kathleen
kathleen,
Stony Brook
B.A., History
I am a recent college graduate from Stony Brook University!
Features Included
2
Essays
8
Schools
3
Scores
1
Advice
7
ECs
4
Sports

Background

Hometown New York, New York
GenderFemale
EthnicityAsian
AdmissionRegular Decision
Class of2015
English First Language No
Other Language(s) Spoken Mandarin

Results, Essays, and Advice

Accepted
Waitlisted or Withdrew
Denied
  • Stony Brook University - SUNY (Stony Brook, NY)
  • Pace University (New York, NY)
  • Boston University (Boston, MA)
  • Columbia University (New York, NY)
  • New York University (New York, NY)
  • Binghamton University - SUNY (Binghamton, NY)
  • Wellesley College (Wellesley, MA)
  • Drexel University (Philadelphia, PA)
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Stony Brook University - SUNY (Stony Brook, NY)

Applied for a B.A. in History

Accepted and Enrolled Legacy: No

School Specific Essays

School Specific Advice

More Essays

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Currently I am participating in my high school’s Key Club, which basically provides community service ideas as well as organizing these ideas into real events. Once every week, there is a meeting where everyone in Key Club discusses community service ideas and projects and sign up for many of the organized events and projects (breast cancer, etc.) walks, caring for the elderly, animals, etc.). Occasionally we do projects during meetings such as making bracelets and necklaces for the elderly...
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Supplemental Essay “Why us” school essay
64 Words
"At the moment, I am currently undecided about what field of study I would like to major in so that’s one of the main reasons why I choose it. The college has more than 2,500 courses to choose from such as “literature, language, life sciences, political science, religion, mathematics, and computing” which will probably provide me with further exposure to other possible academic interests."
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General Admissions Advice

My favorite course thus far, and why
151 Words
I would consider the photography course I took during my senior year of college to be my favorite course thus far. I've always wanted to learn how to take good photographs, which is why I picked the course. I also wanted a challenge. Initially I...
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High School Performance

GPA
3.70
(no specification of weighting)
Rank
Top 25%
 
High School TypeMagnet
Academic Performance in High School Low at first but improved
Explanation of Low Grades

Test Scores

Highest SAT
1370
on 1600 scale
Highest SAT
1930
 
SAT Score Details
 
Original SAT Score1930
Other SAT Scores
SAT Prep

AP / IB Classes and Scores

Details1 classes and scores

Sports

SportsTennis, Basketball , Soccer , Volleyball

Extracurriculars

ActivitiesKey Club, Church, Disaster relief, Film, German Club, Library Volunteer, Community Cleanup / Service

Experience & Awards

How Spent Summers
Volunteer Experiences
Awards Received

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