Demographics
Gender: Male
Race/Ethnicity: Korean
Residence: Florida
Hooks (Recruited Athlete, URM, First-Gen, Geographic, Legacy, etc.): None
Intended Major(s): I applied as a different major at every school, but generally a dual major (STEM + public policy or poli sci)
Academics
GPA/Rank (or percentile): 4.0, Ranked 1st
# of Honors/AP/IB/Dual Enrollment/etc.: 12 APs
Senior Year Course Load: Moderately rigorous (3 APs)
Standardized Testing
List the highest scores earned and all scores that were reported.
SAT/ACT: 1590, one sitting
AP/IB: All 5s on all 12 exams
Extracurriculars/Activities:
Leadership team of a NPO, lobbied at congress for a bill, did a lot of local community service
Intern at another NPO, lobbied for a few statewide bills, canvassing, outreach
Research Intern at a national lab (cold emailed), pretty famous/reputable, CS/environment
Worked for a poli sci NPO, mostly volunteering
Lab assistant at a local university lab, environment related
city-wide leadership position, lots of advocacy and outreach
Running (ran 2 marathons)
8+9. School leadership positions
Awards/Honors:
Prestigious political science program
Another prestigious political science award
STEM Olympiad (top 300)
6x AIME qualifier
Essays/LORs/Interviews:
CommonApp, 10/10: everyone who read it loved it. I think it was super unique and made all the difference.
Essays 10/10: very cohesive profile, with clear passions and goals. also pretty unique i would say.
LOR 1, Humanities: 10/10, such a unique and well written LOR. i've known this teacher for all 4 years of HS and we are super close
LOR 2, STEM: 8/10, very average but still strong
Harvard Interview: 10/10, talked for 2 hours, such a nice dude
Princeton Interview: 3/10. didn't ask me any questions, such a short and awkward interview
Stanford interview 6/10, got grilled but answered everything
MIT: 8/10, the guy was pretty nice, very average but pleasant conversation
No Yale interview :(
Decisions (indicate ED/EA/REA/SCEA/RD)
Acceptances: (list here):
Stanford
Princeton (Deferred -> Accepted)
Harvard
Yale
Wharton
Brown
Columbia w/ Likely
UF
FSU
Waitlists: (list here)
MIT
Rejections:
NONE!
