Applying Early Decision to SEAS

Computer Science major

Stats:

1570 SAT (800 math, 770 EBRW)

3.7 GPA UW (school doesn't do weighted, no class rank)

5 on APUSH exam (only AP so far, school only offered two junior year)

ECs:

Co-Captain of a cybersecurity team called ShadowBrokers (T20 worldwide on HackTheBox)

Scholar and Researcher at NYU, conducted password security research

Content Engineer for HackTheBox, making hackable machines to be deployed to 2m+ members.

Competitive Debater for my school's debate team, debating on social issues on a nationwide level (won a silver medal for my performance)

Lead Writer for my school's newspaper for all three years of high school until now

Writer Intern at First Take School of Journalism, wrote about current events in US politics

Cashier at a regional supermarket, 10 hours a week (overnight shift)

Owner and sole blogger of a cybersecurity blog with 3k+ monthly visits from around the world

Honors:

Cisco Certified Network Associate (national, I guess)

GripTape $500 Scholarship (national)

#2 in IWCON CTF 2023 (international)

Gates Semi-Finalist

National Hispanic Recognition Award

Debate Team Regional Silver Medal

Update: Deferred

Update 2: rejected

I was admitted to MIT too, so take that for what you will.