TracyIdaho
TracyIdaho,
BYU-Idaho
B.A., English
Immigrant from China going to BYU
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Essays
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Scores
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Advice
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ECs
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Sports

Background

Hometown Seattle, Washington, China
GenderFemale
AdmissionRegular Decision
Class of2017
English First Language No
Other Language(s) Spoken Gan Chinese

Results, Essays, and Advice

Accepted
Waitlisted or Withdrew
Denied
  • Brigham Young University - Idaho (Rexburg, ID)
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Brigham Young University - Idaho (Rexburg, ID)

Applied for a B.A. in English

Accepted and Enrolled Legacy: No

School Specific Essays

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Personal Statement
537 Words
Chinese heritage
I come from a very strict family background. Being born into a Chinese family may seem exotic, but believe me, it is nothing but work, work, and more work. I spent most of my childhood life in China, going to the same school that my parents attended at one time. My family and I moved to Seattle Washington because my father had lost his job at a well-known factory that was put out of business. His sister had married off...
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General Admissions Advice

Post-college plans
117 Words
Currently, I am double-majoring in English and Political Science. Afterwards, I would like to attend Law School at Harvard for 3 years in order to become a criminal attorney. When I was young, my father and...
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My favorite course thus far, and why
108 Words
Believe it or not, my favorite course is astronomy - out of all the classes possible and with my dreams of becoming a lawyer, astronomy really caught my attention! I had taken...
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What I’d change about my application process
151 Words
If I were to change something about my application process, I would definitely have given more attention to my application essays. Being from a different country and not knowing English fluently, I never was able to make my essays pristine and clean because I had...
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What I like about my school’s location and culture
139 Words
Although I love the Idahoan landscape with its majestic peaks and clear blue lakes, I can't help but think that I will really never fit into this culture that many Americans call home. Often times it has to do with the...
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Whether I took out loans or applied for scholarships, and my advice
114 Words
I applied for SO many scholarships that I can honestly say I will never open up another scholarship site in my life when I finish graduate school! The good thing is #1 it's free money...
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High School Performance

GPA
4.00
(no specification of weighting)
Rank
Top 5%
 
High School TypePublic

Test Scores

Highest ACT
29
 
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