Chance Me at Stanford, Columbia, Yale

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Background: Asian American, very low income, NY</p>

<p>Grades: 97% Unweighted GPA
SAT: Math 780 Reading 760 Writing 760
Sat2: 760 and 800
10 AP classes through sophomore and Junior Year( 7 fives, 1 three)
Rank is 5/300( somewhat competitive public school, best in region)</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Cancer related Club(founder and president)
Cancer research at SUNY Geneseo for 2 years
Science Olympiad(captain)
University Math Program</p>

<p>Journalism and creative writing passion:
taken electives throughout all years
Editor of school newspaper, yearbook and literary magazine
Poetry recognition throughout school district</p>

<p>Varsity Tennis and Track and field(sectional competition awards)</p>

<p>Student Advisory member of local volunteer group
Student representative for all high schools in district</p>

<p>Awards:
Presidents youth volunteer award Gold
Congressional Award Gold
small regional poetry awards</p>

<p>Essays should be very good
Teacher recommendations moderate to strong</p>

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<p>You have a chance, but all those schools are extremely selective and have a penchance for rejecting overachieving Asians. It all comes down to your essays and recs, which need to be extremely compelling and focused. Assuming they are merely good,</p>

<p>Stanford, Yale: Reaches
Columbia: Low reach</p>

<p>Apply to a few safeties, such as NYU, U of M, UVa, etc.</p>

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<p>What can I do to stand out from all of these overacheiving Asians?</p>