Chance me for Upenn, Electrical Engineering , I applied Early Decision
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Objective:
SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 1470 800 Math 670 CR
SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 1470
SAT II (subject, score): Math 2 800 Chem 800
Unweighted/Weighted GPA: Unweighted 5.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):1/502
Senior Year Course Load: 5 A levels , Maths,Physics,Chemistry,Computer Science, Economics
12 Subjects in O levels
A level Grades : 5A
O level Grades : 12A*/A
Number of other ED applicants in your school: 0
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.):
Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.):
1.Academic Excellence Award Grade 10
- Top in Class Grade 10
3.Highest Marks in Computer Science , Global Perspectives and Chemistry Grade 9
- Highest Marks in Computer Science , Physics and Chemistry Grade 10
- 100% Merit Scholarship in A levels
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description):
1.Volunteer, Rising Sun Institute
Taught Braille to visually impaired children, used music as therapeutic therapy & assisted the administration in their daily tasks
2.Golf, Member Rawalpindi Golf Club Junior Golf Society
Regularly participate in golf tournaments and have assisted the club in arranging charity golf tournaments; won 4 medals in national tournaments
3.Founder Foreign Language Movies Club
Screened critically acclaimed International movies in local club to promote understanding of diverse cultures, helped raise $1200 for charity
4.Chemistry Teacher Assistant 2017-2018
Assisted and helped my class fellows in their chemistry classwork; Assisted in preparing and marking quizzes and homework
5.Volunteer / Lahore Zoo
Assisted with daily opening & closing activities at Lahore Zoo and raised funds to assist with renovations of the aviary & other enclosures
6.President Robotics Club
Taught members basics of Arduino&Raspberrypi,including use of servomotors,proximity&infrared sensor;helped build robotcar that moves using Python-CMDS
7.Research Intern National Radio Telecom Corporation
Assisted R&D team in designing of amplification and filter stages of software defined radio with MATLAB and Simulink development tools
8.Research Assistant ‘Software Defined Radios’
Assisted a PhD Professor at NUST in development of SCA complaint high efficiency narrowband waveforms by using MATLAB and Simulink tools
9.Intern at Safe City Project Lahore (2017)
Discovered Outdated Firmware Hikvision cams connected to SafeCity Network;Tested for XSS&SQLVunb’s &BufferOverflows;Suggested fixes to Project Head
10.Tennis, Member of School Tennis Team
Represented School in Inter School Tennis Competitions;Won runners up in inter school competition;Won first place Internal School Tennis Championship
- Also Attended Harvard Summer School 2017 for two weeks to learn the advanced use of Arduino.
Teacher Recommendation #1: 9/10 Physics Teacher , he absolutely loves me and mentioned by deep interest in electronics
Teacher Recommendation #2: 9/10 Economics Teacher , absolutely loves me , she wrote a pretty great reach
Counselor Rec:9/10 she knows me well , she wrote about my deep interest in computers and software defined radios ,and the projects I have done
Interview: the interview was amazing, we went on talking and talking , it lasted for about 1 hour 20 minutes , he told me multiple times , that he expects to hear good news from me , he was truly impressed by my ECs
Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):
Why Penn: 9/10
Wrote specifically about the Signal Analytics course I wanted to take , and the work I wanted to do at penn’s hospital
CommonApp Essay:10/10
I wrote about my sister (who has cerebral palsy) she cant walk, talk or do anything. I wrote about how my experience in taking care of her helped made me appreciate the Importance of touch, sound ,smell and how it developed my deep interest in electronics and software defined radios and hacking.
Other:
Date Submitted App:1 November
Applied for Financial Aid? Yes, Ill be paying $40,000
U.S. State/Territory or Country:Pakistan
School Type:Private
Ethnicity:Asian
Gender:Male