<p>GPA: 3.84(UW) 4.23 (W)
No Rank at my school
SAT I: 2170
CR: 640 M: 780 WR: 750 (11 on essay)
SATII: Math 2C - 800
Bio - 670
Chem - 730
US History - 720
Korean - 780
AP Scores:
Chem - 5
Bio - 4
US - 4</p>
<p>Senior Year Schedule:
AP Government
AP English Literature
AP Spanish
AP Calculus
AP Physics
Orchestra
Bowling</p>
<p>Junior Year Schedule:
AP Chemistry
AP Biology
AP US History
H Euro Lit
H Spanish 4
H Pre-Calc
Orchestra</p>
<p>EC:
conservatory quality music activities
1 year particpation in nation wide orchestra
4 year participation in state wide orchestra
Principal position at a locally famous orchestra (2nd year in a row)
Invited by professional orchestra to perform with them
Gave a speech at the opening of the regional performing arts center
Volunteered at local hospital and research/clinic center
Raised more than $3000 for clinical research
Embarked on medical mission to Guatemala for 1 week - distributed thousands of used glasses and medications
4 years of medical club at school (currently president)</p>
<p>Recs:
Great rec from science teachers
Possible Rec from local research/clinic director</p>
<p>Job experience:
Earned more than $500 teaching music to children</p>
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Though your ECs are not very diverse...
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<p>This is why you should never, ever, bother posting another chances thread - the "advice" you get is worse than worthless, it sometimes blatantly incorrect. Your ECs are VERY nicely concentrated, they show a passion for and a high level of achievement in something - music and medicine. This is infinitely better than the usual collection of BS ECs - model UN, key club, class president, this club, that club, and oh, by the way, that very important-sounding leadership training program - all of which are as hollow as hollow gets (most of the time). When an admissions officer looks at your ECs they will immediately know what you stand for, and then know what to concentrate on in the rest of your application. If instead you had a 3-page "diverse" laundry list of activities, they would not know where to start.</p>
<p>On an unrelated matter, why do people bother taking SATII's in their native language? Wouldn't you think that adcoms would be able to sniff out that you are Korean, hence the extremely high score on the SATII. This is just a waste of time and money, but then again, this is just my opinion, as ill-informed as that of the next poster.</p>
<p>From the standpoint of the only quantitative measure out there - SATs and GPAs - you are more than a match. Your academics and ECs will make you competitive at most any school in the US, a lot will depend on how you come across in those essays, whether you manage to show what all those years of music and expressed interest in medical research mean to you. You need to make sure that it is clear that this is your thing, not your parent's thing.</p>
<p>wow thank you GroovyGeek for your extensive feedback. I hoped that I would emphasize my passions for music and medical work through my ECs and I am glad that it worked. any more??</p>
<p>I know this is irrelevant to the thread but I think it's extremely unfair that Asian Americans are expected to know their ancestors' language whereas German Americans get applausal for being fluent in German.</p>
<p>Because of immigration patterns, Asians are more likely to be second generation immigrants whose parents still speak their own languge at home. German-Americans are more likely to be third or fouth generation in the US from homes where no one or maybe one elderly grandparent speaks German. So it's less likely they speak German naturally without effort.</p>