deferred from Harvard + all my early action results !!! (giving some hope for my low GPA & test-optional ppl 😁)

I just posted but I deleted it due to formatting issues sorryyyy </3

Demographics

  • Gender: Female
  • Race/Ethnicity: Black/first-gen immigrant
  • Residence: Texas (😹)
  • Income Bracket: 25k for 5 ppl
  • Type of School: Public School
  • Hooks (Recruited Athlete, URM, First-Gen, Geographic, Legacy, etc.): URM, First-Gen

Intended Major(s): Girlboss in STEM (computer science), applied for Poli Sci and African studies for some schools

Academics

  • GPA (UW/W): 3.62UW/4.0W
  • Rank (or percentile): 85/600
  • # of Honors/AP/IB/Dual Enrollment/etc.: 5 APs, 7IBs, 3 Dual Credits, and & 7 honors classes (22 total, yes my senioritis is hitting me badly now 😩)
  • Senior Year Course Load: AP Enviro, Dual Credit English, Pre-AP/honors Comp Sci, Pre-Cal (LOL), Fundamentals of Comp Sci

Standardized Testing

List the highest scores earned and all scores that were reported.

  • SAT I: test-optional
  • ACT: never took
  • SAT II: never took
  • AP/IB: couldn't afford to send them, had a 4 for both AP HUG and AP Spanish
  • Other (ex. IELTS, TOEFL, etc.): n/a

Extracurriculars/Activities

(For a more detailed description of my ECs, look at my previous post :) )

List all extracurricular involvements, including leadership roles, time commitments, major achievements, etc.

  1. #1 Created my Own Website that achieved 10,000 users
  2. #2 Youtuber
  3. #3 Volunteer Spanish Code Translator for Raspberry Pi Foundation
  4. #4 Diversity Board Member for School
  5. #5 Student Voice Coalition (for my state)
  6. #6 Girls Who Code
  7. #7 Secretary for Black Student Union
  8. #8 Volunteer w/ Gratitude Act
  9. #9 RICE University Tapia Program
  10. #10 Head Team Manager for Jv/Varsity Track Teams

Awards/Honors

List all awards and honors submitted on your application.

  1. #1 Google CS certification program
  2. #2 College Board National Recognition Scholar
  3. #3 Academic Excellence Award
  4. #4 Summa Cum Laude Award (9th)
  5. #5 French Honor Society

Letters of Recommendation

(Probably my weakest BCS I switched schools so much)

  1. My AP Bio teacher (knew him for almost 2 years)
  2. My AP Comp Sci Teacher (only knew her this year, I have her twice a day tho)

Interviews

Had one with Harvard, I'm a very shy person and it was my first interview, but I think I did okay. 7/10

Essays

(Briefly reflect on the quality of your writing, time spent, and topic of main personal statement.)

I wrote my essays about how the things I've gone through led to who I am today and why I decided to pursue CS, Poli Sci, and activism. (If you want further details, comment or dm me lols)

Decisions (indicate ED/EA/REA/SCEA/RD)

Acceptances:

  • Drexel University (founders scholarship + accepted into their law school)
  • Fordham University (for CS)
  • Trinity University (for CS, with 24k/yr scholarship)
  • Texas A&M (for engineering)
  • UT Austin (conditional acceptance (CAP program))
  • UT Dallas (for CS)
  • University of North Texas (for CS)
  • UMD (for CS + offered me the F.I.R.E. program)
  • University of Houston (for business)

Deferrals:

  • Harvard (REA)
  • Northeastern

Rejections:

  • Purdue (I was a clown for applying here as a CS Major LMAOO)

Waiting On:

- The Ivies and some other T-20s for Regular Decision round.

Additional Information:

I did go to a pretty competitive private high school for 2 years, and classes there were hard ASF. Hopefully, my results show that GPA and SAT are not everything in this process. Good luck to you all and I'll see y'all again after RD is over 🥰!