<p>hey guys I am a student in Class XI. I will be finsihing my class XII in March next year so I plan to apply in september this year for entry in Fall 2008 My Sat is on June 2nd. I have kinda maintained my rank in top 5% of my class. so GPA:4 I am listing my EC below :</p>
<ul>
<li>State rank 2nd in National Cyber Olympiad. 2nd round on 11th Feb</li>
<li>Won a Gold Medal in Informatics Olypiad conducted by SIlverzone</li>
<li>Secured 2nd Rank in 7th International Level Science Talent Examination conducted by The Bangalore Science Forum.</li>
<li>Represented Delhi Public School Rajkot at 'LISTEN- The Worlds First Conference on Childs Concerns'.
3.Secured 3rd Rank in National Cyber Olympiad.</li>
<li>Secured 7th position in Assesment of Scholastic Skills thorugh Education Testing</li>
<li>Appointed School Captain recently.</li>
<li>Awarded 'A' Certificate by National Cadet Corps</li>
<li>Special appreciation by 'Leprosy Mission' for social work.</li>
<li>Represented K V at the State Science Fair at IIT Kharagpur.</li>
<li>Represented region at State for Volleyball and Ball Badminton.</li>
<li>Won state level debate organised by Hindi Samaj</li>
<li>Appointed school basketball and volleyball team Captain.</li>
<li>Appointed School Captain at DPS, Rajkot.</li>
<li>Choosen as a member of the Indian Ubuntu Linux Team.</li>
</ul>
<p>ok i guess I have a problem now...In my Class Xi( high school junior year) I have got a avg. of 70% marks :( Though I have been scoring excellently in my previous classes </p>
<p>Will this affect my application cos I read that School records are the most important thing that Princeton evaluates! Though even with this score I am in the top 20% of my class</p>
<p>i dunno if i can improve much....My final exams are in march what if i pull off a really decent percentage in that? u know the best of the marks in all?</p>
<p>The reason behind all this are the other activites I had been concenterating on the NAtional Cyber Olympiad 2nd round</p>
<p>there is gotta be some other way to compensate for this..like I plan to apply for early decision and by November I will be in Class XII and will have 2 exams on Class XII by then... what if i show damn improvement by then?</p>
<p>What is a 70% average, then? In the US, A and A- are between 90 and 100%, Bs are between 80 and 89%, Cs are between 70 and 79%. The only way a US student would have a 70% average is to get Cs and Ds. (Or Fs and Bs.)</p>
<p>Top 20% of a class is usually not enough to get into Princeton. Top 10% is usually the minimum, with top 5% more likely. Of course, it all depends on what kind of school you attend and how big it is. A small, elite private school that sends many students to US Ivies can get students who are further down in the class into top schools.</p>
<p>I hate to be negative, but a lousy junior year in high school usually rules out the very top US universities. Still, there are many others that offer excellent educations.</p>
<p>Well I have around 60 students in my class mate. I just cant let Princeton slip through. I have always wanted to study in Princeton all the way..... </p>
<p>Wont the SATII tests matter? By the application time I will have given around 4 more school exams. What about the percentage in those mate?</p>
<p>The problem is that Princeton could fill three classes with guys who were always perfect, are perfect and will always be perfect.</p>
<p>I don't say that you don't have a chance to get in and many many perfect scorers are rejected, however, you don't have a fighting chance. You may still get in because they are searching for someone or something in a person which you present, but the stats are against you.</p>
<p>It's fine that you concentrate on other things, push forward your ECs but Pton somehow expects you to manage this while still being a top student. Don't get me wrong: I don't want to diminish your accomplishments whatsoever and I am far from being one of those perfect scorers and graders.</p>
<p>But you should know what the situation looks like. As said: It's not that they needed to take someone who slightly failed once... One student said (on this board): Welcome to Princeton, the place where your best effort is not enough since 17xx.</p>
<p>Well I'd just mention that 70% in the ISC system's not really comparable to what you'd think. Although it is low, grading systems in India tend to depend based upon the school; some schools (although I'm not sure ajayc's in one of them) practice grade deflation particularly in the junior and senior years.</p>
<p>I'd suppose in such a situation the ICSE/ISC board examinations (external common examinations conducted by a central board for all schools in the syllabus) would be more important. Just thought I'd mention it.</p>
<p>if that is the case, it might be good to take some more standardized tests, to show that your 70% can actually measure up to A-range scores in the US</p>
<p>if you can take AP exams and get a string of 5s, that would probably be enough to offset the 70%. also, a counselor explanation would help</p>
<p>Well would taking AP exams and getting real good marks help me out?
btw will I be able to appear for AP exam before September this year independently?</p>
<p>Well in Class XI I have an avg of 75% but my final exams are not over yet, they are in march. And I guess just final exam scores matter as they have max marks as 100 and they cover the whole curriculum.</p>
<p>And yes my full list of ECs:</p>
<ul>
<li>Won a Gold Medal in Informatics Olypiad conducted by SIlverzone</li>
<li>Secured 2nd Rank in 7th International Level Science Talent Examination conducted by The Bangalore Science Forum.</li>
<li>Represented Delhi Public School Rajkot at 'LISTEN- The Worlds First Conference on Childs Concerns'.
3.Secured 3rd Rank in National Cyber Olympiad.</li>
<li>Secured 7th position in Assesment of Scholastic Skills thorugh Education Testing</li>
<li>Was promoted to School Captain from School Prefect recently.</li>
<li>Awarded 'A' Certificate by National Cadet Corps</li>
<li>Special appreciation by 'Leprosy Mission' for social work.</li>
<li>Represented region at the State Science Fair at IIT Kharagpur.</li>
<li>Represented region at State for Volleyball and Ball Badminton.</li>
<li>Won state level debate organised by Hindi Samaj</li>
<li>Appointed school basketball and volleyball team Captain.</li>
<li>Appointed School Captain at DPS, Rajkot.</li>
<li>Choosen as a member of the Indian Ubuntu Linux Team.</li>
<li>I have my own customized linux distribution geared towards education (similar to edubuntu to be specific)</li>
<li>Founder of Linux User Group in my city.</li>
<li>Partcipated in AIDS awareness drive.</li>
<li>Special Appreciation by LIFE(Lower Income Family Emancipation) for social work.</li>
<li>Successfully participated in Environment Week in our city.</li>
<li>Finalist of Environment Quiz Contest conducted by Environment Education Council for Children Delhi Public School Society.
20 4th Rank in State Level Quiz Competition conducted by Rajkumar College Rajkot.</li>
</ul>