchange activity: Led and divided groups, coordinated decorations & research teams. Researched & spread DR’s history during assemblies to 250+, presented x9.

— 9th Grade class Vice President: co-led 8 meetings, lead an anti-bullying support group of 10 in which we made ~15 presentations, etc…

— Two more mixed extracurriculars (english classes, hobbies…)

Awards/Honors — Harvard-MIT Biomedical Optics Summer Institute Completion — Gala Speaker at Foundations (one speaker chosen out of all students at my hs) — President List + Honor Roll x3 — Highest Averages x3 (9th grade award) — National Honors Society

Letter of Recommendations AP-BIO teacher, geometry teacher and my mentor at my research lab (harvard med. school professor)

Essay TW: Personal statement about the independent scientific experiment that helped me overcome the self harm that came with my immigration related to my fear of cold water as a child. (to hard to explain but the essay is pretty easy to read and understand!!)

Schools — Wellesley College (dream school) — Amherst College — Williams College — Barnard College — Boston College — Boston University — Bryan Mawr College — Colby College — Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences — NYU — Northeastern University — Tufts university — Umass Amherst — Umass Boston

Thinking about if i manage my time (probably not applying) — Columbia, Upenn, Cornell — Umiami — University of Illinois Chicago

Thank you!

reposting cause im actually stressing tf out submitted my jhu ed and clicked attach for my resume but it didn’t seem to go through due to a glitch 😢 i alr emailed admissions but will there be a section to put it in the portal or something ?

so... i might've made a mistake in forgetting to send my sat scores so i might be deferred to rd instead of ea woops. just wanted some advice to see if i could still get in with rd though :( also wanna know if i can get into pitt & syracuse!

first-gen queer asian-american female

in-state for pitt & psu

intended major: cs

sat: 1330 m 700, r&w 630

took ap calc ab (4) & ap lang (5). taking ap physics c: e&m, ap lit, ap calc bc, & ap comp sci a this year. took 2 honors classes as well

good commonapp essay! psu had an optional second one. it's decent enough lol

uw class rank 33/365 uw gpa 96.333/100

awards: national first-gen recognition award & first honors

ecs:

• pianist of 6 years. played in ~4 recitals and 2 christmas concerts for free in public community churches

• ran an independent business where i regulated sales, advertising, and communication w 30 clients total. created my own website to curate my portfolio

• self-taught lua programming + 3d modeling in blender to create an rpg roblox game that advocates for mental health

• video editing influencer. took paid commissions & free tutorials

I am applying ED to Northeastern (very last minute ik) and was wondering if I should submit my sat of 1410 if I had a low GPA (3.67). I go to a private school and have some extracurriculars and was wondering if submitting my lowish SAT would help improve my shot by any chance... thanks!

Nationality - United Kingdom

School type - Selective State School

Intended Major(s): Politics or Economics

Intended Minor(s): Philosophy or History

SAT: Estimated 1500. Scheduled for December.

School Rank: Top 1% at a selective school.

GPA: Not sure what this means.

GCSEs: 999999888887 (i.e. 11 A*s; 1 A)

A-Levels: Predicted A*A*A*A*A* (History, Maths, Philosophy, Economics, EPQ)

Awards:

• Economics Scholars' Prize (11th Grade) (School)
• UKMT Intermediate Silver Prize (10th Grade) (National)

Extracurriculars:

1. Consulting Intern at PwC UK (Grade 11)
2. Delegate to LSE ModelUN 2024 (Grade 11)
3. Philosophical Dissertation (Grade 11)
4. Consultant on international development for a global insurance company (Grade 12)
5. Policy Essay Competition National Semi-Finalist (Grade 11)
6. Carnatic [Indian Classical] Violin (Grades 9/10/11)
7. School Council Vice-Chairman (Grade 12)
8. Robotics Club Operations & Finance Manager (Grade 11)
9. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu White Belt (Grade 11)
10. English Literature Tutor (Grade 11)

Notes: Grade 11/12 corresponds to UK Year 12/13 (sixth form) at my current school. Grade 9/10 corresponds to UK Year 10/11 at my old school. I have a few other extracurriculars, but this is what I have down right now.

Essays: Should not be an issue. I have a good idea of what to write about and will have support.

US Universities:

1. Harvard
2. Princeton
3. Yale
4. Amherst (?)

British Universities:

1. Oxford (PPE)
2. LSE (PPE)
3. UCL (ESPS)
4. Warwick (PPE)
5. Exeter (PPE)

I want to write my essay on stories i wrote for my brother and i don't know if that's cheesy. For some context i was the oldest of 3. My youngest brother is now 7 when we were very young when my dad died. I write stories for him because i wanted to instill in him some of the ideals i had been taught into him and i knew he loved stories. The world i built for him eventually become a 200 page book which i published and sold a decent amount of copys all 5 start reviews. I don't know if it seems super cheesy or looks like I'm virtue signaling