amohield
amohield,
UPenn
B.S., Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
I'm strange.
Features Included
2
Essays
12
Schools
1
Scores
0
Advice
3
ECs
0
Sports

Background

Hometown Sanad, Bahrain
GenderMale
EthnicityBlack / African American
AdmissionRegular Decision
Class of2017
English First Language Yes
Other Language(s) Spoken Arabic

Results, Essays, and Advice

Accepted
Waitlisted or Withdrew
Denied
  • University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA)
  • University of California - Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA)
  • University of Chicago (Chicago, IL)
  • Columbia University (New York, NY)
  • Harvard University (Cambridge, MA)
  • Yale University (New Haven, CT)
  • Stanford University (Stanford, CA)
  • Brown University (Providence, RI)
  • University of California - Berkeley (Berkeley, CA)
  • University of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA)
  • Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Blacksburg, VA)
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University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA)

Applied for a B.S. in Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications

Accepted and Enrolled Legacy: No

School Specific Essays

School Specific Advice

More Essays

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Allow me to be my own apologist. I haven’t done myself justice. Every day, I struggle with frustration at myself. Do you know how it feels to have “potential” pumping through your veins, pulsing through your ears, gnawing away at your heart until you nearly burst out in fury? I do. It drives me insane. A few years ago, I discovered a little internet forum. Like any teenage guy, the concept of seduction fascinated me. I pinballed between pickup...
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Additional Essay Details
17 Words
I wrote my main essay in the span of an hour, tops. It was from the heart.
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General Admissions Advice

High School Performance

GPA
3.80
(no specification of weighting)
Rank
Top 1%
 
High School TypeOther Private
Academic Performance in High School Steady
Explanation of Low Grades

Test Scores

Highest SAT
1570
on 1600 scale
Highest SAT
2330
 
SAT Score Details
 
Original SAT Score2330
SAT Prep
Other Standardized Tests

AP / IB Classes and Scores

Sports

Extracurriculars

ActivitiesDebate Club/Team, Student Council / Government, Tutoring/Mentoring
Elaborate on Extracurriculars or Work

Experience & Awards

How Spent Summers

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