<p>Sorry to bother you with another one of these annoying posts. </p>
<p>Here are my stats: (so far) I am a junior</p>
<p>My SAT was a 2390 and I have taken Math and Physics subject tests (both 800)
ACT is 36
I have a 5.78/6 GPA and I am ranked 3/702
National Honor Society 3 years
Varsity Baseball 3 years
Varsity Wrestling 3 years
Eagle Scout 1 palm
1st degree black belt Taekwondo
I volunteer at the North Texas Food Bank a LOT
I am a varsity Policy debater and am a National Qualifier
I speak fluent Mandarin Chinese (not Chinese)
I was a member of the Nanotechnology Explorers program at UTD
I am active in the Business Professionals of America
I am an AP scholar with recognition
State Level Academic Decathlon
I founded two clubs: App Development Club and Rocketry Club
I was a Siemens Semifinalist for a project I made in rocketry club
I am also an advanced coder </p>
<p>i think as long as you do a good interview and a good essay and whatnot princeton should not be a problem,
keep up the good work,</p>
<p>the chance of you getting in might get narrowed by a bit if you live in huge states (california, for example), but i don’t think it’s going to be by that much because you have phenomenal achievements,</p>
<p>also, what school do you debate for? national qualifier can mean different things because i know in certain leagues national qualifier does not mean that much,</p>
<p>Pre-frosh here, and your chances look good by my yardstick. Ditto to Peter’s advice that you should find a computer science internship, then just enjoy your senior year and assemble your application carefully. Sounds like you’ve done as much as I did, maybe more. By “not Chinese,” do you mean “white”? If so you are definitely sitting pretty. Otherwise, admission is more competitive for Asian Americans, but plenty of them still make it (including a friend of mine, who, I can assure you, is not superhuman).</p>
<p>Plenty of strong applicants do get turned away though, often without good reason. So don’t let your self-worth get tied up in the decisions of a finicky and often random admissions committee. But really, unless they make a mistake it sounds like you’re set to be part of the class of 2019. Don’t bomb the essays or act out at your interview. (But don’t stress over the interview either, apparently they carry little weight.)</p>
<p>I hope to see you in Jersey in seventeen months!</p>
You’re witness to the seemingly random nature of admissions. Yet you state this candidate is more likely than not to be admitted. Like I said above, with a ~6% admit rate, the best you can say to a person is “you’re viable”. The candidate will 99% surely have some great choices come next April. Whether or not Princeton is one is more than pure speculation. Just my two cents</p>
<p>The OP has a 6% chance of admission just like everyone else. For anyone on here to suggest otherwise is foolish; but then again “chancing” is foolish in general. </p>
<p>According to Princeton, for the Class of 2016, 18.7% of applicants with SAT scores between 2300-2400 were accepted. 4.2% of applicants with scores between 1900-2000 were accepted.</p>
<p>10.4% of applicants with a 4.0 GPA were accepted. 4.1% of applicants with GPAs between 3.50 and 3,59 were accepted.</p>
<p>Can’t tell the numbers for athletes, legacies or other possible hooks/tips.</p>
<p>The overall acceptance rate is just that, a composite. Each person’s acceptance rate varies with scores and other achievements and credentials. </p>
<p>I don’t usually call people “foolish” on CC because I think that would generate more heat than light. Let’s just say people would be incorrectly advised to think the overall acceptance rate applies to each candidate.</p>
<p>I agree with @fenwaypark. The OP’s chances are clearly better than the 6% that @Pizzagirl suggests. Twenty percent of applicants with his test scores get in, and his impressive class rank and ECs will only help.</p>
<p>I iterate that the admissions process has a random component to it, but I can also say that the admissions office does not admit Princeton’s classes by dart-throwing. A large number of applicants are clearly not qualified, and then there are an exceptional few whose qualifications are so great that their admission is never in doubt. The applicant is not part of the second camp, but he’s not miles away from it either.</p>
<p>@T26E4: I concede that my original wording sounded naive. Maybe putting it this way is better: You look set to be part of the class of 2019, but the admissions office could make a mistake. It does every year, and the students turned away must move on. Like T2 says, you’ll have great options no matter what happens.</p>
<p>Knowing this, @gskidl101 should log off of the forums and go enjoy the spring. We’ve told him that his stats are strong enough to warrant the application fee, and that’s all there really is to tell him.</p>
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