u/AdNeither8619

Hey guys I posted my AMA and had a lot of ppl asking for application/EC reviews and even asked if I could make another post on it.. So here is is. Quick Overview: 3.97UW, 4.65W, 1570 SAT, personal business, app dev, deca/fbla, dance, etc, you can dm me ur app or if you want specific EC reviews or dont mind sharing js drop them in the comments.

Full List of Schools: Got into UPenn Wharton, Berkeley MET, NYU MET, Cornell Dyson, Stanford, UNC Chapel Hill, UVA, CMU Tepper, USC, UT Austin. Waitlisted at Yale & UCSD. Rejected at Harvard and MIT.

For reference my AMA is here: https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingIvyLeague/comments/1vopsm3/got_into_2_ivys_stanford_berkeley_cmu_nyu_more_ama/

My college results post is here: https://www.reddit.com/r/collegeresults/comments/1vnwfaw/reddit_lurker_gets_some_pretty_good_acceptances/

Got into UPenn Wharton, Berkeley MET, NYU MET, Cornell Dyson, Stanford, UNC Chapel Hill, UVA, CMU Tepper, USC, UT Austin. Waitlisted at Yale & UCSD. Rejected at Harvard and MIT.

Business & Tech focused application. r/collegeresults post: https://www.reddit.com/r/collegeresults/comments/1vnwfaw/reddit_lurker_gets_some_pretty_good_acceptances/

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Demographics

• Gender: Female
• Race/Ethnicity: Nepali
• Residence: NJ
• Income Bracket: Middle-high
• Type of School: Public
• Hooks (Recruited Athlete, URM, First-Gen, Geographic, Legacy, etc.): None lol

Intended Major(s): Business analytics/dual degrees btwn tech & business

Academics

• GPA (UW/W): 3.97/4.65
• Rank (or percentile): not applicable
• # of Honors/AP/IB/Dual Enrollment/etc.: 15 APs
• Senior Year Course Load: 6 APs, 1 honors

Standardized Testing

List the highest scores earned and all scores that were reported.

• SAT I: 1570 (770 RW, 800M)
• ACT: N/A
• SAT II: N/A
• AP/IB: All 5s but a 4s in AP CSA & AP Physics C
• Other (ex. IELTS, TOEFL, etc.): N/A

Extracurriculars/Activities

List all extracurricular involvements, including leadership roles, time commitments, major achievements, etc.

1. Personal Business - combined engineering w/ niche hobby of mine; generated $10,000+ in revenue; 15,000+ followers on insta; taught through this at a bunch of middle schools near me (250+ kids)
2. App Development - made a STEM focused app available on the app store; ~15000 downloads; made mid 4 figures in revenue; also have social media accounts with ~7000 followers
3. STEM & future skills org that basically helped kids with skills needed for the future; did a lot of workshops + private stuff; online presence; was on the news a few times
4. Marketing intern for a tech nonprofit - 2+ year intern; 6 posts a week; do a lot of actually meaningful work it wasnt js a filler internship; paid
5. 2 of these competitive entry NASA programs; in person summer opportunity; very selective; did work on exploring the moon; symposium style presentations; great time overall honestly
6. Dance; done basically my whole life; have a degree in it; performed a lot; did some competitions; only put it this high because ive done it for so long... lowk shouldn't have tho
7. Deca/FBLA - competition + small leadership (grouped together); only put some fundraising stuff and like outreach stuff I did for this
8. CS internship - lowk complete bs if im being serious; just organized stuff + helped out a bit; honestly more of a learning experience (mostly learned)
9. School humanitarian org leadership + mental health club leadership; held some small events; did a bit of fundraising + environmental work.
10. Varsity Soccer + Track since freshman year

Awards/Honors

1. Congressional App Award
2. DECA ICDC
3. FBLA Nats
4. National Merit Semi-finalist
5. Random Pitch Comp

Letters of Recommendation

My AP Calc BC teacher (probably 7-8/10) & my AP Physics C teacher (8-9/10). Also submitted one from my internship supervisor who personally knew me for both years of the internship.

Essays

Personal statement was about a speech disability I had for a very large amount of my childhood and how I would never talk but then when I got into high school that all changed through business & whatnot. Honestly 7-8/10 but my sups and why us essays were great*.*

Decisions (indicate ED/EA/REA/SCEA/RD)

Acceptances :

• >!Rutgers University (RD)!<
• >!University of Virginia (RD)!<
• >!University of North Carolina Chapel-Hill (RD)!<
• >!University of Southern California (RD)!<
• >!University of California - Berkeley MET program (RD)!<
• >!Stanford University (RD)!<
• >!Carnegie Mellon University - Tepper (RD)!<
• >!New York University BTE (RD)!<
• >!University of Pennsylvania - Wharton (RD)!<
• >!Cornell University - Dyson (RD)!<
• >!Virginia Tech - (RD)!<
• >!University of Texas at Austin - (RD)!<
• >!Case Western Reserve University - (RD)!<
• >!Rowan University - (RD)!<

Waitlists:

• >!Yale University (RD)!<
• >!University of California San Diego (RD) - was so confused lol!<

Rejections:

• >!Harvard University (RD)!<
• >!Massachusetts Institute of Technology (RD) !<

Additional Information:

Lowk didn't apply to that many safeties because in my mind I would've rather gone to community college and transferred to save money rather than attend a safety.