Ava R.
Admitted to Stanford
Computer Science · Public high school, New Jersey
Ava had strong grades but a scattered activity list. Her counselor helped her focus everything around one question — how software can serve her deaf younger brother. She built an ASL-learning app, won a state innovation award, and wrote a personal statement that made her admissions reader cry (the regional rep told us).
Admitted early to Stanford; also admitted to Duke and UMich CS.