So I randomly found a student who posted her Common App activities section and I found it to be a bit artificial. Can you guys assess some of my activities in terms of genuinity and word choices? Well as now tell you my name now frankly… (I have submitted my app to ea Harvard)
Supercapacitor Development Researcher, Independent
- Developed all-carbon supercapacitors, presented research to the Society of American Military Engineers (…), nominated to Sigma Xi associate
Supercapacitor Electric Vehicle (EV) Researcher, Clemson University Department of Automotive Engineering
- Hybrid EV research under the guidance of Dr. (…), developed a supercapacitor EV powertrain selection algorithm using fuzzy logic
Supercapacitor EV Paper First Author, 2020 IEEE(…) conference,
- Paper appraised by Dr. (…) (Stanford), accepted to the 2020 IEEE (…) conference, will present virtually in a special session
President, Technology Student Association (TSA) at (…) High School
- Plan engineering activities for club members, work in STEM Night for (…) Schools: design robot-related activities, teach kids how to drive robots
Team Leader, VEX Robotics team
- Qualified for state competitions since 2018, run a robot YouTube channel (16,000 views), work with OpenCV for detection algorithms
Varsity Team Member, Prac Teacher, (…) High School Science Olympiad
- Participate in physics and build events, teach physics materials to B-division members, qualified for national competitions since 2017
Biomechanical Engineering Research, Independent
- Developed passive 3D printed exoskeletons with four-bar linkage, (…) state best of fair, invited to Teledyne Brown Engineering Inc
Article Writer, (…) Magazine (Canadian education magazine)
- Wrote an article on how science fair connects with secondary education: “(…),” edited with (…)