<p>GRADES
Freshman Year (although idk if Princeton takes these into account)</p>
<p>English 9 honors- B
World History I honors- B
Physics honors- B+
Acc. Algebra II- C+
French II Honors- A-</p>
<p>Sophomore Year</p>
<p>English 10 Honors- A
World History II Honors- A-
Chem Honors- A-
Pre Calc- A-
French III Honors- A-</p>
<p>Junior Year (so far)</p>
<p>English 11 AP- A-
US History Honors- A
Chem AP- A-
Calc AB- B+ (very high B+)
French IV Honors- A</p>
<p>Senior Year courseload-
English 12 AP
Micro/Macro
Physics AP
Calc BC
French AP</p>
<p>Ethnicity- Hispanic (cuban)</p>
<p>EC's- </p>
<p>community service about 300 hours, playing piano at local nursing home
varsity basketball 2 years, jv sports before
solo & ensemble music festival awards- 5 state solo superiors in piano, mallets, and drums so far and 15 distric superiors so far. been playing drums for 6 years and piano for 8.</p>
<p>I know that its still early, but can i please know if im wasting my time or if i actually have a good chance at princeton, my dream school. assuming i score 4's and 5's on the AP exams this year, 700+ on the sat II's, and excellent essay and teacher recs, what are my chances?? (will chance back!)</p>
<p>Hmm. What are your UW and W GPAs? And class rank?</p>
<p>I would say you have a decent shot, especially since Princeton doesn’t consider freshman year grades. Still, I can’t really tell what your passion is. Your EC’s are good but honestly pretty typical. Just try to make yourself stand out more.</p>
<p>Our school doesn’t rank, but definitely top 10%. Cum Laude also.
UW gpa (including freshman year is like a 3.6 and weighted a 3.85 (we have small weights ) if you don’t include freshman year its more like a 3.78 UW and 4.05 W (and all this is only core classes)</p>
<p>and as far as a passion goes i don’t really have one. I am however one of the most all-around people i know, so I’m good in a lot of areas (sports, music, school, social) rather than having one specific passion. Another EC i forgot to mention is clubs- president of Young Republicans and member of the spanish club since 9th grade</p>
<p>Also, I forgot to mention its a pretty prestigious prep school, although i can’t remember the last time we sent one to Princeton… </p>
<p>honestly, i agree with random. i think stanford is probably the #1 place you have to show a strong passion, but top ivies like princeton, i think its almost essential, too.</p>
<p>Yeah, I have to agree with Random and White. You really need to show why you’re special. If you don’t have a passion, then you are the same as every other applicant and there is no reason to admit you. I suggest you find what you reallllllly care about in life before applying at Princeton.</p>
<p>International student from a very small mining town…
SAT I: 1890( first try)
SAt II: 2150( first try)
TOEFL: 112( first try)
couldn’t afford to go to a big town to take it more than once</p>
<p>Regional History Olympiad -2nd ( 9th grade)
Regional English Olympiad -3rd ( 10th grade)
Regional English Olympiad- 2nd ( 11thgrade)
Regional Sociology Olympiad - 1st (11th grade) followed by ->
->National Sociology Olympiad-1st( 11th grade)
Regional English Olympiad- 1st ( 12th grade) followed by ->
-> National English Olympiad- participation ( 12th grade)
Government merit recognition award
Rotary award
City Council merit recognition award and some sort of medal
more than 1500 hours of community service with Save the Children and an anti-aids association
GPA: 9.99 out of 10.00
valedictorian ( 155)
National seminar on EU villages
film club- organizer</p>
<p>classes this year:
Romanian
English
French
Italian Studies
Philosophy
History
Introductory psychoanalysis
Geography
Science
English Cultural Studies
Physical Education
Plastic arts
Religion
World Literature
Latin
Technology of information and communication</p>
<p>forgot some things:
part of the editorial staff of our high school magazine
I have recently been acclaimed as one of the students who has won the greatest number of awards in our school( in an article )
coordinated a research activity in our high school ( it consisted of applying questionnaies, collecting and interpreting data, publishing it + I was the coordinator of the entire group who did this)
my activity as a volunteer implied some sort of research activity ( went to dif. schools, applied questionnaires, collected the data;) + direct work with the children at a daily center
National Children’s Forum ( participated about 5 times)
great recs.
intended major: sociology
can I please get an honest opinion?</p>
<p>oh, also had an interview - went very well
the interviewer said it was definitely interesting as I was the first person he had interviewed who was not into pure sciences</p>
<p>thank you, Wannadartmouth. I’ve recently seen the admission statistics for 2012 and apparently 2.3% of those accepted had an SAT I score in the 1700-1890 range. plus, most of the Romanians applying to Princeton are math, physics, chemistry… olympians- hope my commitment to a diff. subject will be of some use. well, Princeton is indeed my first-choice but if I am not accepted to any of the universities I applied to ( HYP, Williams, Colgate, Grinnell, Wellesley, Brandeis) , I’ll apply to one in Germany and to Sorbonne in France.</p>
<p>that’s just not to get my hopes up… I would really like to be admitted to Princeton which is my dream school. but, well… we’ll see…</p>
<p>For those of you say he has no passion, doesn’t he have a passion for music? I may be incorrect, but it seems like he has a lot of music credentials. I think needs more extra curricular activies and leadership. Also his class schedule does not seem very difficult, thus he has a low weighted GPA. You still have a chance, like everybody else that applies. Where do you go to High school, I also live in south florida.</p>
<p>This is just a general question Playa678–does your high school have solid reputation among the Ivies and other elite colleges? Have any attended Princeton recently?</p>
<p>ya solid but not great. we send a 4 or 5 to the ivies on average a year. I cant remember any going to Princeton since I’ve been here, but 3 or 4 since frosh year that i know of got in and just chose harvard or yale over it.</p>
) if you don’t include freshman year its more like a 3.78 UW and 4.05 W (and all this is only core classes)</p>