Accepted: MIT, George Washington ($25,000/year), Carnegie Mellon, McGill ($10,000/year), Seattle University ($18,500/year), Arizona State University (all expenses)
Waitlisted: Columbia, WashU (didn’t accept either)
Not Admitted: Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering
Attending: MIT
Attend public high school with ~2,000
GPA: UW 3.94/ W 4.64
SAT: CR 780/ M 760/ W 720
Class rank: 7/467
Senior Year Classes:
Japanese 1
AP US History
AP Macroeconomics
AP Physics C
AP Lang and Comp
AP Calc BC
Architecture
Junior Year:
I spent my junior year abroad with AFS. I have always been interested in other cultures and foreign languages and decided that I wanted the full immersion experience that comes best with a high school exchange. It was an amazing opportunity, and I learned more than I think I have in school. Some people questioned why I would go because I would miss the opportunity to take college classes, or more APs, but the experience of living abroad, immersing my self in a culture, and learning an entirely new language was more valuable than any class I could have taken.
Sophomore Year:
AP German 5
AP World History
AP Chemistry
Drafting
Advanced World Lit
Advanced Pre-Calc
Jazz Band
Freshman Year:
Advanced Freshman LA
Algebra II honors
Jazz Band
PE
Advanced Biology
AP US Government
AP Human Geography
German 3/4
Extracurriculars:
My main passion is rowing. I started rowing sophomore year and have been on varsity rowing since. I also swam 2 seasons of high school, as well as in the summer and I played lacrosse freshman year. I did one year of Model UN and helped plan an international conference on world affairs at my high school. I have worked in the summers and as a teaching assistant at my synagogue during the year.
Honors:
National Merit Finalist
Academic Letter
Honor Roll
Member of Mensa
Don’t do too many extracurriculars and overstretch yourself because you think it is what colleges want to see. Do a few things that interest you and devote yourself to those.
