Demographics
- Gender: Male
- Race/Ethnicity: Indian
- Residence: VA
- Income Bracket: High (full-pay)
- Type of School: Fairly Competitive Public HS
- Hooks (Recruited Athlete, URM, First-Gen, Geographic, Legacy, etc.): None
Intended Major(s): Physics
Academics
- GPA (UW/W): 4.20/4.67
- Rank (or percentile): Top 5%
- # of Honors/AP/IB/Dual Enrollment/etc.: 12 Honors / 6 APs / 2 DEs
- Senior Year Course Load: English 12 DE / Concert Band II H / Data Structures DE / AP Statistics / AP US & Comparative Govt/ AP Micro/Macro Economics / Discrete Math + Differential Equations at Local Community College for First Semester
Standardized Testing
SAT: 1540 (750RW, 790M)
AP -
5: Calc BC (& AB Subscore), CSA, Lang, Chem, Mech, E&M (Self-Study)
4: World
Extracurriculars/Activities
List all extracurricular involvements, including leadership roles, time commitments, major achievements, etc.
- BWSI Quantum Software Development
- Exoplanet Candidate Light Curve Research w Professor at GMU
- AP Chem Teaching Assistant
- Competitive Coding Club Co-President
- VEX Auton Lead
- Marching Band (Best in the State)
- Physics Club Vice President (Club for Preparing for F=ma)
- Played Marimba for Indoor Drumline
- CyberPatriot Competitor
- Chess Club Vice President
Awards/Honors
List all awards and honors submitted on your application.
- Vex State Qualifiers
- CyberPatriot Platinum Semifinalist
- USACO Silver
- Commended Student in National Merit
- Summa Cum Laude (Top 5%)
Letters of Recommendation
My first was from my Computer Science teacher who taught me from freshman to junior year and also sponsors two clubs that I run (competitive coding and chess). I think he knows me pretty well so I'd rate it an 8/10. My other one was from my AP Chem teacher who I also TA for. I'm guessing it would be around a 7-8/10.
Essays
I'd say they are like average as a whole. I started all of them the week the applications were due. My CommonApp essay wasn't like unique or anything. I just talked about a time I had to problem solve during a coding competition and how it made me realize that I still have ways to improve. I was just looking to make something that wouldn't hurt my application, but none of them probably helped my application that much. The only essays I really liked were my Why Major? essays. (6/10)
Decisions (indicate ED/EA/REA/SCEA/RD)
Acceptances:
- George Mason University (EA) + $12,000 4-Year Scholarship + Honors
- UT Austin (EA) + Dean's Scholar (COMMITTED)
- UCLA (RD)
- UCSD (RD) + 5k Scholarship
- UCSB (RD) + 15k Scholarship
- CU Boulder (EA) + 55k 4-Year Scholarship + Honors
- UIUC (EA)
- UMD (EA) + 10k Scholarship + FIRE
- UVA (EA)
- UW Seattle (RD) + 4.2k Scholarship + Honors
- UWisc Madison (EA -> RD)
- Virginia Tech (EA)
Waitlists:
- Cornell (RD)
- Georgia Tech (EA - > RD)
- Rice (RD)
- Berkeley
Rejections:
- University of Michigan (EA -> RD)
Additional Information:
r/CollegeResults has been incredible useful to me during my high school journey, so I just wanted to share my info in case it can help any other high schoolers. If you have any questions, feel free to comment them down below.