random texas asian boy snags an ivy
**Demographics**
* Gender: M
* Race/Ethnicity: east asian
* Residence: TX
* Hooks (Recruited Athlete, URM, First-Gen, Geographic, Legacy, etc.): n/a
**Intended Major(s)**: Applied math and CS
**Academics**
* GPA/Rank (or percentile): 4.82, 17/~860
* \# of Honors/AP/IB/Dual Enrollment/etc.: ~12 APs
* Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics 2, C Mechanical and E&M, Gov, Macro
**Standardized Testing**
*List the highest scores earned and all scores that were reported.*
* SAT/ACT: 36 ACT
* SAT II:
* AP/IB: 5s all around
* Other (ex. IELTS, TOEFL, etc.):
**Extracurriculars/Activities:** (list here)
Published cybersecurity research into IEEE
Started a rock band
Did orchestra for four years
Scioly regional medals
Science bowl
Volunteered at church
Sold an online astronomy and public health course
**Awards/Honors:** (list here)
USACO Gold
IEEE Best Paper Award
Violin award in my city
**Essays/LORs/Interviews:** (briefly reflect/rate)
My essay was about how i saved a kid from choking on a grape and how it made me reflect on friendships. Wove that into my admiration of transcendentalism somehow, lol.
LORs were probably mid, wasn't particularly close with either. it was kinda last minute cuz the teacher i was really close with retired the year after so she couldn't write me a LOR 🥲
**Decisions (indicate ED/EA/REA/SCEA/RD)**
* *Acceptances:* (list here): Brown (Deferred -> ACCEPTED), UT Austin, TAMU
* *Waitlists:* (list here) Cornell
* *Rejections:* (list here) Caltech, CMU, Columbia, NU, Princeton, Rice, Stanford, UChicago, Vanderbilt, Yale
Additional Information: BTW, this was a few years ago, i just got bored and decided to post today 😂