| So... do I stand a chance? Tips please!!
SAT: 2150 (CR: 650 I will get it up by at least 50pts; Math: 770; Writing: 730)
SAT Math 2C: 760
SAT Chem: 740
SAT Chinese: 800
SAT Bio: 670
GPA: 97% (I don't know it on the 0-4 scale) science avg is 99%
Rank: top 5%; around 10/252
School: top 50 of entire nation
AP US: 5
AP World: 5
Senior classes: ap psyc, ap calc, ap gov, college english, college japanese, research, and advanced science elective (2 more classes than 95% of the school)
EC: science olympiad (on team for 3 years; won many medals each year)
school newspaper staff for 2 yrs
spanish club 1yr
math team for 2 years
anime club 1yr
community service club 2yrs
art club 1yr
chinese club: started this myself; hence I'm president
volunteer at nursing home for 3 yrs and chinese school for 3: over 500hrs
Art class since I was 7 (I'm going to stress this as my greatest passion); I'm going to send in copies of paintings as supplementary materials
Dance class from age 6-14
Swimming: Can swim all 6 styles and dive
Music: Still learning harp
Chinese school since I was 3 (now able to speak read and write like a Chinese college graduate)
Involved in a medical program over the summer
Have been doing science research (outside of school) for over a year
National essay competition winner
State art contest winner
State essay contest semi-finalist
City Chinese contest semi-finalist
Won scholarship to China over 3 times
2 community service honor societies
math honor society
science honor society
Traveled to over 30 providences in China, Canada, east and west coast of US, and Japan
Prob will have decent recs: 1 from science teacher, 2 from english teachers, and 1 from a research mentor
Assuming good essay
Other than improving my verbal score, what else should I do?? | 
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