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Background
Hometown
Georgetown, Malaysia
GenderFemale
EthnicityAsian
Class of2021
First Gen College StudentNo
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Boston University (Boston, MA)
Applied for a B.A. in English
Accepted and Enrolled Legacy: NoSchool Specific Essays
Personal Statement657 WordsCreative personal story, Embracing your heritage, Family background, Feeling out of placeMy hands twitched towards the book, a piece of my identity on the shelf. I tucked my long hair behind my ears, a deep longing surfacing, incorrigible and hard to explain. Immigrant on a shelf. All my life, I had tried to beat into submission, my otherness, my inexplicable difference and finally, with open arms, I ran towards it. Fifth generation, Punjabi, Indian, Malaysian, immigrant, citizen, girl, woman, identities in a vortex spinning around me, threatening to absorb me whole....Read more...Supplemental Essay: “Why us” school essay252 WordsLanguidly, the playwright composes her scene, her hands tugging at invisible strings that control her delightfully quirky characters, rearranging the flow of the story, the setting. The dialogue aches to be read and acted out. The playwright is me, and I long for college to come, that time where I can pull my screenplays and novellas out of the closet and discuss and read and write and write and write. And Boston University seems the best home for such a...Read more...Supplemental Essay: Other371 WordsWithout a doubt, powerlessness. There is nothing more dangerous and threatening to someone's morals than the feeling of inevitable injustice and helplessness. Why? Because we humans hate the feeling of vulnerability, so much so that we would do anything, absolutely anything, to avoid it. I witnessed the corruption of the feeling of simply having no options, on the fellow youth of my country, Malaysia. Growing up in a neighbourhood haunted by the spectre of mobsters, delinquents, poverty scrawled on crumbling...Read more...School Specific Advice
Why I ultimately chose my school34 WordsI did get accepted in Brown after I got into...Read more...How to increase chances at my school15 WordsVolunteering really looks good on...Read more...More Essays
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General Admissions Advice
Whether I used a private admissions counselor, and advice I received24 WordsI wouldn't have applied ED to as...Read more...Whether I took out loans or applied for scholarships, and my advice8 WordsI would...Read more...What I’d change about my application process11 WordsNot apply to...Read more...High School Performance
Weighted GPA4.20RankTop 25%
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AP / IB Classes and Scores
Details4 classes and scoresSports
SportsHockey
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ActivitiesAnimal Foster Care Provider / Animal Rescue Volunteer, Community or summer theater/plays
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