<p>Background. Fujianese from china (i'll probably be the only person from my type of Chinese applying to HPCS).yrs in states: 7. Illterate parents. Sis in Columbia. Income ~16000</p>
<p>SAT: m 740 w600 r460. Math II. 770. Us history 550</p>
<p>Summers. 10th. Went to Cornell. Took 1 class. 3.7GPA
11th. Went to Stanford. amazing rec from the enrichment program instructor </p>
<p>GPA weighted. (2semester per year). 88. 87.| 95. 96.| 91. 96.| 99+ | junior year course load killed me at first. (most rigous course load compare to 95% of my classmates ). Cumulative: 91+ ranked 18th/120+</p>
<p>Ec. </p>
<p>President and founder of Chinese club for 3 yrs. Organized several events such as first career day and teachers vs Stu vollayball game. One of the largest club. 32+ members</p>
<p>minds matter. 3 yrs. national program. pretty famous. has relationship with every school that i am applying to. Has 2 mentors. Applied to summer schools for full coverage. Test prep ..etc </p>
<p>Leaders club. YMCA Citywide program. President for 1 year member for 3 yrs. --> pretty obvious, we do some leadership events in the community</p>
<p>Ping pont clubs. assistant coach for middle schoolers. 2 yrs. Won city championship</p>
<p>Chinese American planning council 3 yrs. Best volunteer all time. </p>
<p>community service: 300 hrs.</p>
<p>worked non-stop during freshman year, 30-40 hrs per week. had family issues as well. </p>
<p>Essay: wrote on my father, and my club. Each of them won 1 scholarship that worth $10,000 in total. So,,pretty amazing papers. =] would this help?</p>
<p>teachers recs: top 1%. =] additional rec from Stanford U., top 0.0001%
counselor rec: top 1%</p>
<p>Disadvantage. Sat 1+2 scores. the dip in junior GPA
Advantage. Essay. Rec. EC? Family backgrounds. situation. </p>
<p>I feel like, based on my application package, my SAT is likely going to be the only reason they will use against me.</p>
<p>here is my list, based on my college advisor's opinion
Harvard, Columbia, Princeton, Stanford -- of course, high reach for everyone
UChicago -- high match-low reach
WashU, Cornell -- mid match
BC, uRochester, Binghamton -- safety</p>
<p>many of u may think i am a dreamer, but I am actually not. I was only aiming for like ranked 50ish schools, but my college advisor strongly push me for those schools. so i told her that my SAT is super low for the first eight schools, and they responded with, "it is a totally different story with you. you have all those situations and that just set you apart from the rest of pool. Your essay also explains everything. I have faith in you." so yea...plz chance me. </p>
<p>Chance me. Ill chance back</p>