Guys I got into shanghai is there a way to switch to the nyc campus or take online classes and then switch please help me 😭

Its not the end of the world

Demographics

• Gender: Male
• Race/Ethnicity: White
• Residence: South Dakota
• Income Bracket: <100k
• Type of School: Non-Competitive Public
• Hooks (Recruited Athlete, URM, First-Gen, Geographic, Legacy, etc.):
  • FGLI, 1/3 South Dakotans at the School

Intended Major(s): Government & Education

Academics

• GPA (UW/W): 4.0 UW (No Weighted GPA)
• Rank (or percentile): 1/212
• # of Honors/AP/IB/Dual Enrollment/etc.: School didn't offer APs, 12 Dual Enrollment Classes
• Senior Year Course Load: Next to nothing, all online dual enrollment classes

Standardized Testing

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

• SAT I: Did not Take
• ACT: 34 (32E, 35M, 33R, 36S) (Highest score ever at my HS)
• Extracurriculars/Activities

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

1. Debate (9-12): President of team, revived dead program and served as a coach for novices for 3 years.
2. Future Business Leaders of America (10-12): State President 2 Years, helped run state conferences and double state-wide membership
3. Future Business Leaders of America (10-12, Volunteering): Led food drives, trick or treat for canned goods, etc. Helped 100+ community members in need
4. Boys State (11): Speaker of the House and Party Chairmain, Outstanding Citizen award, united 100+ members under our platform (and led the governor to victory)
5. Local County Democrats Organization (10-12): Youth Representative, 5k+ fundraised, tripled youth membership
6. Community Debates (9-12): Organized debates in the community about local political issues, 1000s of unique attendees
7. Middle School/Elementary School Debate (9-12): Recruited members of the team, went to schools to teach them about debate, 1-on-1 mentorship for middle school tournaments
8. Paid Work (9-12): Worked various jobs in HS, Consistent 20+ hrs a week, opener year round (during school year and summer)
9. Volunteer Fitness Coach (9-12): Coached dozens of members in the community online who were new to the local gym, helped guide them through workouts and make adjustment to gym environment easy
10. 1-on-1 Mentorship w/ Elementary Aged Student(10-12)

Awards/Honors

List all awards and honors submitted on your application.

1. NSDA Academic All America (9-12)
2. FBLA State Champ (10-12)
3. FBLA Natl. 3rd Place (11)
4. NSDA Local Circuit Awards (9-12): Won numerous tournaments in my circuit
5. NSDA 4x Natl. Qualifer (9-12): One of very few in my state to qualify every year

Letters of Recommendation

(Briefly describe relationships with your recommenders and estimated rating.)

Debate Coach 1: Person I was closest with, AOs mentioned her letter and ranked it highly, genuinely would not be at this school without her (11/10)

Debate Coach 2: Talked a lot about my leadership, very from the heart (8.4/10)

Boys State Counselor: AOs also mentioned this one, talked abt me from a non-school perspective and how I took a divided party and made it unified (9/10)

Spanish Teacher: Was my teacher for every year of HS, didn't read but AOs said it was good (8/10)

Interviews

(Briefly reflect on interview experiences, if applicable.)

Alumni Interview(Top School Choice): 10/10.

If I could give anyone advice it would be to lock tf in on your interviews. I killed this interview, the lady was really vibing with me. It brought me to tears reading her words abt me in my admissions file, I seriously think this is what pushed me to acceptance. In my file my AOs said "Possible candidate for EA, hoping for a good interview to confirm." I prepared so much for this interview, it was supposed to be 45 minutes but it went on for 2 hours because I asked her a lot of questions about her time here. I could tell she enjoyed the interview, as what was written in my file reflected that.

Essays

(Briefly reflect on the quality of your writing, time spent, and topic of main personal statement.)

Personal statement: 9.5/10.

AOs talked a lot about my personal statement in their decision on my file. I wrote about doing debate in my state, and they said they had "never read an essay like it" and "normally I see debate essays as overdone, but not this one."

Supplementals: 6.5 or 7/10.

I did not work hard enough on these at all, but hey they still got me in! Was very informal with them, wanted to show my personality and it worked

Decisions (indicate ED/EA/REA/SCEA/RD)

Acceptances:

• Harvard REA: Accepted -> Committed!
• UNC Chapel Hill EA: (Pulled app. bc Harvard but still got sent letter) Accepted!

Rejections:

• None, didn't apply anywhere else
• Additional Information:

Harvard 2028, making this post in time for decisions this year. Please lmk if you have questions, I still can't believe I was accepted!!! It will prob be pretty easy to know who I am from this post, if you know me lmk LOL!

Hi everyone.

I am a junior in high school and have begun to think about colleges. Ultimately, I want to work in astrodynamics and spacecraft electrical engineering (embedded systems) at the NASA Jet Propulsion Lab and do astrodynamics research at Caltech. I want to double major in physics and electrical engineering and pursue a PhD in astrodynamics.

I'm wondering what good engineering programs I could realistically get into given my current grades, ECs, etc. My grades aren't the best, but I would appreciate some real feedback so I can adjust my expectations.

Here are my projected grades for this first semester and past semesters

Current GPA: 3.79, 3.9

Projected SAT score: 1560

(FYI, I am assuming the worst grade outcomes for my junior year first semester)

Junior year grades (projected 1st semester)

AP US History - B+

Linear algebra - B or B-

Multivariable calculus - A

AP Physics E&M - C+ or B-

English III - A-

Biology (honors) - A-

Christian Ethics - A

Sophomore year grades (1st semester, second semester)

AP Calculus BC - B+, B

Chemistry (honors) - A, A-

English II - A, A

Health - A, A

Art I - A, A

Hebrew/Christ Scriptures - A, A

Chinese II - A, A-

Freshman year Grades (1st semester, 2nd semester)

Precalculus (honors) - B, B

Physics (honors) - B+, A

English I - A, A

PE - A, A

Chinese I - A, A

Faith formation - A, B

World History - A, A

Projected senior classes:

Discrete mathematics

Analysis/Topology

AP Chemistry

English IV

AP Physics C Mech

AP Macroeconomics

My ECs:

Internship at local college's aerospace program

- Conduct astrodynamics research and modeling for the program's CubeSat in orbit (launched August 16th on the SpaceX transporter 11)

- Leading a suborbital rocket reaction control system team (technology demonstrator) consisting of graduate and undergraduate students, received an unofficial $10,000 grant for the project by the school, slated to launch in the summer of 2025

- Possibly might work on the program's next Cubesat and its reaction wheels. It is heading to the ISS in 2026-2027)

Did FRC robotics both freshman and sophomore year

- Won our team the Excellence in Engineering award (though not individually recognized)

- Served as design and integration director in sophomore year

- Logged over 800s hours

School's rocketry team co-captain

- Engineering advisor

- Design and build PCBs and model rocket trajectories.

Thank you for the feedback!

Hiii.. I'm an international student who has applied through Early Decision, I was wondering when does Reed college release results specifically for international students?

26th of November anyone here his/her permit disappeared?

I need some help choosing an ED2 school. I’m deciding between NYU, UChicago, Northeastern, Tufts, Boston College, and Boston University. I’m an interested pre med student and am looking at schools that don’t have grade deflation and where it’s somewhat easier to get a high gpa. Also want to be in a safe area and not in the middle of nowhere. I have toured all Boston schools and like Boston but haven’t toured NY or Chicago so don’t know what it’s like compared to Boston. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

I recently heard back from my ED, Villanova, where I didn’t get in. It was a very far reach, especially into the business school so I wasn't surprised. Now all I want is to get into Syracuse as my ED2. I currently have around a 3.4 unweighted (my school doesn't do weighted), with a few honors classes throughout high school, 2 APs and 1 post-AP (see list below). My school is already known for having a rigorous standard curriculum, and I have pretty much all B+s with one B (one of my AP courses) and one or two A-s for my first semester senior grades, and I'm kind of scared about my chances of getting into Syracuse ED2. I have pretty solid ECs and am demonstrating any and all interest I can (I know Syracuse is pretty big on that) but I still feel kind of unsure. I wasn’t able to sign up for an interview, but I did do a one-on-one virtual 10 minute Q&A admissions session (the “alternate” on their website to interviews due to lack of availability). I listed a more in depth version of my stats/ECs/awards below to give a better idea of my academic standing. My school also has a good relationship with students getting in ED to Syracuse (I go to a competitive private school) which makes me feel a little better, but I honestly don't know if I will get in come February. My grandmother attended Syracuse, but I don’t know if legacy makes a difference in their decision-making. I'm applying first choice Whitman and second choice undecided Arts & Sciences, as well as selecting the option to be considered for any other major if I cannot be admitted to my first or second choice, so any feedback would be very much appreciated!!

I go to a small private school in New Jersey that is known for its rigorous standard curriculum. For all honors and APs, you must be recommended/meet pre-requisite requirements, with the exception of being allowed to go against recommendation in one honors course a year (but cannot go against recommendation for AP/Post-AP courses)

Here is a more detailed version of my stats:

GPA: 3.42 (Unweighted) Academic Honors: Honor Roll all 4 years 8 Honors/2 APs/1 Post-AP:

• Geometry Honors
• Chemistry 1 Honors
• Algebra 2 Honors
• Physics 1 Honors
• Precalculus Honors
• Economics Honors
• Calculus Honors
• French 5 Honors
• AP Biology
• AP Computer Science
• Post-AP Data Structures & Algorithms

ECs:

• Ongoing internship with congressional campaign & now government campaign (finance and fieldwork intern)
• Yearbook staff member for 3 years, 12th grade became yearbook editor
• Red Cross Club member for 3 years, 12th grade became club president
• “Global Leadership Committee” member in 11th grade (thru application process), in 12th grade became committee social media manager
• Varsity Spring Track & Field (all 4 years) - captain 11th and 12th grade
• Varsity Cross Country (started in 10th) - captain 11th and 12th grade
• Varsity Winter Track & Field (started in 11th) - captain 11th and 12th grade
• Varsity Swimming (9th and 10th grade)
• Sports Awards: 11 Varsity Letters, 3x First Team Honors, 6x Second Team Honors, 2x Honorable Mention (at county, prep, and division level across all 3 sports seasons)
• school “spirit captain” in 12th grade (talked it up as a decent leadership position on common app)
• school Model UN Club delegate all 4 years of HS
• part time job as lifeguard @ private pool club starting in early 2023, granted employee of the week
• “Admission tour guide” all 4 years of HS

Demographics

• Income Bracket: less than $30k
• Type of School: Large public school, with 800 students in my senior class
• Hooks (Recruited Athlete, URM, First-Gen, Geographic, Legacy, etc.): first gen low income

Intended Major(s): biology

Academics

• GPA (UW/W): 3.92 UW, 4.3/4.0 W
• Rank (or percentile): around 200/800
• Honors/AP/IB/Dual Enrollment/etc.:
  • around 15 dual credit classes including calculus AB, BC, physics 1 and 2
  • around 14 dual credit classes including chemistry, calculus 3, linear algebra, differential equations, engineering physics
  • 5s on all my humanities APs, 4s on my math APs and science APs (except three 3s that I didnt report)
• Course rigor: most extreme course rigor you could possibily imagine. I was taking 13 classes in a semester when the usual limit is 8. I got around this by taking after school classes at my community college.
• ACT/SAT: Test optional (my score was 96th percentile in my state but chose not to report because it was 100 points less than the 25th percentile at most schools)

Awards

• 3k engineering scholarship
• industry level certs
• Barnard bound
• QuestBridge College Prep Scholar
• Ap scholar

Extracurriculars Summary: I will be vague because I dont want to dox myself. I did research at a “public ivy” , basic school clubs, a lot of volunteering and I had a job.

For my research positions, I went to a summer program on scholarship, and made conversation with every grad student/professor there. Through there I just asked if they had any research positions open and was able to get referred to one position. Putting yourself out there goes a long way

Essays

• Personal Statement: I dont even know how i would explain my essay. It wasn't very anecdotal at all, it was more of a summary of my academic experiences tied to a wierd metaphor. I don't really like my personal statement because I was so conflicted weather to talk about my hardship background vs. talking about my academic passions in an authentic way. I didn't know how I wanted to present my self. Last minute I changed my essay to include a detail about my personal hardships that in hindsight, didn't fit into the rest of the essay that focused on academics.

• Out of all the schools I ranked, I liked my UChicago essays the most because it showed my passions in the most authentic way.

For my why UChicago essays, I really emphasized the culture of asking questions and learning. I also emphasized how I can approach biology through an ethical lens.

The framework I used for my “Why UChicago” essay:

• I started with a unique anecdote about my upbringing
• connected it to something in my academic interest
• connected my academic interest to why I would enjoy UChi

There’s no formal framework you need to use for these essays, simply be authentic on why you want to go to UChi + show your authentic self. Schools want diversity of experience and thought. Show something about who you are.

Advice for extended essays: they want to see that you can think with nuance and outside of the box. There’s many ways someone can do this: through humor, through creative writing, through nuance and cross cultural connections, etc.

I took a nuanced and symbolic approach for my extended essay, simply because that’s the style of writing I like the best. I am glad the admission officers enjoyed my writing enough to think I would fit into UChicago.

Acceptances:
Matched to UChicago with a full ride. I have to withdraw all my other applications so I won't know if I got accpeted anywhere else but I dont care im so happy :p

Final Thoughts: be authentic. Talk about what you are passionate about. In this pool of thousands, the only way to stand out is to be real. When everyone else sounds like a robot, make yourself sound human. I think i spent my years in high school struggling to avoid my hardship background but i think you should embrace the difficulties that made you who you are because it shows that you can overcome adversity. Show your humanity on an application. Stop being so stuck in what you THINK admission officers want to hear, instead be candid: what will you contribute to your college, and its inverse, how will the resources on campus contribute to your own goals?

Demographics

• Gender: Male
• Family Size: 6 people
• Race/Ethnicity: East African
• Residence: MN
• Income Bracket: <40k
• Type of School: small public charter
• Hooks (Recruited Athlete, URM, First-Gen, Geographic, Legacy, etc.): FGLI, URM, First-gen, under-represented state?

Intended Major(s):  Public Health

Academics

• GPA (UW/W): 4.00/4.00 UW, school doesn't weight
• Rank (or percentile): N/A
• Honors/AP/IB/Dual Enrollment/etc.:
  • AP Lit, AP Enviro Sci, AP Human Geo, AP Calc AB (highest level of math offered) in 12th grade
  • General-level courses from 9th to 11th as my school didn't offer any advanced classes
• ACT/SAT: 1490 (780 eng, 710 math) first try, submitted everywhere

Awards

• #1 chem in the district (I didn't know what to put, I got some other nice awards that i completely forgot to mention which was eating me up after I submitted)

Extracurriculars (shortened asf but basically what i wrote)

Disclaimer: We had less then a sentence to write ts, I expanded on almost all of them in my essays.

1. Volunteering
   • 720+ hours volunteering at my mosque, I taught a class of children, helped clean, organized food banks that helped 4000+ weekly, and led prayers
2. Soccer
   • I played left wing, I became captain in my junior year, we won regionals and most improved player
3. Language exchange program:
   • I taught arabic-speaking immigrants English and they in turn taught me Arabic (this is literally what I wrote im dead)
4. Model United Nations:
   • I was a delegate in both 9th and 10th grade. I was senior chair in 12th.
   • I won best delegate in 9th grade
5. Skateboarding (when i reread how I described this i melted):
   • I do skateboarding as a hobby and join competitions in the summer. Self-taught. (again, literally what I wrote wtf)
   • Awards : some chill ones I did junior year summer, 2nd in a free styling competition and I placed semi finalist 50/600 in another one.

Work :

I worked 15 hours a week at a restaurant as a waiter, nothing much.

Essays

• Personal Statement: I talked about my reverse migration story of moving back to Africa after being born in the U.S, how it felt like I lost my community and who I am. I talked about how going to the mosque and volunteering really made me find another community, from the elders I helped give out food to every weekend telling me words in their language. I started the essay being scared of the vendors and running away, midway when I started I walked away faster but didn't run, and I ended the essay off going to the vendors who screamed at me on the way home to buy a snack, no longer afraid.
• QuestBridge Short Essays:
  • 400-word essay "Something you are interested in": I talked about a kid in my class who didn't speak any of the languages I spoke, and how I learnt Arabic to make him feel included. How when he went back to his country I began to love the language, and how that led to my 3rd ec. Pretty emotional, prob my best essay all around.
  • 200-word essay: This essay was literally made about r/worldnews . I talked about how much I hated bad faith discussions and people who refuse to listen to perspectives that don't align with others, and how they just scream expecting you to change your opinion. I connected that to my model united nations and how I tried my best to combat this. My teacher mentioned the MUN story I talked about in this essay in her lor, I was so shocked when she told me afterwards. crazy coincidence fr
• Brown Supplements: there was sm essays it was crazy, I talked about my volunteering alot and showed it from different sides, there was also a whole essay about how I invested in gamestop and become rich for like an hour and went back to being a little less broke then when I started. prob my fav

Letters of Recommendation: might be the craziest part ngl.

• Mathematics Teacher (10/10): Def amazing, she was my MUN teacher and mentioned an event I talked about like whattttttt. she talked about how I was such a kind a grateful person, and how every time I succeeded I made sure to give credit to those who helped bring me there. lowk almost cried but im nonchalant so i didnt.
• AP Human Geo (8/10): Literally met this guy 2 weeks before he wrote the LOR, i had an amazing impact on him tho and he loved me.
• Counselor (100/10): Met her like 2 months before the LOR was written, she did sm research on me to write it, talked about so many things i didnt mention in my application, she helped me transfer from my school and everything. the goat

Applied Through QuestBridge:

1. Brown
2. Stanny
3. Yale
4. Duke
5. Columbia
6. Pton
7. Cornell
8. MIT
9. Penn
10. Darty
11. NU

Acceptances:
Brown

Final thoughts:

I had a really polished application but sort of tore it apart because it felt manufactured. I rewrote all my essays and ecs and made them more human and like emotional ig, and talked more on a personal level about things rather then using numbers and stuff. ig it worked out for me. I'm so grateful for this opportunity. what can i say but alhamdullilah

Hi everyone,

I applied to the University of Rochester as an ED1 applicant, and I’m curious if anyone knows when they typically release decisions. I couldn’t find any specific dates online all I found that it is in mid dec only does this will exactly 15 dec ?, and I’m starting to get a bit anxious as the holidays approach.

If you’ve applied ED to Rochester before, or if you’re applying this year and have heard anything, I’d really appreciate your insights!

Thanks in advance, and good luck to everyone waiting for decisions!

Demographics

• Gender: Female
• Family Size: Just my mom and me
• Race/Ethnicity: East & Southeast Asian
• Residence: California, small broke city
• Income Bracket: Reported <$20k
• Type of School: Public, a small charter school that doesn't often send students to T10 schools. I’m the 4th Stanford student in its history.
• Hooks (Recruited Athlete, URM, First-Gen, Geographic, Legacy, etc.): FGLI

Intended Major(s): Human Biology on the pre-med track

Academics

• GPA (UW/W): 4.00/4.00 UW, 4.82/5.00 W
• Rank (or percentile): 1/95 (~450 students total)
• Honors/AP/IB/Dual Enrollment/etc.:
  • AP Biology (4), AP Euro (2 in my sophomore year so we don’t talk about that), AP Lang (4), APUSH (3), AP Gov and AP Microeconomics (IP)
  • ~54 credits in dual enrollment, unfortunately these won't count to Stanford
  • Precalculus Honors
• Course rigor: My most rigorous class taking rn is Calculus I. My school's most rigorous class offered is Calculus II.
• ACT/SAT: Test optional. 1430 (670 EBRW, 760 Math) don’t come after me I needed to prioritize calculus and supplements 😔

Awards

• Like 6 State, school, leadership, and academic awards
• AP Scholar
• QuestBridge College Prep Scholar

Extracurriculars (not the exact descriptions or titles I used)

1. School Mental Health Club:

   • I am the chair of the club and presented workshops to over 300 people across California to promote mental health awareness. I helped with Soluna which is a free mental health app for California youth. Definitely my best EC.

2. City Animal Shelter:

   • I had 3 leadership roles and managed their social media account reaching 300k+ engagements on 10+ posts about adoptable animals. I made 5+ statewide adoption events in California, managed adoption paperwork, and helped 20+ animals get adopted. I basically lived here with 500+ hours.

3. Local University Biology Research Internship:

   • I did experiments and research with ostracods and worked with undergraduates and graduate students on their papers/projects.

4. UCSC COSMOS:

   • Cluster 9: Molecular Biology Investigations. I did biology research and my class had a ~5% acceptance rate (23 spots out of 500+ applicants).

5. Kaiser Permanente Student Intern:

   • I shadowed a physician and worked with 30+ patients

Essays

• Personal Statement:

I wrote about my mom's stage III cancer battle. The introduction talked about how my father wanting me back on my birthday after being absent for my whole life then talked about how my mom's battle inspired me to help others the way her physicians did. I think one of the most powerful statements I made was , "Losing my mother meant losing myself, she was all I had." I expanded on my first EC and explained my accomplishments and how they impacted me. I reflected on how I moved on from my father’s absence and talked about how I denied him and refused to let him break my bond with my mom. This was definitely my best essay because I revealed a lot of vulnerability and a few people cried while reading it.

• QuestBridge Short Essays:

  • 400-word essay value prompt: I talked about my involvement in the animal shelter and about organizing an event that raised $10k+ for the first spay-neuter clinic in my county. my value was dedication
  • 200-word essay: I talked about self-teaching piano as a broke student and how my creativity drives my intellectual passions. Stanford loves intellectual vitality, and I tried to emphasize that. my question asked for a response regarding that specifically

• Stanford Supplements:
  My supplements were all over the place but I mentioned my mom three times, including writing about cooking for her and mentioning healthcare disparities as the biggest societal challenge (witnessing her cancer worsening due to inequities). My roommate essay was normal until I added, “I was born left-handed and learned to be right-handed. Being ambidextrous comes in handy (see what I did there?).”

Letters of Recommendation I have known both my teachers for all 4 years, my counselor for 2.

• AP Biology Teacher (9/10): I was her TA and when I told her about Stanford she messaged me “HOLY SHIT CONGRATS!!!”
• AP Gov/Mock Trial Teacher (8/10): Has seen me from day 1 struggling to public speak, he has helped me a ton and knows how much I grew
• Counselor (100/10): Knows my situation very well

Applied Through QuestBridge:

1. Stanford
2. Brown
3. Yale

Acceptances:
Stanford, so so grateful 🌲❤️

I am currently a first year MIS student at UGA who was offered the First Gen Pathway to Ga Tech. I socially have hated uga and I fear living in athens (middle of nowhere) will be the death of me. I am on track to transfer to Tech, but i'm scared it will be even worse than it is now. What should I do :(

ong this sub is getting left to die, there are way too many posts that break the rules

Demographics

• Gender: male
• Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic
• Residence: NJ
• Income Bracket: income<70k,
• Type of School: competitive public school,
• Hooks (Recruited Athlete, URM, First-Gen, Geographic, Legacy, etc.): First-Gen

Intended Major(s): Comp engineering/Comp Science

Academics

• GPA (UW/W): 3.975 School doesn't do weighted
• Rank (or percentile): N/A
• # of Honors/AP/IB/Dual Enrollment/etc.: 8 AP 3 Dual, School makes normal classes honors

ACT/SAT:  1460 SAT (710 english, 750 math) not retaking

Coursework: AP Physics C mech and EM, AP Physics 2, AP Calc AB and BC, AP Lang, APUSH, AP CSP, AP HUG(5 on all but AP HUG)

Awards: National Hispanic and First gen recognition program, AP Scholar with distinction and honors, National Cyber Scholar, Cyberpatriot AFA 2nd place Platinum State Award, 2nd place Hackathon

ECS:

Teaching computer science to underserved students

Paid Technology internship at Big banking firm

Code Club President

Physics Club President

Janitor Job with parents

Web app development: presented at school research symposium

CTF competitions/team

Essays/LORs: I think my essays are good, talking about skin condition , rec from calc teacher that I've had for multiple years and mid LOR from Lang teacher. A counselor with good LOR.

Interviews: Mit interview went pretty well, interviewer called me wise.

Schools: Applying through QUESTBRIDGE, Matched With MIT

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Stanford University
Cornell University
Columbia University
Princeton University
Brown University
Johns Hopkins University
University of Chicago
Rice University
Duke University
Tufts University
Swarthmore College
Vanderbilt University
Northwestern University
Boston University

I've had some time to digest where I'm at so I figured I'd make one of these...I had my sights set on some top OOS schools but things didn't really work out

• Gender: Male
• Race/Ethnicity: White
• Residence: Colorado
• Income Bracket: 100k +
• Type of School: Large Public
• Hooks (Recruited Athlete, URM, First-Gen, Geographic, Legacy, etc.): None

Intended Major(s): Political Science

Academics

• GPA (UW/W): 3.92/4.23
• Rank (or percentile): NA
• AP/Dual Enrollment: 8 APs, 1 dual enrollment
• Senior Year Course Load: Calc 2 (dual enrollment through CU Denver), AP Lit, Earth Science, Photography, PE/Health

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

• SAT: 1490 (750 RW, 740 M)
• AP/IB: AP World (5), AP Comp Sci Principles (5), AP Calc AB (4), AP Lang (4), AP Spanish (4)
  • Didn't submit AP Physics C: Mechanics (2, bad score), AP Calc BC (5, after applications), AP Lit (4, after applications)

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

1. Baseball, ~ 20 hrs/wk, varsity as junior/senior; all-conference as junior/senior; team captain as senior
2. National Honor Society, ~ 3 hrs/wk, was a member only for junior year
3. Future Business Leaders of America, ~ 2 hrs/wk, 1st place at district competition junior and senior year
4. Law Career Practicum, ~ 5 hrs/wk for 8 weeks, curated a resource database senior year that will serve hundreds of at-risk community members; observed interactions between attorneys and defendants at a local court
5. Medical Job Shadow, ~ 5hrs/wk for 4 weeks, worked hands-on junior year with a few patients doing small procedures (e.g. removing sutures); took notes during 50+ patient visits and in follow-up
6. Math Tutor, ~ 1hr/wk for 15 weeks, assisted underclass students in understanding their math coursework and preparing for tests; saw one particular student improve by two letter grades
7. Foreign Exchange Student, ~ 1 wk long, conferenced with the mayor of a city in Japan; formed connections with a host family in Ueda by staying with them in their home for a week
8. Secondary Caregiver ~ 3 yrs, cared for my grandpa in 8-10th grade while he was in his final stages and living in-home with my family; ran errands cleaned up after him/helped cook

Awards/Honors List all awards and honors submitted on your application.

1. 4x Academic Letter Awards
2. National Merit Corporation Commended Scholar
3. AP Scholar with Distinction
4. National Honor Society Member

Letters of Recommendation

Letter 1: From 10th grade AP World teacher, good connection with him and I think he liked me a lot, 8.5/10

Letter 2: From 10th grade english teacher, very good connection with him...knew him on a more personal level as I played baseball with his two sons, 9/10

Essays

Wrote about caring for my grandpa and the personal struggles that came with that...my takeaway was that I helped bring him some dignity which sorta made the whole experience worth it. I didn't love my essay, but I thought it was decent. 7.5/10

Decisions (indicate ED/EA/REA/SCEA/RD)

Acceptances:

• University of Colorado Boulder (RD) -> Accepted with 3k yr/ in merit
• Colorado State University Fort-Collins (RD) -> Committed with 6k/yr in merit
• University of Washington (RD)

Waitlists:

• Case Western Reserve University -> Rejected
• University of Notre Dame -> Rejected
• Tulane University -> Rejected

Rejections:

• Boston College
• Johns Hopkins University
• Brown University
• University of Texas at Austin
• University of Michigan
• University of Southern California
• University of Washington in Saint Louis

I think it's important to be realistic in the college application process. I came in with overly high hopes of getting accepted into places. I definitely had some reaches in there, but I was surprised when nearly all came back as rejections. Anyhow, best of luck to all y'all applying this year. Above all, know that you aren't defined by where you end up!

Demographics

• Gender: Woman
• Race/Ethnicity: Caucasian
• Residence: Midwest
• Income Bracket: upper middle
• Type of School: rural public
• Hooks WIS (Women In STEM), Passionate about the environment, small town

Intended Major(s): Environmental Science/Studies and potentially geography. Minoring in Music

Academics

• GPA: unweighted 3.96, weighted 4.25

• Rank (or percentile): 9/320

• # of Honors/AP/IB/Dual Enrollment/etc.: Are school only offers 1 honors class freshman year and I was in it, 7 AP (8 if I’m including human geo bc I’m self studying), 4 Dual Enrollment (isn’t offered that many)

• Senior Year Course Load: Orchestra, Probability/Statistics, Environmental Science, Global Studies, TA for AP Environmental Science, AP Macroeconomics, AP Physics. Next semester I add Comp 101 and a PE class.

Standardized Testing

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

• ACT: Test Optional
• AP/IB: Apes:5 World:5 Chem:3 Apush:3 Bio:4 Macro:TBD Physics C: TBD

Extracurriculars/Activities

• Environmental Club - Club Leader: Tripled membership of club after others graduated, Revamped school’s thrift store to clothing waste, Create space for environmental awareness and discussion about policy. Created vape boxes (proper place to dispose of disposable vapes with lithium batteries) got featured in news and the boxes are going to be placed in some targets and other businesses.
• Envirothon - Leader: Tripled membership. Researched current issues in water conservation, Explored interest in Environmental Sci, Plan to initiate & direct a middle school team.
• Student Council - Member: Main organizer of key community-bldg events (pep rallies, homecoming), Made plans & led others to execute details, Enjoy large-scale planning
• Club Softball - Third Basewoman: Team usually places 1st or 2nd in tournament play, Reliable hitter & fielder, Known for positive presence & cheering loud, 8 yr youth clinic volunteer.
• Varsity Softball - Captain: All-Conference (11), Starting 3rd basewoman (11), Coachable, positive player, Focused on & improved as hitter.
• School and Regional Orchestra - Cellist: Selected for top orchestra by audition, 1 of 2 cellists from high school selected for Cannon Youth Valley Orchestra, enjoy learning challenging music, section leader
• National Honors Society - School Committee: Completed 101.5 hours of service junior year, Volunteered mainly at Softball events, Nature Centers, & Salvation Army
• Job 1 (leaving out name for confidentiality)- Customer Service Representative : Open & close store independently, Juggle lots of different customer requests, Anticipate customer needs (store motto: “Don’t sit behind the desk.”
• Job 2 - Supervisor: Trusted to open, close, & operate facility w/o supervision, Manage different activities & events (parties, markets, etc.), Troubleshoot problems
• Job 3: Developed patience & attention to detail caring for residents w/ dementia & other health issues, Responsible for following facility regulations

Letters of Recommendations:

Apes Teacher: 10/10

English Teacher: 10/10

(Only did two since most of my schools only want two)

Essays

My personal statement is how I fundraiser 7,000 dollars to get to go on a trip to Europe with an organization at my school.

I think my supplementals are good!

Decisions (indicate ED/EA/REA/SCEA/RD)

Acceptances:

• St Thomas University - 34 k scholarship?- EA
• Loyola Chicago - 31K Scholarship - EA

*Lawrence University- 40 k Scholarship - EA *University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering - EA *Gustavus - 40 k scholarship - Rolling *Augustana University - 25 k Scholarship- Rolling *Drake University - 34 k Scholarship- Rolling *Luther College - 36 k Scholarship- Rolling

Waiting:

• Macalester College - ED
• Colorado College - EA
• Denison University - RD
• DePaul University - EA
• Grinnell College - RD
• Northwestern University - RD
• Sarah Lawrence College - EA

*Tulane University - EA *University of Chicago - RD

Current Thoughts: I am SO SCARED because Macalesters ED release date is December 8th!!!! I’m glad I have options, though. Very nervous about my financial aid package at Macalester because I just had ACL surgery so me and my parents are kinddddd of low on money 😭.

Demographics

• Gender: Man
• Race/Ethnicity: Chinese
• Residence: Australia
• Type of School: Private but only 4 T10 matriculations in last 10 years
• Hooks (Recruited Athlete, URM, First-Gen, Geographic, Legacy, etc.): None

Intended Major(s): Mathematics / Geophysics

Academics

• GPA: 4.0UW
• # of Honors/AP/IB/Dual Enrollment/etc.: IBDP 45

Standardized Testing

• SAT: 1550

** Honours **

1. International * Olympiad - 4th place, (selected amongst 20,000 in national selection stage)
2. Australian * Competition - 4x 1st place / top 10 nationwide / 1st in state amongst 20,000 students
3. Amazon flagship AI/ML contest - 2nd place amongst 15,000 high school/college students
4. Australian Math Olympiad (200 invitees) - placed top 20 in cohort (selectivity is in between AIME and USAMO)
5. 4x Australian Schools Chess Championships - 5th or 6th place

Extracurriculars/Activities

1. Founder, #1 competitive hacking/cybersecurity student team Australia
2. Concertmaster, school and chamber orchestras - #1 orchestra in national comp
3. Captain, chess club and state chess team, top 5 @ 5x consecutive national championships
4. Service captain, spearheaded 5x schoolwide events driving 10k in donations
5. Academic decathlon, #1 in state for 3 years
6. D1 basketball, initiated and directed a basketball fundraiser raising 1k
7. Selective summer math camp
8. Sustainability club, involved in numerous projects
9. Volunteer for Missing Maps (200 hours)
10. Volunteer for salvos (100 hours)

Letters of Recommendation

Decent (asked my freshman/sophomore teachers lmao)

Essays

Not great (lowkey bad), wrote each schools essays in one day 😭, common app essay over 2 days

Decisions (indicate ED/EA/REA/SCEA/RD)

Acceptances:

• Brown RD (my top preference yay)

Waitlists:

• Dartmouth RD

Rejections:

• Stanford RD
• Harvard RD
• Yale RD
• Princeton RD
• Columbia RD

Final Thoughts:

Honours were great, ECs were good, academics were good - just fucked up my essays. Honestly a lot of people at top schools have normal ECs and I feel like cracked olympiads / competitions are a rare sight. Just write a great essay and have a good story and you’ll land somewhere great.

Too many people have texted me recognizing this post- my identity was found out 😭 I’ll just post my results in May- Good luck to you all!

We got this! - Class of 2025

Demographics

• Gender: Woman
• Race/Ethnicity: Black
• Residence: East Coast
• Income Bracket: Upper middle
• Type of School: Suburban public
• Hooks (Recruited Athlete, URM, First-Gen, Geographic, Legacy, etc.): WIS (Women In STEM) & In School Computer Science Program

Intended Major(s): Computer Science - Cyber Security

Academics

• GPA: unweighted 3.0, weighted 3.24
• Rank (or percentile): no rank
• # of Honors/AP/IB/Dual Enrollment/etc.: 5 Honors, 2 AP, 12 Dual Enrollment (Currently taking more)
• Senior Year Course Load: Prob/Stats, Journalism 1, Computing Tools/Eni, Client Operating Systems, Quantum Computing, & Artificial Intelligence.

Standardized Testing

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

• SAT: Test Optional
• AP/IB: Didn't take the tests

Extracurriculars/Activities

• National Society Of Black Engineers - Program Leader: Partnered with Non-Profit in D.C to promote STEM within the community. ( Featured on Fox5)
• Computer Science Honor Society - Vice President: Conducted workshops, STEM fairs, hackathons, and did outreach within or community.
• Chinese National Honor Society - Member
• Exelon STEM Academy - Attendee: One of 60 girls picked out of over 500+ applicants to participate in week long STEM activities and networked with Exelon employees all the way up to the president.
• Code Quest - Attendee: Participated in coding exercises and competition's, we were trained and mentored by Lockheed Martin employees.
• Ten80 Education - Race Team Director: Participated in STEM based (mostly) engineering activities involving STEM projects, working on RC cars, and building them. Won multiple competition's at the national level.
• International STEM League - Vice President: Led STEM workshops and competition's; fostered partnership with UMD's E-sports team.
• Principles Action Council - Member: Collaborated with peers to address school issues, lead initiatives to foster a better school community, and organized community service projects.
• Bowie State University - Internship: I was a AI Bootcamp Mentor and helped guide students to learn C# and use Arduino.
• Non-Profit - Intern: Picked out of 6 out of 60+ applicants in my county to promote pedestrian safety, bike safety, and better public infrastructure. Met with elected official's on these matters as well.

Letters of Recommendations:

Computer Science Teacher: 10/10

Physics Teacher: 8/10

Chemistry Teacher: 10/10

World History Teacher: 8/10

Former Supervisor: 10/10

Director Of A Non-Profit: 10/10

Essays

I would say my personal essay is good, supplemental's should be good as well.

Decisions (indicate ED/EA/REA/SCEA/RD)

Acceptances:

• New York Institute Of Technology - 25k - EA
• University At Buffalo - 48K Scholarship - EA

Waiting:

• UMD - EA
• Rochester Institute Of Technology - EA
• Virginia Tech - EA
• Towson - EA
• UMBC - EA
• Worcester Polytechnic Institute - EA 2
• Fordham University - RD

Current Thoughts:

Surprised at amount of scholarship money I was given especially considering my GPA so I was really happy about that. My dream is UMD but if I don't get accepted its not the end of the world! Other great schools on this list. Very nervous but extremely happy with the results as of now!

Demographics

• Gender: Woman
• Race/Ethnicity: East Asian
• Residence: East Coast USA
• Income Bracket: Upper middle
• Type of School: Suburban public
• Hooks (Recruited Athlete, URM, First-Gen, Geographic, Legacy, etc.): Woman in stem.

Intended Major(s): Astrophysics

Academics

• GPA: 3.9 uw
• Rank (or percentile): no rank
• # of Honors/AP/IB/Dual Enrollment/etc.: 10 APs, rest honors
• Senior Year Course Load: calc, mv calc, AP Lit, AP Spanish, AP CSA, AP Psych, AP Chem

Standardized Testing

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

• SAT: 1600
• AP/IB: 4s and 5s (mix)

Extracurriculars/Activities

1. SSP (Summer Science Program) ~8% acceptance rate astro
2. Women in Astrophysics nonprofit
3. Sailing
4. Raised $$$ for sailing nonprofit
5. Astro Club Officer
6. CS Club Officer
7. Top Local Symphony Orchestra (flutist)
8. Camp counselor

Letters of Recommendation

Probably just okay tbh ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Interviews

MIT, Princeton, Northwestern, Harvard, Yale, Middlebury, and Dartmouth.

Essays

Some were better than others but I tried my best!!

Decisions (indicate ED/EA/REA/SCEA/RD)

Acceptances:

• Cornell (off waitlist)
• UMD CS

Waitlists:

• Yale
• Cornell (I got off yay!)
• MIT
• Northwestern
• Middlebury
• Harvey Mudd
• Colby
• Northeastern

Rejections:

• Harvard
• Princeton
• Columbia
• Dartmouth
• UPenn
• Williams
• Amherst
• Brown
• Duke
• Stanford (I had grad school legacy lmao)
• Vanderbilt

Final Thoughts:

After getting into SSP never did I think that I would get rejected from so many schools. Following the many waitlists I got, I was losing hope ong. But in the end, ig the Lord has a plan for all of us fr. Go big red!

Demographics

• Gender: Male
• Race/Ethnicity: East Asian
• Residence: East coast USA
• Income Bracket: No aid needed
• Type of School: Suburban public
• Hooks (Recruited Athlete, URM, First-Gen, Geographic, Legacy, etc.): None

Intended Major(s): Computer Science

Academics

• GPA (UW/W): straight A's
• Rank (or percentile): None
• # of Honors/AP/IB/Dual Enrollment/etc.: maxed out AP classes (~15)
• Senior Year Course Load: Differential Equations, AP Spanish, AP Literature, AP Modern World, Advanced CS, Art

Standardized Testing

• SAT: 1550 (750RW, 800M)
• AP: all 5's

Extracurriculars/Activities

1. First-Author Published Machine Learning Research
2. Summer Science Program in Astrophysics (SSP, 7.8% acceptance rate)
3. NASA Astrophysics Machine Learning Research Internship
4. AI Education Non-Profit Organization
5. Co-President of Art Club
6. TikTok Art Account (30k followers)
7. Independent AI research with professor
8. Cellist at Youth Symphony Orchestra
9. Kpop Club Member
10. Korean Drama Translator

Letters of Recommendation

Physics teacher: 8.5/10

English teacher: 6.5/10

Research mentor: 8.5/10

Interviews

Probably average to above-average overall. Interviewed for Duke, UPenn, MIT, Yale, Princeton.

Essays

Overall I'd guess 8/10. Spent a good amount of time on them.

Decisions (indicate ED/EA/REA/SCEA/RD)

Accepted:

Yale --> Committed UwU

CMU CS

Columbia

Cornell (Likely Letter)

Williams College

UCLA

UT Austin

Georgia Tech

UC Santa Barbara

UC San Diego

UMass Amherst

Waitlisted:

Brown

Duke

UPenn

Rejected:

Stanford

MIT

Harvard

Princeton

Berkeley

Northwestern

UIUC

Caltech

Reflection:

after the early round, i felt pressure since i didnt get in anywhere and got deferred from public schools and i highly considered ed2 to a school which i ended up getting into rd. imo its nvr that deep and dont worry abt it ull end up where u belong uwu~~~ stan haerin STREAM SUPERNATURAL

to preface, i consider my stats to be VERY slightly above average. asian, not many awards, not top 10%, ECs are average compared to applicants going to t20s + t10s.

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, parent struggled with addiction)

1530 SAT no superscore

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

Extracurriculars: no sugarcoating, keeping it short 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, team of 4
• 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 above average, 2 LOR (physics, chem) are great, counselor one im not too sure about

Acceptances:
TAMU Engineering - RD, UN Lincoln - EA, Seton Hall - EA (136k scholarship), UTD - RD

Applied:

Northwestern University - ED, KAIST - EA, GT - EA, UT - EA, UNC Chapel Hill - EA, UMich - EA, RIT - EA

Applying:
Please give suggestions!

thank you all!!

Hi, so I’ve been so nervous about EA decisions coming out (I’m in second round), but everyone around me has crazy stats and call auburn their safety and I’m just like… I have a 3.6 w (but it’ll def go up after 1st semester this year), Out of state, taken all IB and double science IB junior and senior year, pretty good ec’s w leadership (softball captain for travel and been playing for over a decade and a 4 year varsity starter) along w various cultural clubs, sports medicine programs through the school, work experience, 75+ community service hours, but I have a 26 ACT.. which isn’t that good in terms of auburn.. any opinions or anything? I’m also a multi generation legacy, but I don’t think colleges care abt them anymore, so I’m not sure if that matters ? Help🙏🏼🙏🏼

A consistent gpa grade of 3.8 can be achieved but with enormous amount of support and dedication, been having my academic schedules lately to see if I can achieve this dream. Anyone whose got this amazing grade might know a thing or the other and help me with insights

i dont know if journalism is arts/humanities LOL but it sounds right

Demographics: cis male, white, middle class (150k) at a competitive college prep IB school that regularly sends students to t20s (I am a full IB candidate)

Intended Major: communication media arts / journalism double major, or journalism major and communication media arts minor, or journalism single major idk just something with journalism

Academics:

3.87 GPA uw (55/343 class rank or ~t15-20%), 4.18 w (48/343 class rank)

32 ACT - 33 math, 31 science, 30 reading, 32 english with a 10 on the writing portion aswell

6 IB courses (maximum allowed throughout the full IB program) - 3 HL, 3 SL, all courses I took as an underclassman as well are technically pre-IB

- 5 in Global Politics SL (taken junior year)

Extracurriculars

1. 4 year competitive drumline member / captain in my senior year, competes every december and we have recieved second place every competition (5+ hrs/wk, 40 wk/yr, 9-12)

2. our school has a radio broadcasting organization where we simulate a radio broadcast to play over the morning speakers, playing music and practicing air breaks (2+ hrs/wk, 40 wk/yr, 9-12)

3. helped found our school's newsletter in my junior year (3+hrs/wk, 40 wk/yr, 11-12)

4. link crew, a student leadership organization where upperclassmen help orient the incoming freshmen to the high school environment. participated both years as an upperclassman (3 hrs/wk, 10 wk/yr, 11-12)

5. in my junior year I participated in a summer theater internship where I served as director and co-writer of a teen created youth theater production, plan to participate again next summer ( 20hr/wk, 8 wk/yr, 11-12 (hopefully))

6. participated in a club in my junior year that curated a program for my city's film festival(would participate next year but the program is defunct LOL) (3-5 hr/wk, 10 wk/yr 11)

7. 16 week filmmaking internship in junior year, cultivated in a final film project being shown at the end of the semester. would participipate again next year but similarly to the previous one, has gone defunct (3 hr/wk, 16 wk/yr 11)

8. have worked part time all throughout my junior and senior years, about 4hrs/week junior year and abt 20hrs/week senior year so far (4-20 hr/wk, 52 wk/yr 11-12)

Awards/honors: n/a (these opportunities aren't really available at my school oddly enough, but according to my councellor its never really affected admissions rates at our school)

Letters of rec:

English: english teacher in 11 grade, we have a great relationship and still regularly talk even though I am not in her class anymore. despite this, while highly positive the letter of rec was oddly non-personal and i was kind of dissapointed, 6/10

Environmental science: grades 11-12, great relationship with him as well, letter of rec is a lot more personal than my english teacher 8/10

Regretfully I don’t have a humanities letter of rec, the best I could do would be my sophomore year US History teacher who was set to be my Politics teacher that left the school a month into my junior year lmfao

Interviews:

n/a yet, i think of the schools im applying to only one has one

Essays

Only really have shown my personal statement to people, everyone I have talked (including English teachers, guidance counselor and college prep counselor) to has basically said its as good as it can get and I feel really good about it so I will say 9/10

Decisions:

Acceptances:

• UMN-Twin Cities (EA)

Applied:

• UW-Madison (EA)
• University of Washington (RD)
• Syracuse (RD)
• Mizzou (rolling)

Plan to apply to (RD all, of course):

• Boston University
• UPenn
• Northwestern
• USC (maybe)
• Cornell (maybe, no journalism program I know but I had already put so much time into this application before I learned that that it would almost be dumb not to)
• Princeton (maybe)
• probably more i havent decided

i hope to see some more acceptances come in over the next few months!

Demographics

• Competitive public school
• Upper middle class, single parent, not legacy or first gen
• Female / Asian / Chinese
• Geographic Location: New York!

Academics & Testing

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

Extracurricular Activities

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Awards pretty weak

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

Letters of Recommendation

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

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

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

Essays

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

Supps (idk/10): none written for the school that accepted me

Interviews

None!

Decisions ***

Acceptances:

SUNY Old Westbury: Rolling!!

Applied:

Northwestern ED UChicago EA UNC EA UT Austin EA UW Madison EA Stony Brook EA Binghamton EA

Applying:

NYU Emory Cornell Washu Brown? Vandy??? Duke??? Help???????

Rejections + WL's:

NONE YET

Reflections:

One school off my belt!!! RELIEF!!!!

this is not an opportunity to diss my application LOL just sharing some wins

Demographics

• female japanese middle class avg mid kentucky hs (biological mom has residence in PA)

Intended Major(s): finance / marketing / math

Academics

• 3.9 UW / 4.5 W (school doesnt rank but top 1%ish out of 700) 11 APS, 1520 SAT

Extracurriculars/Activities

1. free consulting for small businesses/creators, made a free course for content creation (9-12)
2. digital marketing internship at NASA education (11)
3. finance/social media manager (10-11) and head of marketing (11-12) @ tech NPO, wrote $150k in grants & mentored 20 staff
4. participant (10), tech chair (11), and committee (12) of fundraising club - raised $100k in 3 yrs (10-12)
5. digital marketing internship at startup, news features (10-12)
6. freelance content creator (worked w 50+ brands and large everyday household name) (9-12)
7. outreach/founding member of NPO (might change this w/ an initiative im doing for reproductive justice in my school... activity sounds fake when u read it back) (11-12)
8. intern for attorney (summer before 11th)
9. member (11) and president (12) of niche club
10. augmented reality filter maker (snapchat) 100 mil views (9-12)

Awards/Honors

1. only student speaker at X webinar hosted by large company
2. ranked #43 worldwide (team of 5) for club #9
3. full ride scholarship to activism conference
4. natl. recognition from state congressman
5. summer program acceptance

Letters of Recommendation

intern boss : not bad but doesnt really have any anecdotes in it - 7/10

stat teacher: resume summary im *assuming* but my guidance counselor said it was good - 6/10

english teacher: basic but not bad - 6/10

chem teacher: probably the best, not sure bc she wont show me it for my scholarship apps - 8/10

Interviews

none assigned yet

Essays

idk

Decisions (indicate ED/EA/REA/SCEA/RD)

Acceptances:

• Pitt (10k/yr scholarship)
• Loyola Chicago (30k/yr scholarship)

Applied:

• Drexel
• Georgia Tech
• University of Kentucky
• Babson
• UPenn
• University of Louisville
• Fordham

Applying:

• Harvard
• Princeton
• Cornell (?)
• Vanderbilt
• Rice
• BU
• WashU

i'm going to college!!!

So with college admissions right around the corner I’m curious where people with this stat range ended up in recent years. ( really interested in Californians with the UC system and its randomness)

Class 11 CBSE curriculam Acads: School doesnt do gpa i calculated a bit and came out to be 3.8 approx 9th :93%

10th:91%

11th:88%/89% (predicted) (less as i suffered from depression due to my grandpa's death)

SAT: not yet given, prep still going on

EC's and few awards • I got 91% (3.7 gpa) in 10th boards which is one of the most important exams in india

• I participated in multiple olympiads and was second in my school in my maths olympiad. (Out of 3k students)

• I was number 1 in my district in vvm exam which is one of the most high level science exam done by indian government

• I was also number 1 in my districk in kamp exam which is also an important exam for logical reasoning, maths, aptitude, got 256 rank in state and 1213 rank in the whole country.

• I was also very good in my junior years and was straight up getting 1st or 2nd or 3rd in whole class for 4 to 5 years.

• I am the head boy in my school, i have organized many big events which gathered more than 700 people.

• I am also good in singing (got many prizes/medals/certificates) i was in semi finale in solo singing competition in my whole state.

• I the leader/captain of my music choir group. • I am also very good in public speaking did many speeches and anchoring for my schooland some outsides too (won prizes/certificates/medals)

• I am also above average sports player in basketball, badminton and table tennis

• I also took part in many co curricular activities like cooking without fire, and poem recitation competition won them also.

• I got many computer cups too in my high or junior years (prizes for best in computers)

• i was the star student in the whole class for straight 2 years(comprised of 120 to 140 students, which is for the best student in all the things/activities).

• I also wrote essays for programs done by the govt. And got some certificates for it

• I know many instruments like congo, bongo, clapbox, djembe, harmonium, keyboard, and now learning guitar a bit.

• Helped my family and relative's family in their tough time by doing their important work and taking care of them

• Won bronze medal in badminton tournament in my school (3k students)

• Won silver in chess championship in school (2k students)

• won quiz championship in school (current affairs)

•Also good in drawing and sketching

• Took part in vegilance awareness week and made a drawing for awairing the kids in my school

•will surely get LOC's, no worries in that