<p>Heres my opinion of the breakdown.</p>
<p>Most likely, I will sound like a downer, but I have seen so many incredible Asian students get rejected to the Ivies, some of whom have a higher statics than have you (yes, to anyone who is curious, this sentence is grammatically correct). </p>
<p>Background information: Ethnicity and Gender are automatically a minus. Asians comprise of 4% of the American population but make up 20% of college students. As such, we (because I am one as well) are vastly over-represented and held to a much higher standard than other minorities. As for our gender (Im a girl too) more girls finish high school and head to college than boys, so we are also held to a higher standard. Mind that almost all colleges want diversity. Being an Asian girl is the worst possible combination. </p>
<p>Numbers: Solid, you really dont need to retake anything, but applicants to Ivy schools will have similar stats. What should distinguish anyone from the pool are ones ECs. But again, your numbers are stellar and should be a big boost to your chances. </p>
<p>ECs: This brings back some bad memories. One of my mentors is a current college student. Like you, he was stellar at the violin. He was a concertmaster and the orchestra president to one of the best orchestras in the state. In addition, he was a first violinist in the All-Northwest orchestra, an orchestra that takes students from Alaska, Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. Also, he was a part of the University of Washington music conservatory system and the first violin in the Seattle Youth Symphony, the best youth symphony in the Northwest. IN ADDITION, he was our valedictorian, a class officer, captain of the varsity tennis team, a published journalist in state and national newspapers, and the president of the schools biggest community service organization club. However, come April 1st, he was rejected to all of the Ivies he had applied to (but he did go to one of the best liberal arts schools in the world. Yay!). When I asked my tutor (he and I had the same tutor, who is a syndicated columnist that writes about education), he told me that he was rejected because he did not distinguish himself in his pool. Consider that there are thousands of orchestras and therefore, thousands of concertmasters and thousands of orchestra presidents and many of THEM are Asians. Therefore, for the long list of reasons as listed here, your status as an accomplished violinists in your community may have little affect on your admissions prospects.</p>
<p>Okay, moving on. I promise things will be happier here :)</p>
<p>Debate: You do have some strong awards here. Ivies definitely love debaters, especially Cross-X. I dont know how Harvard/Yale view LD. Otherwise, very solid.</p>
<p>Internships: Very strong. Recommendation from politicians are always plus.</p>
<p>Science and Math: Asians. Thats all I am going to say. Did you score on the AIME?
Rowing: Perhaps the best sport for college admissions. For some reason, colleges absolutely LOVE rowing. Accentuate this, definitely. </p>
<p>Yale High Reach
Harvard High Reach
Stanford High Reach (Esp. considering the number of Asians who apply here)
UPenn (Wharton) High Reach
Columbia Low Reach
Northwestern Match/Low Reach
UC Berkeley In
University of Chicago
USC - ?
Princeton High Reach</p>
<p>Sorry if I was too down! But this took me 30 minutes to write, and it’s my very honest opinion. </p>
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