I’m currently just starting junior year so not many stats available, might be wasting your time but i’m just curious
im an average asian female, moved from China when i was 10 so i had to learn english from the beginning, but don’t know if that honestly would affect anything compared to american born asian applicants
GPA UW/W 3.85/4.15 (9-10th year)
AP scores - Calc BC 5, World History 5, Chinese 5 (self studied)
SAT: projected 1520 fingers crossed, taking this winter, hopefully 1550~ by the end of junior year?
APs this year - Lang, Chem, Physics 1, Studio Art, Multivar (post AP dual enrollment)
also going for AP spanish and school orchestra all 4 years
ECs/other stuff:
im pretty invested in visual arts and i think i can put up a very strong art supplement portfolio for apps, but don’t know if that has a lot of importance in admissions
i applied for a paid Smithsonian internship (i live in the DC suburbs) and pretty confident in getting it
teachers assistant for a private teacher in her art studio, not paid
doing summer governors school for art summer of 2019/might be looking at an internship at the NIH, but the chances of getting that internship are pretty slim rn so gov school would be best bet
honor societies: math, music, art, science, but just a member considering running for leadership in art & music honor societies.
clubs: quizbowl, art, will have leadership in both/either senior year but i guess that’s not a lot lol
awards:
district orchestra
some small art awards and scholastics, not sure how they measure up since scholastics is only regional
im in state for UVA and applying for EA, so i’m about half confident i’ll get in. im looking at one of the top 10s, probably northwestern, for ED. honestly feel like that would be a big stretch.
school is 70% white in rich suburban neighborhood so no background advantage
no financial problems/might be a slight setback too, 200k+ income so maybe they’ll reject me because they’ve seen too many people with similar backgrounds? lol
thanks for reading all this, im actually just rambling the whole time.