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He receives offers from Harvard, Yale, Princeton, 6 Ivies and more

"Academics alone only makes up about 30% of the application"

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Jill
October 25, 2024

Today’s #howigotin.fyi features Grant Tucker, who received offers from Harvard, Yale, Princeton, UPenn, and many more! Take a look at what his application is like.

💯 Acceptance

Received 10 offers, including 6 Ivy League Schools. Here is the list:

1. Harvard

2. Yale

3. Princeton

4. Brown

5. Cornell

6. UPenn

7. Duke

8. UC Berkeley (Regents' and Chancellor's Scholar)

9. University of Virginia (Echols Scholar)

10. U of Florida

🌆Background

  • Attended two high schools: initially a top 50-ranked public high school in Jacksonville, Florida, and then transferred to Fletcher High School.

  • Comes from a two-parent, two-child household, with a military father and a younger brother.

  • Has lived in various places, including Knoxville, Tennessee, Oahu, Hawaii, and Jacksonville, Florida.

📝GPA and Rank at School

  • Unweighted GPA: 4.0

  • Weighted GPA: 4.8145

  • Ranked 100th out of 300-400 students at his first high school.

  • Ranked 5th out of approximately 400 students at Fletcher High School.

🔖 Test Scores

SAT Superscore: 1570 (780 in Reading, 790 in Math).

Took 16 AP courses and received a score of 5 on AP Macroeconomics, AP Environmental Science, and AP Calculus AB.

🏅Academic Honors

  • National Merit Scholar.

  • Navy ROTC Scholarship recipient.

  • AP Scholar with Distinction.

  • Placed top 10 in a local essay contest.

  • Keep Jacksonville Beautiful Award for environmental work.

🤖Extracurricular Activities

  1. Founded an environmental nonprofit focused on combating climate change.

  2. Led a recycling protest in Jacksonville and organized community recycling pickups.

  3. Senior class president; was class vice president as a sophomore.

  4. Assistant researcher on Urban Heat Island effects in Jacksonville.

  5. Published children's e-book.

  6. President of the Science National Honor Society and founder of his school's Science Olympiad team.

  7. Volunteer coordinator for a nonprofit supporting traumatic brain injury survivors.

  8. Musician (plays four instruments and has released two EPs on SoundCloud).

  9. Four-year varsity letterman for baseball.

  10. Host of a podcast on climate crisis, interviewing professionals.

  11. Attended Yale Young Global Scholars program.

💭Advice

Grant believes his strong academics got him into consideration for top-tier schools, but his passion for environmental science, showcased through his extracurriculars, helped him stand out. He emphasizes that extracurriculars and solid writing play a major role in admissions, as academics alone make up about 30% of the application.

The candidate persona fits the archetypes of environmentalist, book author, digital creator and musician. 

 

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