Can I get in?

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<p>GPA
unweighted: 3.8462
weighted: 4.5128</p>

<p>Class Rank: 20/746</p>

<p>SAT I:
Verbal 700
Math 790
Writing 720
Essay 9</p>

<p>SAT II:
Literature 640
Physics 800
Math IIC 800</p>

<p>ACT 32</p>

<p>PSAT 227</p>

<p>APs:
US History 4
Psychology 5
Physics B 5</p>

<p>Senior classes:
Advanced (Post AP) Chem and Physics
AP Composition & Literature
AP Bio
AP French
AP Calc BC
Band
AP Econ & Government</p>

<p>School:
Large, public, wealthy, midwest, suburban, around 3000 students</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Piano since age 3, NSMTA Honorable mention, Chicago Duo Piano Competition Winner, Participation in Chicago Duo Piano Festival for 7 consecutive years, 2005 Junior Assistant Coach, Pitten Austria International Music Festival</p>

<p>Marching Band (trombone), Competition Band, Pep Band, Wind Symphony, Jazz Ensemble, orchestra pit (school musical), section leader, American Symphonietta, Protege Philharmonic</p>

<p>Modern Music Masters Vice President</p>

<p>Wrote a piece of music for a small wind ensemble as a supervised independent study project</p>

<p>Hopes for Hope volunteer program in Ensenada, Mexico</p>

<p>AP Scholar, National Merit Semifinalist</p>

<p>Race: 50% Mexican American, 50% White
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<p>Right now, Princeton is my top choice and other I'm interested in are Duke, Stanford, Brown, Harvard and MIT, UMichigan Ann Arbor, USC, UIllinois Champaign-Urbana, and Berkeley. What are my chances at these schools and what should my safety schools be? </p>

<p>Should I use the October SAT to take the french SAT IIs? Should I retake the Lit SAT II? Or should I use the test date to retake the SAT I?</p>

<p>Any help would be greatly appreciated.</p>

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<p>You've got a pretty low chance. I'd say around 13%...</p>

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<p>more like 10%</p>

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<p>wait, he/she is a URM? Chances should be pretty decent (2 800s)</p>

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<p>are you guys joking?</p>

<p>dude, if you put you are mexican american and not white, you'll probably get in. your stuff is good.</p>

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<p>They're trying to say that he/she has just as much chance as anyone... which is true.</p>

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<p>I hereby give efils. a gold star for breaking it down. I thought it was sorta obvious, bingo, esp after all the other chances threads.</p>

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<p>no guys. he has about a 90% chance because he is a urm.</p>

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<p>Ashveer, you make me smile!</p>

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<p>Hey, everyone likes a chuckle.</p>

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<p>well said ashveer, i'd say thirteen percent is right on the dot.</p>

<p>i kinda feel like all these chances threads are somewhat misnamed or misguided -- nobody can actually give you your 'chances,' it should be more like, here are my stats what can i do with them/what should i highlight to show myself in the best light</p>

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<p>And that's why the Armenians and the Punjabis get along. : )</p>

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<p>what does URM stand for?</p>

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<p>under-represented minority</p>

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And that's why the Armenians and the Punjabis get along. : )

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<p>Can't say I've heard that one before, but rather funny nonetheless.</p>