<p>Math Club-haven't won any competitions yet :(
National Honor Society
Play trombone:
<code>Marching Band
</code>Mentor students in band, 2 years
<code>Jazz Band-got into the top group
</code>Show Choir-got into the top group (play in the band)
Academic Decathlon-Our team won the Super Quiz round at a regional competition once
`Treasurer of "Academic Competition Club" that does AcaDeca, etc. at my school
Writers' Club-did photography for that club's publication but never wrote, lol
Spanish National Honor Society
Planning to start my own club, Robotics Club, next year. <--hopefully starting a club will make colleges pay attention
Student Government-Elected Senior Class Treasurer
Junior State of America
Volunteered at a Library</p>
<p>Judging by those, am I too much of the "stereotypical Asian student"? I'm trying to set myself apart from that stereotype, I know I don't act like one in school, but I'm hoping I can get that across to colleges, that I'm not the typical Asian college applicant w/ math, science, and piano/violin. (Although, I think I'm a little too close.)</p>
<p>Colleges won’t hate you. Anyone who shows great academic potential and accomplishment will be valued and you’ll get into a solid program somewhere with a likely hugely successful undergraduate career. Obviously though, you’re asking if your EC list stands out in terms of ultra selective college admissions, right? It’s debatable. But don’t stress about it. Do what feels right to you and enjoy your pursuits as a HS student. If my daughters (half-asian) took the “stereotypical Asian” pursuits but genuinely loved them, I’d endorse them completely.</p>
<p>Robotics club? To get any sort of serious robot-icking going you need a whole lot of dough. Has somebody agreed to finance you? Adcoms won’t be impressed unless you actually do something in that club. Such as implementing a machine-vision program and creating an autonomously-moving bot.</p>
<p>I personally set myself apart by not having any ECs.</p>
<p>Um Wilmiester, trombone won’t get you a guarantee; instruments such as bassoon are in high demand, not trombones.
However, you are talented in it, so that’s a great plus.
I’m asian too. I have to say that even though your stats are pretty “asian,” if you craft your application, essays, and get fab teacher recs, you can convince them that you’ll be a great applicant.
Also, volunteering is an important deal. Have you considered sports as well?
If you aren’t going to be good at sports, then don’t waste your time, but if there’s promise… :]</p>
<p>skywalker - Colleges will NOT hate you. Your accomplishments hail you as being a smart, involved, hardworking student. That will get you into 98% of US universities. As for the remaining 2%, I think the problem you face is a subtle one. ALL the students who apply to the elite two percent are smart, involved and hardworking students. Elite colleges are looking for something special in each student. Some of those “special” things are within a student’s control, and some aren’t.</p>
<p>In this sense, I agree with wilmiester — good trombone players are an asset to every college marching band. Good luck with your applications!</p>
<p>Typical asian: tennis/swimming, violin, math team/science olympiad, honors society, key club, and other academic pursuits, right?</p>
<p>Where you are different lies in the band (at least at my school, almost no, if any, asians are in the jazz or normal bands), starting a robotics club, volunteering, and artsy writing thing.</p>
<p>I think your real problem lies in the fact that you have so many pursuits. If I were you, I wouldn’t include that entire list. I’d include the music stuff, the math, robotics, and acadeca teams, the writing club, the volunteering, and the student government (these imply that you are focused but diverse and passionate about what you do the most- band and academic teams). Although, I’ve always meant to ask it, what are honor societies? Are they something you sign up for to put on your college app, or do you have to attend frequent meatings? And I would consider forgoing the volunteering entirely, if it isn’t something that relates back to one of your other interests (so include it if it is something like tutoring math or teaching music)</p>
<p>I also play club lacrosse at school…I played it 9th, 10th, not 11th, but will next year.
However, our school doesn’t have a Varsity lacrosse team…lacrosse is not very popular in nebraska</p>