Thanks y’all-
As for my interests, I really hope to take advantage of the STEM education that MIT and CalTech can provide. I feel like I could contribute to their campus, and obviously, no one has the absolute answer but I’ve heard about people getting accepted for majors/areas of study for which they have no experience or demonstrated interest in, but the reason they get accepted is because of their potential and how the education at that school would benefit them immensely. I know I have a lot of music EC’s, but that’s likely because I’ve been playing music for a really long time and STEM is a relatively recent development (still exploring, at first thought I liked biological sciences and wanted to do pre-med but now I’m more into cognitive science/materials science) that I would love to explore more in college. And I’m actually still actively exploring the STEM field. At first, I liked the biological sciences and wanted to do pre-med. After a while, I realized I would like to focus more on cognitive science/materials science (not pre-med).
I did look into the schools I’m applying to, and love their campuses, major/classes systems, cultures, etc. and am definitely looking into Brown but for RD (not ED- don’t want to commit that early).
And by reasonable, I didn’t mean likely to get accepted, of course–I know I’m a regular applicant–I meant more like would admissions officers maybe consider me when they look at my application, but I know my acceptance chances will be below 10% at best no matter what.
Yes lol I am indeed a violin-playing Asian in STEM, but those just happen to be things I’m interested in, along with a budding interest in poli sci–I’m applying to extreme reach schools because they are what I want to use my early cards on. But any other school suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you for the feedback!