jaysonB,
Stanford
B.S., Computer Science
Entrepreneurial Stanford Engineering undergrad from NY, working in Silicon Valley
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Advice
6
ECs
1
Sports
Results, Essays, and Advice
Accepted21 schools
Stanford, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, CalTech, Cornell, UPenn, UC Berkeley, Duke, JHU, Dartmouth, UMich, Illinois, GA Tech, Cooper Union, WPI, Rose-Hulman, Olin, Northwestern, WashU, CMU
Waitlisted or Withdrew0 schools
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Denied0 schools
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Stanford University (Stanford, CA)
Applied for a B.S. in Computer Science
Accepted and Enrolled
Legacy: No
School Specific Essays
Supplemental Essay: Other
132 Words
At a young age, I abandoned my beloved Lego blocks, and began to imitate the raccoons
ravaging my Rubbermaid trash bins outside. Embodying the maxim: “one man’s trash is another man’s
treasure,” I developed a special relationship with refuse. Amid bicycle remnants, piles of soda cans,
office supplies, and microwaves, I find curiosity, ingenuity, and rational thought. Garbage is a puzzle, a
system of variables where there is never only one correct solution. I have turned soda cans...
Supplemental Essay: Other
320 Words
“KABARI”, “KABARI!” While visiting my grandparents in New Delhi every alternate summer, the
screeching siren of the scrap man doubles as my alarm clock each morning. Without avail, he is
scrounging the streets and alleyways at 5am, hoping to buy recyclable refuse from those who will heed
his call. Tumbling out of bed, I prepare to go on my daily vegetable hunt with my Nani (grandmother).
Peering out of their Tata Nano’s glossy windows, I marvel at the surrounding...
School Specific Advice
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Tree boughs, splintered along the edges. Unevenly scattered, leafy branches, still green at the tips. Strips of bark and mossy greens to form and patch up the earthy roof. A sturdy tree trunk: the structural base of the fragile shelter. A lean-to of organic debris, my forest home for one night.
You could call it a mid-teenage crisis, an escape to the Catskill Mountains to stave off the looming burdens of twelfth grade. We thought of it more as a...
General Admissions Advice
How I chose schools to apply to
22 Words
I was set on engineering, so looked...
My advice about getting recommenders
48 Words
As with all other advice, please only submit the material a college asks for...
Post-college plans
28 Words
I graduated in 2015 and accepted a position at...
Whether I used a private admissions counselor, and advice I received
35 Words
Having applied to >15 schools and having received admission from all, I...
High School Performance
Weighted GPA
4.50
Rank
Top 1%
Academic Performance in High School Steady
Test Scores
Highest ACT
35
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Highest SAT
1590
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Highest SAT
2360
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8 classes and scores
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