<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Turing Scholars
Dean’s Scholars</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2260 (780 CR, 780 M, 700 W)
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Bio M, 800 Chem, 800 Math II
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/800
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 Bio, 5 Chem, 5 Phys B, 5 Stats, 5 Eng Lang, 5 Wd Hist, 5 US Hist, 5 Psych
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus AB/BC, AP Physics C, AP Macroeconomics, AP U.S. Government, AP Comparative Government, AP English 4, AP German 5
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 9th Grade: 1st Place UIL State Biology[/li]11th Grade: 3rd Place UIL State Science (the 1st place winner that year is also 2nd in the World in mathematics - he’s a famous guy), 1st Place UIL Regionals in Physics, Chemistry + 2nd Place in Science</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): UIL Science Team (Captain), German Club (Captain of the Trivia Team)</p>[/li]
<p>On my own, I have contributed to various open-source projects. I am the developer of an IRC chatbot that lets you play a social game in the chatroom (my biggest project, with several thousand lines of code). There has been a small community with around 70 enthusiasts daily in the room. I have also created a little open-source thing that has received over 58000 downloads so far.</p>
<p>[<em>] Job/Work Experience:
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service:
[<em>] Summer Activities: Lots of coding, learning new skills, tinkering, reading
[</em>] Essays: I’m not sure. I put a significant amount of thought into them.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation:
[</em>] Counselor Rec:
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview:</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Intended Major(s): Computer Science
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Large public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income bracket (if applicable):
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</p>
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Academics, projects
[</em>] Weaknesses: Never took any CS classes at school, and I never took advantage of any computer science competitions, only science ones.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments:</p>
<p>I gained a lot of wisdom through the college application process. At first, I thought that I was going to a biology major. Later, however, I evaluated my options, and I determined that computer science would be ideal. I’m not sure about what I’m going to do in the long-run (industry or research), but I’ll figure that out eventually.</p>
<p>I originally disliked the idea of attending UT, mainly because of a religious organization which has around 100 students members at UT, an inconvenient group which I would really like to avoid contact with. Don’t get the wrong idea, they are really friendly people, but they are extremely devout, living together in apartment complexes with no televisions allowed, no relationships allowed, and having long spiritual meetings maybe three to ten times weekly, and proselytizing everywhere. As a rather secular guy, I don’t want to associate with these people anymore.</p>
<p>I thought that the solution was to simply go to a school where this organization doesn’t exist, so that if I don’t participate, nobody gets suspicious of me (since I pretty much grew up with the global religious group with which this student organization is affiliated, so I know them and they know me). However, I later realized that this option is not feasible at all, since even at places like Harvard or Princeton there are student members of this organization (6-7 at Harvard, more at Princeton). So, whatever, I’ll just explicitly sever ties if I have to.</p>
<p>Now, I see that UT is a pretty awesome place. I am thrilled to be attending this school. I can’t wait to see the new computer science building in person.</p>
<p>To future applicants who might be reading this post, don’t fret too much about getting into Turing. Even if you don’t get in, you can still sign up for the honors classes. If you do well in them, it will make it a lot easier to transfer into the program later. Or, you can choose pursue a 5-year B.S./M.S. program. Your future will be bright if you study CS at UT.</p>
