General
- UK White International
- Income around $120,000
- Go to selective state (grammar) school
- Would be able to not apply for financial aid if it would reduce my chances too much, but ideally, I would like about 50% aid
- Intended Economics major
- Not applying ED or EA
- Would like to know my chances for HYPSM, T10 and Duke/Vanderbilt scholarships
- Also wondering whether it would be worth retaking the SAT/ACT with the essay to apply to UC Berkeley etc.
Stats
- 1560 SAT Superscore (700/800 and 760/770, highest single sitting is 1530)
- 9 9 9 9 9 9 A* A* 8 8 at GCSE (with the 8s in English Literature and Spanish) (a 9 is like a high A* whereas 8 is just a normal/low A*). Also have an A in Additional Maths (highest possible).
- Predicted A* A* A* A* at A Level (Econ, Maths, Further Maths, Computer Science)
- 800 in Math Level 2, planning on taking Literature or something but because they don’t match up to my A Levels I’m not expecting very good scores in any more of them tbh
Extracurriculars
- Co-founder and Editor in Chief of a UK AI news website that has reached over 1.4 million readers in the last 6 months on Apple News. We have been reached out to by many high-profile executives in the industry such as the founders of ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■, ComplyAdvantage and Azimo to conduct interviews. As part of my role, I write articles and manage a team of 10+ student writers. We have been accepted as official channels on both Apple News and Google News. We may be doing a presentation at a local technology festival and university.
- Went on the Oxford UNIQ Summer program (a free week-long selective summer program for state school students. Has around 10% acceptance rate). The subject I did was Politics, Philosophy and Economics (PPE).
- Short internship at the Credit Suisse investment bank in Canary Wharf.
- Month-long internship with a United Nations thinktank, with a week-long residential in Helsinki, Finland. I co-authored a report there with the Chief Economist/Deputy Director that will be presented at an OECD gathering in November.
- Reached number 1 in international investing challenge out of 5400 teams during the first stage, but then lost at semi-finals (Student Investor Challenge). Also, am team leader for the ongoing Wharton Investment Challenge for high-schoolers.
- 200 hours volunteering with disadvantaged primary children.
- Charity-sponsored trip to Kenya where I lived in an orphanage and helped with the construction of buildings, as well as teaching students in classrooms and one-on-one.
- Model United Nations participant. Received distinguished delegate at the event I went to in April and had my resolution passed.
- Member of school charity committee and school council.
- Some (low-level) achievements in piano and tennis.
- Have plans to start a newspaper and a tennis club at my school.
Awards
- Runner up in the University of Cambridge Marshall Society Essay Competition (pretty much the main economics essay competition, John Maynard Keynes was a member of the society). My essay will be published in their Dismal Scientist magazine. It is an international competition.
- Highly commended in the Royal Economic Society Young Economist of the Year 2019 competition. There were over 1300 entries for this. I think it was UK-only.
- Highly commended in the University of Cambridge Fitzwilliam College Essay Competition. Went to a prize giving ceremony in Cambridge for this.
- Runner up in the University of Cambridge CSEP Essay Competition. The entries were marked by Ha Joon Chang, a well-known economist.
- School award in Philosophy/Religious studies. Was also given a small grant by them to pursue creating a video game.
Thanks for reading, any feedback would be great! 