12-15-2008, 08:55 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Suburbs of MD-->Cornell '13
Posts: 628
| Deferred Stats:- SAT: 690 CR 750 M 800 W
- SAT II: 800 Chem 790 Math2 760 Chinese
- ACT: n/a
- GPA: 3.98/4.0
- Rank: top 5%
- Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5's on the five i've taken, minus a 4 on Comp Sci A
Subjective- Essays: mini essays were kind of weak and underdeveloped, but main essay was pretty strong, about how i learned about independence from my dad's illness
- Teacher Recs: apparently my humanities one was amazing, although the teacher barely knows me. the sciences one was from my CS teacher, who knows me pretty well
- Counselor Rec: she likes me, but doesn't know much about me so idk
- Supplementary Material: none, but I should have sent a rec from my internship mentor...
- Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): anti hook, asian male
Personal- Location: Maryland (DC suburbs)
- High School Type: Public, not so competitive, but alright
- Ethnicity: Asian
- Gender: Male
Other- Extracurriculars: National Institute of Science and Technology Internship (research on Human Computer Interaction), Chess Team (team won national title for high schools in my division), national honors society, mu alpha theta, science national honors society
- Awards: maryland distinguished scholar finalist, national merit commended, ap scholar w/ distinction, harvard book
- Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I should have spent more time on my essays...
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