<p>Just a caveat... I'm not actually a regular user, but my friend is and she's making me post on here just for kicks. Regardless, Princeton's my top choice. Okay here it goes:</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2300 comp.
[</em>] ACT: 35
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Chemistry, and 760 Spanish with Listening
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 out of 4.0
[<em>] Weighted GPA: 4.0 out of 4.0 (4.0 is the cutoff)
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):Top 3-5% out of 120 kids (So top 5 or so)
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses): 5 Environmental Science, 5 Psych, 5 Human Geo, 5 English Lang, 5 BC, 5 Spanish Lang, 5 Chem, 5 USH
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Art History, AP Bio, AP Physics C, AP English Lit, Multivariable Calc
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Quill and Scroll, Journalism Awards, School Awards, National AP Scholar, Cum Laude, National Merit[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): School Newspaper (Editor in Chief 2+ years), School Yearbook (Editor in Chief 2 years), Speech Team (President 2 years, did well on state level and various national level tournaments), Cross Country (varsity 4 years), Tennis (Varsity 2 years), Piano (More of a hobby, but I've done it for over 10 years. Performed in various halls in NYC, like Carnegie, and did well in some contests) and SADD (VP 1 Year, President 2 Years)
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Hundreds of hours at local Hospital, library, and animal shelter.
[li] Summer Activities:Journalism Camps, (like J Camp, Cherubs, and some lesser known ones), Speech camps, Internships at local newspapers (as mentioned before), and Helped with animal hospital in Mexico (tried to use Spanish skills, desire to help animals, and volunteering all in one) [/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Writing:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I wrote about how journalism is a big part of my life. What I've gained from it and why I love it. I also focused on love of helping others and speech.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation #1: Great
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: Great
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Great
[li] Interview:Fine. A lot to talk about.[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[</em>] School Type: Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian American
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: 100k
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Legacy at Penn, not applied ED[/ul]</p>
<p>Chance me for:
[ul][<em>]Princeton [</em>]Harvard [<em>]Yale [</em>] Stanford [<em>]MIT [</em>]Penn [<em>]Columbia [</em>]JHU [*]Northwestern [/ul]</p>