Any responses are appreciated. Please be brutally honest. Also feel free to recommend schools for my list and I want to mainly ask where I should EA because Stanford is where I want to but I know they are need - aware for international and I do not have anything like RSI which many kids competitive international regions have and I do need partial aid and so I need to apply for financial aid and I have heard its a crapshoot

Demographics

• Male, Asian
• I reside in the U.S., private day school, we send 4–8% to T10s a year
• Intended major: CS + Applied Math. Open to bioinformatics instead if that reads better

Academics

• 4.0 UW / 4.43 W (APs weighted 5.0)
• ACT 36 (36 M / 36 R / 36 S / 35 E)
• School doesn't rank. I'd guess 2nd
• Multivariable calc and diff eq, Max Rigor except for Spanish but still took Spanish 4 so 4 years of Spanish but because of scheduling could not take AP Spanish

15 APs by graduation. 10 taken so far, all 5s: Calculus BC, Chemistry, Biology, Computer Science A, Computer Science Principles, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Psychology, US History, English Language

Awards

• ISEF, 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place in category
• ISEF, 1st or 2nd place in category, different year and different project
• USAPhO qualifier
• AIME qualifier x2, Score of 7+ on the last one
• Congressional App Challenge winner

ECs

1. Research at a T5. Preprint, conference presentation, and a rec letter from the PI
2. Research at a T10. Conference presentation
3. Research at another T10. Conference presentation, a real one in my field
4. Computational lead at a biotech company. Paid/Offered five figures for the Internship
5. MIT BWSI
6. Founded a nonprofit tied to my ISEF project. Partnerships with restaurants, $15K+ raised, 1,000 volunteers, and we got a paper in front of a legislator
7. Built a game with 1M+ monthly active users and six figures in revenue
8. Founder of my school's research club. Organized a district-wide science fair and took members to a local university to teach them how research actually works
9. VP and co-founder of mock trial, first one my school has ever had. Went to state, and I built the app the team runs on
10. Torn between two here, see question below:

• CS club organizer. Built the club website, though honestly I didn't do that much with it
• VEX robotics team captain. Made state and did pretty well, never made world

Also for the ECs maybe if you guys could help me on also how to arrange these because I am honestly not sure right now, and a lot of these are vague on purpose like the impact I had and stuff

Recs

• APUSH teacher, probably mid
• CS teacher, fairly strong
• PI at the T5, should be strong

Additional info

International status locked me out of taking the USAPhO exam, so USAPhO qualifier was basically the ceiling for me. Same story for a few other national programs

Essays

These will hopefully good but obviously cannot really say as of now

List

Reaches: MIT, Stanford, Caltech, Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Targets: UIUC, Georgia Tech, UMich, Purdue, UT Austin

Mainly just really need help in where to EA because I want to EA Stanford but I know Stanford is need - aware and I am from a very competitive international region (think like China, South Korea, etc) so I am not sure if maybe EA'ing somewhere else would be good or maybe even ED'ing Brown or something, where should I go? Also I did win this one award called YSEA through science fair and apparently that could help with Yale maybe REA there?

Any responses are appreciated. Please be brutally honest. Also feel free to recommend schools for my list and I want to mainly ask where I should EA because Stanford is where I want to but I know they are need - aware for international and I do not have anything like RSI which many kids competitive international regions have and I do need partial aid and so I need to apply for financial aid and I have heard its a crapshoot

Demographics

• Male, Asian
• I reside in the U.S., private day school, we send 4–8% to T10s a year
• Intended major: CS + Applied Math. Open to bioinformatics instead if that reads better

Academics

• 4.0 UW / 4.43 W (APs weighted 5.0)
• ACT 36 (36 M / 36 R / 36 S / 35 E)
• School doesn't rank. I'd guess 2nd
• Multivariable calc and diff eq, Max Rigor except for Spanish but still took Spanish 4 so 4 years of Spanish but because of scheduling could not take AP Spanish

15 APs by graduation. 10 taken so far, all 5s: Calculus BC, Chemistry, Biology, Computer Science A, Computer Science Principles, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Psychology, US History, English Language

Awards

• ISEF, 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place in category
• ISEF, 1st or 2nd place in category, different year and different project
• USAPhO qualifier
• AIME qualifier x2, Score of 7+ on the last one
• Congressional App Challenge winner

ECs

1. Research at a T5. Preprint, conference presentation, and a rec letter from the PI
2. Research at a T10. Conference presentation
3. Research at another T10. Conference presentation, a real one in my field
4. Computational lead at a biotech company. Paid/Offered five figures for the Internship
5. MIT BWSI
6. Founded a nonprofit tied to my ISEF project. Partnerships with restaurants, $15K+ raised, 1,000 volunteers, and we got a paper in front of a legislator
7. Built a game with 1M+ monthly active users and six figures in revenue
8. Founder of my school's research club. Organized a district-wide science fair and took members to a local university to teach them how research actually works
9. VP and co-founder of mock trial, first one my school has ever had. Went to state, and I built the app the team runs on
10. Torn between two here, see question below:

• CS club organizer. Built the club website, though honestly I didn't do that much with it
• VEX robotics team captain. Made state and did pretty well, never made world

Also for the ECs maybe if you guys could help me on also how to arrange these because I am honestly not sure right now, and a lot of these are vague on purpose like the impact I had and stuff

Recs

• APUSH teacher, probably mid
• CS teacher, fairly strong
• PI at the T5, should be strong

Additional info

International status locked me out of taking the USAPhO exam, so USAPhO qualifier was basically the ceiling for me. Same story for a few other national programs

Essays

These will hopefully good but obviously cannot really say as of now

List

Reaches: MIT, Stanford, Caltech, Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Targets: UIUC, Georgia Tech, UMich, Purdue, UT Austin

Mainly just really need help in where to EA because I want to EA Stanford but I know Stanford is need - aware and I am from a very competitive international region (think like China, South Korea, etc) so I am not sure if maybe EA'ing somewhere else would be good or maybe even ED'ing Brown or something, where should I go? Also I did win this one award called YSEA through science fair and apparently that could help with Yale maybe REA there? Also not sure if this helps but because other people have asked me I will mention it, in the U.S. where I actually live my state is not very competitive like not California, MA, or NY, or anything not sure if that helps but yeah

Any responses are appreciated. Please be brutally honest. Also feel free to recommend schools for my list and I want to mainly ask where I should EA because Stanford is where I want to but I know they are need - aware for international and I do not have anything like RSI which many kids competitive international regions have and I do need partial aid and so I need to apply for financial aid and I have heard its a crapshoot

Demographics

• Male, Asian
• I reside in the U.S., private day school, we send 4–8% to T10s a year
• Intended major: CS + Applied Math. Open to bioinformatics instead if that reads better

Academics

• 4.0 UW / 4.43 W (APs weighted 5.0)
• ACT 36 (36 M / 36 R / 36 S / 35 E)
• School doesn't rank. I'd guess 2nd
• Multivariable calc and diff eq, Max Rigor except for Spanish but still took Spanish 4 so 4 years of Spanish but because of scheduling could not take AP Spanish

15 APs by graduation. 10 taken so far, all 5s: Calculus BC, Chemistry, Biology, Computer Science A, Computer Science Principles, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Psychology, US History, English Language

Awards

• ISEF, 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place in category
• ISEF, 1st or 2nd place in category, different year and different project
• USAPhO qualifier
• AIME qualifier x2, Score of 7+ on the last one
• Congressional App Challenge winner

ECs

1. Research at a T5. Preprint, conference presentation, and a rec letter from the PI
2. Research at a T10. Conference presentation
3. Research at another T10. Conference presentation, a real one in my field
4. Computational lead at a biotech company. Paid/Offered five figures for the Internship
5. MIT BWSI
6. Founded a nonprofit tied to my ISEF project. Partnerships with restaurants, $15K+ raised, 1,000 volunteers, and we got a paper in front of a legislator
7. Built a game with 1M+ monthly active users and six figures in revenue
8. Founder of my school's research club. Organized a district-wide science fair and took members to a local university to teach them how research actually works
9. VP and co-founder of mock trial, first one my school has ever had. Went to state, and I built the app the team runs on
10. Torn between two here, see question below:

• CS club organizer. Built the club website, though honestly I didn't do that much with it
• VEX robotics team captain. Made state and did pretty well, never made world

Also for the ECs maybe if you guys could help me on also how to arrange these because I am honestly not sure right now, and a lot of these are vague on purpose like the impact I had and stuff

Recs

• APUSH teacher, probably mid
• CS teacher, fairly strong
• PI at the T5, should be strong

Additional info

International status locked me out of taking the USAPhO exam, so USAPhO qualifier was basically the ceiling for me. Same story for a few other national programs

Essays

These will hopefully good but obviously cannot really say as of now

List

Reaches: MIT, Stanford, Caltech, Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Targets: UIUC, Georgia Tech, UMich, Purdue, UT Austin

Mainly just really need help in where to EA because I want to EA Stanford but I know Stanford is need - aware and I am from a very competitive international region (think like China, South Korea, etc) so I am not sure if maybe EA'ing somewhere else would be good or maybe even ED'ing Brown or something, where should I go? Also I did win this one award called YSEA through science fair and apparently that could help with Yale maybe REA there?

Any responses are appreciated. Please be brutally honest. Also feel free to recommend schools for my list and I want to mainly ask where I should EA because Stanford is where I want to go but I know they are need - aware for international and I do not have anything like RSI which many kids in competitive international regions have that get into Stanford and I do need partial aid and so I have heard its a crapshoot and I am wondering whether you guys would recommend me REA'ing to Stanford

Demographics

• Male, Asian
• I reside in the U.S., private day school, we send 4–8% to T10s a year
• Intended major: CS + Applied Math. Open to bioinformatics instead if that reads better

Academics

• 4.0 UW / 4.43 W (APs weighted 5.0)
• ACT 36 (36 M / 36 R / 36 S / 35 E)
• School doesn't rank. I'd guess 2nd
• Multivariable calc and diff eq, Max Rigor except for Spanish but still took Spanish 4 so 4 years of Spanish but because of scheduling could not take AP Spanish

15 APs by graduation. 10 taken so far, all 5s: Calculus BC, Chemistry, Biology, Computer Science A, Computer Science Principles, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Psychology, US History, English Language

Awards

• ISEF, 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place in category
• ISEF, 1st or 2nd place in category, different year and different project
• USAPhO qualifier
• AIME qualifier x2, Score of 7+ on the last one
• Congressional App Challenge winner

ECs

1. Research at a T5. Preprint, conference presentation, and a rec letter from the PI
2. Research at a T10. Conference presentation
3. Research at another T10. Conference presentation, a real one in my field
4. Computational lead at a biotech company. Paid/Offered five figures for the Internship
5. MIT BWSI
6. Founded a nonprofit tied to my ISEF project. Partnerships with restaurants, $15K+ raised, 1,000 volunteers, and we got a paper in front of a legislator
7. Built a game with 1M+ monthly active users and six figures in revenue
8. Founder of my school's research club. Organized a district-wide science fair and took members to a local university to teach them how research actually works
9. VP and co-founder of mock trial, first one my school has ever had. Went to state, and I built the app the team runs on
10. Torn between two here, see question below:

• CS club organizer. Built the club website, though honestly I didn't do that much with it
• VEX robotics team captain. Made state and did pretty well, never made world

Also for the ECs maybe if you guys could help me on also how to arrange these because I am honestly not sure right now, and a lot of these are vague on purpose like the impact I had and stuff

Recs

• APUSH teacher, probably mid
• CS teacher, fairly strong
• PI at the T5, should be strong

Additional info

International status locked me out of taking the USAPhO exam, so USAPhO qualifier was basically the ceiling for me. Same story for a few other national programs

Essays

These will hopefully good but obviously cannot really say as of now, but if anyone here has any advice for the personal statement or Stanford supplementals, please I would really appreciate any DMs since been having trouble getting started on some of them

Mainly just really need help in where to EA because I want to EA Stanford but I know Stanford is need - aware and I am from a very competitive international region (think like China, South Korea, etc) so I am not sure if maybe EA'ing somewhere else would be good like would you guys recommend REA'ing Stanford? or am I better of EA'ing or even ED'ing somewhere else

Any responses are appreciated. Please be brutally honest. Also feel free to recommend schools for my list and I want to mainly ask where I should EA because Stanford is where I want to but I know they are need - aware for international and I do not have anything like RSI which many kids competitive international regions have and I do need partial aid and so I need to apply for financial aid and I have heard its a crapshoot

Demographics

• Male, Asian
• I reside in the U.S., private day school, we send 4–8% to T10s a year
• Intended major: CS + Applied Math. Open to bioinformatics instead if that reads better

Academics

• 4.0 UW / 4.43 W (APs weighted 5.0)
• ACT 36 (36 M / 36 R / 36 S / 35 E)
• School doesn't rank. I'd guess 2nd
• Multivariable calc and diff eq, Max Rigor except for Spanish but still took Spanish 4 so 4 years of Spanish but because of scheduling could not take AP Spanish

15 APs by graduation. 10 taken so far, all 5s: Calculus BC, Chemistry, Biology, Computer Science A, Computer Science Principles, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Psychology, US History, English Language

Awards

• ISEF, 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place in category
• ISEF, 1st or 2nd place in category, different year and different project
• USAPhO qualifier
• AIME qualifier x2, Score of 7+ on the last one
• Congressional App Challenge winner

ECs

1. Research at a T5. Preprint, conference presentation, and a rec letter from the PI
2. Research at a T10. Conference presentation
3. Research at another T10. Conference presentation, a real one in my field
4. Computational lead at a biotech company. Paid/Offered five figures for the Internship
5. MIT BWSI
6. Founded a nonprofit tied to my ISEF project. Partnerships with restaurants, $15K+ raised, 1,000 volunteers, and we got a paper in front of a legislator
7. Built a game with 1M+ monthly active users and six figures in revenue
8. Founder of my school's research club. Organized a district-wide science fair and took members to a local university to teach them how research actually works
9. VP and co-founder of mock trial, first one my school has ever had. Went to state, and I built the app the team runs on
10. Torn between two here, see question below:

• CS club organizer. Built the club website, though honestly I didn't do that much with it
• VEX robotics team captain. Made state and did pretty well, never made world

Also for the ECs maybe if you guys could help me on also how to arrange these because I am honestly not sure right now, and a lot of these are vague on purpose like the impact I had and stuff

Recs

• APUSH teacher, probably mid
• CS teacher, fairly strong
• PI at the T5, should be strong

Additional info

International status locked me out of taking the USAPhO exam, so USAPhO qualifier was basically the ceiling for me. Same story for a few other national programs

Essays

These will hopefully good but obviously cannot really say as of now

List

Reaches: MIT, Stanford, Caltech, Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Columbia, Penn, Brown, Cornell, CMU SCS, Berkeley EECS Targets: UIUC, Georgia Tech, UMich, Purdue, UT Austin

Mainly just really need help in where to EA because I want to EA Stanford but I know Stanford is need - aware and I am from a very competitive international region (think like China, South Korea, etc) so I am not sure if maybe EA'ing somewhere else would be good or maybe even ED'ing Brown or something, where should I go? Also I did win this one award called YSEA through science fair and apparently that could help with Yale maybe REA there?

Hey, first just want to say that to anyone who answers this question, I really appreciate the answer. My question is basically just about confusion about H-4 Visas as it comes to admissions. My situation as you can assume is that I am student on an H-4 Visa that has lived in the U.S. for over 10 years so throughout middle school and high school, but unfortunately I have not got permanent residency/green card yet. Now, I know this question has been posed before and so you might be asking why I am asking this again but the main reason is because in previous posts many people say students on an H-4 Visa are considered internationals for both admissions and aid but meanwhile some other people including a personal counselor I talked to said that I would at least primarily first be viewed within the context I am in so essentially for admissions I would be a domestic student but for aid I would be a international student. So I guess my question is which is it as it is clear to me that for aid, for OOS schools I am international but for admissions am I primarily considered domestic and in the domestic pool or the international pool and will AOs look at my context since I have gone to an American high school for all 4 years and got good grades and a good standardized testing score? and so based off the answer to this how much of a disadvantage would I have for top college admissions?