Anonymous
Post 03/23/2025 14:43     Subject: Typical asian student chance me
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:SAT score between 1520 and 1560, a GPA above 3.975, 7–8 AP exams all scored 5, with some involvement in sports and music, some community service, and some research/paper work.


This is definitely a large suburb public school.

In any decent private school, a GPA above 3.975 would not have any problem at all with at least one or two of T20. Heck, a GPA above 3.7 and mediocre ECs would place OP reasonably well if in a decent private school.

Different story in a public school. That GPA is not good enough with grade inflation. OP is better off working on a spike, large or small. Things like leadership, unique job would help.


Many private schools do not offer AP. Yes, a 3.975 GPA at a rigorous private high school places you in T10 if not T5.


True. 3.975 is unheard of in ours. Extremely difficult to get a gpa that high.
Anonymous
Post 03/23/2025 14:05     Subject: Typical asian student chance me
Anonymous wrote:Also a lot of elite private schools kids have private admission counseling to hold their hands through whole admissions process as early as from middle school.


So do public school suburban Asian kids. In fact most of these services say being at a private HS is a disadvantage
Anonymous
Post 03/23/2025 14:03     Subject: Typical asian student chance me
Also a lot of elite private schools kids have private admission counseling to hold their hands through whole admissions process as early as from middle school.
Anonymous
Post 03/23/2025 14:01     Subject: Typical asian student chance me
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:SAT score between 1520 and 1560, a GPA above 3.975, 7–8 AP exams all scored 5, with some involvement in sports and music, some community service, and some research/paper work.


This is definitely a large suburb public school.

In any decent private school, a GPA above 3.975 would not have any problem at all with at least one or two of T20. Heck, a GPA above 3.7 and mediocre ECs would place OP reasonably well if in a decent private school.

Different story in a public school. That GPA is not good enough with grade inflation. OP is better off working on a spike, large or small. Things like leadership, unique job would help.


Many private schools do not offer AP. Yes, a 3.975 GPA at a rigorous private high school places you in T10 if not T5.


Elite privates use a lot of clever strategies to make their applicants look better than they actually are in academics and extracurriculars and on top of that their teachers and counselors are personally invested in get to their customers admitted into good schools because their jobs, incomes and bonuses depend on their outcomes.
Anonymous
Post 03/23/2025 14:01     Subject: Typical asian student chance me
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Asians (east or south) need to attend rural, elite private or struggling inner city schools to shine, attending large competitive suburban public schools is a killer. Your teachers, counselors and college admission officers, all see you as one of many and take your hard work for granted.


Even international Asians get better admission acceptances than local Asian-American kids.


Absolutely true for UC’s. International students are paying much more in tuition.

No one can answer this question OP unless you let us know how competitive your high school is. Do top students take 12-15 AP’s? How many have 4.0 GPA’s, etc. If your kid attends a school in Irvine vs a poor high school it is going to makes huge difference.
Anonymous
Post 03/23/2025 13:53     Subject: Typical asian student chance me
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:SAT score between 1520 and 1560, a GPA above 3.975, 7–8 AP exams all scored 5, with some involvement in sports and music, some community service, and some research/paper work.


This is definitely a large suburb public school.

In any decent private school, a GPA above 3.975 would not have any problem at all with at least one or two of T20. Heck, a GPA above 3.7 and mediocre ECs would place OP reasonably well if in a decent private school.

Different story in a public school. That GPA is not good enough with grade inflation. OP is better off working on a spike, large or small. Things like leadership, unique job would help.


Many private schools do not offer AP. Yes, a 3.975 GPA at a rigorous private high school places you in T10 if not T5.
Anonymous
Post 03/23/2025 13:52     Subject: Typical asian student chance me
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:SAT score between 1520 and 1560, a GPA above 3.975, 7–8 AP exams all scored 5, with some involvement in sports and music, some community service, and some research/paper work.


This is definitely a large suburb public school.

In any decent private school, a GPA above 3.975 would not have any problem at all with at least one or two of T20. Heck, a GPA above 3.7 and mediocre ECs would place OP reasonably well if in a decent private school.

Different story in a public school. That GPA is not good enough with grade inflation. OP is better off working on a spike, large or small. Things like leadership, unique job would help.


This is all true.
Anonymous
Post 03/23/2025 13:44     Subject: Typical asian student chance me
Anonymous wrote:SAT score between 1520 and 1560, a GPA above 3.975, 7–8 AP exams all scored 5, with some involvement in sports and music, some community service, and some research/paper work.


This is definitely a large suburb public school.

In any decent private school, a GPA above 3.975 would not have any problem at all with at least one or two of T20. Heck, a GPA above 3.7 and mediocre ECs would place OP reasonably well if in a decent private school.

Different story in a public school. That GPA is not good enough with grade inflation. OP is better off working on a spike, large or small. Things like leadership, unique job would help.
Anonymous
Post 03/23/2025 13:01     Subject: Typical asian student chance me
Full pay? Need aware is colorblind
Anonymous
Post 03/23/2025 12:55     Subject: Typical asian student chance me
If you are lucky ED to Vanderbilt, Rice, Duke, Northwestern, USC might work.
Anonymous
Post 03/23/2025 12:55     Subject: Typical asian student chance me
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:SAT score between 1520 and 1560, a GPA above 3.975, 7–8 AP exams all scored 5, with some involvement in sports and music, some community service, and some research/paper work.


Forget top 30 colleges and focus on lower ranking privates or state schools.


lol?
what?
yeah, no. my asian kid is at an ivy with lower stats.


That's just an anecdote as most others aren't at any ivy with higher stats.


It was the private HS that helped Im sure. Standing out in the field etc.
Anonymous
Post 03/23/2025 12:53     Subject: Typical asian student chance me
Anonymous wrote:Asians (east or south) need to attend rural, elite private or struggling inner city schools to shine, attending large competitive suburban public schools is a killer. Your teachers, counselors and college admission officers, all see you as one of many and take your hard work for granted.


Even international Asians get better admission acceptances than local Asian-American kids.
Anonymous
Post 03/23/2025 12:51     Subject: Typical asian student chance me
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:SAT score between 1520 and 1560, a GPA above 3.975, 7–8 AP exams all scored 5, with some involvement in sports and music, some community service, and some research/paper work.


Forget top 30 colleges and focus on lower ranking privates or state schools.


lol?
what?
yeah, no. my asian kid is at an ivy with lower stats.


That's just an anecdote as most others aren't at any ivy with higher stats.
Anonymous
Post 03/23/2025 12:50     Subject: Typical asian student chance me
Anonymous wrote:Asians (east or south) need to attend rural, elite private or struggling inner city schools to shine, attending large competitive suburban public schools is a killer. Your teachers, counselors and college admission officers, all see you as one of many and take your hard work for granted.


So so true.
Anonymous
Post 03/23/2025 12:49     Subject: Typical asian student chance me
Asians (east or south) need to attend rural, elite private or struggling inner city schools to shine, attending large competitive suburban public schools is a killer. Your teachers, counselors and college admission officers, all see you as one of many and take your hard work for granted.