<p>OK, I tried to send you a PM, but it isn’t showing up under sent messages, so here’s a copy. I hope you see it.</p>
<p>I LOVE your essay ideas. They show how you are unique and likely to be successful in the future. I would like to read them, but they’re due tomorrow so I don’t know how much I can help!</p>
<p>I would not submit the literature score. </p>
<p>If you put the poetry in the Additional Information section, they should read it. DON’T send it via email or anything outside of CommonApp.</p>
<p>Regarding awards and ECs:
Spell out whatever the HL acronym stands for unless you think the adcom will be familiar with it.
For the L’Oreal internship competition, maybe you could add a couple of words explaining what it actually is, unless you think the adcom will be familiar with it. I can’t tell what field it is in (is it actually about makeup? Or business?)
Spell out PAFSM, WOSpec, etc. Make sure the reader can tell what they are.</p>
<p>What you have done through your essays and EC list is very effective at making you stand out from the stereotypical Asian applicant. It’s also good that you won’t need financial aid because international decisions are NOT need-blind. It is EXTREMELY IMPORANT that you mention somewhere on the application that you are first-generation!</p>
<p>Overall, I think you are a very strong applicant. You have demonstrated initiative and passion. I have not seen anyone with your level of accomplishment rejected, except one who was probably a fraud. That being said, no one is ever guaranteed admission; you are at the mercy of the adcom’s whim. So I’ll estimate your chances at 60%.</p>
<p>Based on my calculations (assuming 900 RD applicants attend and a 70% yield rate), Stanford should accept about 5% of RD applicants. Good luck!</p>