<p>You can always just cut back on the AP classes and the studying. Contrary to popular belief, this will NOT make you damaged goods in the long run.</p>
<p>just found this thread. i can relate to all you asians out there who feel the asian pressure sometimes. i guess it's just a cultural thing to excel academically, especially in areas like math/science/music. i'm not stereotyping, since i happen to personally stink at math. i think it's kind of interesting that china was never really big in math/science until this century, what with the cultural revolution and all. traditionally they valued the humanities more.</p>
<p>saysua: i read the joy luck club and i could kind of relate. it's a bit dated though. the stuff's probably more in line with my mom's generation.</p>
<p>xawkshop51x: LOL, i'm not korean, but i do get the "when i was your age, i had to slop the pigs and go without shoes in the winter and wear the same clothes for a decade" litany.</p>
<p>beramod: money AND honor. artists (like myself) are probably dirt. since i won't be a millionaire any time soon.</p>
<p>I know what you u guys are talking about being an asian and being stereotyped as an overachiever. I come from southern asia, and currently my parents are financially challenged. I have applied to several universities although my extracurriculars were not extravagent. I did manage to graduate with a GPA higher than 4.65, valedictorian and 10 AP courses, with 4.5 average, calculus AB being the highest. I was accepted at a full scholarship to u miami as a neurobiology,and physics as a major. My SATs scores are the ones that bother me as a asian because I failed to get 1450+. So as a indian I feel the pressure to keep up academics too at the highest level, anyway good luck, dudes.</p>