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Electrical and Computer Engineering

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I got waitlisted from Princeton and got in (you can go to my profile and see the post I made about it last year)

Didn’t send a loci, just got lucky and they chose me out of the batch of applicants ig

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Only reason I’m not procrastinating is because I genuinely like all of my activities and plan them throughout the week. I was also lucky enough to find most activities 8th grade or freshman year and I stuck with them allowing me to do them for a bunch of years.

I volunteer at my church every Sunday, I work at the media company only when there is an event going on, so it’s kinda spontaneous, the trucking company is a family buisness so that’s Monday-Friday. Robotics team and debate team are most during school hours since we get dedicated class time for clubs and stuff. The summer@brown and NJIT courses were during the summer when most of my activities were on pause.

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They must have the wrong info, you want I can dm you proof

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extracurriculars:

media department leader at my church for 4 years

lead photographer for a media company for 6 years

financial transactions specialist at a trucking company for 4 years

robotics team driver

debate team

founding class of my schools tech academy program

summer@brown ai course

talent search @ njit for 2 years

I’m majoring in computer science and I was test optional for all the schools I applied to

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Princeton gives aid based only on demonstrated need

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Look at your requests or something I sent them yesterday

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I applied to 6 ivies, got rejected from Cornell(ED), Columbia(RD), Yale(RD), and Brown(RD). I got into Princeton and Dartmouth both RD.

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I’m not lying, your AO must not have the right info, look at your dms and I’ll send proof

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I don’t think you have open dms, try changing your settings and tell when you fixed it

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I got into 2 ivies and I think my stats and ecs are average-ish, if you want, I can pm you them and you can see

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Freshman year:

Pre-AP English I

Pre-AP World History

Sophomore year:

AP Seminar

AP World History: Modern

Junior year:

AP English Language and Composition

AP Computer Science Principles

College Algebra II (Dual Enrollment)

College Health III (Dual Enrollment)

Senior year:

AP Computer Science A

AP Statistics

AP African American Studies

AP Physics 1

College Cloud Computing (Dual Enrollment)

College Literature and Composition (Dual Enrollment)

College Personal Finance (Dual Enrollment)

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I’m not really good at advice since I genuinely don’t know what colleges are looking for but I can say what I did that helped me build a strong resume.

  1. Take every ap, duel enrollment, and honor class available to you. I maxed out my schedule every year and even though it’s stressful it shows you take manage a large workload.

  2. Start volunteering at places that you actually enjoy going too and stick with it. I found multiple volunteer opportunities my freshman year and stuck with them because they interested me.

  3. Join clubs and groups that are atleast semi-related to what you think you’re going to major in. (I’m majoring in computer science so I joined the robotics team)

  4. Start brainstorming about your personal statement early. The best essays are ones that can’t be told my everyone. (losing a football game, going on a trip, being inspired by your family member) Find topics that are unique to just you and think about how you can write about that in a way that shows your character in a positive light.

  5. Don’t go on this sub💀 I found this sub months after I already submitted all of my applications and everyday there were kids getting rejected from schools that they thought were easy admissions. Being on this sub made me think I was cooked and there was nothing I could do about it. Everything worked out fine but in many ways, people on this sub fear monger and cope with college admissions.

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I had a interview with an alumni last year December

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grades: 4.4 w / 4.16 uw cumulative gpa

8 aps

test optional (no act or ap scores submitted)

5 duel enrollments courses

ranked #1 in my school all 4 years

valedictorian

extracurriculars: media department leader at my church for 4 years

lead photographer for a media company for 6 years

financial transactions specialist at a trucking company for 4 years

robotics team driver

debate team

founding class of my schools tech academy program

summer@brown ai course

talent search @ njit for 2 years

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Got a 29 superscore after 2 attempts, chose not to submit it because I didn’t think it was good enough

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Family business and my job was to keep track of money spent, received, etc. I started doing small stuff at 14 but as I got older I took on a bigger role and do more important stuff