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Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Now, we all know these chance threads are pointless and depressing. So I am not asking anyone to "chance" me. I just want suggestions on how I can improve my app. I am Asian, and I have good math/science ec's:</p>

<p>President of Math Club- AIME qualifier, AMC 12 school winner; Robotics Team Captain- 2nd place, Science Team Captain- 1st place regionals, attending SSP Ojai (prestigious summer program), theoretical math research- published in journal as co-author, attended COSMOS summer camp, 4 college math classes in high school- calc 3, linear al, diffeq, real analysis, 2 college science classes- engineering physics, biology w/lab</p>

<p>My other achievements include:
varsity cross-country and track (captain, 4 year member), member of ASB (2 years), 300 hours hospital volunteering- member of leadership board, congressional volunteer award, National Honor Society</p>

<p>My stats are good: 2290 superscore, 800 math iic, 750 world history, probably 770+ on bio-m, physics, 34 ACT, NMSF--> NMF. Rank 1 out of ~550. 4.0 UW, straight A's. </p>

<p>I am also low-income and will be applying through Questbridge. Recs- should be good. Interview- should be decent. </p>

<p>I will try to write as passionately, honestly, and creatively as I can for my essays. I will edit them many times. However, I seriously doubting myself right now. First of all, I am asian and I have good math/science stuff- how can I distinguish myself in my application, from the rest of the asians who also have very excellent math/science stuff?? While I am president of several math/science clubs/teams, these aren't really well-known, and there aren't many members. Also, my non-math/science stuff isn't really strong.
I enjoy a lot of the stuff I do, but it doesn't seem possible to me that I can be accepted to schools such as Yale, Princeton, MIT, or Stanford. (my public school only sends about 1-3 to HYPSMC a year...and most of these are either legacies, athletic recruits, or low-income URM's), especially with the fact that I am Asian, and don't really have any distinguishable achievements outside of math/science related ec's. So, is there really anything else I can do to make myself more unique and special, besides writing awesome essays in the summer?? Thanks!</p>

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<p>pretty good chance at all those colleges. sucks that you’re azn though… ;]</p>

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<p>any others?</p>

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<p>bump ?</p>

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<p>Nah, man, I’ma get rejected grrr affirmative action
any other ideas out there?</p>

<p>cliffs notes:
im asian
i got the credentials
i need a unique way to present myself to admissions officers, to distinguish myself
i need to learn how to write passionately/personally</p>

<p>thanks</p>

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<p>At the very least, I’d say you have a very good shot at MIT. They’re very merit-based, so you’re definitely on par. A pretty good chance at the rest. You have nothing super “distinguishable” so I would really play up your love math and science.</p>