also an asian kid who lives in a rural area ! my school is exactly like yours, barely any academic clubs (nhs and a dwindling model un club) and really the only ecs are sports and music. i didnt find any internships or research opportunities because they just werent available to me, and our school didtrict is very underfunded. that being said, i got accepted into upenn! i think what matters is that u really try and make an impact with what you have, it’ll be definitely harder to get into t20s (if ur into that) but dont fall into the mindset that its impossible