Someone please chance me?? I’m a rising senior and will be applying to colleges next year. I’ll chance you back! I feel like my stats are pretty good, but my EC’s are definitely not the best. Still, do you think that if I apply ED, I could still have a chance? I’m aware that being Asian does not help things. Also, I’m not sure if I am an international student or not. I’ve lived in the U.S. for 12 years now, but due to parents changing jobs, we had to start over on the greencard process so I am technically a Chinese citizen but on the way to a greencard. Does anyone know how this would affect my chances are colleges?? I’ve tried looking up info online, but haven’t really found much. Will I be competing against the international students, or am I in the same pool as Americans. Big difference because I have no chance in competing with the people from China, who’ve won international math competitions/played at Carnegie Hall.
SAT: 1550 (770R/780M)
SAT II: 780 Math Level 2 (retaking in August). Planning on also taking U.S. History and Spanish Reading
UW GPA: 3.98
Weighed GPA: 4.3, will be a 4.4 by end of senior year first semester
Class Rank: Doesn’t rank but would be top 5%
ACT: 33 (Will not send)
AP (place score in parentheses): APUSH(5), Chem(4), Macro(4)[took class online], Micro(3)[took class online], Chinese(5), Calc BC(5, AB subscore 5 also), Stats(5), Physics C: Mechanics(5), Lang(5)
IB (place score in parentheses):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Environmental Science, Calc 3/Differential Equations, AP Comparative Gov (Might change to AP Spanish, not sure), AP Euro
Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): NMSF(Not a citizen yet of U.S. so don’t know how it’ll work), AP National Scholar, Honor Roll, Math Competition top 1000 in state.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.):
Extracurriculars:
Piano - 11 years, semi-finalist in state competition for three years, lessons every week.
Tennis - JV Tennis (9,10,11), 10th Grade, our team won our district championship
Theater - (9,10,11), worked backstage as part of the crew, did hair and makeup for musicals, as well as spotlights. Don’t have a leadership role but I’m planning on asking for Head of Makeup for the Fall Play.
Debate - Joined 11th grade, will do it 12th grade as well, but nothing major.
Science Olympiad - Probably won’t mention, was not very good at it, just did it for the experience
DECA - (10,11), States, didn’t make it to Nationals unfortunately
Founder and Co-president of Animal Club: Started it 11th grade. Raised money to donate to wildlife charities.
Job/Volunteering:
Nursing Home - Every week, I volunteer at a nursing home for an hour to play piano.
Chinese Society - (9, 10, 11) Every year, I help raise around $10,000+ for a Chinese Society organization, I help sell food to raise money, as well as participate in a number of volunteer events throughout the year.
Chinese School - (10), volunteered at a pre-school in China, taught them English and art
Summer Activities:
Traveled to China, Canada, East Coast.
This summer I’m taking AP classes online to try to get ahead.
Piano volunteering at nursing home.
Essay(s):
Probably will be good. My parents hired a college consultant for me, she’s worked in the admissions offices at Ivy Leagues so hopefully she knows what will make my application/essays stand out.
Teacher Recs: 10/10 - English teacher, writes great rec letters, I’m pretty sure I was one of her best students in the class
8/10 - Math teacher who taught me 9th and 10th grade, super close but haven’t had her in a year.
Counselor Recommendation: 6/10 - She knows my name but we are not very close. Will be very generic.
Intended Major: Math/Econ (Will it hurt me to apply as an econ major considering how bad my Macro/Micro scores are??)
Gender: Female
State:
Race: Asian
Income: ~75k
School Type: Public
Hooks: