gilded oak
Hey! I’m looking for some slightly more achievable schools as an intl student, not applying with aid.
Dual Citizen: Czech/English
Stats:
SAT: 1480 (740-740)
A Levels: Maths (A), Classical Civ (A*), Physics (A), Politics (A*), EPQ (A*)
ECs:
work on carbon offset charity, founder of Jewish society at school, rowing, summer program, MUN captain, unpaid internship, climate leaders fellowship, physics club leader and magazine writer/editor, school leadership positions, film critic with 400+ followers on blog and 28k+ on tiktok
Awards:
acted in best web series for the 2020 American black film festival, maths award top 13%, silver award physics challenge, gold independent research award, commended contribution to school life for organising MUN conference
Essay:
How the timeline of the James Webb Space Telescope helped me understand the importance of acknowledging potential failure points in life
Intended major:
Environment/ESG with Business/Econ
Already Applied:
UCB, UCSD, UCLA, UCSB, Bates, Colby, CU Boulder, NEU
Rejected:
Wharton
Accepted:
Tulane (Honours), Colorado College
Applying:
Stanford, Yale, USC, Harvard, NYU, Tufts, BU
Considering:
Northwestern, Rice
fresh spoke
burnt slate
