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- coolidge senator '26

got bertrand russell's book from a secondhand bookstore for much cheaper than any of the more comprehensive histories online. for which sections is russell particularly unreliable, il cross ref and factcheck him there

i feel better about some of the """"""lower reaches""""""" but definitely do not want to spend my REA (which costs me an ED) on one of these schools if it messes up my shot at a brown or dmouth ED!

also if someone wanna help me prestige 2 my bull on brawl stars dm me

anyhow my stats

public t1 high school, residual context isnt great. it's the bay, but my hs sends 40% to cc. like 7 kids to ucla, 3 to berkeley, and 9 to sd this year, 1 stanford 1 cmu scs, but the vast majority of these are cs kids

3.92 uw / 4.33 w, slight downward to upward trend i guess, straight As freshmen year, 3.8 uw sophomore year, and then 3.9 uw junior year (second sem being all As, so hopefully that's a strong finish!)

DE: intro. to administrative justice
CE: intro to social & political philosophy, macro econ, math for the liberal arts student, (trying to do history of western civilization but the teacher isnt responding -- tech issue), trig (will drop math for libarts if i get into western civ)

intended major: ethics/philosophy, politics, economics (PPE/EPE - 1 major), international relations

APs: world (5), calc ab (5), calc bc, psych, lang, ush, (senior year:) lit, gov, spanish, env sci OR stats

ECs!

youth delegate + advocate to the united nations high-level political forum: speak at a side event; attend multiple side events discussing the UN SDGs with diplomats from 30+ representing countries, rep my ngo/the usa, attending under the UN major group, children & youth international

s&d president -- grew membership like 370% to like 30 members+ increase tourney participation a lot like 300%, fundraise 15k/yr to provide scholarships + flights to travel tourneys, design/implemennt new curricula for like 8 new events from 2 when i joined, host 8 tourneys servicing 2k kids across the area

founder + pres of mun: grew program to like 50 members, winning 20+ awards total, 2.8k funding from grants (stanford uni), participation in 6 conferences (like 8 by time of applying)

youth commission- chair-elect, lead a subcommittee for an event thats interacted w like 120+ constituents total, also interacted with like more constituents in other events; rep thousands of youth to council

internship @ county democratic party: lead an initiative on ai (15+ interns), presented research to chief data leadership of obama administration and chief data leadership of state party

outreach intern @ an ngo i work for: one of the lead organizer of this hybrid event w/ 6 partner orgs like pbs + 80 attendance; helped redesign rubric that evaluated almost 100 submissions

ambassador of same ngo: directed curriculum for target group, no roll out, organized webinar (17 attendees)>> invited to speak at uc davis for my work

(for ucs might have one more slot for misc work at the ngo- summer planning committee, book club, etc)

job- teach chess to 15 kindergarteners

awards!!
coolidge senator (<2% acceptance rate, $1k scholarship, all-expenses paid leadrship summit)
1st of 123 students in LD debate in a nationally top ranked local circuit
#1 of 80, top 15 of 700 total delegates in research @ stanford model un
pvsa
$1k to debate camp (only merit scholarship awarded as of 2024)

LORs: hopefully good! might submit 2 additional. i know theyre important so il ask teachers to emphasize how i am in the classroom + provide specific anecdotes toward this!

anywho, if its worth giving yale or big vard the rea lmk. i know my gpas a bit low so if i could not fuck myself over by REAing these and not like brown lmk

sorry ts an ama for some reason

im sure yall alr know this but i sent 8 emails last night at like 10 pm and before even 7 am today ive gotten 3 yeses 2 of them for governor campaigns this is easy

method: campaigns are easier than profs bc they highk desperate for some help

i emailed a couple nearby campaigns that were ongoing bc i figured it would be good to have some on the ground stuff. then i emailed governor candidates from smaller states bc i live in california so like tehy got full teams n shit

i did a bit of personalization saying like i came across ur campaign and resonated w ur focus/work on x issue

i also gave a bit of intro to my work like if u check my reddit profile youll see it but i namedropped some stuff. . i used the specific wording of internship and clarified it would be completedly voluntary and then attached my resume

i was already planning on applying to brown ppe and cornell ilr, but is it worth it for me to apply to HYP? i love yales ppe program and am rly interested in harvard/princeton gov, but idk if i even really have a shot

demographics:

- female, south asian (indian/nepalese), bay area, 300k income bracket, no hooks

- type of school: not typical bay area school, top 15% in california but not t50 nation, public school, title 1. send maybe 1 kid to stanford and 6 kids to ucla a year. lots of kids to sd this yr

intended majors: philosophy, politics, economics, (PPE - where they have it), other interdisciplinary polisci/econ/international relations where they dont

academics:

GPA: 3.85 UW / 4.31 W by time of applying prolly. 4.0 in community college courses

rank: school doesn't do it, but i did get an email from UC saying top 10% of cali high schoolers which prolly isnt that high of a bar. hoping for top 10% in school. some grade deflation at school but def still many 4.0 kids

APs/Honors/Dual Enrollment/etc: 10 APs, 1 DE (intro to admin justice, a), 2 CE (intro to social/political philosophy, intro to macro econ, A, A)

standardized testing:

1460 sat from freshman year, some pretty bad sat scores from not studying, prolly gonna retake 1-2 more times

APs: Calc AB (5), World (5), current: U.S. history, lang, psych, + bc, future: ap spanish, gov, lit, either stats or apes

extracurriculars:

s&d pres of chud school: grew membership like 370% to like 30 members+ increase tourney participation a lot like 300%, fundraise 15k/yr to provide scholarships + flights to travel tourneys, design/implemennt new curricula for like 8 new events from 2 when i joined, host 8 tourneys servicing 2k kids across the area

founder + pres of mun: grew program to like 50 members, winning 20+ awards total, 1.5k funding from grants, participation in 6 conferences (like 8 by time of applying)

internship @ county democratic party: lead an initiative on ai (10+ interns), presented research to chief data leadership of obama administration and chief data leadership of state party

outreach intern @ an ngo i work for: one of the lead organizer of this hybrid event w/ 6 partner orgs like pbs + 150+ expected attendance; helped redesign rubric that evaluated almost 100 submissions

ambassador of a united nations thing for that ngo: directed curriculum for target group, no roll out, organized webinar>> invited to speak at uc davis for my work

job- teach chess to 15 kindergarteners

youth commission- lead a subcommittee for an event thats interacted w like 120+ constituents total, also interacted with like more constituents in other events; rep thousands of youth to council

(best ec): gonna be a delegate repping my ngo + country kinda at the united nations this summer, gonna speak too (at a side event)

hoping to do a pub/paper too i have a grad student whos down to help me

might also do a podcast for shits n giggles on philosophy but idk

awards:

coolidge senator (2% acceptance rate of 4000+ applicants), 1k scholarship + all expenses paid leadership summit

1st place at debate tourney (yes i tied with 8 it doesnt matter!!!) of like 123 competitors

1st place research award at university-hosted mun conference

pvsa gold

nsda honor society w/ distinction or smt

1k merit scholarship to a debate camp way back in teh day (sole recipient)

LORs

prolly gonna ask my lang, ush, and psych teachers. i know its 3 but its basically cuz my psych teacher does them REALLY late so in case she doesnt submit i still have 2.

psych- prolly really good, she wrote my lor for coolidge and i got in w way less impressive stats than a lot of rejected people, one of her favorite students

lang- hopefully good, i talk a lot in that class but im still good at the work overall

ush- hopefully good, she wrote my lor for some programs i got rejected from so i doubt its a carry but im her fave student

hopefully get a lor from the ceo of the ngo im repping at the un, she did my lor for coolidge too but she knew me less at the time

essays

prolly strong i mean they got me into coolidge idk but i did get rejected from less competitive programs so idk. i normally get some help from peers + teachers but no counselor n stuff

demographics:

- female, south asian (indian/nepalese), bay area, 300k income bracket, no hooks

- type of school: not typical bay area school, top 15% in california but not t50 nation, public school, title 1. sent like 6 kids to ucla + a bunch to sd this year

intended majors: philosophy, politics, economics, (PPE - irvine), other interdisciplinary polisci/econ/international relations where they dont

academics:

GPA: 3.85 UW / 4.31 W by time of applying prolly. 4.0 in community college courses

rank: school doesn't do it, but i did get an email from UC saying top 10% of cali high schoolers which prolly isnt that high of a bar. hoping for top 10% in school. some grade deflation at school but def still many 4.0 kids

APs/Honors/Dual Enrollment/etc: 10 APs, 1 DE (intro to admin justice, a), 2 CE (intro to social/political philosophy, intro to macro econ, A, A)

standardized testing: (idk if ucs look at aps)

APs: Calc AB (5), World (5), current: U.S. history, lang, psych, + bc, future: ap spanish, gov, lit, either stats or apes

extracurriculars:

s&d pres of chud school: grew membership like 370% to like 30 members+ increase tourney participation a lot like 300%, fundraise 15k/yr to provide scholarships + flights to travel tourneys, design/implemennt new curricula for like 8 new events from 2 when i joined, host 8 tourneys servicing 2k kids across the area

founder + pres of mun: grew program to like 50 members, winning 20+ awards total, 1.5k funding from grants, participation in 6 conferences (like 8 by time of applying)

internship @ county democratic party: lead an initiative on ai (10+ interns), presented research to chief data leadership of obama administration and chief data leadership of state party

outreach intern @ an ngo i work for: one of the lead organizer of this hybrid event w/ 6 partner orgs like pbs + 150+ expected attendance; helped redesign rubric that evaluated almost 100 submissions

ambassador of a united nations thing for that ngo: directed curriculum for target group, no roll out, organized webinar>> invited to speak at uc davis for my work

job- teach chess to 15 kindergarteners

youth commission- lead a subcommittee for an event thats interacted w like 120+ constituents total, also interacted with like more constituents in other events; rep thousands of youth to council

(best ec): gonna be a delegate repping my ngo + country kinda at the united nations this summer, gonna speak too (at a side event)

hoping to do a pub/paper too i have a grad student whos down to help me

might also do a podcast for shits n giggles on philosophy but idk

awards:

coolidge senator (2% acceptance rate of 4000+ applicants), 1k scholarship + all expenses paid leadership summit

1st place at debate tourney (yes i tied with 8 it doesnt matter!!!) of like 123 competitors

1st place research award at university-hosted mun conference

pvsa gold

nsda honor society w/ distinction or smt

1k merit scholarship to a debate camp way back in teh day (sole recipient)

essays

prolly strong i mean they got me into coolidge idk but i did get rejected from less competitive programs so idk. i normally get some help from peers + teachers but no counselor n stuff

college list

for the ucs, il prolly send in my apps to all but the biggest chances me i have to know:

ucla polisci

cal polisci + pol econ

sd public policy, prob same for sb

uci ppe

davis polisci

sc politics

demographics:

- female, south asian (indian/nepalese), bay area, 300k income bracket, no hooks

- type of school: not typical bay area school, top 15% in california but not t50 nation, public school, title 1. send maybe 1 kid to stanford and 6 kids to ucla a year. lots of kids to sd this yr

intended majors: philosophy, politics, economics, (PPE - where they have it), other interdisciplinary polisci/econ/international relations where they dont

academics:

GPA: 3.85 UW / 4.31 W by time of applying prolly. 4.0 in community college courses

rank: school doesn't do it, but i did get an email from UC saying top 10% of cali high schoolers which prolly isnt that high of a bar. hoping for top 10% in school. some grade deflation at school but def still many 4.0 kids

APs/Honors/Dual Enrollment/etc: 10 APs, 1 DE (intro to admin justice, a), 2 CE (intro to social/political philosophy, intro to macro econ, A, A)

standardized testing:

1460 sat from freshman year, some pretty bad sat scores from not studying, prolly gonna retake 1-2 more times

APs: Calc AB (5), World (5), current: U.S. history, lang, psych, + bc, future: ap spanish, gov, lit, either stats or apes

extracurriculars:

s&d pres of chud school: grew membership like 370% to like 30 members+ increase tourney participation a lot like 300%, fundraise 15k/yr to provide scholarships + flights to travel tourneys, design/implemennt new curricula for like 8 new events from 2 when i joined, host 8 tourneys servicing 2k kids across the area

founder + pres of mun: grew program to like 50 members, winning 20+ awards total, 1.5k funding from grants, participation in 6 conferences (like 8 by time of applying)

internship @ county democratic party: lead an initiative on ai (10+ interns), presented research to chief data leadership of obama administration and chief data leadership of state party

outreach intern @ an ngo i work for: one of the lead organizer of this hybrid event w/ 6 partner orgs like pbs + 150+ expected attendance; helped redesign rubric that evaluated almost 100 submissions

ambassador of a united nations thing for that ngo: directed curriculum for target group, no roll out, organized webinar>> invited to speak at uc davis for my work

job- teach chess to 15 kindergarteners

youth commission- lead a subcommittee for an event thats interacted w like 120+ constituents total, also interacted with like more constituents in other events; rep thousands of youth to council

(best ec): gonna be a delegate repping my ngo + country kinda at the united nations this summer, gonna speak too (at a side event)

hoping to do a pub/paper too i have a grad student whos down to help me

might also do a podcast for shits n giggles on philosophy but idk

awards:

coolidge senator (2% acceptance rate of 4000+ applicants), 1k scholarship + all expenses paid leadership summit

1st place at debate tourney (yes i tied with 8 it doesnt matter!!!) of like 123 competitors

1st place research award at university-hosted mun conference

pvsa gold

nsda honor society w/ distinction or smt

1k merit scholarship to a debate camp way back in teh day (sole recipient)

LORs

prolly gonna ask my lang, ush, and psych teachers. i know its 3 but its basically cuz my psych teacher does them REALLY late so in case she doesnt submit i still have 2.

psych- prolly really good, she wrote my lor for coolidge and i got in w way less impressive stats than a lot of rejected people, one of her favorite students

lang- hopefully good, i talk a lot in that class but im still good at the work overall

ush- hopefully good, she wrote my lor for some programs i got rejected from so i doubt its a carry but im her fave student

hopefully get a lor from the ceo of the ngo im repping at the un, she did my lor for coolidge too but she knew me less at the time

essays

prolly strong i mean they got me into coolidge idk but i did get rejected from less competitive programs so idk. i normally get some help from peers + teachers but no counselor n stuff

demographics:

- female, south asian (indian/nepalese), bay area, 300k income bracket, no hooks

- type of school: not typical bay area school, top 15% in california but not t50 nation, public school, title 1. send maybe 1 kid to stanford and 6 kids to ucla a year. lots of kids to sd this yr

intended majors: philosophy, politics, economics, (PPE - where they have it), other interdisciplinary polisci/econ/international relations where they dont

academics:

GPA: 3.85 UW / 4.31 W by time of applying prolly. 4.0 in community college courses

rank: school doesn't do it, but i did get an email from UC saying top 10% of cali high schoolers which prolly isnt that high of a bar. hoping for top 10% in school. some grade deflation at school but def still many 4.0 kids

APs/Honors/Dual Enrollment/etc: 10 APs, 1 DE (intro to admin justice, a), 2 CE (intro to social/political philosophy, intro to macro econ, A, A)

standardized testing:

1460 sat from freshman year, some pretty bad sat scores from not studying, prolly gonna retake 1-2 more times

APs: Calc AB (5), World (5), current: U.S. history, lang, psych, + bc, future: ap spanish, gov, lit, either stats or apes

extracurriculars:

s&d pres of chud school: grew membership like 370% to like 30 members+ increase tourney participation a lot like 300%, fundraise 15k/yr to provide scholarships + flights to travel tourneys, design/implemennt new curricula for like 8 new events from 2 when i joined, host 8 tourneys servicing 2k kids across the area

founder + pres of mun: grew program to like 50 members, winning 20+ awards total, 1.5k funding from grants, participation in 6 conferences (like 8 by time of applying)

internship @ county democratic party: lead an initiative on ai (10+ interns), presented research to chief data leadership of obama administration and chief data leadership of state party

outreach intern @ an ngo i work for: one of the lead organizer of this hybrid event w/ 6 partner orgs like pbs + 150+ expected attendance; helped redesign rubric that evaluated almost 100 submissions

ambassador of a united nations thing for that ngo: directed curriculum for target group, no roll out, organized webinar>> invited to speak at uc davis for my work

job- teach chess to 15 kindergarteners

youth commission- lead a subcommittee for an event thats interacted w like 120+ constituents total, also interacted with like more constituents in other events; rep thousands of youth to council

(best ec): gonna be a delegate repping my ngo + country kinda at the united nations this summer, gonna speak too (at a side event)

hoping to do a pub/paper too i have a grad student whos down to help me

might also do a podcast for shits n giggles on philosophy but idk

awards:

coolidge senator (2% acceptance rate of 4000+ applicants), 1k scholarship + all expenses paid leadership summit

1st place at debate tourney (yes i tied with 8 it doesnt matter!!!) of like 123 competitors

1st place research award at university-hosted mun conference

pvsa gold

nsda honor society w/ distinction or smt

1k merit scholarship to a debate camp way back in teh day (sole recipient)

LORs

prolly gonna ask my lang, ush, and psych teachers. i know its 3 but its basically cuz my psych teacher does them REALLY late so in case she doesnt submit i still have 2.

psych- prolly really good, she wrote my lor for coolidge and i got in w way less impressive stats than a lot of rejected people, one of her favorite students

lang- hopefully good, i talk a lot in that class but im still good at the work overall

ush- hopefully good, she wrote my lor for some programs i got rejected from so i doubt its a carry but im her fave student

hopefully get a lor from the ceo of the ngo im repping at the un, she did my lor for coolidge too but she knew me less at the time

essays

prolly strong i mean they got me into coolidge idk but i did get rejected from less competitive programs so idk. i normally get some help from peers + teachers but no counselor n stuff

college list

all the ucs

targets: american u, george washington u, brandeis, ucsd, urochester, lmu, umd

safeties: ucsc, cc

reaches (mostly if i have time atp, theres a lot so i prolly wont end up applying to all of them): ucla, ucb, cmu (dietrich), yale, brown, tufts, gtown, emory, claremont mckenna, maybe pomona maybe middlebury, uva, boston college, maybe nyu liberal studies

guys is this just me. like i swear when i checked in april it said itd open may and i check today and it closed april 26???????????????????????????????????????????????????????

calc bc is so cooked i genuinely can only do series test and like eulers and paramets on some occasions. i got a 5 on ab last yr if i start studying now can i get like a 4 on bc.

i am legitkirkenuinely a senator this yr n i had (have) a 1460 sat from freshman year which i submitted and a 3.8 uw gpa. also my stats were actually mid in comparison to some of yg (think like, s+d pres, mun pres, youth commission, and some nonprofit work like not even something i foundedd/have board of)

i saw some posts at the start of this yr where people were saying dont unless u have a 1550 like dont listen to that. i think i applied cuz i saw someone get in w a 1480. tldr ts so random js do it the essays rnt even hard

anyone tryna make a gc before the senators retreat imean

also are any of the chuds in here finalists cuz some of yg r cracked

last yr someone had this spreadsheet which showed what topics were on the frqs most. im lowkirk cooked so i js gotta sac half the concepts and pray for a 4

as i now have the princetons an dbarrons ap psych review textbooks for the 2025 exam through very legal channels, which one is better for mcqs? my teacher hasnt given any of the ap classroom ones yet and barrons n princeton look very different