Chance Junior for Princeton

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<p>Thanks everyone!</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2380 (780CR, 800M, 800W, 12E)
[</em>] SAT II: 800 Math IIC; taking US History and Chem
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 (most rigorous courseload)
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10% (school only does deciles)
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): taking US History, Chem, BC Calc, Stats
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, AP Lit, AP Span Lang, some non-AP social studies class, Math at Stanford University
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): CA State Tournament Qualifier in Policy Debate, USAJMO Qualifier, 4th Place at So Cal Championship in Black Belt Sparring, NMSF (probable – 240 PSAT), Silver President’s Award in Community Service
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Policy Debate (9/10/11/12, President of the Speech and Debate Team, Captain of the Policy Debate Team, CA State Tournament Qualifier, finalist at District Tournament and first alternate to Nationals, Top Speaker at SCU Invitational, organized and taught at summer speech and debate camp fundraiser), Math Club (9/10/11/12, USA Junior Mathematical Olympiad Qualifier – Score: 27, 3 x AIME Qualifier – highest score: 9, National Winning Team – 4x4 Competition, National 3rd Place Team – Mandelbrot Team Play Competition, 2nd Place Open Division in Santa Clara Valley Regional Competition, Mandelbrot Competition West/International Region Individual Leader-board), Karate (since 4th grade, Black Belt, 4th Place in Black Belt Sparring at So Cal Grand Championship), Cross Country (9/10/12), Track (10/12)
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Silver President’s Award in Community Service for working at a monthly fundraiser booksale, phone banking for the 2008 Obama Campaign, teaching debate to novices, and a lot of miscellaneous service activities
[</em>] Summer Activities: Debate camps (9/10/11), worked/organized summer speech and debate camp fundraiser (10/11, raised $30,000)
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA (Bay Area)
[</em>] School Type: very competitive Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Algerian-American
[</em>] Gender: M
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<p>I think you know you have a good shot. There’s only so much these “chance” forums can help you with. You know your stats are good, so write a very creative/cohesive essay and you’ll be an excellent contender.</p>

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<p>Thanks. Would this be strategic as an EA option?</p>

4

<p>You seem very qualified. You’ve got you bases covered which is good. Just follow through with good grades your senior year and you’ll be fine (:</p>

5

<p>Your stats are fine for Princeton, but it is hard to predict if your ECs will stand out for admissions. As for EA, be sure Princeton is your first choice. That is the only way an SCEA becomes strategic.</p>

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<p>Well, my first two choices are Princeton and Yale, but I’m not sure which is first, so I’d like to apply to one of them for SCEA. Any advice based on that?</p>

7

<p>No, there isn’t any advantage of choosing on over the other for SCEA, except your personal preference.</p>

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<p>Apply to Yale SCEA. They favor debaters in admissions (Princeton’s debate team isn’t really anything noteworthy compared to Yale’s for policy).</p>