ThePianist,
Harvard
B.S., Music, , Marine Biology and Oceanography, , Physics
I am a pianist from Santa Cruz who loves the water
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Finally, I had found a volunteer opportunity at the Long Marine Lab, a marine biology research facility at UC Santa Cruz! I envisioned swimming with dolphins, or perhaps studying behavioral patterns of decorator crabs. But when I discovered the nature of my work on the first day of volunteering, my excitement turned to disappointment: I’d be picking through albatross boluses, the indigestible materials they cough up before going to sea. Sure enough, after three hours...
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Halfway through my sophomore year, I switched high schools from Kirby (a private school) to PCS (a public charter school). This switch resulted in some important changes to my high-school career. First, I had to start two AP classes halfway through the year (World History and Biology) because the new school (PCS) did not offer the non-AP equivalents that I had been taking at Kirby. This did not affect my GPA or my AP scores, but it did mean I...
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GPA
4.00
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Top 10%
Test Scores
Highest SAT
1520
on 1600 scale
Highest SAT
2210
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AP / IB Classes and Scores
Details9 classes and scores
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SportsSwimming/Diving, Mountain Biking/Cycling
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ActivitiesLocal Orchestra / Symphony / Band, School Jazz / Orchestra, Athletics Organization
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