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Successful application to
Yale University

G.D.S.

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Planned Major

Computer Science

Admission

Single Choice Early Action

Application Year

2020

4 Honors & Awards

10 Extracurriculars

Academics

  • SAT:

    • Math (760)
    • Reading and Writing (750)

Honors & Awards

  • Gold Medal Astronomy Olympiad

    National
  • Gold Medal Physics Olympiad of Public Schools

    National
  • Silver Medal Astronomy Olympiad

    National

Extracurriculars

  • Co-founder & Head of Product, Online Student Platform

    Computer/Technology
    5 hr/wk

    Online platform to highlight students' stories; conceptualized & improving UI/UX design; managing 3 programmers; editing 9 podcasts

  • Founder, Advanced Physics Training Group

    Science/Math
    4 hr/wk

    Taught 80 students who broke record of academic Olympiad medals in school; gave 26 lectures; created 10-page documents of class summaries & exercises

  • Participant, Entrepreneurship Summer Program

    Other Club/Activity
    112 hr/wk

    Conceptualized & prototyped smartband for people w/ panic disorder; conducted market research w/ 281 ppl; devised business plan; pitched to 8 investors

Essay

Discuss an accomplishment, event, or realization that sparked a period of personal growth and a new understanding of yourself or others.

The soccer nation never fit me.

However, as a 13-year-old boy in a public middle school, I had no choice: soccer was the only option during Wednesdays' PE class. One day, someone passed me the ball, but instead of trapping it with my foot, I accidentally kicked it into my own goal. From then on, I was benched continuously.

Exhausted by the mind-numbing activity of watching a ball bounce from side to side, I pulled a book from my mother's bedroom shelf that had only served as decoration. Its cover said, Thus Spoke Zarathustra. Not surprisingly, I could barely understand it. Studying in a small place at the heart of the forest had provided little preparation for understanding Nietzsche's thoughts. Nevertheless, it kept me distracted.

Yet, I was ...

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Academics

  • SAT:

    • Math (760)
    • Reading and Writing (750)

Honors & Awards

  • Gold Medal Astronomy Olympiad

    National
  • Gold Medal Physics Olympiad of Public Schools

    National
  • Silver Medal Astronomy Olympiad

    National

Meet Some Of Our Expert Crimson Strategists

Our network of over 200 leading admission experts work tirelessly to support students getting into their dream schools.

Leadership
  • Jonas K

    Jonas K

    Yale University, UC Berkeley

  • Jed O.

    Jed O.

    Stanford University

Want to go to Yale?

Talk with one of our academic experts today and see how Crimson can help you!

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Extracurriculars

  • Co-founder & Head of Product, Online Student Platform

    Computer/Technology
    5 hr/wk

    Online platform to highlight students' stories; conceptualized & improving UI/UX design; managing 3 programmers; editing 9 podcasts

  • Founder, Advanced Physics Training Group

    Science/Math
    4 hr/wk

    Taught 80 students who broke record of academic Olympiad medals in school; gave 26 lectures; created 10-page documents of class summaries & exercises

  • Participant, Entrepreneurship Summer Program

    Other Club/Activity
    112 hr/wk

    Conceptualized & prototyped smartband for people w/ panic disorder; conducted market research w/ 281 ppl; devised business plan; pitched to 8 investors

Essay

Discuss an accomplishment, event, or realization that sparked a period of personal growth and a new understanding of yourself or others.

The soccer nation never fit me.

However, as a 13-year-old boy in a public middle school, I had no choice: soccer was the only option during Wednesdays' PE class. One day, someone passed me the ball, but instead of trapping it with my foot, I accidentally kicked it into my own goal. From then on, I was benched continuously.

Exhausted by the mind-numbing activity of watching a ball bounce from side to side, I pulled a book from my mother's bedroom shelf that had only served as decoration. Its cover said, Thus Spoke Zarathustra. Not surprisingly, I could barely understand it. Studying in a small place at the heart of the forest had provided little preparation for understanding Nietzsche's thoughts. Nevertheless, it kept me distracted.

Yet, I was ...