GPA: 3.75/4
SAT: 1230, retaking in december
11 AP Classes when I graduate
Extracurricular:
Founder and President of volunteering club
Varsity tennis team captain
Country Club Team Captain
Mobile app developer for my school district, endorsed by mayor
Continental math league
USC Pipeline program
Summer programs:
Summer@Brown
Hospital volunteering
Common app essay: 8/10. Really raw, personal, wrote about the ending of a friendship that sparked personal growth
USC Supp: 9/10. Really USC specific. Named clubs, professors and classes. Even named my dorm.
USC optional interview: 8/10. Went a pretty long time, the person in front of me never showed up so it made me look better. Towards the end of the interview, bonded over being jewish with the interviewer.
Brown supp: Super specific, name clubs and classes I want to take. Also really raw and liberal, appealed to Brown a ton.
Uc essays: 8/10. Strong voice, touch on all aspects of my personality and what I’ve done in high school.
Recommendations:
Counselor: 7/10. She loves me, explains that I could’ve had a higher GPA if I took the easy route but I challenged myself. Really shines on my outgoing personality and my ability to get involved.
AP Computer Science teacher 10/10. Speaks on my meetings with Google, the mayor, and my school district officials concerning my app.
African American Studies teacher 8/10. I haven’t seen it, but he loves me and he’s been trying to get me as his student the last 4 years so he’s going to say good things (i hope)
Schools I’m applying to: EA-Tulane, Fordham, Northeastern, Baylor
RD: UCLA, UCB, UCSD, UCR, UCI, UCSB, Brown, USC, Occidental, Barry, Case Western