<p>In re-reading my post this AM, I did not mean to be so harsh.</p>
<p>You have done a lot in high school, more so than many people, but you are applying to a college that is considered one of the best in the country. You can be modest without being self-deprecating as that isn’t a pattern you want to establish for yourself and is out of character with the schools in which you are interested. That was the main point of my reply. It’s a given that most applicants will have volunteered in numerous community and school activities, be in the top 10% of their high school class (91% were in the class of 2009), ect … Those few that weren’t, attended schools that don’t rank or have some MAJOR hook. Being Asian at HC (unless you’re Hmong, Laotian, or something other than Chinese, Korean, Taiwanese, Vietnamese, Japanese) doesn’t help as we’re already overrepresented (2% national population and approx 15% at HC)… although I like your activism.</p>
<p>If HC really resonates with you, you should apply ED as you never know and I’m not on the committee. Good luck.</p>