> Yet if a student defines "success" as "playing a musical instrument really well" you'll think that he is well-rounded and deserves to get admitted. East Asia

> Yet if a student defines "success" as "playing a musical instrument really well" you'll think that he is well-rounded and deserves to get admitted. East Asian female at my high school. - 1st chair violin in the city youth orchestra - perfect grades - very high SAT scores - no sports - took or tested out of all of the classes in our high school except advanced and AP German… in three years - admitted into MIT after her junior year - IIRC, she had some volunteer activities in a science research lab, but nothing significant like being an author on a research paper. She seemed to be well-rounded enough.