*Also posted on r/collegeresults
*I have already applied and received decisions from all of these schools
Demographics
- Gender: Male
- Race/Ethnicity: Black, Asian
- Residence: mid-Atlantic
- Income Bracket: no aid
- Type of School: competitive public - top school in the state
- Class size of 550: Unranked (top 5%)
- Hooks (Recruited Athlete, URM, First-Gen, Geographic, Legacy, etc.): URM
Possible Majors:
1.) Materials Science and Engineering
2.) Computer Science (I applied for this at some schools, not CMU, as a lot of my Materials Science work was in the area of Computational Materials Science)
3.) Mechanical Engineering
Coursework:
GPA: 4.0/4.0 and 5.023/5.00 W (max is 5.25/5.00)
Courses: 17 APs/Advanced Classes, 2 College Courses
9th: AP Bio, BC PreCalc, rest honors
10th: AP Calc BC, AP Chem, AP Comp Sci, AP Seminar, rest honors
11th: AP Stat, AP Lang, AP Envi Sci, AP Gov, AP Research, Honors Spanish, Foundations of Mathematical Proof (Community College Dual Enrollment), Exploration Studies (College Course)
12th (mid-year report grades included): AP Physics C Mechanics (97), AP Comp Sci A (95), AP Econ (98), Multi-Var Calc (97), AP Psych (99), AP Literature (95)
SAT/AP Scores:
SAT: 1560 (760 ebrw, 800 math)
AP: 5 BC Calc, 5 Comp Sci P, 5 Stats, 5 APES, 5 Research, 5 Lang, 5 Gov, 4 Bio (800 Bio SAT), 4 Seminar
Main Extracurriculars:
1.) Selective Materials Science (MatSci/MSE) Summer Programs
-most recent was at UPenn
2.) Science Fair Club co-Leader; 4 yr member
-mostly computational materials science research
3.) Selective Science/Laboratory Research Programs
-most recent was a cancer research program, specifically focused on lung cancer applications
4.) 4-year Varsity Soccer Player
-top 5 nationally ranked team, State Champs
5.) African American Student Union Grade Representative
6.) Club Soccer co-Captain
-one of the teams was nationally ranked
7.) National Honor Society Vice President
8.) Volunteer as a homework tutor
-250+ volunteer hours
9.) Leader/Founder of Club offering free SAT tutoring
10.) Junior Camp Counselor
Additional info section will include:
11.) Investment Club participant
12.) Small Soccer Cleats Bussiness eBay
13.) Play the piano (fur Elise, moonlight sonata, etc.)
14.) Organized Soccer gear drive to Africa on a family visit
Honors:
1.) National Merit Finalist (Index Score: 226)
2.) AP Scholar with Distinction, AP Capstone Diploma, African American Recognition Program
3.) 2nd place State Science Fair ($75) + $30,000 scholarship to a local school
*needed first place to qualify for ISEF
4.) Regional Science Fair: 1st award + perfect score + judge’s award ($50)
5.) 3rd place State Science Fair ($50) + $60,000 scholarship to a local school
Essays:
Probably one of the better parts of my application. I started back in July.
Interviews:
All solid, no interview from Northwestern, Columbia, or Dartmouth.
Results:
Acceptance(s):
1.) Yale RD
2.) Columbia RD: Likely Letter (C.P Davis Scholar)
3.) Cornell RD: Likely Letter
4.) Duke RD: Likely Letter
5.) UPenn RD
6.) Vanderbilt RD: Crescere Aude scholars, Mosaic
7.) Carnegie Mellon RD
8.) Northwestern RD
9.) Rice RD: Trustee Distinguished Scholarship, 100k merit
10.) Johns Hopkins RD
11.) Georiga Tech EA: OOS Gold Scholar (top 0.4% of applicants), 84k merit
12.) U Mich Ann-Arbor EA
13.) Northeastern RD: 144k merit, honors program
14.) Case Western RD: 162k merit
15.) Pitt EA: Chancellors Full-Ride Scholarship Finalist, 64k merit
16.) Penn State EA: Schreyer Honors College, 25k merit
Waitlist(s):
17.) Princeton RD
18.) Harvard RD
19.) Dartmouth RD (Declined my spot)
Rejection(s):
20.) Stanford REA: Deferred → Rejected 
I have decided to enroll at Columbia SEAS!
Thank you for reading!