Decision: Accepted Honors
Planned major:[ Computer Science - possibly Cybersecurity]
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown out of 1600): Not Taken
ACT: 34 (36 M)
SAT II: 800 Math II; 800 Chem
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.87 / 4.8 (W)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Possibly 8/450
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Physics C Mech (5 - taken as freshman); AP Chem (5), AP Calc BC (5)
AP Stat (5), AP Comp Sci A (5), AP Physics C Elec. & Mag. (5), AP US History (4), AP Bio (3)
Also Completed: Multivariable Calculus (A from Harvard Extension), CS50 (A Harvard), Intro to ECE (A from CMU Precollege), Intro to CS with Python (A from CMU Precollege)
Senior Year Course Load: Anatomy and Physiology, AP Comp Gov, Honors Shakespeare, AP Spanish, Honors IOS Programming
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing Major; Baush and Lomb Award, Harvard Book Prize, Creative Coder Award from school’s FIRST Robotics Team, Bronze medal on National Spanish Exam…
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Science Team, FIRST Robotics
Job/Work Experience: 7 weeks full time as IT Intern at Welch’s Foods
Volunteer/Community service: Peer Tutor at school for struggling students
Summer Activities: Internship, CMU Precollege
Essays: Good I Think…
Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t see but good (one from CS teacher of all four years)
Counselor Rec: Didn’t see
Additional Rec:
Interview:
Other
State (if domestic applicant): MA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Highly Competitive Large Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: M
Income Bracket:> 200,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
Reflection
Strengths: Academics, Focus on CS (6 courses taken), test scores
Weaknesses: Extracurriculars, not ‘well-rounded’
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:Academics
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rejected CMU, Deferred MIT and U Mich, Accepted UMass Amherst (Honors), waiting for UIUC, U of Rochester, Cornell, MIT