Hey everyone! I told myself I’d do this once I heard back from all of my schools. My journey through the college application process was a roller coaster I hope to never have to ride again. However, I’m really happy with where I’ve come since I started. My first SAT score was an 1850 - from there, I worked hard to raise my scores and prepare my applications, and I’m excited to share my results.
Here are my stats:
Objective:
ACT (breakdown) 33 (E: 35, M:31, R: 33, S: 33, W: 10/12)
SAT II: Chemistry:550 Math 2: 730
GPA: 3.94 UW/4.20 W
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
AP (Scores): AP Lang: 5
Senior Year Course Load: AP Literature, AP Environmental Science, Honors Calculus, AP European History, Architecture Studio II.
Misc/Awards:
Scholarship Award to attend Carnegie Mellon’s Pre-College Architecture Program
High Pass grades awarded at CMU Arch Summer Program
Second Place in this year’s National High School Architecture Competition
Participated in 5 school-wide poetry slams, hosted 1
Participated in art exposition
Subjective:
Extracurriculars:
-Activities Board within the Architecture Academy at my school (President - 2 years)
-Schoolwide Student Council (Officer - 4 years)
-Slam Poetry/Spoken Word Club (Founding Member - 3 years)
-Gender Equality Club (Founder - 1 year)
-Consumer Bowl (Co-Captain - 2 years)
-National Honor Society (elections TBA - 1 year)
-National Japanese Honor Society (3 years)
-Junior State of America (3 years)
Job/Work Experience:
-Intern/Teacher’s Assistant for my school’s health teacher.
-Held two part-time sales associate positions since the end of my sophomore year (15-20 hrs/week).
Volunteer/Community service: 200+ hours
Supplementary: Submitted a portfolio
Country (if international applicant):
State: New Jersey
School Type: Vocational
Ethnicity: South Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: ~$70,000
Hooks: Arch EC’s/Major Architecture Award
SCHOOLS:
-Carnegie Mellon University
-Cornell University
-Lehigh University
-Princeton University
-Columbia University
-Washington University in St. Louis
-Northeastern University
-Illinois Institute of Tech
-NJIT
-Drexel University
ACCEPTED TO: Carnegie Mellon (top choice!!), Lehigh University, Northeastern University, Drexel University, Illinois Institute of Technology, NJIT
WAITLISTED AT: WashU
REJECTED AT: Cornell, Princeton, Columbia
Thanks for reading, and I hope this helps future applicants!