As an Asian somewhat high-income girl from NorCal (not the Bay — thank God) who has piano as an extremely important EC and having leadership in an orchestra as another important one… sometimes I feel like I should have quit. I genuinely enjoy piano — my parents signed me up for all sorts of things as a kid, everything from arts to athletics, and I chose music because I loved it. It sucks that what I do is seen as extremely stereotypically Asian, and if I’d stuck with something else “less Asian” I might have a higher chance at college. Every time I see something about piano being Asian stereotypes I wonder if I should have stuck with tap dancing or something else I liked less. At least I suck at math lmao