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no, i did not do it for college apps, i actually have a passion and love the instrument i play. i was just wondering, since i was second internationally for the instrument(took a lot of work), and the instrument is pretty big, would it hold any weight if im applying stem. i always thought that aos wouldnt care because im applying stem. would it be a tier 1 in my ecs list(emnlp main, usaco plat, iclr workshop, icml workshop, neurips workshop, nonprofit with 1M+ raised), or would it be towards the bottom?

no, i did not do it for college apps, i actually have a passion and love the instrument i play. i was just wondering, since i was second internationally for the instrument(took a lot of work), and the instrument is pretty big, would it hold any weight if im applying stem. i always thought that aos wouldnt care because im applying stem. would it be a tier 1 in my ecs list(emnlp main, usaco plat, iclr workshop, icml workshop, neurips workshop, nonprofit with 1M+ raised), or would it be towards the bottom?

do college take into grade deflation at school? I've seen many schools where you get on B, have a 3.99 gpa, and boom you're literally rank 40-50. my school is super deflated and there are classes where maybe 1-2 people get an a in the entire class, and they have to sell their soul to do so. would my 3.89 uw/4.67w be a red flag to colleges, if my school doesn't rank, but I know im in the top 15-20 out of a class of nearly 600? I'm aiming for t20s btw. i also have a 36 act if that helps, but idk if my gpa gets filtered out.

why does mit not release gpa info in their cds? A lot of schools do this like caltech,duke etc, but a lot of schools also do release the info(stanford,harvard,berkeley). just curious about the choice

basically the title. do they include all my cc classes, de's, and uc scout classes, or is it just raw hs gpa?

Gender: Male

Race/Ethnicity: Asian

Residence: bay area

Income Bracket: middle

Type of School: large public - avg sat: 1290

Hooks (Recruited Athlete, URM, First-Gen, Geographic, Legacy, etc.): none

Intended Major(s): prolly cs or comp bio

Academics

GPA (UW/W): 3.91/4.7 -- 3.93/4.71 with my cc classes and uc scout classes idk if they count

Rank (or percentile): school doesnt rank, but def top 3%

# of Honors/AP/IB/Dual Enrollment/etc.: aps: 15

Senior Year Course Load: ap physics c, multivar, ap gov/econ, ap lit, ap psych, ap stats, ap bio, linear algebra

Standardized Testing

List the highest scores earned and all scores that were reported.

ACT: 36

AP/IB:15 aps, all 5's, except 1 4

Extracurriculars/Activities

nominated and served as a peer reviewer for ACL 2026

research internship worked with a PhD - where i got most of my papers

another research internship with another PhD

president of an nonprofit managing 200+ youth volunteers and reaching over 10,000 students, over 1M+raised

founded a bioinformatics camp that has raised over 100K, and reached over 1k+ students

president of a nonprofit that raised over 20k for instrument makers

Awards/Honors

List all awards and honors submitted on your application.

ICLR [x] '26

ACL [x] '25

Neurips [x] '25

EMNLP '25

neurips main hopefully this year

emnlp again hopefully this year

neurips workshops hopefully

icml workshops hopefully

USACO gold

aime qual

2nd internationally for an instrument

pvsa lifetime

all the ap awards and collegeboard awards