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Planned Major

Business and Technology Management

Admission

Regular Decision

5 Honors & Awards

10 Extracurriculars

Academics

  • SAT:

    • Reading & Writing (750)
    • Math (770)
    • Essay (15)
  • SAT Subject Tests:

    • Math Level 2 (740)
    • Physics (700)
    • French Reading (750)
    • Literature (650)
  • AP:

    • Physics 1 (5)
    • French Language (5)
    • Spanish Language (5)
    • English Language & Composition (5)

Honors & Awards

  • Regional Mathematics Contest: 4th in state and 1st in school (9), top 25% world

    School, State/Regional, International
  • Medal of Excellence, for leadership in the community

    School, State/Regional
  • Award for leadership, service and love for the community

    School

Extracurriculars

  • #2 Cadet Corps, Commanding Officer

    Junior R.O.T.C.
    3 hr/wk

    Highest ranking position in 250+ cadets. In charge of teaching new cadets how to march, organizing officers and companies, and leading final parade.

  • Golf, Senior Team, Captain, MVP and colours

    Athletics: JV/Varsity
    6 hr/wk

    Competed at national/international level since age 7. Won 7 out of 11 league tournaments from 2017 to 2019. Awarded MVP 3 years in a row.

  • Basketball, Senior Team, captain and colours

    Athletics: JV/Varsity
    6 hr/wk

    Senior Boys Invitational All-Star. Team won ETIAC league, runner-up in RSEQ league, second place in state regionals (twice) and school Invitational.

Essay

The lessons we take from obstacles we encounter can be fundamental to later success. Recount a time when you faced a challenge, setback, or failure. How did it affect you, and what did you learn from the experience?

I was still in shock.

My golf coach now taught me from a wheelchair. My sister's bangs were gone. The old Mickey Mouse dishes had been replaced by white porcelain ones. My room was no longer light blue and yellow, instead painted a dark navy. I was no longer part of my friends' most recent anecdotes. The main cook at my taco stand was gone.

That night I lay in a bed that didn't feel like mine, holding my breath, eyes wide open. All I could think of was the feeling of my chest being pumped with air and an urge to run away. I felt cold in the place where I had always felt warm, like I was trying to fit into a puzzle I was no longer a piece of. Was I at the right address?...

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Academics

  • SAT:

    • Reading & Writing (750)
    • Math (770)
    • Essay (15)
  • SAT Subject Tests:

    • Math Level 2 (740)
    • Physics (700)
    • French Reading (750)
    • Literature (650)
  • AP:

    • Physics 1 (5)
    • French Language (5)
    • Spanish Language (5)
    • English Language & Composition (5)

Honors & Awards

  • Regional Mathematics Contest: 4th in state and 1st in school (9), top 25% world

    School, State/Regional, International
  • Medal of Excellence, for leadership in the community

    School, State/Regional
  • Award for leadership, service and love for the community

    School

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
  • Julie Z.

    Julie Z.

    New York University

  • Shihui P.

    Shihui P.

    New York University

Want to go to NYU?

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

Crimson strategists

Extracurriculars

  • #2 Cadet Corps, Commanding Officer

    Junior R.O.T.C.
    3 hr/wk

    Highest ranking position in 250+ cadets. In charge of teaching new cadets how to march, organizing officers and companies, and leading final parade.

  • Golf, Senior Team, Captain, MVP and colours

    Athletics: JV/Varsity
    6 hr/wk

    Competed at national/international level since age 7. Won 7 out of 11 league tournaments from 2017 to 2019. Awarded MVP 3 years in a row.

  • Basketball, Senior Team, captain and colours

    Athletics: JV/Varsity
    6 hr/wk

    Senior Boys Invitational All-Star. Team won ETIAC league, runner-up in RSEQ league, second place in state regionals (twice) and school Invitational.

Essay

The lessons we take from obstacles we encounter can be fundamental to later success. Recount a time when you faced a challenge, setback, or failure. How did it affect you, and what did you learn from the experience?

I was still in shock.

My golf coach now taught me from a wheelchair. My sister's bangs were gone. The old Mickey Mouse dishes had been replaced by white porcelain ones. My room was no longer light blue and yellow, instead painted a dark navy. I was no longer part of my friends' most recent anecdotes. The main cook at my taco stand was gone.

That night I lay in a bed that didn't feel like mine, holding my breath, eyes wide open. All I could think of was the feeling of my chest being pumped with air and an urge to run away. I felt cold in the place where I had always felt warm, like I was trying to fit into a puzzle I was no longer a piece of. Was I at the right address?...