<p>i’m somewhat more of a math guy. i mean, i am in ap physics C and have taken ap chemistry and ap environmental last year as a sophomore, but i’m slightly better at math. And i also applied to NC governor’s school for math. and i have a few math trophies, but they are all regional competitions which i don’t think help much. Is there anything for math? that’s not too hard, because like i said, i was only 37 in the state (and i guessed like 2 right…)</p>
<p>and also, what are my chances in U chicago and cornell and duke?</p>
<p>Next time, please get rid of the paragraph and put it in a neater format. :)</p>
<p>You might get in. But your profile reads typical asian and nothing really stands out, so you might not get in. Perhaps more no than yes, but you still have a year to work on it.</p>
<p>so how can i not be the “stereotypical asian”?</p>
<p>Play a brass instrument. :D</p>
<p>haha true…but anything that i can do this year?</p>
<p>this freaking p**ses me off… listen here…there are many great school options that arent in the “ivy league” group.
MIT isn’t Ivy, nor is Johns Hopkins or Duke or Stanford.
Broaden your approach and look for schools that fit YOUR personality rather than trying to chase that Ivy league title.</p>
<p>you know, when i referred to ivy league, i meant the top 15-ish colleges in the nation…and i’m not chasing the ivy dream, my asian parents are!!! (but then again, it’s gonna help me in the future)</p>
<p>^ what’s wrong with the top 50-ish colleges? or even the top 100?</p>
<p>lol i’m applying to those schools currently. got into usc (finalist for presidential scholarship) 
but one thing that i regret not doing was doing “non-asian things” (i’m asian). be loud. get out more. start something new (preferably a club) and make it great. take classes outside of school that advance your future career (if you have one)</p>
<p>while a higher sat score would definitely help, most colleges will take into account the fact that you have just learned english when looking at your CR and writing scores. thus, that might not be as detrimental of a factor as some think.</p>
<p>definitely try to get into governors school; it could help your app</p>
<p>from what im seeing, i think your chances to those schools are actually pretty slim. I have a friend who was asian and did similar math related things and was rejected from many of the schools he applied. now im not saying that you are going to be unable to beat out the competition (who knows really?) but you’d have to be a lot better at math than a whole lot of people. the math angle is very difficult and thats why i chose not to pursue it in my application…</p>
<p>perhaps you might start a club or whatever else, but considering that is is february of your junior year, the window of doing “lasting and dedicated” ECs is coming to a close. for you to start something unlike what you might regularly do now will definitely seem like a college stunt. so maybe you might stick to math and do something this summer that really makes you shine…although it might be a bit too late at this point, you might consider siemens or something of the like…</p>
<p>lolz i stopped getting emails from this website…somehow
but yeah, i’m definitely going to bring out the fact that i moved here 5 years ago(6 years for college app), and for the summer, i’m going to do governor school if i get in, (any alternatives???) i mean, i’m not great at math, i’m just average for an asian(qualified for AIME, got like 4 right…A’s in math, took BC calc sophomore year…), but as for a club, i can write that i started the math club at my school, and am the captain for the academic team…
anything i can do to improve my chances?</p>
<p>Applications this year were up 17% at Penn, 32% at Columbia, and 8% at MIT. It’s tougher than ever to be admitted. At Dartmouth (+17%) the dean of admissions said "We are a couple weeks into the regular decision applicants and, as a staff, we are grappling with what it means to only be admitting one in 10, especially looking at the strength we are seeing. This is an extraordinary statement. They are having to adapt their standards for admitting applicants mid course. The same is probably true for Penn and Columbia. What this means for OP and every one else applying to the nation’s premier schools is that they are trying to hit a moving target. Looking at the stats for applicants admitted to the class of 2014 may not be a good indicator at all for students applying to the class of 2016.</p>
<p>haha that’s encouraging…lol but what can i do to be more competitive?</p>
<p>Speaking English for only five years may get you a more gentle look…but it certainly is not an excuse. I’ve been here (well…not “here”) for five years as well.</p>