SAT: 1530, 22/24 Essay
ACT: 34, 9 Essay (Had a 101 degree fever on test day, retaking on September 9th)
SAT II: Math II - 800, Physics - 780
UW GPA: 95/100 (School does not rank, but definitely at least top 10% of a 75 person class in a very competitive private school)
Weighted GPA: None
AP: 10th: Lang - 4. 11th: Comp Sci A - 5, Spanish - 4 (My school allows only 1 AP Sophomore year and 3 Junior and Senior year. Only took two Junior year because I had to drop AP Calc (will not appear on transcript). I am taking four APs in Senior year, which took some bargaining with the administration, in order to compensate.)
Common Awards: AP Scholar, National Merit Commended, Yearbook Diligence Award (national), Oxford Tradition Journalism Award.
Major Awards: Nada
Extracurriculars: IMPACT (Diversity) Club President (9-12), Yearbook Editor (9-12), Admissions Student Ambassadors Program Leader (9-12), Nationally ranked in Squash (9-12), Founded and run an online magazine and news sharing site that takes submissions from students across America (11-12), Aeronautical Engineering Club President (11-12), Piano (9-12), City Youth Council (9-12), Study Abroad & Exchange Program in Spain (11)
Job/Work Experience + Summer Work: Summer internship for 2nd largest newspaper in India, youngest intern they have ever accepted, was offered a job as a freelance writer to pursue through my Senior year (11-12), Internship for progressive Congresswoman from my district. Helped organize the interns and lead efforts to craft a letter to the congresswoman asking for the internship to become a paid opportunity, as many of my fellow interns were low-income students from the local state university who were pursuing the internship at the expense of their financial wellbeing. We received what we wished for and received national media attention for our determination (11-12), Oxford Tradition program at Oxford University studying journalism (11)
Volunteer/Community Service: 100+ hours tutoring and supervising low-income children at local club, volunteered twice a week every week for the past year (11-12)
Applied for Financial Aid: Not Needed
Intended Major: Communications
State: WA
Ethnicity: South Indian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: >$100,000
Hooks: Not sure. Aunt graduated from Wharton and is a successful CEO that donates to the school, though I am sure that doesn’t mean much for me. One of my letters of recommendation is from the Editor of the newspaper I write for who is a big name and was a Harvard professor. In other words, I have pretty insignificant “hooks” xD
Kind of worried my AP Scores will be harmful to my app, considering I am applying to the CAS. Thoughts?