Chance me for Georgia Tech :)

Smotherboard
Wed, 02 Nov 2016 21:58:16 +0000

Demographics: White, Male, family income 100k+

Intended Major: Computer Science

Test Scores:
-1520 SAT (760 Math, 760 Reading/Writing)
Academics:
-4.0 GPA UW, Top of Class (97.5/100 average grade) out of 300 students
-Pre-IB for 2 years, then STEM-based curriculum
-AP Calculus BC, AP Economics, AP Computer Science, AP Statistics, AP Lang and Comp, AP US History, AP Physics C

Recommendations:
-12th Grade Calculus Teacher: He is always really impressed with me and makes a show of it, and I know that he wrote an excellent recommendation for me.
-11th Grade Language Teacher: I was his best student last year and he has told me that he appreciates my help in preparing others for the AP exam. He has written many rec letters and I believe he wrote a very good one for me.

Essay:
My essay was focused around the differences between students that grow up receiving help and overall getting better treatment by school faculty just because they show intelligence earlier than the rest. I detailed solutions to this problem and why they had not worked in the past, and then proposed my own solution to the problem. Overall, I believe I wrote a convincing essay that appealed to my strengths.

Extracurriculars:
-Founded and am currently running my own programming club at my school. I am reaching out to elementary and middle schools to teach the younger generation to code, as well as presenting an outlet for students that are not satisfied with the monotonous way schools teach code currently.
-Lead programmer for FRC Robotics Team at my school
-Captain of the Math Team for 2 years, President this year. Competed in 3 competitions but had negligible results
-Captain of Chess Team for 2 years. Competed and won in local events
-Member of National Honor Society for 3 years. Hundreds of community service hours under this organization
-Summer internship at Georgia Tech under the ASDL STEP Program. Built and coded an autonomous boat with a team.
-Youth Leadership Douglas Alumni, a program run by my local Chamber of Commerce to teach kids to be better leaders. We participated in public speaking and developed our own portfolios.
-Adjutant for Mathematics Honor Council at my school. We report violations of the honor code and discuss solutions and punishment.

Thanks in advance for chancing me!