u/AdministrationIcy965

Asian male for MIT/Stanford

Demographics: Gender, race/ethnicity, state, type of school, and hooks (URM, first generation, legacy, athlete, etc.)

Male, Asian, Competitive Public, aggressively middle class

Intended Major(s):

math, cs, econ

ACT/SAT/SAT II:

1560 (800,760) tho planning to retake for 1580

UW/W GPA and Rank:

4.5/3.98 school doesn't rank but i'd assume top 5%

Coursework: AP/IB/Dual Enrollment classes, AP/IB scores, etc

12APs by end of senior year, also 6 DE classes (in. ODE, Calc 3, Linear Algebra, Discrete Math)

Awards:

USAMO Qual (no medal cuz im a chud tho)

College math comps t10

Purple Comet 1st Place

Economics Award

Some business awards

Extracurriculars: 

Service Business w/ 100k revenue

Math YT Channel with 30k subscribers

Club President (100k budget, 1000-person events)

Volunteer Nonprofit (300 people)

Edtech startup CMO (5k active users)

Math Team coaching (team won some awards for this!)

Essays/LORs/Other: 

LORs should be 8/10 - club advisor & math teacher loved me, but others are pretty standard

Schools: 

Stanford REA (ik im screwed)

MIT

Caltech

UCB

UCLA

UCSD

Cornell

Rest of UCs

Anyways - really concerned about lack of research/work experience - also feel like I haven't done much to stand out? Followed all the advice about applying sideways but really feel like I dont stand out in any particular aspect

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u/AdministrationIcy965 — 3 days ago
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Demographics: Gender, race/ethnicity, state, type of school, and hooks (URM, first generation, legacy, athlete, etc.)

Male, Asian, Competitive Public, aggressively middle class

Intended Major(s):

math, cs, econ

ACT/SAT/SAT II:

1560 (800,760) tho planning to retake for 1580

UW/W GPA and Rank:

4.5/3.98 school doesn't rank but i'd assume top 5%

Coursework: AP/IB/Dual Enrollment classes, AP/IB scores, etc

12APs by end of senior year, also 5 DE classes (in. ODE, Calc 3, Linear Algebra, Discrete Math)

Awards:

USAMO Qual (no medal cuz im a chud tho)

College math comps t10

Purple Comet 1st Place

Economics Award

Some minor business awards

Extracurriculars: 

Service Business w/ 100k revenue

Math YT Channel with 30k subscribers

Club President (100k budget, 1000-person events)

Volunteer Nonprofit (300 people)

Edtech startup CMO (5k active users)

Math Team coaching (team won some awards for this!)

Essays/LORs/Other: 

LORs should be 8/10 - club advisor & math teacher loved me but others are pretty standard

Schools: 

Stanford REA (ik im screwed)

MIT

Caltech

UCB

UCLA

UCSD

Cornell

Rest of UCs

Anyways - really concerned about lack of research/work experience - also feel like I haven't done much to stand out? Followed all the advice about applying sideways but here I am now

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u/AdministrationIcy965 — 16 days ago