<p>I go to a large public HS in the North Shore suburbs of Chicago. Dunno if we have anyone at Princeton right now, but here goes:</p>
<p>Grades: 4.0 unweighted, ranked 3/595
Sr Courseload: 6 AP's (Bio, Phys C, Calc BC, Spanish, Euro, English) + P.E.
SAT I: 800 M 740 CR 760 W
SAT II: 800 Math IIC 800 US History 760 Chem
APs: 5 on Stats, English Lang & Comp, US History
ECs:
Cross Country 4 yrs (Varsity 2)
Swimming 3 yrs (Varsity 2)
Track & Field 4 years
Newspaper Staff 2 years (Copy Editor 2)
Worldwide Youth in Science and Engineering (Treasurer)
Band (3 years, highest group 1 year)
Volunteered as a Tutor in my school's literacy center
1 year independent research (as a frosh, nothing special)
Spanish NHS, NHS
Bunch of Awards; nothing national, mostly like best sci. student in school, best history student, yada yada
Essays: big one was about first day of cross country, other two were about tutoring and about my visit to jerusalem
Teacher Recs: Excellent; it will be interesting tho becasue one of my other friends got them from the same teachers and we were their two favorites
Counselor Rec: Excellent, again me and this other dude have the same counselor</p>
<p>I'm thinking my ECs are weak because i decided to play sports, which i'm not so good at, rather than do academic stuff and be president of everything. Maybe it was a bad choice, but hey, in the end i took advantage of my teenage years, and if i don't get into a great school, that will be a small price to pay.</p>