Demographics: White Male, California, competitive private day school

Intended Major: Chemistry

Academics

• GPA: 3.98 UW (around top 10%, no rank)

• SAT: 1570

• Course Rigor: Max available at school

  • No APs offered; took most advanced courses

  • Senior year: Graded Multivariable Calc in Spring, P/F Differential Equations, P/F Organic Chem

AP Scores:

• Self-studied more APs than almost anyone at school (counselor will note)

• 5: APUSH, CSA, Chemistry, Micro

• 4: Lang, Calc

• Submitting all except Calc (only to Stanford/MIT/Caltech, which require it)

Awards

• National Merit Semifinalist

• UNSCO Honors (Top 200 / 10,000)

• 2–3 hackathon awards

Activities

• Founded coding club; built apps/platforms (50–100 users) (9–11)

• Independent chemistry competition prep (11–12)

• Organized school/community hackathon (~50 people) (10–12)

• Tutoring leadership + paid tutoring (10–12)

• CS research w/ publication (10)

Other Activities: Math Team, Selective Chemistry Summer Program, Newspaper Opinion Editor, Sport, Theater Tech

• Two summer college courses (CS + math)

Letters of Recommendation

• Chemistry teacher: very strong

• Humanities teacher: okay

• Counselor: very strong

Prior Decision

• Yale REA: Rejected (12/17)

  • 70% were, but it's still a negative sign I wasn't deferred

Main Concerns

• Humanities rec only okay

• Late but genuine CS → Chemistry shift

• AP Calc 4 at MIT/Stanford/Caltech

• Fall schedule lighter due to P/F courses

• I'm also not taking History senior year, cuz I'm doing 2 science + 2 math

• Nothing extraordinary about me
  

  Additional Info

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