If you're Asian...

shuaishuaishuai
Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:22:14 +0000

^ you also have to take into consideration how small Chinese Americans and Korean Americans’ population is and how most of them apply to elite universities.

Also remember the fact that the most (just a generalization) Chinese/Korean are shy and not very outgoing. The ECs they have are extremely similar. If they do a sport, its either cross-country or some non-contact sport. Then there are the volunteer clubs, hospital volunteering and piano. And of course there are also generic essays about how they come from a different culture.
The only thing they have it going is scores and marks, which isn’t good enough for elite schools.
And for the Asians who stand out in their communities, they DO get accepted.