Chance Me: CS/AI SEAS RD

anon33618974
Tue, 25 Dec 2018 09:34:39 +0000

Applying to AI (Cognitive and Computer Science) and SEAS (Computer Science)

Basic:

Race/Sex: Asian (Indian) Male

Income: 150K-200K

GPA: 3.95/4.0 UW, 5.01 W (my school has a different scale, 4.45 on the standard scale)

SAT Superscore: 800 Math, 730 ERBW, 6/6/6 Essay

SAT Subject Tests: 800 Math 2, 730 Physics

Rank: 3/157 (my school doesn’t officially do rank so I can’t submit, this is just what people told me)

School: small public/magnet school with some STEM focus in Connecticut

Note: One caucasian female from my school has been accepted ED to CAS for environmental science.

Courses:

9th: PLTW Intro to Eng, Foundations of IT (required), H English, H Bio, H Alg 2, H World History, Spanish 2 (school doesn’t offer honors languages), Health

10th: Middle Ages and Pre-AP Early US History, AP CSA, AP Statistics, H English, French 1, PE, H Precalc, H Chem

11th: French 2, AP Calc, Web Design, Visual Basic, AP CSP, UConn AP Physics 1, APUSH, PLTW Principles of Eng, H English

12th: UConn AP Government, AP Physics C, Robotics, PLTW Digital Electronics, French 3, PLTW Eng Design and Dev, Multi Calc and Lin Alg, H English

Note: PLTW courses give college credit, and I take multivariable calculus, linear algebra at a community college after school. UConn courses give UConn credit and we are allowed to take the AP exam.

AP scores:

10th: AP CSA (5), AP Statistics (3)

11th: AP Calc BC (4, 5 AB), AP CSP (5), AP Physics 1 (3 but may report my UConn grade which was a B), APUSH (5)

Awards:

AP Scholar w/ Distinction

Honor Roll for past three years

Math and Science department awards

Math Team MVP (twice)

Young Musician’s Festival (YMF) Gold Cup (twice)

Korean Martial Arts Black Belt 1 (2016)

Extracurriculars:

Boy Scouts of America (Star Scout, Troop Webmaster) 9-12

Martial Arts (black belt, instructor aide) 9-12

Piano (weekly lessons, participate in recitals like YMF) 9-12

National Honor Society, Science National Honor Society (member, seniors only) 12

Mu Alpha Theta (founder, president) 12

School math team (captain in 11 and 12) 9-12

Programming club (founding member, co-president) 11-12

400 hours of volunteering with organization coaching younger students for math/science competitions, proceeds go to charity in India

140 hour paid summer internship in local government technology management department

Essays:

Common app: I have one draft about Rubik’s cubes but I’m working on another draft about my parents being immigrants

Penn supplement: CS and CogSci and how I can use it in robotics to benefit people, research in GRASP for drones and how it inspired my own projects with robotics, also about Wharton and how I want to start a robotics company

Recommendations:

AP Calc/AP Stats teacher (9/10): definitely good since I’ve gotten As in both classes, maintained a good relationship since 10th grade, and I still come to help out in his class

Honors English 10/11 teacher (8/10): pretty good as well, since he likes me and I’ve done well in his class

Other recommendation possibly: employer at my summer internship wrote me a really good letter about my work in the office and how I adapted well

Thanks for the feedback!

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