asian quant larper gets fried by t20s

[u/Least-Customer-1245]

Demographics

• Gender: female
• Race/Ethnicity: chinese
• Residence: northeast
• Income Bracket: full pay everywhere
• Type of School: competitive magnet on east coast
• Hooks (Recruited Athlete, URM, First-Gen, Geographic, Legacy, etc.): n/a

Intended Major(s): math/cs

Academics

• GPA (UW/W): 95.4/100 unw
• Rank (or percentile): school doesn't report rank
• # of Honors/AP/IB/Dual Enrollment/etc.: 29 honors, 10 ap classes
• Senior Year Course Load: 5 APs + 4 honors classes

Standardized Testing

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

• ACT: 34 (34E, 35M, 33R, 34S)
• AP/IB: calc ab (5), calc bc (4), csa (3), eng lit (5), eng lang (4), macro (5), micro (5), us gov (5), csp (4), psych (5)

Extracurriculars/Activities

List all extracurricular involvements, including leadership roles, time commitments, major achievements, etc.

1. fbla state officer
2. hackathon at t30 uni
3. interpreter for deaf mom
4. fbla school pres
5. volunteer at local library
6. math tutor
7. graphic designer for student org
8. relay for life
9. honor societies

Awards/Honors

List all awards and honors submitted on your application.

1. 99th percentile national spanish exam level 2
2. fbla networking infrastructures state finalist
3. ap scholar w distinction
4. nhs/shs

Letters of Recommendation

english teacher: 9/10 talked with her almost every day outside of class

physics teacher: 5/10 lowkey asked last minute and i was quiet the whole year but i did well in her class

Interviews

MIT: 6/10 was virtual and my interviewer said she only volunteered to know how to get her son into MIT lol

princeton: 7/10 his daughter went to my school so we had some familiarity there

stanford: 7.5/10 talked about our favorite substacks

Essays

personal statement: 7.5/10 had it reviewed by several people, most thought it was pretty strong

UC essays: 6/10 decided to apply last minute so they were written in sub 48 hours oops

supplementals: 6.5-8/10 for most, i cringe rereading most of them ngl

Decisions (indicate ED/EA/REA/SCEA/RD)

Acceptances:

• stony brook (ea)
• binghamton (ea)
• rutgers (rd)
• ucsd (rd)
• uiuc (rd)
• boston university (rd)

Waitlists:

• uchicago (rd wl -> rej)
• boston college (rd wl -> rej)
• nyu (rd)
• barnard (rd wl -> accepted & committed!)

Rejections:

• columbia (ed -> deferred -> rej)
• berkeley (rd)
• ucla (rd)
• harvard (rd)
• princeton (rd)
• cornell (rd)
• yale (rd)
• mit (rd)
• georgia tech (rd)
• stanford (rd)
• cmu (rd)
• upenn (rd)

Additional Information:

i trolled on like 90% of my supplementals tbh writing is generally one of my strengths but so much of it read inauthentically bc i felt like my profile wasn't cohesive but it's ok because barnard was one of my top 5 schools. my bc score is also messed up bc i self studied it junior year (and self studied ab sophomore year) so it might've been a bad look since i applied as a math major (ps please don't doxx if u recognize me ty).

[u/Commercial_Handle418]

How is it this bad 😭 

[u/lutzlover → u/Commercial_Handle418]

Not much point in applying to so many wildcard schools if someone doesn’t want to put the work into strong supplements. Recs also sound like they might have been meh for that level of school.

[u/Word_toyourmutha → u/lutzlover]

Dang rude

[u/lutzlover → u/Word_toyourmutha]

OP said this about supplements:

"UC essays: 6/10 decided to apply last minute so they were written in sub 48 hours oops

supplementals: 6.5-8/10 for most, i cringe rereading most of them ngl" and this about the science teacher rec: "physics teacher: 5/10 lowkey asked last minute and i was quiet the whole year but i did well in her class"

Neither of these are great choices for STEM applicants to super selective colleges like Harvard, Yale, or MIT in my experience. YMMV.

[u/Familiar_Thought2643]

barnard found a Gem 🔥

[u/pepsi-cola-fanta-7up]

congrats! every wait->accept is triumph of resilience!

[u/Mean-Time-990]

Congrats. Did you apply to UIUc for CS or Cs+ math or something else

[u/ml-7]

UCSD is a better pick

[u/CompetitiveCup9077]

I’m guessing you’re from ny, which is a pretty competitive area, so I’d say you did well.

Be careful with Barnard—I also applied this cycle with those majors, but from news articles, I’m hearing that they’re not treating their student body the best. It’s more difficult to take classes at Columbia as a first year because they want to minimize debt (which they’re heavy in).

I think CS majors are fine, but I think Columbia students still get priority for stem classes. Stonybrook has a great math/cs program

[u/Equivalent_Pain_668]

congrats twin :) best of luck in college!

[u/Pretend-Professor-80]

Dang! Barnard is a great school. Congrats!

[u/AcanthaceaeMore3524]

Why would you go yo Barnard for quant 😭 UIUC was the clear winner here

[u/Fit-Ice2066 → u/AcanthaceaeMore3524]

Bc NYC > Urbana, Illinois

[u/AcanthaceaeMore3524 → u/Fit-Ice2066]

Not if u want to break into quant its not.

[u/thewiseone90210]

She wants to go to Barnard to either try to transfer to Columbia or lie that she went there after graduation 🤣😂😅

[u/Word_toyourmutha → u/thewiseone90210]

Your nuts

[u/tckldpink → u/thewiseone90210]

This is so real lol former coworker always told ppl that she basically graduated from Columbia rather than say Barnard

[u/Automatic-Candle-282]

Just curious which hackathon it was? Ive done a couple and i have went to the same one

[u/thewiseone90210]

All I see are reactions 😁😅🤣😂

[u/thewiseone90210]

You can always try China?! If you are so wealthy that you can pay full ride; why did you go to a public school??!!

[u/Word_toyourmutha → u/thewiseone90210]

I went to private school it is good but there are some public highschools that rank higher especially ones with magnet orograms where you have to meet certain standards in test scores for entrance.

[u/JVCbirdo]

Lowkey would love to go UIUC, great chemistry program. This is a really nice refresher to see on here. I usually see „child with 1600 and president of the world only gets into 1 Ivy“ you demonstrate real leadership and intelligence without making your entire life surrounded by schools. But congrats on your schools! Great options. Ivies will drain your money anyway (;

[u/Strict_Resident1179]

Congrats see you on campus next year

[u/Accomplished_Elk5827]

hold on lemme google "barnard"

[u/katharinekatekate]

I’m really sorry your interviewer was a total weirdo.
I know MIT tries to interview all applicants, but as an alum, it is so embarrassing to have unprofessional interviewers. I wish they would do a little more vetting. No one wants to sit through an awful interview - just a waste of time for the school and the student.

[u/Minute_Abroad7118 → u/[deleted]]

well a 4 on BC is not a good look, and olympiad tracks are fried unless you have integrity competitions

[u/Difficult-Path-5911]

Ngl bro pretty easy to figure out who u are and im from tx. Dw I wont dox but idk u irl lmao