Chance me for Princeton Early?

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<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2390<a href="800%20CR,%20790%20M,%20800%20W">/b</a>
[</em>] ACT: **35<a href="36%20E,%2034%20M,%2036%20R,%2035%20S">/b</a>
[<em>] SAT II: **800 Literature, 800 Chinese, 770 Math II, 770 Chem, 760 Biology M.
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0/4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1st or 2nd
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): French (5), Chem (5), Calc BC (5), Lang (5), Psych (5), USH (5), Euro (5), Chinese (5).
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: French course at Princeton, Multivariable Calc, AP Bio, AP Art History, AP Lit.
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMSF, Cum Laude, Book Award, National AP Scholar, etc.</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Founded MUN club and Model Congress, President Speech and Debate, Editor in Chief of Newspaper, Editor of Yearbook, State Orchestra, First chair school chamber orchestra, varsity Swimming, Crew.
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteering for political campaign, Volunteering in teaching English in China.
[<em>] Summer Activities: , Summer internship at Wharton, summer internship at big company, public speaking camps, prestigious journalism summer programs.
[</em>] Essays: In progress
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Both should be pretty good.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Very good.</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): US
[<em>] School Type: Good relationship with Princeton
[</em>] Ethnicity: Not a minority
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>]Income Bracket:
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None[/li][/ul]</p>

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<p>You are definitely very qualified, but so a majority of Princeton applicants. What you need to focus on, IMO, is pick something and make yourself stick out. The Princeton supplement gives you a lot of chances to show yourself in lights other than academics, so try to take advantage of that. Again, this is just my opinion, and I wish you the best of luck.</p>

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<p>Seems to be as good as can be without a hook
Which means your chances are still under 30%</p>

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<p>If you are from New Jersey…you stand a better chance of acceptance applying SCEA to Princeton. I would not waste your “home-field” advantage in this regard! Your “luck” will diminish if you apply regular round to Princeton since all the other TOP students who got deferred or rejected from other EA and ED schools will be applying as well…and, they will start wondering why this New Jersey student did not apply during the early round…</p>

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<p>If you’re taking an advanced course at Princeton, I’m sure you go to a nearby school - in which case, if you’re at the top of your class (which it seems you are), I would not see why you wouldn’t get in as long as your essays and recs match the rest of your stats. The way it works at schools with close relationships with Princeton is that qualified, top students from these schools have a better chance of getting in. It’s not a feeder, in that tons of students always go (except Lville). But area high schools always send at least a couple each year. So you’ll probably get in.</p>

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<p>^^ Area high schools also contain more faculty and administrative kids as as well more alumni children.</p>

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<p>If you live in or around princeton then you probably have a really good chance of getting in. All around your applications is really strong, only thing I can see that might be a problem is a lack of big name awards. You can bet that tons of pton applicants are nmsf, honor roll, book award winners (like me :)). Still, I’d say you have a better chance of getting in than getting rejected.</p>

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<p>Okay, yes definitely valid. But as someone from the local area, I know most of the kids who get in from PDS, Pennington, West-Windsor Plainsboro North/South, Montgomery, Lawrence High School (not Lawrenceville), Hun, Peddie, South Brunswick, etc. ARE NOT the children of faculty/administrators or legacies. A lot of them are hardworking top students who might appear more average elsewhere in the Northeast, but because their schools always send at least 1 or 2 students… the top notch ones with strong counselor support and exceptional apps to back them up will typically get in. </p>

<p>Feeders/Faculty Brats–> Lawrenceville, Princeton High School for sure.
Legacies–>NYC prep schools, CT Prep Schools, MA prep schools, New England boarding schools, PHS, Lawrenceville.</p>

<p>Not always the case but there’s a solid chunk covered by those schools listed.</p>

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<p>^^ Agree with. NJ also has a few of the top magnet schools schools in the country and they have been sending many more kids to Princeton in recent years as well.</p>

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<p>Hmm yeah my school definitely isn’t a feeder-type, but we do get more acceptances into Princeton than for any of the other ‘elite’ schools (granted some of these acceptances are athletics/mega-legacy related).</p>

<p>Thanks so much for the responses! If anyone else wants to jump in too…?</p>

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<p>Essays, essays, essays. Those are the only things you can control now, and they’ll likely be one of the deciding factors on your and other applications. </p>

<p>When you write them, don’t be overly concerned about impressing Princeton or any other school. Focus not on getting in but rather on representing yourself authentically. The essays that stand out really are those in which a student’s voice is apparent, so discuss something about which you care in a writing style that reflects your own voice. Don’t be afraid to show them the “depth of your humanity”–in the words of Stanford’s Dean of Admission.</p>

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<p>Definitely, I’m trying to make sure I don’t fall into a cliche for my essays but it makes coming up with topics a little difficult. I’ll try to see if I can fixate less on the application/getting in part and think more about my voice/style. Thanks for the advice!!</p>

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<p>Your stats are almost perfect!</p>

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<p>Got in!!!</p>

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<p>Amazing. Simply amazing. Can’t wait to meet you and the other amazing individuals of this class. Tigers!</p>

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<p>this was weirdly touching to read.</p>