SAT I (breakdown): 1490 superscore (790 M; 700 V)
ACT (breakdown):
SAT II: 790 Math II, 730 Physics
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
Weighted GPA: 4.71
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc BC(5) Lang(4) Physics 1 (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C Mech, AP Physics C E&M, AP Chem, AP Micro, AP Macro, AP Comp Sci Principles, Multivariable Calculus/Differential Equations
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Kapp Alpha Psi Award,
Army Educational Outreach Program’s Research and Engineering Program Award,
STEM invitation to meet with county superintendent (5 out of 571),
Advance Curriculum in Science Scholar
Superintendent Student Service Learning Award
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Physics Club(Founder/President), Science National Honor Society (Copresident), Math Team (VP), East African Culture Club (President), Minority Scholars(member), Member of math honor society and national honor society, debate team
Job/Work Experience: Worked at Kumon Learning Center (after school tutoring center) for 4 years
Volunteer/Community service: 360 hours from various places (coaching, tutoring, environmental, etc)
Summer Activities: Resarch at Johns Hopkins University under U.S. Army (REAP program)
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 9.5 for Common app (really personal but humorous and showed my love for tutoring students which connected to my family). Supplements 9/10 (again, pretty personal and multiple people have said it was very enticing)
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1:9/10 Calc BC teacher, struggled in his class at first, really showed improvement (current MV teacher), had to write essay to even get a rec
Teacher Rec #2: 8.5/10 Physics 1 teacher, participated alot and said I had a lot of potential (physics joke) one of his top students
Counselor Rec: 8/10, Big school, but we know each other pretty well, multiple times in his office
Additional Rec: 10/10 Internship mentor (grad student at JHU) became pretty close and said I was one of his best mentees
Interview: 8-9/10 Over the phone but was 50 minutes long and very natural and interesting conversation
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Engineering
State (if domestic applicant): Maryland
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Big Public HS (2600, 570 in grad class)
Ethnicity: African- American( parents are from Ethiopia and emigrated here)
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 100k+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM
Applied SCEA and decisions come out in two days, just wanted to see if I have a decent shot