I was born in the small village of Morang, Nepal; a city with no communication, public transportation, or paved streets. My family was one of the victims of the Maoists (a communist group in Nepal). My father, an activist, tried to eradicate the wrongdoings of those group, but he got threatened to be killed. So, due to many life endangering factors, my father fled the country, leaving behind my mother, sister, grandmother, and I. My family was living in a constant state of fear, and so we eventually relocated to the capital city of Kathmandu While we lived in Kathmandu, my mother barely compensated for our destitute conditions despite working extremely hard. On April of 2015, all my faith crumbled again. A disastrous 8.1 magnitude earthquake struck Nepal, and 10,000 people were killed. Luckily, my family survived, but we had to sleep in the streets for months, with nothing but a canvas cover over our heads as the place where we lived was destroyed. I was very happy when we finally joined my father in the United States in 2016. However, life was not easy for us here either. We were still very poor, and my father waited tables in an Indian restaurant as the only source of income for our family of four. I struggled in the new American school because of my language barrier, and my entry was halfway into the semester.
Now that I am a senior and applying to the colleges, should I even look for elite colleges??
Of Course, I do not have great stats. SAT score: 1450/1600 GPA:3.96(uw) could not take weighted course until senior year
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