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I am an Asian-American male. I go to a public school in Massachusetts. I applied to 15 colleges as an English and Music Performance major on the Pre-Med Track.Basic InformationGPA: 3.84/5 W; 3.58/4 UWACT: 33 Super Score (34 R, 34 E, 32 S, 32 M), 10/12 on writingAP Scores: World History (3), U.S. History (3), Computer Science Principles (3), Psychology (3), Music Theory (3)Senior Year Courses: AP Biology, AP Statistics, DNA and Biotechnology, Introduction to Calculus, Creative Writing, Wind EnsembleExtracurricular ActivitiesHigh School Varsity Swim Team Captain (9-12)Bassoon Performance: BYSO, Rivers YSO, Wind Ensemble (9–12)Oboe Performance: NEC YSO, Rivers Chamber, Symphony Orchestra (9–12)Alzheimer’s Awareness Club Founder (11–12)Health Advisory Council Student Representative (11–12)Student Council and Student Ambassador (9–10)AwardsHonor Roll and AP ScholarNational Honors SocietyTri-M Music Honors SocietySwimming Varsity LetterOutstanding Merit and Service AwardOutstanding Musical Achievement AwardCommon ApplicationI wrote about the Most Magical Place on Earth and how the idealistic Disney depiction shaped me as an individual. Instead of hiding away in a zone of comfort or being an escapist, I find creative ways to weave reality and my dreams together.Letters of RecommendationCounselor 10/10English Teacher 10/10Chemistry Teacher 10/10Swimming Coach 10/10Assistant Swimming Coach 10/10Oboe Private Teacher 10/10Bassoon Private Teacher 10/10Early Decision IRice University - Rejected. Oh well, life goes on…Early ActionUniversity of Massachusetts, Amherst - Accepted. In-State Safety.Baylor University - Accepted to Honors College with President’s Gold Scholarship and Invitation to Excellence Scholarship. Beautiful campus! Bright community! I got personalized Christmas and Birthday cards from my admissions counselor and the faculty from the Medical Humanities Program…Southern Methodist University - Accepted as a Distinguished Scholar and named 1 of 20 Meadows Scholar. I made a personal connection with my admissions counselor and bassoon professor. Dallas is awesome…Colorado College - Accepted with CC Grants and swim recruit. I had a fantastic interview with an alumni and my admissions counselor. I loved the swim coach and swim team. My tour guides were the quirkiest! Beautiful location and unconventional learning style suited me…University of Colorado, Boulder - Accepted to Honors Program with Chancellor’s Achievement Scholarship and Arts and Humanities Achievement Scholarship. Oboe and Bassoon professors had individualized conversations with me. Probably the best campus I visited! Definitely visiting again…Westmont College - Accepted with President’s Scholarship, Augustinian Scholarship and 1 of 6 Guild Finalists. I loved Westmont College so much. Santa Barbara is amazing! I loved my admissions counselor and music director. I would have attended this institution…Santa Clara University - Accepted. I would have had a great time here. The campus is gorgeous! My tour guide really enticed me. I also would have loved it here…Chapman University - Accepted as a Deans Scholar. The campus was nice, but it didn’t feel like the right fit when I visited…Tulane University - Accepted. I loved New Orleans and the music scene. I made a personal connection with the music director. I had a fantastic interview with an alumni, but it also was not the right fit when I visited…University of Miami - Accepted. I loved Florida and the heat, but it didn’t feel like the right fit when I visited…University of Chicago - Rejected. Oh well, life goes on…University of Texas, Austin - Rejected. Oh well, life goes on…University of Michigan - Rejected. Oh well, life goes on…Early Decision IIVanderbilt University - ACCEPTED and ATTENDING with VU Need-Based Scholarship and Marianne Byrd Scholarship. I was very confused and surprised by the acceptance. I had a terrible live music audition (I literally cried afterward), no interview and very little communication with my admissions counselor. The campus is stunning and the opportunities are limitless. Nashville and Music City is the perfect place for me! I am so excited to join the Commodore family and pursue a Bachelor of Musical Arts on the Pre-Med Track at Vanderbilt University in the fall.Anchor Down!!!

It’s certainly interesting, as you walk around and travel the United States, you see people of all walks of life.You see Indians periodically. But not frequently in most parts.But if you turn on virtually any national level finals for a spelling bee:You’d think our country was 70% Indian American!My high school was mostly white. I’d say there were 1–2% Indian American students (or the child of Indian parents).Every month we had an assembly as a high school, where we all sat in an auditorium and the teachers took turns going up to the podium doing their announcements. One of the things they did, were subject-based awards.For the Math award every month, it was the same guy:SeptemberNishantOctoberNishantNovemberNishantDecemberNishantI knew Nishant. He was a cool guy. I actually felt embarrassed for him as I know he hated this attention. He used to grimace every time they called him up in front of the entire school for his monthly Math award.Nishant is a good character study though. His father was an MD (ophthalmologist). Mother had an MBA but now was a stay-at-home mother for him and his brother. Both parents were born and raised in India. Both from top Indian Universities.Every day, his mother pulled up to pick her sons up. Nishant and his brother were always well dressed for school. She seemed loving but also quite business-like.His mother kept a calendar of their assignments. Supervised their studies. While Dad was working, she was managing the home and staying on top of those two boys’ academics.Now I’m not knocking this parenting. Both of those boys were stellar students, good people, and both have now become doctors and seem quite happy.But do you think this is the kind of household you could come drifting in with a report card covered in B’s and C’s?Not so.Why are Indians so dominant in spelling bees?One: Immigration gives preferential treatment to higher education individuals. Hence the “brain drain” as it’s called in India. Many of these kids are the children of the best and brightest.Two: Academics is a religion/(dare I say…blood-sport?) in India (and most of Asia). Those parents who come to the U.S. have likely overcome great obstacles to get here and see it as a great opportunity that shouldn’t go to waste.Three: A child’s academic performance has elevated status in Asian/Indian culture as an indicator of a person’s quality of parenting. Helping a child succeed in school is as much an act of love as it is an act of duty.Spelling bee competitions bring visibility, potential scholarships, and massive value to college applications. And let’s be honest — those competitions bring some major bragging rights.Spelling bees require talent, significant organization, supervision and discipline with studies — something the top Indian immigrants have in spades.