Chance for Princeton please!!

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<p>Grade Point Average: not weighted ~98, weighted 109 (our school doesn't do 4.0 scale)</p>

<p>SAT: 2310 super scored, 2270 first time (freshman year - 800 mathematics 750 writing, 720 critical reading)
2240 second time (junior year - 800 mathematics 680 writing, 760 critical reading)</p>

<p>I am not submitting my SAT, unless you think I should.</p>

<p>ACT: 35 (36 math, 36 science, 35 reading, 34 writing, 34 combined (11 essay))</p>

<p>SAT II: Mathematics II: 800, Biology: 790 , US History: 720 (Quite bad), Physics: 800.</p>

<p>Race/ethnicity/background: middle class, Indian (moved from UK), Long Island, New York.</p>

<p>Advanced Placement Classes: I am an incoming senior, so by year:
Freshman - Pre-AP World (1st year), Honors Bio, Algebra 2 and Trig first half of year, switched into Precalculus (normally a 11th grade class at my school), Spanish 2H
Sophomore - AP World, AP Bio, AP Calc, Honors Chem, Spanish 3H
Junior - AP USH, AP Physics B, AP Computer Science, AP English Language, AP Statistics, Spanish 4H
Senior year (PLANNED) - AP Chem, Im trying to get an AP Physics C course created, AP English Lit, AP US Gov't, AP Spanish, and multivariable calculus (I am trying, once again).</p>

<p>On the 8 APs taken so far, I have gotten 5 on all.</p>

<p>Other courses: 4 years of orchestra, 4 years of science research</p>

<p>Sports: Varsity 4 years X-country (will be a captain next year, most likely), 4 years varsity tennis team (captain junior yr, forecasted senior year, school mvp awards)</p>

<p>Internships: summer (9th-10th), went to India at interned at a tech company (Tech Mahindra), learned Java
summer(10th-11th), went to MSKCC, at did some cancer research (no I have not cured cancer, although if I had I am sure, I wouldn't be making this thread right now)
summer(11th-12th), intern at SBU Simons program, working again on cancer research
during senior year, I plan to intern at Cold Spring Harbor Labs in a highly selective program</p>

<p>Clubs/memberships:
Mathletes - all four years, do local math league, consistently in top 50 out of ~1000 students. HIghest rank was 5th in sophomore year. Have done AMC 8 (cleared), AMC 12, and AIME, scored well on those. Other math tournaments (highest rank was 2nd). Go to NYSML and ARML. Captain of mathletes team.
Robotics - sophomore, junior, and projected senior year on team, lead programmer, will be an officer this coming year. really love it, even though are team doesn't do that well.
Spanish Honor Society/National Honor Society
Tolerance Club
Student Civic
Freshman Class Treasurer (did not run for reelection)
Tri-M honor society</p>

<p>Columbia SHP
PSAT 233 (I think finalist level?)</p>

<p>Class rank: school doesn't rank, but school is small so estimated 1st-3rd</p>

<p>Other Awards: I won the RPI medal this year, a few others, Philosophy Slam 4th place, Long Island Science Congress Honors, some music awards, SUNY Old westbury math program, accpeted to PROMYS (didn't attend)</p>

<p>Volunteer work: not much, tutoring, hospital volunteer work 10th grade, plan to create a tutoring app like SO sort of that school will use, plan to do some things over summer, volunteered in clinic in India (with my aunt whos a doctor)</p>

<p>Recommendations: Teachers I will ask (one english who writes well, she said I had a great personality) and (other math, who has known me for a very long time). I also plan to ask my science internship PI as an extra.</p>

<p>Please leave comments about anything I am missing.</p>

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<p>Why wouldn’t you submit your SAT I results? Princeton accepts score choice and it would be a strength to your application. You appear to be a viable candidate. Try not to spread yourself too thin with too many EC’s. Real leadership roles/contributions are meaningful on your application but a laundry list is not. Good luck!</p>

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<p>^^ The ACT 35 score is actually a better score than even the superscored SAT. No need to submit the SAT scores especially since you have perfect ACT scores in Math and Science and a very high combined Reading and Essay score. Sorry, I don’t do “chances” except to say you appear to be a competitive applicant. If you place at Siemens or Intel, obviously your application will be stronger.</p>

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<p>You really should not apply to Ivy League schools. I recommend applying to Villanova or Duke, but applying to Ivies will be a waste of money. </p>

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<p>@whuffy‌ Is it because I will get flat out rejected from all of them, including Cornell?</p>

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<p>You might have an okay chance. Apply to maybe one or two Ivy League schools, but probably only the ones you really want to go to.</p>

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<p>I disagree with @whuffy’s advice. You’re a viable candidate for top schools, the only trouble is you can’t predict which ones will say yes and which will say no, so if you only apply to 1 or 2, you could easily be shut out. Don’t forget to list that you’re a National AP Scholar, btw. Hopefully, you are competing in Intel or Siemens with your SBU project and will do well with it. You’re recs and essays will be important - especially, since you don’t have any leadership positions. I know gibby defines leadership as someone who stands out in class but also a rough rule of thumb is to have a least three leadership positions in the activities you’re passionate about. Good luck!</p>

<p>edit:
Sorry, just read over your posts and saw you were captain of some sports actives and mathletes</p>

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<p>@whuffy I just noticed that you have 70 posts and 4 threads in only four hours. That has got to be some kind of a record. I was about to say 66 but it jumped to 70 before I finished typing. I’m sure it’s a lot higher now. At this rate you’ ll have more posts than me after two days and I’ve been posting for three years! </p>

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<p>I like to comment :wink: @Falcon1‌ </p>

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<p>^^ 88! Wow!</p>

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<p>@whuffy Yeah if I get into Princeton, I will probably apply to Columbia because it is so close to home, and if i get deferred, I will probably apply to Columbia + Cornell + UPenn, so no more than 4 total in any case. </p>

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<p>Columbia and Princeton are two of the hardest Ivies to get into. If you don’t get in there, UPenn and Cornell are good safeties but don’t count too much on those.</p>

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<p>@whuffy Mhmm, well best I can do is try, right? That’s the best anyone can really do.</p>

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<p>@whuffy What I can’t help wondering about your advice is that you said Villanova and Duke…which are eons apart. Villanova has about a 40% acceptance rate. On the other hand, Duke has an 11% acceptance rate, not too far away from UPenn, or Dartmouth, or Brown, which you claim is futile for me to get into. I just don’t understad that reasoning.</p>

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<p>sorry, I accidentally grouped those two together. You have a much better chance at Villanova</p>

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<p>^ Villanova and Duke? You really messed up big time haha </p>

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<p>@horsesmith‌ Trolling is so OP man</p>

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<p>I think you have a pretty good chance. Just keep up what you are doing and you will be fine. Get the REA Crash Course for US History. It’s thin and covers all the minor details. It got me that 800. </p>

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<p>@An1100345‌ Yeah, no one really even asks for it, so I don’t send it haha</p>

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<p>Bump</p>