Chance me for Ivy leagues

Applying to College
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<p>I'm an Asian American junior in North Carolina.</p>

<p>Languages:
2 years of Greek
2 years of Latin
3 years of Spanish</p>

<p>Social Studies
AP Human Geography 5
AP Gov 5
AP European History 5
AP Psychology (not tested yet)
AP Economics (not tested yet)
(Projected) AP US History</p>

<p>English
Rhetoric 1 year
AP Lang 4
AP Literature (not scored yet)
(Projected) Poetry</p>

<p>Math
Honors Algebra 1 and 2 (As),
Honors Geometry (A),
Honors Precalculus (A),
AP Calculus BC (B, not scored yet)
(Projected) AP Statistics</p>

<p>Science
AP Chemistry (3), SAT II Test (720), Course (A)
Honors Genetics (With NCSSM) (A)
High school Biology, Phyisics, Chemistry (A)
(Projected) Anatomy at UNC-Charlotte</p>

<p>ACT Score
Freshman year - 33
SAT Score - 2340</p>

<p>GPA: Unweighted 3.9</p>

<p>Extracurriculars
Nationally ranked debater, won many tournaments, 7th in nation,
Nationally ranked speech-er, three events
3 years Coaching a debate and speech club and offering debate coaching for private sessions
2-year Captain of Science Olympiad team, numerous medals and awards on state level
Vice President of Honor Society, planning to be President. (officer for three years).
Blue belt in Tae Kwon Do - will have red (right before black) by Admissions time.</p>

<p>Summer Camps
Summer Ventures, Genetics lab work for three weeks
Duke TiP 2 camps
Anatomy camp at Appalachian</p>

<p>What do you think I need to do more in senior year? My dream school is Princeton.</p>

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<p>I am not an admissions officer at P but if I were, I would probably accept you. I say ‘probably’ because your stats and EC look good. I would think your recs and essays will have much weight in terms of ‘differentiating’ you from the other hundreds of Asians applying to P with similar high stats and ECs. Will these recs and essays give me a feel for what your personality is really like or will they be the standard ‘Jonny is a hard worker who excels in the classroom’. </p>

<p>What I would recommend for this next year is to focus on what makes you special? Why would I, as the Director of Admissions at Princeton want to have you on my campus instead of Jackie Choo, Mr. Miagi, Michelle Wai, Ho Chi Mai, or Pol Smoke Pot, who all have great stats and ECs just like you?</p>

<p>And always remember the infamous words of Mr. Miagi from Karate Kid I: " Daniel-san, best way block, no be there!"</p>

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<p>One specific piece of advice: Take a 4th year of Spanish if you can; the variety of languages is interesting, but having depth in one language will help.</p>