No financial aid needed

IGCSE: 7A* 1A

AS: 6A (Phy, chem, math, further math, English, history)

A Level predicteds: A*A*AAB (B in history). Had a near-death experience of a grandparent, listed in additional info.

UW GPA: 3.87 (4.0 in 10 and 11, mess ups in freshman year)

SAT: 1540 (740 eng, 800 math)

Activities:

Research: Replicated ElCs w/ photonic components, developed a PIC; theorized photonic logic gate model; challenges & work-arounds; guided by fellow at Intel

Research: Used EPR Spectroscopy to identify unknown solid-state species, especially to verify DPPH & MnCl; future improvements; guided by Prof.[X]

Robotics: ML trained AI-camera integrated with a line-following robotic surveillance vehicle to deter harmful birds and aid farmers in crop protection; Won the CREST Gold Award, UK

Paid work: AI-integrated python software for face-verification; all (10) specific customization criteria fulfilled; handled ~500k client records; Rs.50k stipend

Internship: Worked on smart meters: 10+ residence installations, data logs, troubleshooting; submitted report on smart meter improvements; Appreciated by CEO

President, Math club: Led 30 students; conducted math relays, comedies & quizzes; prepared members for Olympiads; Rs.7k profit in Carnival; starting school tutoring service

Robotics: 3D printed & programmed a robotic spider (CAD/Arduino IDE); Bluetooth pairing, controllable via a phone app- 360° maneuverability, fight & greet modes

Founder, Non-profit: Leading a team of 7; 700+ insta followers; Mentored 300+ underprivileged kids in interdisciplinary STEM via 40+ experiential learning drives; health checks, food & sports drives; raised Rs. 25k

Member of a large climate change organisation: Project REFORESTATION: Planting a million trees; Contributed to 20+ webinars & climate action outreach programs; Letter of Appreciation from Convenor (~400hrs accumulated over 4yrs)

Member, Red Cross Society: Organized 8 disease-awareness camps, collaborated with Red Cross; donated 500 blankets & medicated mosquito nets to ~300 workers using internship 50K stipend

Honors:

CEMC Hypatia Distinction

Certificate; American Council on Education (ACE) -recommended 10 college credits; completed Deep Learning Specialization, Coursera

Distinction in Grade 8 (max level) piano from Trinity College London

International English Olympiad Medal of Distinction (Zonal Rank 15; International Rank 17)

International Mathematics Olympiad, School topper (School Rank 1)

Cornell (ED), Purdue, UIUC, Georgia Tech, UMich, USC, UCB, UCLA, UCSD, Rose-Hulman, Wisconsin-Madison, Virginia Tech, Maryland, Northeastern, Northwestern

Hi guys! I graduated with my GED in 2022. Before obtaining my GED, I had a 2.7 GPA. My SAT is 1110. I was in 6 music extracurriculars and 2 sports. What are my chances of getting into MSU?

Demographics

Gender: Male

Race/Ethnicity: White

Residence: Bay area, CA

Income Bracket: full pay but merit would be nice

Type of School: competitive Catholic school

Hooks (Recruited Athlete, URM, First-Gen, Geographic, Legacy, etc.): Legacy at WashU

Intended Major(s): finance/econ, ppe to upenn, polisci to some

Academics

GPA (UW/W): 4.0 / 4.75

Rank (or percentile): N/A, but I know I am UC ELC so I am somewhere in top 9%

Number of Honors/AP/IB/Dual Enrollment/etc.: 9 Honors, 4 APs in soph/junior year (all 5s)

Senior Year Course Load: AP physics 1, AP calc ab, AP Lit, AP Macro, AP Micro, AP Gov, Mandatory Religion, Music Comp.

10 APs total

Standardized Testing

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

SAT: 1480 (740/740), submitted everywhere

Other (ex. IELTS, TOEFL, etc.): none

Extracurriculars/Activities (sorry to be vague)

List all extracurricular involvements, including leadership roles, time commitments, major achievements, etc.

Not in order:

1. Varsity Tennis - Unrecruited but league champs
2. XC - academic award
3. internship at local congressmans office - Managed telephones as primary point of contact with constituents. Assisted with casework. Created a private Excel database of local nonprofits
4. internship at local museum - Welcomed visitors, answered questions on local history, assisted with research requests, wrote a blog on local history, and managed gift shop
5. Law Clerk at local estate planning law firm - Draft estate planning packages (trusts, wills, etc.) for clients. Conduct legal research to keep accuracy w/ legal standards. Create LLCs for clients.
6. summer associate at more prestigious local estate planning firm - valued high-value assets for UHNW clients, organized master spreadsheets, and assisted lawyers with estate planning for $3Bn+ portfolios.
7. Mock Trial (2 years), County champs and 2x state trial MVP, team captain senior year
8. School student ambassador - Led tours of school to prospective students, spoke with parents. Volunteered at local outreach events in local community , 100+ hours of service
9. School clubs (Assorted but not any leadership positions

Awards/Honors

List all awards and honors submitted on your application.

1. Three Academic Awards in AP/Honors classes (only 2-3 selected per class)
2. Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition for work done in internship - sounds really prestigious but is lowkey just a participation award.
3. AP Scholar with Honor
4. State mock trial MVP award
5. uc elc

Letters of Recommendation

AP econ/gov teacher - she really liked me but a bit strict and only knows me for 5 months

English teacher - 8/10, Had her for 3 years and she loved me, great connection but the LOR was probably a bit rushed and I had her for freshman, sophmore, and senior year.

Essays

common app - 7/10

I talked about how I had to learn social skills as I have aspergers and related it to my interest in understanding people and their interactions.

supplemental

uva 5/10

upenn - thank you note - 8/10, community 7/10, why major 8/10

rest are probably 6-7/10

Applications.

ED to Penn

University of Richmond (EA)

Lehigh

IU Kelley (EA)

BC

USD

SMU (EA)

Fordham (EA)

UVA (EA)

CMC

UPenn (ED)

Northeastern (EA)

UCLA

UCSB

UCB

Cornell

Notre Dame

WashU

If I have time, I'll shotgun as many t20s as I can.

I tried to be realistic about LORs and Essays as I feel people often overrate them.

Demo: upper middle class white female from rural area, out of state

Act: 34

GPA: 4.0 UW

EC: mostly leadership and service stuff (captain of a varsity sport, involved in another sport, on a state-wide executive board and other leadership stuff in my school) plus a part time job

Essay: I have no idea if my essay is good bc I didn’t have anyone read it and I wrote it in 24 hours /:

Grades: 91, 97, 95, 95 (predicted and mid term) (/100)
SAT: 1540
IELTS: 8.0
don't need aid

Awards: National rank in school exams, School Honor Roll, National Tata competition, Stanford Math Tournament, University quiz

Activities:

Research on [niche topic in ai/thermodynamics] ; mentored by PhD candidate at Princeton; published on bioRxiv.

Qualitative research on domestic violence and concepts of masculinity in India; results submitted to the [redacted NGO]; published on [tbd].

Chief Barista Apprentice; <bigshot hotel cafe in my city>, Radisson Hotels Group

Served as mentor for 3rd - 8th grade kids from tribal backgrounds in the interior central Madhya Pradesh; taught Science & English over weekends.

Recorded and published 150+ minutes of episodes on personal podcast ; 220+ plays; 5000+ impressions; listeners from 20+ countries; guests included professors, PhDs, etc.

Mentored by Prof. [x] in undergraduate number theory concepts; used python and MATLAB to identify novel patterns in the [professor's name] sequence.

Led team to victory in 10+ regional and national Debate/Model UN competitions; mentored students in debating and linguistics; chaired 2 national conferences.

Mentored 17 students in non-traditional concepts of mathematics; implemented a syllabus surrounding number theory, conjectures etc.; held weekly meetings.

Practised 3x a week; captained senior team to 5+ regional and national open championships; won 3 district & 2 state competitions.

1 of 120~ students selected nationally to attend lectures, workshops, and shadow professors and graduate students at designated laboratories. Assisted with day-to-day lab work.

recommendations:

2 absolutely lovely school recommendations (english: 11/10, physics 9/10)
recommendation from EC1 research organisation (9/10)
recommendation from prof from ec6 (10/10)
recommendation from managing partner at the hotel for ec3 (9/10)

essays are solid 9/10 too i think

ed: cornell

ea: mich, uiuc, neu, gtech, purdue, cub

rd: UCs (except sb, riverside, merced), princeton, stanford, dartmouth, penn, northwestern, caltech

Title ^^

Demographics: Asian male, California, competitive private, no hooks

Intended Major(s): Computer science/ majors that have cs + design and art (IDM for NYU, computational media for Georgia Tech...etc)

ACT/SAT/SAT II: 1520 super score, 1490 with no super score

UW/W GPA and Rank: 3.73/3.62 (2.9 GPA for freshman year 💀, 4.0+ GPA for sophomore and junior year)

Coursework: AP Physics 1 and 2. AP calc AB and BC, AP Psych, honors Chem, def not the most rigorous

Awards: none :(

Extracurriculars: I think if I were to get accepted, it would be because of my ECs

1. Software Dev intern for a mid-sized tech company, designed and developed an IOS app from scratch that basically receives and backs up your emails from your iphone onto the flash drive. hardest thing was integrating the existing file system source code from the company into my app. Also updated and tested new firmware releases for the flash drive.

2. Digital Media intern for the same company (different role), created product graphics, advertisements, and filmed and edited instruction videos on how to use their products

3. Camera operator for school events (hard to explain), so our school has a giant auditorium for performances and events. So for those events, I operate studio cameras (basically huge TV cameras) to broadcast the event.

4. Film projects, cameraman and editor for many student-led film projects, I would say the projects are pretty good. One got into a regional film festival.

5. Dorm volunteer, basically a RA for our dorm. Helps with new student orientation, setting up events, leading dorm tours, and helps with whatever people need help with.

6 - 10. Basically just my "normal" activities, president of a few clubs, volunteers, and self-learning to draw.

Essays: 9/10 I think they're pretty good. Wrote about how I think software development is an artistic process for me and the reason I enjoyed making my app is because I got to design the UI scheme and all of the graphics for the app and also program the app. A lot of my teachers and my counselor read them and gave me a lot of feedbacks that I incorporated.

LOR: Calc AB teacher: 8/10 - I am good friends with her son, we're fairly close

English teacher: 8/10 - My favorite english teacher at school, also fairly close

VP of the company that I interned at: 10/10 - Really close with him, been interning at the company since 8th grade, he really likes me. He is also a marketing and english double major, so his writing skills should be pretty good haha

Schools: Ok, please be brutally honest with me on these, if theyre really bad then I can try to apply to more schools for RD.

NYU (ED): Primary major is CS at CAS, alternate major is IDM and CS at tandon school of engineering

Georgia Tech (EA): Primary CS and alternate is computational media

Purdue (EA): Primary CS and alternate game development

UIUC (EA): Primary CS and alternate arts & entertainment technology

UMich (EA): Primary CS, didn't really have an alt major that I liked

UWash (RD): Primary CS, alternate human centered design and engineering

Virginia Tech (EA): Primary CS, no alternates

I only included my November deadline schools, I am also applying to all the UCs. For my January deadlines I have 1 safety, 2 target, and 2 reach schools. I am thinking of adding some more targets and safeties for my RD, what do you guys think? I just don't think my SAT and especially my GPA is high enough for my earlies and having only one safety is very risky, esp for CS. NYU is my dream school btw, cuz they have a lot of interdisciplinary opportunities with CS and art.

Additional info: Moved from Taiwan to the US (dual citizenship) for high school (talked about a little in the essay). I am not applying for financial aid.

Demographics – asian, norcal bay area, upper middle class, no hooks

Academics – GPA 3.9 unweighted, 4.7 weighted; Top 2%

13 APs with 5 scores of 5 and 3 scores of 4; coursework includes Calculus BC, Physics C Mechanics, Multivariable Calculus, Linear Algebra

Test Scores – 34 ACT, 1540 SAT

Majors – Computer Science, Finance

Awards

DECA ICDC Top 10 & Finalist + State 1st Place

Presidential Volunteer Service Award (Gold)

National Merit Commended Scholar

State Science Fair Qualifier (1st at county level)

Karate National Qualifier (ranked t30 in division)

Extracurriculars

AI & Computer Science Non-Profit Founder – Taught & Presented to 500+ students, reached 2K+ globally across 10 countries

Co-Founder & Developer, Tech Agency – Developed 20+ websites, computers, apps, generated $5K+ for clients

Computational Bio Research – Conducted ML research, qualified for state science fair ,published a research paper

Research Intern – Worked and shadowed under T75 finance university professor, analyze case studies and market trends

AI SWE Fellow: Built AI tools with 1K+ users, leading 4+ fellows and coached by Fortune 500 engineers.

Vice Chair of City Youth Council – Led 25+ members, coordinated impactful city events

President of Innovation Club – Led tech projects with 20+ members, benefited 50+ students

President of Finance & Investment Club – Taught 75+ students in finance, hosted bi-weekly workshops

Vice President of DECA – Managed 600+ members, increase comp events, outreach, projects, led club to regional/state awards

2nd Dan Karate Instructor – National-level competitor, and instructor for 200+ students + miscellaneous regional and state awards 

LORs

Calc BC Teacher – 7/10

AP Lang Teacher – 8/10

Research Mentor – 9/10

Schools – Reaches: MIT, UC Berkeley, Columbia, UCLA, Stanford, Harvard, UCSD (safety= community college)

I go Morris County Community College right now and I’m certain I can maintain a 3.8-3.9 gpa for the rest of the semester. I’m currently a freshman and I want to take 2 semesters before I transfer I don’t care that it’s more expensive I just wanna get out of here. Next semester if I maintain a 3.8-3.9 gpa will I have a chance to make it into New Brunswick?

My high school gpa was low and I did not that the SAT and ACT.

And also how can I increase my odds?

UMASS Amherst admission chances

Hi I’m not Harvard material and I know this so be nice pls 😭😭😭 I have a 3.6 gpa unweighted, 32/127 in my class I’ve taken 2 APs 6 Honors, applying test optional. For my ECs I’ve done chorus, robotics, four seasons of track and on top of that I work part time. Am I cooked?

Hi guys, so I rush reported some of my SAT scores but I wasn’t sure if I should submit my score or not because ids pretty low. My SAT super score is a 1210 and the highest is an 1190 😭😭😭 should I do test optional for the following universities:

Purdue Penn state Indiana Bloomington Houston

Hi I’m not Harvard material and I know this so be nice pls 😭😭😭 I have a 3.6 gpa unweighted, 32/127 in my class I’ve taken 2 APs 6 Honors, applying test optional. For my ECs I’ve done chorus, robotics, four seasons of track and on top of that I work part time. Am I cooked?

Demographics

Location: The Middle of Nowhere

Race: Cuntcasian

Gender: Contralto

Income Bracket: Funded by bribed read-a-thons and hefty ‘consultation fees’

Awards

1. VIP Access to Senator Elevators (x2) Accidentally found myself in the Senators-only elevator—twice. They don’t actually check, so now I just consider it my personal transportation.

2. Natural Blonde

My hair (just like my many personalities) naturally looks this fake 💅🏻

3. Pharmaceutical Stockpile Champion Leading distributor of laxatives and other questionable substances on Capitol Hill. My Adderall tolerance? A medical mystery that has every local MD baffled.

Extracurriculars

1. Bipartisan Bisexual™

Flirted my way through both Republicans and Democrats, securing “favors” across the aisle for prime club positions and rec letters. Truly a leader in bridging the political divide.

2. School Psychiatrist (Self-Declared)

Got tired of hearing “do your research” from adults, so I became the research. Now, teachers pull me aside for advice on their kids’ mental health. Students come to me for diagnoses and med recs like it’s Starbucks.

3. ADHD Coach

Helped an entire generation of classmates mimic ADHD to score extra test time and meds. Now all psychiatrists within 50 miles refuse to see me—and honestly, I wear it as a badge of honor.

4. Spy for Hire

Track IP addresses for “discreet” clients at school. I also install spyware. I think I’ve made around 5k in all my four years of high school.

5. Nonprofit Founder (Out of Spite)

My rural school wouldn’t fund Mock Trial, so I made my own nonprofit. Now I can host read-a-thons, fundraisers, and take bribes for ‘boosting’ top readers. Do I love inspiring young readers? Sure. Do I love the bribe cash more? Absolutely.

6. Ant Army General

Collected and raised hundreds of Tapinoma sessile queens, which I’ve strategically deployed into enemy territory (read: classmates’ houses). Some people collect stamps, I collect mercenary ants.

7. Senate Bathroom Invader

Snuck into the Senators-only bathroom and left my mark, courtesy of the laxatives I distribute. A truly unforgettable contribution to Capitol Hill’s infrastructure.

I’m a rising in state senior apply to: FSU ea (dream school), UF, UCF, UTAMPA, FAMU

Gpa: 3.65 uw 4.42 w

Course rigor: 7 aps : gov(5) lit(ip), hum geo(4), art history(4), comp sci prin(3), bio, stats (I was also in ap world and lang for a semester but the I moved) 3 aice : Gen paper (b), u.s (b), marine (ip)

7 de and i think 7 honors

Sat: 1360 (rw- 650 math-710)

Ec: -podcast on Haitian history (mainly focused on gov and reconstruction) -Non profit intern- made content helping youth transition out foster care+ podcast editor (had special guest like an nfl player) 126 service hours -sga at community college- project committee+ senator -legal intern- draft legal analysis stuff like that -social media manager- account is directed to help aspiring ring lawyers learn new cases, terminology, and law school advice (2k followers on insta, 23k likes on tt)

• cheer: just sideline and comp (my school’s first game day competition team, placed 1st at two local comps)

-executive editor on journal of law -library of congress transcription (150+ docs translated

Honors: -ap scholar w/ honors -African American national recognition award -NHS -NEHS -SNHS

Essay: I have a box of birthday/holiday cards and the nickname they’re addressed rep the diff chapters of my life that shaped my passion for justice (linked to major)

Major: Political science (pre-law)

I’m apply summer for FSU and UF

My UC GPA is a 3.8/4.3. Do I even bother applying to UCs, I don’t wanna go to riverside/merced/santa cruz anyways. Would I have a chance at UCI, UCSD, UCLA, UCB with a 3.8/4.3. Their avg gpas are around a 4.0+. I’m also a comp sci major. I’m asking this because I heard UC’s care more about GPA than anything (my ecs are 9/10 but my gpa seems too low)

Demographics:

• mid to low comp HS, 250 ish grad class
• Asian
• I play chess?
• CS BA or BS

GPA: 3.7 W(good reasons why so low just trust)

No rank

7 APs, 8 Tests

SAT - 1510 composite

Awards:

• AP scholar with honors
• honor roll
• Top 100 nationally ranked chess players In age groups for the past 4 years
• USCF candidate master
• Won an international/national tournament + state champs in chess

**ECs(**nốt ordered properly):

• High School Chess league president - 20+ schools, 100+ participants, $1k+ raised
• 1st author to Novel Ai paper - published and submitted to conferences like Neurips + COLING, available on arXiv
• Chess Club president - 3 peat champion in regional league, top 5 teams in State
• DECA - 3x state qualifier
• Motorola Solutions Intern - made a REST API for one of their apps in prod
• Paid Chess coach - Apart of non-profit group for underprivileged youth in chicago(not from there did remote)
• Volunteer Chess Coach - volunteered apart of local chess academy, 200 ish hours over the 4 years
• Wrestling - Varsity
• SASA(south asian student association) treasurer - raised 10k from sponsors and events, provided scholarships for the first year to south asian students
• Inspirit AI scholars program(free) - Made Chess bot with GPT 4o capable of playing at an expert level

Personal Statement: 7.5/10 (not insanely good, but everyone who reads it likes it, and reviewers can't find problems with it, so conservative 7.5)

Colleges:
Umass, UMD, UW Madison, BU, NEU, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, IU, Vtech, UPitt, RIT, Bentley, Rutgers

Okay hear me out: I'm a sophomore and I know people will be like you're too early to be worrying for college apps but I want to do as much as I can to ready myself for my dream schools Yale and/or Stanford. I wanna study international relations so please please give me strong criticism - any valuable advice will be much appreciated 😭

• Race/ethnicity/state: Asian/South Korean/East coast
• Gender: Female
• School: Attending a decently big public high school; surprisingly had 5+ people attend Ivies and 10+ people go to T50s last year
• Income: low income; ~$30k for a family of 5
• GPA: 3.96/4.0 (i don't like some subjects...)
• SAT/ACT/PSAT: PSAT coming out soon but i don't have SAT or ACT yet
• Coursework: All honors except spanish last year; all honors + APUSH + AP Sem this year except spanish
• Major: International Relations

Honors:

(they're very mid for now)

1. Hugh O' Brien Youth Leadership Student Seminar Nominee
2. USBands Group III Open Class 1st place State Championships
3. Civics Unplugged Fellow
4. DemocraShe Fellow
5. KAYF WAFL Fellow

Activities:

1. Federal/ Congressional Consultant (9-10): Advocated to Congressional members (Senate HELP, GOP, OPE) in meetings for their endorsement of bill (HSVEA) designating high schools as voter registration agencies with federal support; outreach to media outlets/reporters for media recognition

2. Polisci Research Group Founder/Research Manager at an org(9-10): Leading 14 researchers (high school~college students) conducting formal research on environmental sustainability in developing countries

3. Executive Director at an org (10): Heading all intl and ntl programs/affairs as chief role at org's Executive Council; securing grants, implementing new initiatives and opportunities for members across several platforms

4. Research Scholar at a program (10): Admitted to competitive research program with full financial aid (more competitive because limited spots for aids); currently researching topic under global affairs (likely global conflict alleviation) mentored under a Ph.D graduate

5. Founder/Blogger (9-10): Founded blog/newsletter on recording recent global events and diplomacy to an audience of 300+; created my own website, following, and platform (currently revamping)

6. Tutoring Program Coordinator at an org (9-10): Overseeing the educational supervision and direction of NJ Chapter; Organized tutoring sessions for underprivileged youth in my area; acted as deputy director for when current director was absent

7. Executive Director/Court Watch Intern at an org (9-10): Selected as one of 10 people from the internship program to become “backbone” of executive team; responsible for outreach (connecting with national court watching programs/offices) and logistics behind the internship

8. Korean Language Tutor (freelance) (9-10): Provided personalized tutoring sessions and enhancing bilingual skills (English and Korean) to develop student's proficiency of lesson plans

9. Marching Band Drumline Member (9-10): Behaved as a leader guiding new drumline members on fundamentals of music and drill; won 1st in States, 5th in Nationals

10. Class Representative (voted 9 and 10 but this is only for 9): Contributed to selling ~$4,000 worth of Freshman merch, the most earned in many years; directed freshman class's engagement to win high school's first-ever spirit wars

LORs:

(unsure but for now):

• My history teacher or APUSH teacher (need to get closer with him though)
• One of my directors from the aforementioned orgs

Be brutally honest please; also for most of them it's great because these are all things I'm really interested/passionate for

In honor of submitting early apps, chance me for my non-safeties!

• Demographics: Senior, Male, Hispanic, Rural/Small Town (classified as rural fringe for what it's worth, not sure how impactful this is), Non-competitive Public
• Intended Major(s): Material Science/Engineering + potentially switching into Industrial Engineering or Operations Research
• SAT: 1550 (800M, 750 RW)
• UW: 3.867 W: 4.267 Class Rank: 4/210
  • I've had all As since 2nd semester of freshman year, but first semester and some middle school grades were several Bs and a C. I can explain this, but I'm curious how this will affect my app overall.
• Coursework:
  • Through Junior Year: Taken 8 of 11 APs offered
  • Through Senior Year: Taken 11 of 12 APs offered (Lit class got added and Lang was removed) + 5 Dual Enrollment (Calc-based Physics 1&2, Calc 3, Diff Eq., Linear Algebra)
• Extracurriculars:
  • FTC Robotics - Team Founder + Manufacturing and Integration Lead
    • Specialized in using 3D printed materials for component optimization; coordinated mechanical & software teams, aiding the integration of subsystems.
  • University Research Internship - Army Educational Outreach Program
    • Studied bacterial interactions between B. subtilis during xylan degradation; analyzed biofilm formation; utilized data to develop predictive models.
  • State Youth Advisory Council - Senate District Representative
    • Provided rural perspective to combatting the youth substance abuse crisis, developing & presenting policy proposals to the state legislature.
  • County Workforce Development Board - Youth Committee Co-chair
    • Planned and directed bimonthly board & committee meetings of 50+ attendees; advised county legislators & community partners on youth-related subjects.
  • Community 3D Printing Projects
    • Created 3D models & diagrams used in chemistry, physics, statistics, & forensics classes; managed 6 3D printers in science & engineering departments.
  • National Honor Society - President
    • Managed 6 officers & 71 members; implemented a committee structure; facilitated 1000+ service hours per year; doubled the number of community events.
  • Science Bowl Team - Founder + Captain
    • Specialized in chemistry, physics, & math; created team study guides based on past questions; led semiweekly team practice; 2x state competitors.
  • Amateur Mead Maker & Kombucha Brewer
    • Experimented with different flavors of mead and kombucha, utilizing various fermentation methods; was met with mixed results from family and friends.
  • Foosball
    • Played foosball recreationally with family and friends.
  • Varsity Soccer
    • Led team film analysis; interpreted team and opponent player statistics for use in substitutions and formation changes; Coach's Cone recipient (2022).
• Awards:
  • 2x Student of the Year
  • FTC Robotics Awards
    • Won awards in both years of robotics, given based on subsystems that I created. These awards are what allowed us to go to state both years. I'm not sure if I can add this, but its all I have lmao.
  • National Rural and Small Town Recognition
  • National Hispanic Recognition
  • AP Scholar with Distinction
• Letters of Rec
  • Teacher 1: (7/10)
  • Teacher 2: (6/10)
  • Other Rec: (8/10)
  • Counselor (6:10)
• School List:
  • Columbia, Northwestern, Cornell, UPenn, Rice, Stanford, Harvard, CalTech(lol)

I'm currently a junior with a 2.98 unweighted GPA( the first trimester is about to end), aiming to get into a good state school. I plan to raise my GPA to at least a 3.3 by the time I apply by taking more dual enrollment courses. Will these dual enrollment courses improve my chances when applying? Plan on applying to university of Minnesota twin cities.

Demographics: African American (Ghanaian), from Maryland, mid sized school (1600 students) no class rank.

Stats: GPA 4.0 UW 4.76 W 1390 superscore SAT (Not submitting anywhere) 8 Ap classes

Activities:

1. Founder | President,School's chapter of Future Business Leaders of America - Created club; led group meetings; assisted students preparing for competition; placed first at regionals and states; raised over $2,000 for travel
2. Property Analyst Intern, Property Management - Prepared data analysis for properties, coordinated landlord/tenant services, and prepared and updated Google worksheets.
3. Bassist, Baltimore Symphony Youth Orchestra - Member of the newly formed Philharmonia Orchestra. Performed at Joseph Meyerhoff Hall. Played challenging pieces with a full orchestra.
4. Basketball, Varsity Guard/Forward, School's Girls Varsity Basketball Won school's first playoff game in 3 years; 2022-23 & 2023-24 Maryland All academic team; Coached JV players; raised over $300 for the program.
5. Bassist | Section leader, My High School's Gifted and Talented String Orchestra - Guided fellow bassists while learning music; Won 1st place at World Strides DC competition; Played all Bass solos.
6. Treasurer , High School's Class of 2025: Student Council Raised over $4,000 for prom; coordinated fundraising opportunities; Speaker at School's Graduation.
7. Treasurer | Member, High School's Black Student Union - Organized fundraisers; planned meetings; coordinated fashion show; assisted with community outreach events.
8. Member | Fundraising committee, High School's National Honor Society - Managed honor society fundraisers; Hosted and covered costs for AP recognition assembly.
9. Student Helper, High School's Allied Sports teams - Assisted Special Needs players with playing sports such as soccer and softball. Had regular practices and games against other county schools.
10. Travel Basketball team I played with since 4th grade.

Honors:

1. College Board National African American Scholar Award
2. Future Business Leaders of America 1st place at states in Ethics and National Finalist (Top 14)
3. AP Scholar with Honor
4. 1st Place at World strides DC Orchestra Competition and was a soloist for my school.
5. Maryland Basketball Coaches Association All State Academic Team (x2)

Schools Im applying to RD: Brown, Cornell, Columbia, Duke, Emory, NYU, Northeastern, UT Austin, UNC Chapel Hill, Upenn, Michigan.

EA: Indiana, UVA, VT, Penn State, UMD college park and a few smaller safeties.

Intended Major is Finance/ Economics

-3.3 GPA, 3.5 Weighted

-1390 SAT

-350+ community service hours

-5 APs (3 are also college accredited), 2 DE

-14 Honors Classes

• AP Scholar, National Hispanic Recognition award

-3 year varsity record

Am I cooked or nah, my parents will pay up to 35k I’m on my own for the rest

Demographics: Male, Asian, TX, no hooks

Intended Major(s): CS (1st choice major), CompEng (2nd choice major)

ACT/SAT/SAT II: 1470 (750M, 720RW), 1480 superscore (750M, 730RW)

UW/W GPA and Rank: 3.71UW/4.17UW, school doesn't rank outside of the top 10%, but I know I'm at least top 25%

Coursework: AP CS A (5), AP World History (4), AP US History (4), AP English Language (4), AP Chemistry (4), AP Physics 1 (3)

Senior yr coursework: AP English Literature, AP French, AP European History, AP US Government, AP Microeconomics, AP Calculus BC

Awards:

- AP Scholar with Distinction

- 3rd place at a state french competition

- 1st place at a regional french competition 2 yrs in a row

- PVSA Gold

Extracurriculars:

1. Self studied Web Development and built numerous side projects; Competed in several hackathons and district level competitive programming contests.
2. Worked with the city to help develop an interactive experience to shed light on the history of convict labor in the community.
3. Learned French to a B2 level; Recognized for exemplary performance by the state French Symposium and the <city> Area Teachers of Foreign Languages.
4. Participated in several Rubik's cube competitions across the US; Achieved a top 100 ranking in Texas; Helped organize competitions.
5. Played on the JV Tennis team and competed in district level tournaments.
6. Taught Java to groups of ~20 children; Helped prepare lesson plans with other student volunteers; Helped organize summer camps at local schools.
7. Led weekly club meetings at a local middle school; Taught students how to solve the Rubik's cube; Helped organize Rubik's Cube summer camps

LORs: 

AP CS A teacher (7/10) - I had her for AP CS A in freshman year and for CS IV in junior yr. I did pretty well in both classes and she also asked me and a few other students to work on a few "special" projects throughout the year.

French teacher (9?/10) - I've had her for all 4 yrs and I really turned my French performance around after freshman year, plus I've won a bunch of french competitions.

Schools: 

Texas A&M (EA, rolling) - Accepted

University of Houston (EA, rolling) - Accepted

UT Dallas (EA) -

CWRU (EA) -

UW-Madison (EA).-

Purdue (EA) -

UIUC (EA) -

UT Austin (EA) -

GTech (EA) -

NJ student Senior in HS, here's the breakdown:

Major: Comuter engineering, conputer science, civil engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering SAT: 1430 (760 math, 670 reading) Class rank: Top 1-2%, class size is about 350, usually sit in either 3rd or fourth Applying early action via CommonApp GPA: 5.028/5.2?? My guidance counselor told me it was out of 5, so technically, I have over the max GPA. Taking it to the worst case possible, it is a 3.9 on a 4.0 scale, and best scale possible, it is a 4.0

AP's taken: AP Microeconomics - 4 AP Biology - 4 AP Lang - 5 APUSH - 5

AP's taking this year: AP Literature AP Calculus BC AP Computer Science A AP Physics C: Mechanics

Useful skills: I know Java (computer programming language) I know CAD modeling

Friends described be as the... nicest person they know very easy to talk to Very passionate Very accountable in work/athletics Very respectful and has decency in private and in public Very supportive I actually texted my friends asking then what they think of me, and all jokes aside and whatever, these are their responses

EC's: 4 year Varsity cross country and track and field - I am quite good (not D1 level), but I am definitely good enough to run for Stevens, but not Rutgers. Although NJIT is a D1 school, since it is very new to D1, most D3 schools greatly outshine it. Won League Championships once, got an Honorable Mention for league team or something like that, also earned numerous medals and accolades from this. Ran 40-70 miles per week average, 15ish hours per week. Ran all year (including off days, about 48 weeks)

Taekwondo - About 5 hours per week, competed once in a tournament in middle school, throughout HS, I was a student and teaching assistant. 2-3 times per week in 2 hoir sessions for approximately 44 weeks a year

Sunday School: was a student/volunteer/teaching assistant (ran by my family), taken exams, #1 student out of 30ish, about 5 hours per week for about 35 weeks per year

Muslim Student Association: Muslim students need to pray, so, me and my friends established a time where they can leavr class for 10 minutes, pray, and come back. This was very controversial, as many kids used this as an opportunity to skip class. My role was to defend this privledge so it isn't lost, and did this through meetings and debates. Also participated in fundraising bake sales, and the Muslim Interscholastic Tournament, where I placed for nationals in the chess tournament. Planning on becoming secretary this year

National Honor Society - we didn't do much yet, but it is just volunteering and being role model students

Math club - participated in 1 math competition so far (M3 Math modeling), took 14 hours for a problem, got some recognition for utilizing computer software

Chess club - no tournaments through chess club, but the top player

Speech and Debate - This is my first year (no meets), went to a practice and that's it. Plan to do meets and stuff

Awards and honors

AP Scholar with honors - will probably get some other AP award after this year cause there is another one where if I get a 3 or higher, I get a superior one, but I need 5 AP tests

Principal's honor roll - Maintained A- average or higher ever since freshmen year

Reccomendations: Math - 3-5/5 Physics - 5/5, teacher literally said she would glaze if you took AP physics and I did

CommonApp essay: Solid 8-9.5/10 Chose the 4th prompt

There definitely are more things I didn't list cause I need to work on my supplementals. If there are any other questions, please feel free to ask.

Will I get into Rutgers New Brunswick? What about the honors college? How about NJIT? How about Stevens? Are there any other schools I should consider? Thanks for the response, and if you didn't respond, thanks for reading this far.

GPA-3.8 UW 4.0 W

SAT-1100 :(

9 Credits from duel enrollment

5 APS

Applied for the first round of decisions(fall term)

EC

Tennis 4 years

Competed in USTA tournaments

Volunteered at a hospital for physical therapy

SADD

religious club at my school

Martial arts for 10 years

Student Gov

NHS

I know this probably isn’t everyone’s dream school, but I’m really second guessing myself and getting super anxious about getting in. Will the gpa and other stuff carry me because of my low sat score?

Chance me at Carnegie Mellon

Intended Major: Electrical and Computer Engineering

ACT/SAT: 34 ACT

UW/W GPA: 90.33 UW 92.00 W (3.7 for both I think)

APS: AP Calc AB (5), AP Physics C Mechanics (5) , AP Physics C E&M (5), AP Statistics (5), AP Calc BC (5 with a 5 AB Sub-score), AP Lang (In Progress), AP Bio (In Progress), AP Computer Science A (In Progress), AP Environmental Science (In Progress)

Honors: Integrated Science (Basically just physics), Chemistry, French 3, Linear Algebra/Calc 3, Independent Research

Awards:

• Silver PVSA
• Girl Scout Silver Award and Currently working on Gold Award
• Robotics Varsity
• Celebrating Art Published Artist
• National Honors Society

Extracurriculars: 

Robotics - 15 hours/week, - Business Side Lead (12), Programming Captain (11)

Community Service - 3 hours/week - Youth Volunteer Lead

Paid Work - 4 hours/week - Mathnasium Instructor

Art - 2 hours/week

Music - 2 hours/week

Community Service - 1 hour/week - Girl Scout Ambassador

Community Service - 1 hour/week - Library Volunteer

Essays/LORs/Other: 

Essays - Pretty strong

LOR - I hope they are good

Just submitted my application

In State UW/W Gpa: 3.33/3.6 Received 5 Cs (4 in Math, 1 in History) Reasons: Was faced with extreme bullying during my sophomore year and lost all motivation and lacked in classes. Junior year, My grandfather had died (This was also very sad for me as during my childhood, he was the one usually caring for me while I grew up in India before I came to the U.S) and my grandmother had come to the U.S. My parents being at work most of the day, It was my duty to care for her, so had very little time to study for all my classes and do homework. Received mostly all As, and 3Bs in APs and CCPs but 2 Cs in Math during junior year. Senior Year I have almost all As even in math, and 2 Bs(AP Micro, CCP Spanish)

30 ACT (26E, 32M, 33R, 28S) 4 AP.s, 3 CCP, 8 Honors 4 Year Track (1 Year Letter) 4 Year Cross Country (1 Year Letter) 3 Year Indoor Track 3 Year Running Club 4 Year Recycling Club 1 Year Key Club Co-President of Human Rights Club 8 Week Project for Professer at AkronU 120+ Service Hours at Local Hindu Temple Ran youtube channel (350 Subs, 1.7k watch hours, over 400k views) 2 years Baby sat for 3 years

LOR: Engineer Teacher (I believe teacher mentioned my struggles in the letter), Counselor Awards: Honors Diploma, Stem Honors Diploma, 5x Scholar Athelete

Schools: ED:

Duke

EA:

Wisconsin (in state)

Michigan Ross

Indiana Kelley

UIUC

Minnesota

Northeastern

Tulane

RD:

UPenn Wharton

Cornell

Syracuse

Tufts

USC World Bachelor in Business

Demographics: White

Upper class (>1 mil)

Jewish

Stats: GPA: 4.023 weighted

No UW but it’s ~3.9

Rank: Between 5% and 10% of class of 260

ACT: 34 super - 33 composite

APs:

—Taken—

APUSH - 5

GOV - 5

Physics 1 - 3

Euro - 4

Precalc - 4

—taking—

Calc AB -

Physics C -

Micro/Macro -

ECs:

1.	President of youth community program, leading fundraising efforts totaling $122k
2.	Competitive disc golf athlete, qualified for national-level events
3.	Member of regional leadership board focusing on disability advocacy
4.	Varsity volleyball athlete
5.	Volunteer with community-based friendship and support initiative
6.	Founder of a nonprofit organization promoting disc golf
7.	President of chess club, placed 7th in state-level competition
8.	President of investment club

Honors:

1. Gold presidential volunteer service award

2. School merit award

Letters of recommendation:

1. Leader of youth program - known me for years and basically family (9/10)
2. English teacher - liked me but finished the letter 2 days after I asked (5/10)
3. Business teacher - ran investment club too (8/10)
4. Letter from cousin who donates 7 figures yearly to duke (10/10)

Ight im gonna submit tmr wish me good luck, just gonna do a basic post:

Ugpa: 3.88

Wgpa: 5.26

Rank: top quartile, not top 10%

middle income area around 70k

ACT: 36M, 36R, 35W, 34S

awards: (decent but now amazing)

-mayoral award in my city for raising alot of money
-won a visonary of the year award through a huge non profit for raising 80k for cancer
-PVSA Gold 600hrs
-Deca State qualifier
-Certifications both medical and non medical

EC:
-Huge non profit, very unique, huge impact, in 50 states and have raised around $15000 and I am the CFO and founding member

-Scioly founder in my school, 100+ kids, president and raised money for parts through different events like build competitions and quiz bowl tournaments

-Fundraiser liek the one above, but it was also an EC

-Research assistan at a college, created a paper through my own research and also using other papers to help, did a research conference with proffesor at a stem convention

-Did another one, but this time was alot more of my own research and used pcr machines and did extrations of DNA and RNA in Viruses, this research was presented in an indian research conference with the head of onclogy in one of the biggest hospitals in india and also the research got funded by them for more discovery in the topic

-Another non-profit I am apart of: just helps kids with stem fields, currently working with 20 elementary schools to open up science fairs for them to help them find their passion for science, also working on complex biology courses for bio lovers

-Was a CCMA intern in a big hospital for a neurologist (sadly was unpaid, but i did alot of work like organize patient charts and did vital signs)

-NSB Founder in my school and board member: with 30+ members, qualifying for Regional competitions & enhanced team performance as a question writer.

-Robotics Committee Officer: Robotics teams in design using Autodesk & Onshape. Managed VEX V5 parts ordering & inventory & organized 2 school-based competitions

-Charles Schwab- Financial Planning Academy: Engaged in the College Financial Planning Academy, mastering budgeting & financial literacy to lead 50+ peers, ultimately winning a $500 scholarship.

LOR:

english teacher (10/10): had a true connections, we would always email each other about video games and magic the gathering, also wanted me to be an assistan teacher for him in englidh when i became a junior, still talk to him to this day

Chem teacher (9/10): Truly one of my favorite teachers, we always talked about our love fo bio and chem alwasy reading on new research studies combining the 2 and she would alwasy help with my clubs and always donated her time to help me with my own research initiatives.

Counselor (9/10): she always known im prepared and loves to see me because I am always on topic and on point. I feel like she sees me as a great student but also a great human and person in general especially she would always talk about my goals to serve the community

AP Scores: not good for personal reasons i had to deal with, went over them in the common app portal. Was a huge problem that caused sleepless nights to me and my teachers all knew, even my counselor.

essays: cant really rate, its subjective, I think there good pretty unique and such i feel likle they are nicely written

ya thats it, ty for reading this and ya wish me gl for ed, im gonna shoot my shot

17F

1460 SAT, 710 Math, 750 EBRW

4.27 GPA weighted, 3.95 unweighted

Homeschooled, no class rank

Applying for biomedical engineering/premed

While being homeschooled, all of the classes I've taken have been through accredited institutions either online or dual-enrollment, such as the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth

National Merit Commended Student

STEM Classes:

9th grade:

- biology

- honors algebra 2

- introduction to computer programming

10th grade:

- AP biology

- honors precalculus

- honors chemistry

11th grade:

- AP Chemistry

- AP Biology

12th grade:

- Introduction to Organic and Biochemistry

- physics

- AP statistics

- engineering

ECs:

Latin Club for 3 years

Speech and Debate for 4 years

Newspaper club for 3 years

Violin for 3 years

Worked in dining services in personal care at a retirement home for 1.5 years.

The main argument/point I made throughout my personal statement + Brown essays was that I've thrived having an open-curriculum during high school that allowed me to take whatever classes interested me and I believe I would do well with an open curriculum at Brown.

4 Letters of Reccomendation

- one from the teacher who taught me biology/physics

- one from the teacher who taught me engineering/AP calc/AP chem

- one from my APUSH teacher

- one from my dual-enrollment gov proff