advice please

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<p>I go to a very competitive school district in conn. and I am a senior. I wanted to see whether it would be a waste of time to try to get into Princeton. </p>

<p>9th Grade:
H English: a+
AP world: a+
H Bio: a+
H Spanish: a+
H Math: a+
Finance: a+</p>

<p>10th:
H English: a+
AP Euro: a+
H Chem: a+
H Span: a+
H Math: a+
Finance: a+</p>

<p>11th:
AP Lang: a
AP US: a+
AP Phys B: b+ (not a good class for me)
precalc: a
H Span: a+
SCALE Business and Law: a+</p>

<p>Overall: 4/550</p>

<p>SATII: Bio: 770, Lit: 770, US: 790
SAT: 2270</p>

<p>EC activities:
75 hours volunteering in ICU
250 working hours for company on NYSE
Debate Captain
Treasurer of National Forensics Speech + Debate
Pres of Young Politicians
Section leader in chamber orchestra
Attended separate classes at MIT during summer for signals analysis
JV golf in 10 and Varsity in 12th </p>

<p>Awards: 5th in jv debate in conn
qualified for nationals (went 3-2)
2nd in varsity extemp. speaking in conn.</p>

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<p>im also taking in 12th</p>

<p>calc bc
ap micro/ap macro
ap bio
ap spanish
ap us gov
ap lit</p>

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<p>Your rank is top 1%, your SAT I and II’s are very good, with just one B+, i assume your unweighted GPA is probably about a 3.96-ish, and your EC’s are pretty good. i think you have a good shot… just as good as anyone else does, maybe a little bit better than the average person who is applying to princeton… there are going to be numerous people with your stats, but if you can make yourself stick out in the essays, then you’ll have a nice shot at getting in, i think</p>

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<p>I wouldn’t say it’s a waste of time, but wouldn’t get your hopes up. This is coming from someone who was also top 1% with SATs ~ 40 points lower than you (depending on your breakdown) that was rejected. </p>

<p>Your school has finance classes in 9th and 10th grade?</p>

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<p>I think you have a fine chance - I had a lower rank, lower gpa, and lower SAT, and I also came from a competitive area.</p>

<p>Good luck with the application.</p>