2021-06-16 07:30:25
International student from who got a full scholarship at NYU Abu Dhabi
r/ApplyingToCollege
Standardized Tests
SAT Reasoning: 1540 - 740 RW, 800 M
Subjects: Chemistry - 790, Physics - 790, Math II - 770, Biology Molecular - 740
NIS Certificate: Biology - A*, Geography - A, Chemistry - B, KMW - B, Russian - D, Math - E (yes, I failed it)
UNT: 124/140
Extracurriculars Activities 1) Founder of NIS.hub - Youth Community
14400 subscribers, +35000 views by month, +1600 posts, and +80 articles (18 articles written by me).
2) Member of NIS Robotics Club
Designed and coded robots that help the environment, some of which were featured at the International exhibition EXPO 2017 and World Robot Olympiads.
3) Developer of Robotic Mushroom Farm
Robotic system that grows edible mushrooms and makes fungal compost.
Winner of I-SEED Contest and a $3000 research grant from Chevron Corp. (oil company)
4) Founder of MAX.SAT - the SAT tutoring office
Opened an office in Nur-Sultan city and currently teaching 11 students.
Trained 41 people, and 27 of them scored +1320.
(outdated, currently 79 students)
5) Carnegie Mellon Robotics Academy courses
Studied robotics by developing Python and EV3 programming skills and mastering Arduino circuits.
6) Light Microscopy courses
Selected participant at Nazarbayev University. Currently, learn how to stain specimens and use the highest-resolution light microscopes.
7) Patient Care Assistant at Atyrau Regional Hospital
Helped nurses with cleaning rooms, delivering food and supplies, and taking patients' temperatures and blood pressures
Awards/Honors
1) Winner of I-SEED Project by The British Council and Chevron — International
2) The letter of appreciation from the vice-chairman of the ruling party of Kazakhstan — National
3) National round of World Robot Olympiad 2017 - Bronze medal, #3/68 — National
4) Eco Forum Sarayshiq Upgrade 2017 - Nomination "The Best Ecological Project — Regional
5) XI Republican Art Contest 2016 - 2nd place — Nationa
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Letters of Recommendation — "divide and conquer" method
1) School counselor: described me as an energetic and outgoing person through my non-academic ECs
2) Robotics teacher: focused specifically on academics through my projects and attitude to education
Interviews
I was invited to the Candidate Weekend in Abu Dhabi — two additional essays of 500-750 words and small talks with senior students.
Essays
My CA essay was incredibly complex and fucking amazing. I wrote about cultural awareness and prejudice through a narrative of how much I love my girlfriend — that regardless of different ethnicity and culture, we share the same values, the same passions, and the same language of love.
About the Why NYU Essay — I was 100% sure that NYU will provide me all I need, so I focused on the aspect of what I can provide to NYU.
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