HZ
Helaine Zhao
STATS & ECS THAT GOT ME INTO HARVARD, MIT, STANFORD, YALE + MORE!! *sat, gpa, aps, awards, ecs
- Major
- Economics / Business
Accepted 4
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Harvard -
MIT -
Stanford -
Yale
Stats
- GPA
- 4.0 UW / 4.6 W; valedictorian (1/31)
- SAT · ACT
- SAT 1580
- AP courses
- 9 (all fives; 3 self-studied)
Awards 5
- Davidson Fellows Scholarship (only music-category winner 2023)
- US National Chemistry Olympiad — national finalist
- Scholastic Writing — silver key + 2 honorable mentions
- ACS first-year chemistry exam — top score
- AP Scholar with Distinction
Quest log 10
- Piano (13+ yrs) — international competitions & concerts
- Self-published author — 5 novels, 1M+ words, 9M+ views, $10k+
- Founder, 'Between You and I' 501c3 (300+ volunteers)
- International business & development internship (Nigeria, 4 yrs)
- Co-founded investment club
- ASB president
- Piano teacher
- Writer/reporter — LA Times HS Insider (9 articles)
- Owner, 'Helaine's Bakery' cookie business
- Discovery Cube Science Center volunteer
Note
transferred schools junior year; music + writing spike