Intended Major(s): Applied mostly to Earth Sciences/Geophysics, applied to some places w/ CS or combined majors like CS + Envirosci.
Academics
GPA (UW/W): 4.0/5.86 (our school weights out of 6)
Rank (or percentile): 1/370
# of Honors/AP/IB/Dual Enrollment/etc.: 15 APs, Multi @ State Uni, rest honors
Senior Year Course Load: AP Chem, AP Bio, AP Lit, AP Spanish, AP Micro, AP Stats
Standardized Testing
List the highest scores earned and all scores that were reported.
SAT I: Didn't take
ACT: 36 (36E, 35M, 36R, 36S)
SAT II: Didn't take
AP/IB: Submitted 9 5s in Calc AB/BC, Phys C Mech, APUSH, APCSA, Lang, Gov, Psych, APES
Other (ex. IELTS, TOEFL, etc.): None
Extracurriculars/Activities
Purposely vague here, if you have any questions let me know.
Earth sci research assisted by OOS prof (remote)
Co-founded org to promote geographic literacy (did legitimate, impactful work)
Physics research w/ state uni prof
3y varsity, 1y JV soccer player on one of top HS teams in my state
Internship at water treatment company, did wastewater remediation research
Training program related to research in #1
Coached for academic competitions
Conference/summit related to research in #1
Robotics, lead programmer
Co-authored a book about growing up Asian (1k+ copies sold in 1y)
Speedcuber (only put for Caltech, ranked top 5 in my state)
One of 12 selected out of 200+ to give a TED talk at one of largest TEDx events in the world. Happened after submitting apps so I updated colleges w/ it.
Awards/Honors
State ISEF 2nd Place in Physics
Harvard Book Award
Rensselaer Medal
National Merit Semifinalist
USACO Silver
Decisions (indicate ED/EA/REA/SCEA/RD)
Acceptances:
MIT (Deferred EA -> RD)
Caltech (EA)
Yale (RD)
Cornell (RD, Tanner Deans Scholar)
Duke (RD)
Dartmouth (RD)
Vanderbilt (RD, MOSAIC)
USC (RD)
Georgia Tech (EA, Stamps Semifinalist, Half-ride from Dean's Scholarship)
Northeastern (EA, Honors + $35k/yr)
University of Michigan (EA)
Waitlists:
Harvard (RD)
Rejections:
Stanford (RD)