Hi guys :)))))))))), this is just a curious thread to see what a typical Asian’s application would look like (e.g. extracurriculars).
Plus do you guys have any knowledge of clubs that we asians don’t typically do?
NOTE: I am in no way trying to offend anyone with this thread (I’m Asian as well LOL) i’m just extremely curious of what you guys know about this kind of stuff and what us fellow Asian’s should be presumably cautious about (?) lol
LETS DIVERSE OURSELVES MY ASIAN BRETHREN.
I’ll start first:
750+ on maths SAT’s
Violin
Piano
3.9+ GPA
Maths club
Science related club
35 on ACT
800 on Math 2 and Chem
President Science Olympiad
4 years on both tennis and golf teams and was state qualifier in both sports for the past two years and captain of both teams for past two years
96.5 UW GPA and 100.3 W GPA
Was accepted to JHU, Cornell, and multiple BS/MD programs
Attending Union College Leadership in Medicne 8-year program with a 40k scholarship. 
P.S. I’m American born but of Indian Descent
wow congrats!!! Must be exciting to go to college… still a sophomore (enjoying the ride) 
If you try to be unique you’ll probably do something “unique” but not at a particularly high level (assuming you did it only because you felt like it would be unique). Of course, typical Asian has high scores and GPA so you won’t be unique through those. Stuff like math competitions, violin, piano, science research or Olympiads, tennis or cross country are most common, and then stuff like FBLA/DECA, MUN, and other clubs are less common. In all these cases uniqueness should be measured by how well you do. Granted, you’ll probably have more competition if you play violin vs. the viola, but if you truly love playing the violin, you’ll probably do very well. Bottom line is, you don’t want to get stuck in the limbo of achievement in the ECs because that’s where the most rejection happens, and the easiest (but still hard) way to prevent that is to do one or two things very well.
I’m Asian, and I play the violin and compete in math and science competitions. I’m pretty much like 75% focused on music and 25% on math outside of school, and I use music to do volunteer and work etc. I was admitted to Stanford and Princeton this year. So moral of the story is, don’t be afraid of activities that are “typical”, but be afraid of the lack of depth of achievement in the activity that you devote yourself to.