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Bowdoin69315,
Bowdoin
B.A., Chemistry, , Economics
Features Included
2
Essays
5
Schools
9
Scores
1
Advice
1
ECs
2
Sports

Background

Hometown Syracuse, New York
GenderMale
EthnicityHispanic, White Non-Hispanic
AdmissionRegular Decision
Class of2018
English First Language Yes
Other Language(s) Spoken German

Results, Essays, and Advice

Accepted
Waitlisted or Withdrew
Denied
  • Bowdoin College (Brunswick, ME)
  • Cornell University (Ithaca, NY)
  • Princeton University (Princeton, NJ)
  • Colgate University (Hamilton, NY)
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Bowdoin College (Brunswick, ME)

Applied for a B.A. in Chemistry

Accepted and Enrolled Legacy: No

School Specific Essays

School Specific Advice

More Essays

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Personal Statement
655 Words
Summer experience
Similarly to what stranded sailors attempt while desperately searching for help, I was stuck in a bottle and sent across vast seas to a faraway and foreign land. In fact, the only contusion between the two stories is that my bottle had wings. This bottle bound journey occurred during the summer of my eighth grade year. My parents, both holders of immigrant stories of trekking to a county with a penny in hand and a head of hope, decided it...
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Supplemental Essay Unique question posed by school
249 Words
Looking back, I feel as if I have been intellectually engaged all of my life, Calculus, Chemistry, and Model United Nations. Yet, the listed engagements are all rather solitary; one does not often discuss molecular structure with another in any intellectually engaging way. This history of solitary intellectual engagement all changed during an internship I was lucky to receive at Senator Schumer’s Syracuse office during my sophomore year. In this internship, every day I and the other interns would...
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General Admissions Advice

Most popular extracurricular activities at my college
35 Words
Try sports, I tried rowing and love it. It is worth...
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High School Performance

GPA
3.90
(no specification of weighting)
Rank
Top 5%
 
High School TypeOther Private
Academic Performance in High School Low at first but improved
Explanation of Low Grades

Test Scores

Highest SAT
1490
on 1600 scale
Highest SAT
2140
 
SAT Score Details
 
Original SAT Score2140

AP / IB Classes and Scores

Details8 classes and scores

Sports

SportsSkiing (Recruited), Rowing (Crew)

Extracurriculars

ActivitiesModel Congress / Model UN
Elaborate on Extracurriculars or Work

Experience & Awards

How Spent Summers
Volunteer Experiences
Awards Received

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