Another "Chances at Princeton" ED

Colleges and Universities A-Z Princeton University
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<p>so what do you guys think? </p>

<p>*Rising Senior
*GPA= 4.978 Rank=6/708
*SAT I= 2320= 800 M, 750CR, 770 Writing
*SAT II: Math IIC=780, Chem=780, Phys=800... will take spanish, projected 750
*Public suburban high school
*born in jakarta indonesia
*Poor, single mom, father left and lives in indonesia, i live in a trailer park.</p>

<p>AP Courses:
*Sophomore year took AP Physics C Mechanics. 5
Self Study Physics C e&m. 4
Self Study AP Calc AB. 5
*This year took Bio (prolly 5, maybe 4), Calc BC (prolly 5), Psych (prolly 5) and Stats (prolly 5)
*Next yr taking Chem, Spanish, lit, and Self study art history.</p>

<p>Activities/talents:
*about 50 hrs library comm service
*Fluent in English, Indonesian, malay. Competent and can converse well in Hindi, Urdu, Spanish.
*Literate in arabic
*Attending NJ Governor's School engineering as we speak
*FBLA, been webmaster, treasurer, parliamentarian.
*Science League, 3 yrs. won a plaque for physics
*National Honor Society member
*National Science honor society, running for pres
*National Spanish honor society, running for VP
*Math League, AIME participant
*Sophomore year ap scholar award
*Teen advisory board: library based comm service club, secretary
*Work on weekends... cause im poor.</p>

<p>*Recommendations will be excellent: one teacher wrote 3 whole pages aboutme for governor's school and almost proclaimed me as the new jesus.
*Interested in some sort of physical science major.
*Lifelong goal is to volunteer to practice medicine throughout south/southeast asia, which is why i study so many languages.</p>

<p>Thanks, I will apply ED to Princeton.</p>

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<p>one thing, when I visited Princeton they said they do not want a huge reccomendation letter. they want short things.</p>

<p>i doubt they will read a 3 page rec. it's more like kissing ass, sorry.</p>

<p>you might get in, not sure. since you are asian, you have a very hard time.</p>

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<p>Your status as being poor will give you an advantage. Colleges will see that you show perserverance (sorry if it is misspelled) and scored high on SAT, and ED will boost your chance significantly as well.</p>

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<p>I think you look very promising. Just be sure your personality shines through in the essays. Let them know your struggles, your dreams, the things you've discovered in living your life. You have all the numbers. Now show yourself as a caring, intellectually alive, questioning person. Your many languages are intriguing; I'd be curious to know what being so multilingual has taught you, for example. I'd be interested in getting a sense of your life in the trailer park. Good luck and keep up the good work.</p>

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<p>If this is a real CV you have excellent chances. However, how did you learn Urdu?</p>

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<p>Thanks guys you rock. I learned urdu and hindi through self studying and speaking with indian/paki people along with bollywood movies. Thanks for the input.</p>

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<p>im also part paki... but that has nothing to do with the urdu.</p>

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<p>aparent5 and the others raised some great points - highlight your dreams and passions and do your best to let your application really reflect YOU. Personally, i found your last point the most memorable. If you can highlight why you want to study medicine, what motivated you to learn so many languages and how your backround has played a role in all this then I think you'll stand out more. Good luck and get that 3 page recommendation cut down to maybe a page and a half at most ;)</p>