HOW I GOT INTO UW CS WITH $80,000 AT 16 YEARS OLD (STATS, ECS, EARLY ADMISSION)

Hi! I’m Sarah Wilson and I’m an incoming Computer Science student at the University of Waterloo! I applied to 36 programs/schools in North America and graduated high school at age 16, also winning an $80,000 scholarship!! (the Schulich Leader scholarship). Like and subscribe to follow me along my journey :)
⏳ TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Intro and Disclaimer
00:29 Context and Demographics
00:57 Graduating a Year Early (At Age 16)
01:16 Grades/GPA
02:39 Extracurriculars
06:50 Math Contest Scores
08:23 Schulich Leader Scholarship & National Math Scholarship
09:45 Why I Chose Computer Science Over Health Science
10:05 Tips and Advice (Scholarships)
12:50 Tips and Advice (University Applications in General)
14:13 How I Also Got In With No Coding Experience
16:03 Outro
** I also took AP English Lit and got a 5 on that but scores only came out in July so it didn’t affect my admissions
🔎 SOCIALS
LinkedIn: / sarah-wilson-25a25b219
IG: @sarah.wilsxn
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#university #admissions #computerscience #scholarship #universityofwaterloo #stats #extracurricular

[@jennikakahui]

OMG SARAH!!! Congrats on all the achievements! Love the video 🤩

[@sarahwilson8366]

love you so much

[@natashajchen]

Huge congratulations Sarah - welcome to the Univeristy of Waterloo!! 😊

[@sarahwilson8366]

hehe thank you!!

[@mayhan4346]

love this quality content 😍😍 congrats!!

[@sarahwilson8366]

ahh thank you!!

[@JasonGoodison]

Well done! Big achievement 💯

[@sarahwilson8366]

ahh thank you!! took inspo from your vids for this :)

[@laurenap_]

Congrats! What an incredible achievement :)

[@sarahwilson8366]

thank you!!

[@judyvsworld]

slay. i am scared of you, you are insane!! congrats

[@sarahwilson8366]

girlll i’ve watched sm of your videos i’m your biggest fan

[@neilmitra4627]

Great video!!! And congratulations once again on the Schulich Leader Scholarship!!

[@sarahwilson8366]

congrats on your scholarship as well!!

[@aryancannowteachyou6462]

Incredible! This is so cool

[@sarahwilson8366]

thanks!!

[@jhanvipatel3989]

Amazing Job Sarah!

[@sarahwilson8366]

thanks Jhanvi!! :)

[@ariannapotato2425]

SLAY SARAH!

[@sarahwilson8366]

[@MicahHuang]

sarah is goated fr

[@sarahwilson8366]

yoooo i watched your video like a solid 5 times when applying 🙇‍♀️🙇‍♀️🙇‍♀️

[@rahulk2723]

Please make another video on how you graduated early!

[@ybc8495]

can you tell us detail how directly apply from Grade 11? thanks

[@truthdfg]

HI, very well done indeed! I know you didn't do IB but do you know anybody there got accepted with IB score and what score is it? I desperately need to get some ideas.

[@henrylol9253]

Congrats！

[@sarahwilson8366]

thanks!!

[@DanA-ux6ow]

Congrats! Very big accomplishment to be proud of! Question: how did you graduate a year early? Lol Are most of your friends older?

[@sarahwilson8366]

i'll make a video explaining this if this one blows up!

[@saranshjindal7207]

Firstly , A Big Hearty Congratulations Sarah for your offer of admission and the wonderful scholarship at UWaterloo.
Secondly , a big round of applause for the amazing video !!
Hope to meet you soon at UWaterloo !!

[@sarahwilson8366]

thanks Saransh! hope to meet you soon as well :)

[@deborahomayone4147]

Am 15 and by next year i will be sixteen and i am hoping to get in my next year semptember

[@filmwithjasmine]

very swaggy video :D

[@sarahwilson8366]

hehe thank you :)

[@cjpang]

i got a 30 on amc12, chance me please

[@happynigerian9545]

How do you get 30 on AMC? don't you get 30+ if you leave everything blank

[@henrylol9253]

Hope we can meet with each other this September，I’ m also the fist year of Uwaterloo in the mathematics department

[@sarahwilson8366]

oh nice! hope we can meet :)

[@anmolverma4977]

On the AIF can you put ecs you did before highschool?

[@sarahwilson8366]

yes if it’s something you continued a bit in high school as well! (eg. I started karate when I was 6-7 but I still do it now). they really try to recommend recent extracurriculars so that it gives a better picture of who you are today so I’d avoid writing extracurriculars that stopped before high school :)

[@anmolverma4977]

@@sarahwilson8366 thanks :) hope I can get into cs. 2 more years!

[@tiany9861]

How did u get so good at math contests apart from past contests?

[@sarahwilson8366]

I found that the CEMC Problems of the Week really helped! I would do them in class with my teacher every week :)
The CEMC also has Euclid eWorkshops you can use to self-study: www.cemc.uwaterloo.ca/contests/euclid_eWorkshop.html

[@jenil6045]

Me not focusing on the content, but trying to figure out how many framed certificates are there on the wall behind her😂.
Congrats though 🎉

[@braydenpetersen]

insane

[@sarahwilson8366]

thank you!!

[@cheeunkim3157]

You are insane. like in a good way😂

[@sarahwilson8366]

haha love you ❤️

[@felixg4785]

What a beautiful soul! Be careful, there are too many jerks in Waterloo haha

[@sarahwilson8366]

i- 😭💀

[@PatrickGaied]

You got 94 on the Euclid???? Are you kidding

[@ybc8495]

actualy euclid is not that hard everyone in china grade 12 can get 90+

[@randomasianguy2337]

🤓

[@peterwang9346]

you are smurfing XD

[@sarahwilson8366]

where's the smurf emoji when i need it 😭