<p>According to the EC list on the first post, she is starting her own business. So although I agree with the fact that her test scores are too low, I question you if you say that she does not have good ECs. If anything, if I am understanding this correctly, is that she has focused herself on a single topic (business?), which is usually good for admissions.</p>
<p>The question is … will the business actually stay up and running?</p>
<p>Yes, I am actually running the business. I’m selling cosmetic product (e.g. NYX, elf) back to Asia countries every two to three months according to my customers’ demand. Since I sell them massively, I do have pretty good profit.</p>
<p>So would you consider that as a “strong” EC?</p>
<p>are you still counted as an international? because that will lessen your chances.</p>
<p>No, actually I’m US citizen because I was born here.</p>
<p>Any one???</p>
<p>The brutal truth is that your academics and test scores are not where they need to be in order for you to contend at Harvard, Penn, MIT, and every other school on your list.</p>