<p>Also, get out of the “What are My Chances?” forum. That’s just a feeding ground for ■■■■■■, and at best a place where unknowledgable people make rude judgments to nervous college hopefuls. I mean, suppose you have a Korean applicant, and you tell him that being Asian is going to hurt his chances at top schools. What do you expect him to do, turn Hispanic? How is that supposed to help him at all? All you’re going to do is instill or reinforce a negative and possibly untrue assumption.</p>
<p>There are only a handful of helpful people there, and the best thing to do here is actually visit the individual forums of the colleges you are hoping to attend.</p>