<p>A. I was commenting on the Math Level II score
B. A large portion of the bottom 25% scorers are URMs and athletes or have really good connections. So it’s a really bad idea, in most cases, to think bottom 25% is okay.</p>
<p>A lot of asians play piano so it’s definitely not a point of uniqueness. Also, if you are from california, that puts you at a disadvantage because a lot of asian students apply to schools from California.</p>
<p>Thanks limabeans01, that’s all I needed. As long as I can get into UCB or UCLA, I’ll be happy.</p>
<p>Just another question: does applying EA to a school (for me, Stanford) help chances at all?</p>
<p>You may have a chance with Stanford, but as everyone on CC says, “ROCK THOSE ESSAYS!!” (: If you show who you are and what you are dedicated to in your essays, your chances may expand.</p>
<p>I’ll try! Haha. Thanks.</p>
<p>Any more answers/comments?</p>
<p>Sorry this isn’t a reply to the OP but I had a question for dblazer that maybe others might have too regarding piano.
dblazer-
My younger sister plays piano and she’s Asian but she’s won a lot of awards and has played in Carnegie Hall. Would that still be “un-unique”? I recently saw an article about how tons of people have actually played in Carnegie Hall so I’m not sure it’s actually that prestigious or anything, even if it sounds really cool.</p>
<p>For Asians in general, piano or violin are the most common choices. As a result there are many asians with awards and accomplishments playing such an instrument. While it certainly will help, by showing that an applicant has several talents, it will not really put an asian over the edge unless he or she has very high recognition. The unfortunate fact is that asains are compared with other asians and already so many have high achievement in piano or violin so it’s not as much of a point of uniqueness which would allow an asian to stick out from other asians.</p>
<p>So you’d say even playing in Carnegie Hall isn’t unique?</p>