Ok so your stats look great but I have some essay advice
- Do NOT call your dad crazy. You have every right in the world to be upset with him because he was abusive whether or not he had a mental illness and could not control it (it seems like he didn’t try to get better, and even if he did, you have a right to be upset by whatever he did). I am not about to invalidate you there and go on some spiel about how you need to forgive him because you do not. However, calling him “crazy” in the application sounds insensitive and dehumanizing. You can indicate the distress it caused you and what a terrible person he is without dehumanizing him (there are several people who abuse drugs and do not have a mental disorder, and several people who do not have a mental disorder but are abusive. If he does not really have a mental disorder and you’re calling him “crazy” then at this point you’re just throwing around words).
- I kind of get what you're trying to say with the "not your typical Asian" thing, but you might want to say it differently. Perhaps you mean to say that when you think of "Asian" you are less likely to think of someone who is low income because of the model minority archetype. However, even that is wrong sometimes due to a variety of factors. And if this is not what you mean, I have to wonder what you mean. Like, I have a friend who is Chinese American and graduated from our state's math and science academy. She struggles with depression and anxiety and people who do not know this will think she's a jerk, a slacker, (or "crazy".......and it's not like she comes off this way. It's just something people think upon hearing the names of mental illnesses). She hasn't been through what you have to my knowledge, but the biological factors did not play out in her favor, and several other factors occurred.
I also know someone who is Chinese, was raised in a competitive society, and was thought of as less intelligent because he had a stutter. He is not less intelligent and he made it into med school in America, which took more effort than most people. Not to mention my boyfriend (who is Asian under some definitions) who was on welfare early on in his life and another acquaintance of mine who is Filipina American, struggles with bipolar disorder. and said she didn’t understand me until she was emotionally abused for a bit over a year.
And if I got to know anyone well enough, very few people fit that archetype because, like most standards of perfection (and you probably know a similar concept due to your body positivity club), it is a very narrow box that very few people actually fit into because there are so many ways to deviate. So if I did not get your reasoning at the beginning of my #2 advice, what exactly is “the typical Asian”?
Good luck on your apps and it looks like you’re doing a lot of cool things that I hope you continue regardless of what college you get into!