[Materials Science and Engineering Applicant Profiles for 2019 Admission]

Undergrad Institution (approx. rank/reputation in STEM): CUHK, #43 QS, not-too-famous for STEM

Major(s): Physics
GPA in Major: 3.57/4.00
Overall GPA: 3.57/4.00
Demographics/Background: Russian, female, international

GRE Scores:
Q: 170 (96%)
V: 165 (96%)
W: 4.5 (80%)

LOR: 3 Profs, all three research supervisors, two of them also were my teachers, the 3rd one from was from Brown university.

Research Experience: 3 summers and one semester research experience.
1 summer working on solar cells
1 summer working on magnetic sensor
half a year working on computational modeling of electronic strtucre of solids

Publications/Abstracts/Presentations:

2 presentations at student conferences in my uni.

Awards/Honors/Recognitions: 

Faculty Dean’s List (Top-10% in Faculty of Science)
College Master’s List (Best GPA in a program in a year)
C N Yang Scholarship (Research) (Selected top students from Department of Physics)
Global Learning Award
CUHK Physics Research Experience Grant
Faculty Admission Scholarship
Francis Wong Hok Bun Scholarship for Distinguished Freshman
University Admission Scholarship (full tuition) and Honours at Entrance

Fellowships/Funding:

None

Pertinent Activities or Jobs: 

Math tutor
Chinese and English translator, translated Russian research to English, worked for Springer

Other Miscellaneous Accomplishments:

Besides Russian and English, can speak Mandarin, Cantonese, French and German to some extent 
Do organic farming and blog a little
Varied skillset: materials characterization, electronics, programming, etc.

Anything else in your application that might matter (faculty connections, etc.):

Research Interests:

Energy materials, semiconductors

Institutions/Programs:

University of Toronto Materials Sceince - accepted, will attend
CUHK Physics - accepted
UBC Physics
McGill Materials Science/Physics
Brown
Purdue
UTexas
CUBoulder
UMichigan

Comments:
I just really wanted to go to Canada

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