3 Weeks Left!!!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Tell me what you guys think.
ED: Princeton
RD: UPenn, Cornell, MIT, Duke
Backup: University of Florida
Stats:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT: 1490/2200, M:780 V:710 W:710</li>
<li>SAT IIs: Math IIC:770 Physics: 740 Biology E:740</li>
<li>GPA: 3.96 UW 6.5 W</li>
<li>Rank: 2/138, 16/9755 county</li>
<li>Other stats: 9 AP exams, 4 5s and 5 4s. IB Diploma Candidate.</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Essays: Above average maybe 8/10. Its very subjective so im not exactly sure of the true quality. Person of Influence - Homer Hickam from October Sky</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: 1 Absolutely Amazing, 1 Good but not outstanding</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Amazing</li>
<li>Hook (if any): I started my own high powered rocketry club and business to fund it. We have 100 members, high power certification, HAM radio license, have broken the sound barrier, gone a mile high, and also have a community outreach project at a camp for underpriveledged kids. Sending in professional pictures with my application.</li>
</ul>

<p>ECs: High Power Rocketry Founder and President of club plus everything mentioned above
Guitar/Garage Band
Teach 2nd grade sunday school
Tutor at Middle School
Stat Team captain for Mu Alpha Theta with various place awards
Science Fair - 2 1st place county, 3rd state physics, plus about 12 corporate awards
Science Bowl Co-Captain and Co-Founder, 2nd state division, National Invitational finalist
Science National Honors Society Vice President
Summer Science Training Program - I worked in a lab for Motorola over the summer developing an algorithm to reduce noise in cell phone speech signals</p>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<ul>
<li>State or Country: FL</li>
<li>School Type: Public - IB</li>
<li>Ethnicity: White Jewish</li>
<li>Gender: male</li>
</ul>

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<p>Princeton is still reach, SATs a bit low. Cornell I'd say is slight-reach/match. MIT is a definite reach, and duke seems like the same as Cornell.</p>

<p>UF might reject you for being too good :P</p>

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<p>ur in for cornell and maybe for duke, princeton and MIT look unlikely, although u have better shot at princeton than u do at MIT</p>

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<p>I agree except I think you are putting a little too much emphasis on SAT. Also, can you define exactly what you mean by reach? Like does that mean average chances (aka 28% ED princeton), or does that mean lower than the average applicant.</p>

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<p>Just try to get your SATs into either 2300 or 1500 and I'd say your chances will improve more, reach is just on their % chances or lower of getting in. I'd say your chances for MIT might be better than for Princeton because of your awards</p>

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<p>Even if you had a 2400 SAT and your great grades, you still might not get in at any of your first-choice schools. On the other hand, you have a pretty good chance of all of them. I'm not an admissions officer, but you look like a strong candidate at all of them. (As for MIT, if they don't give you a good, hard look, they aren't the school they claim to be. If you made me say yes or no, I'd say you're in at MIT.)</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>If you had AA on your side you'd almost definitely be in at MIT.</p>

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<p>Ya damn afirmative action. Thanks WashDad. Ya I know its impossible to tell with college admissions. It was just frustrating after reading that I wouldnt get in with my SATs when the average SAT score at Princeton is a 1470. Cornell is like 1440, MIT is like 1480, Penn is 1440. So if anything is going to keep me out I dont think it would be the SATs, they just wouldnt get me in.</p>

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<p>Well colleges each year try to raise their SAT standards, and also it is relative to location as well, any info on class size and how competitive HS is?</p>

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<p>High School is ranked 10th by US News. 2 in a class of 138. But we are ranked within the county. I am ranked 16th out of 9755.</p>

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<p>Mitchhhs-- I think your SAT scores are perfectly fine. Everything is above a 700, and that's great.</p>

<p>You have a solid hook. The only weakness I see would probably be lack of Awards/ECs, but the ones you have are pretty good.</p>

<p>You have a decent chance anywhere, but of course when it comes down to it, schools like the ones you're applying to are unpredictable.</p>

<p>Good luck fellow Princeton EDer =)</p>

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<p>Hmmmmm, that looks pretty good. I think you have a pretty good shot with rank now.</p>

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<p>i dont think the ECs are bad, in fact they're pretty decent/above avg. i'd say 25% princeton 15% MIT.</p>

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<p>Thanks man. Also note that I am the highest ranked out of anyone in the county applying to Princeton ED. On the other hand, two have much higher SATs scores. 5 applied ED from my school, 1 athletic recruit. Of the two with much higher SAT scores, 1 has a 3.5 GPA and the other has no ECs or awards. I am the only one applying to Princeton Engineering. I think since I am applied ED to engineering it might help because many people who are interested in engineering apply early to MIT.</p>

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<p>Hey how CAN you find out your country rank?</p>

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<p>I didnt list all of my awards, there are about 6 more. County rank is given to us. Since we are IB they like to evaluate us in the context of the county.</p>

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<p>Ah yes. IB of course.</p>

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<p>no offense but IB is overrated, shouldnt weigh that much in apps</p>

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<p>It depends, IB is definitely becoming more recognized than AP wise, and weighted more.</p>

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<p>dont tell me ur saying we all shoulda gone to reef and be a baracuda</p>