u/Easy-Tap4195

Demographics

• Gender: Male
• Race/Ethnicity: Wasian
• Residence: Great Plains, US
• Income Bracket: 100k +
• Type of School: Public
• Hooks (Recruited Athlete, URM, First-Gen, Geographic, Legacy, etc.): Geographic

Intended Major(s): Biology/Biochem + History

Academics

• GPA (UW/W): 4.0/4.5
• Rank (or percentile): School doesn't rank
• # of Honors/AP/IB/Dual Enrollment/etc.: 14 AP Classes, 2 Dual Enrollment (Calc 3 and Diff Eq)
• Senior Year Course Load: Calc 3 + Diff EQ, AP Lit, Spanish, AP Gov, AP Research, AP Chem, AP Bio

Standardized Testing

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

• ACT: 36 (36E, 36M, 36R, 36S)
• AP/IB: 11 5's and 3 4's (World, Seminar, Research)

Extracurriculars/Activities

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

1. Research role in a Microbiology lab (discovered new virus)
2. YYGS History
3. Science summer camp that accepts 2 people from each state
4. CNA Intern + Volunteer at Hospital
5. Debate Captain
6. Boys State Party Chair + Editor
7. Varsity Tennis Captain (3 Years)
8. Canvasser for School Board Candidate
9. Science Olympiad Founder
10. School Tutor

Awards/Honors

1. 2 Published Papers (sustainability in medicine)
2. T15 Placement in obscure olympiad
3. 1st Place in 2 other olympiads
4. All Metro + All State Academic Awards (tennis)
5. National Merit Finalist

Letters of Recommendation

1. Teacher I had twice and was close with (7/10)
2. Chemistry teacher who I had twice and founded club with (9/10)
3. Person I canvassed for (has PHD) (9/10)
4. PI who helped me publish aforementioned papers (5/10)

Essays

I spent a lot of time working on my personal statement which focused on what I learned working with patients as a CNA. Also touched on canvassing and the people skills I needed to use to succeed in that environment.

Didn't really start my supps until winter break so they were probably a lot weaker.

Interviews

Rice: My first one, felt super stiff and talked mechanically. We were both from the same town so there was a little common ground

Harvard: Interviewer clearly had a series of things Harvard asked him to do and killed any attempts to engage in a more natural conversation

Dartmouth: From the same city, talked a lot about sports and how medical school was going for him

MIT: Dude was ancient (like 75+) but we still talked for a super long time, about 90 minutes

Duke: Nothing to note, he was a finance guy so we didn't really have anything in common

Stanford: Great convo about movies and what he liked about Stanford

Decisions

Acceptances:

• Stanford RD
• Georgia Tech EA (Significant Merit Aid)
• UW Madison EA
• UNL RD
• UMich EA
• Brown RD
• Dartmouth RD
• Cornell RD
• Ohio State EA
• Rice RD (Significant Merit Aid)

Waitlists:

• Princeton RD
• Johns Hopkins RD
• Northwestern RD
• Duke RD
• Vanderbilt RD
• UChicago RD
• Columbia RD

Rejections:

• Harvard RD
• Yale EA
• MIT RD
• UPenn RD

Additional Info: Committed to Stanford!