| Hearing the step dance story, jonri, I'd say that was probably it. I do know what he wrote his essay about, and it was about that fun activity he does which is not stereotypically Asian. (By the way, did I mention that the sport he played was, indeed, tennis? We definitely saw him as a stereotypical male Asian science nerd, and thought Princeton wouldn't go for him over other applicants from our school. For example, there was also an Indian girl for whom Princeton was her first choice, who we thought was very impressive. She had a great personality and her EC's and leadership were not in stereotypically Asian pursuits.) |