Applying to Carnegie Mellon, JHU, UMichigan, University of Florida, University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill)
IVYs/first tier: uPenn, MIT, Harvard
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1530
(800 Math) (730 Reading) (Single score)
ACT (breakdown): N/A
SAT II:
780 Math II (It was not a good day lol), 780 Biology M
Unweighted GPA: 3.97
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2%
AP (place score in parenthesis):
AP Calculus BC (5, AB subscore 5), AP European History (5), AP U.S History (5), AP Lang (5), AP Psych (5), AP World History (4 lol)
IB (place score in parenthesis): YES!
Senior Year Course Load:
HL Math (Calc, etc)
HL Biology
HL English
SL Chemistry (I’m double sciencing)
SL History
SL Spanish
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA)
- 1st Place in Networking Concepts at State Leadership Conference
- 1st Place Networking Concepts at Regional Leadership Conference
Went to NLC didnt place but it was first year I did nationals
Science Competitors & Robotics
- As an active captain, helped Science Olympiad team advance from regionals to state (11th grade), didnt really win much individually (yet but wont matter for college apps lol)
- Third Place in Problem Solving in Regional Science Bowl competition
Some Mu Alpha Theta regional competitions over the years, placed individually and team
Science Competitors & Robotics
• As an active captain, helped Science Olympiad team advance from regionals to state (11th grade)
• Third Place in Problem Solving in Regional Science Bowl competition
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Varsity tennis
Director of Public Relations and State Coordinator for a Nonprofit Organization aiming to spread Comp Sci to minorities and women: Contacted schools and helped organize educational coding workshops, Hosted coding workshops a local museum guiding kids in creating games with Scratch
Organized/initiated a local Hackathon at a Children’s Museum for National Computer Science Education Week (CSEdWeek)
Leadership (Aside from my Role in the Comp Sci nonprofit above as PR Director and Coordinator):
Vice President for FBLA
Mu Alpha Theta
Secretary (2014-2015)
Vice President (2015-2016)
President (2016-2017)
Secretary of Science Competitors/Robotics
-Sci olympiad and quizbowl captains, etc
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service:
Volunteered at a Venial Laser Procedures Private Practice (basically clinical assistance like a hospital)
Helped raise over $20k as a dancer for an event for Children’s Miracle Network
Relay for Life - 3 years
The organization for Comp Sci in hosting coding workshops and hackathons
overall will be probs 100-200hours
Summer Activities:
Nationals leadership conference FBLA, again the organization and the clinical practice but nothing much besides that; proficient in python as a hobby and strongly strongly interested in machine learning/AI
Essays: Hook is about the development of my passion for cybersecurity and comp sci from when I was a child and my discovery of helping others in programming through the organization, specifically on like how as a kid I started a youtube channel making videos totalling over 150k views in removing antiviruses and computer problem solving and tech reviews for fun- just my passion for tech
Teacher Recommendation:
Math 7-8/10
History 10/10 - she’s known me for a while and I have a great relationship with her
Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: Comp Sci
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Pakistani
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 100k+