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9

Colleges

1

Q&A

4

AP/IBs

27

Essays

5

Awards

9

Activities

Melwin Cheng

Stanford University '27Verified acceptance to Stanford University

BioE @ Stanford

My approach to college applications was to focus on REA, which I got in for Stanford, and just spending the remaining time on applying to as many other top colleges as I can. I ended up being admitted into Columbia and waitlisted for Yale, Cornell, UC Berkeley, and UCLA.

Acceptances

Stanford UniversityVerified acceptance to Stanford University
Columbia University

Waitlists

Yale University
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Los Angeles

Rejections

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Harvard University
Johns Hopkins University

Melwin Cheng

Stanford University '27Verified acceptance to Stanford University

BioE @ Stanford

9

Colleges

1

Q&A

4

AP/IBs

27

Essays

5

Awards

9

Activities

Acceptances

Stanford UniversityVerified acceptance to Stanford University
Columbia University

Waitlists

Yale University
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Los Angeles

Rejections

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Harvard University
Johns Hopkins University

Background

Race

Asian

Gender

Male

School Type

Public

Legacy

No

Low income

Yes

First generation

Yes

International

Yes

Recruited Athlete

No

Academics

GPA (W)

4

GPA (UW)

4

GPA Scale

4

SAT

1560

# AP/IB Exams

4

27 Essays

1
essay

Personal Statement

8
essays

College logoStanford University

18
essays

College logoColumbia University

4 AP / IB Scores

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5 Awards

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9 Activities

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Additional Info

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1 Q&A

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What questions were you asked during your interviews?

What is your greatest accomplishment? What was the competition like? What was the level of it? Was it a team effort? How does your research work? What’s the principles? If we were to commercialize it

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1 Scholarship

Khazanah Global Scholarship