Chance me for Princeton?

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<p>Cummulative GPA: 3.55
Freshman Year:
2 Honors courses, Geometry and Bio
3.47 GPA
JV Crew, JV Ski Team
Boy Scouts</p>

<p>Sophmore Year
204 PSAT, without studying
2 Honors Courses: Analysys 3, Chemistry 3,
Latin, Spanish
3.67 GPS
Varsity Crew, Varsity Ski Team, Debate Team, Boy Scouts, Volunteer Hours</p>

<p>SKI Team Class S State Champions</p>

<p>Junior Year
2 AP's: AP Gov, AP Environmental Science, 5 on both Exams(Likely)
3 Honors Courses: Spanish, Latin, Great Works(English),
Eagle Scout!
Varsity Track, Varsity Cross Country Varsity Debate, Varsity Ski Team, Co-Founder of school hiking club,
3.66 GPA
Writer
Tutor
Ski Team Class S State Champions again, and third in Entire State(As a team)</p>

<p>Senior Year:
5 AP's: AP Spanish, AP Euro, AP Lang, AP Calc AB, AP Economics, independent study in physics
Honors: Latin,
Varsity Cross Country, POTENTIAL CAPTAIN, Varsity Track, Varsity Debate, Varsity Ski Team,
Co-Founder of Hiking Club,
Eagle Scout</p>

<p>Additional Details
School doesn't release class rank, but I'd say top 10 percent. 3.55 gpa as of right now
Eagle Scout</p>

<p>2310 SAT's: 750 CR, 760 Math, 800 Writing</p>

<p>5 on AP Government AP Test, 4 on Environmental Science(Still not sure if I should submit the 4)</p>

<p>Taking ACT in September
730 Math 1, 740 Literature, Taking both again in October + 1 additional SAT ii.</p>

<p>Thanks for your help! I would appreciate any advice you could give me to make my application/resume better, and increase my chances. Thanks!</p>

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<p>I see that you are posting the same question on a lot of the Ivy forums. Why just Ivies? What do you like about each one? They are all really different. Just because they are in a single athletic conference does not mean they are interchangeable.</p>

<p>In any case, your grades are for sure your weak point, and there’s not much you can do to radically improve your GPA. And your ECs aren’t anything unusual. You should also keep in mind that a lot of elite colleges don’t count the writing score on the SAT, which was your strongest element (although your M/CR score is still very good). Unless you have a “hook” of some kind I think you should broaden your search. You need matches and safeties anyway.</p>

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<p>See: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/yale-university/1381002-chance-me-yale.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/yale-university/1381002-chance-me-yale.html&lt;/a&gt;. I imagine Yale’s advice would also apply to Princeton.</p>

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<p>You seem like a really good skier. Why not go somewhere with a ski team?</p>