Chance me for Princeton?

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<p>Hi, I'm a rising senior and my dream school is Princeton. I know this is a reach. I would like to do biomedical engineering or pre-med. I go to a math science magnet school.</p>

<p>GPA: 3.97
GPA (weighted): 5.38 (.17 is added for each honors/AP- it's really inflated)
Projected Valedictorian: 1/456</p>

<p>Freshmen Year:
1. Spanish III- A
2. Algebra II Hon.- A
3. English 9 Hon.- A
4. World History II- A
5. AP Environmental Science- A (5)
6. Biology Hon.- A
7. Research Class (How to write research paper)- A
8. Band- A
9. Marching Band- A</p>

<p>Sophomore:
1. Spanish IV Hon.- A
2. English 10 Hon.- A
3. AP Biology (5)- A
4. AP Statistics- B (5)
5. AP Psychology- A (5)
6. Chemistry Hon.- A
7. Trig/Precalculus- A
8. Band- A
9. Marching Band- A</p>

<p>Junior:
1. AP Spanish- A
2. AP English- A
3. APUSH- A
4. AP AB Calculus- A
5. AP Chemistry- A
6. Physics Hon.- A
7. Molecular Biology- B
8. Band Hon.- A
9. Marching Band- A
10. Shakespeare Hon.- A</p>

<p>Senior (projected schedule):
1. AP Lit
2. AP Gov
3. AP Physics (B and E/M)
4. AP BC Calculus
5. AP Art History
6. Math Modeling and Discrete Mathematics (covers Linear Algebra and Multivariate)
7. Band
8. Marching band</p>

<p>Standardized Tests:
ACT: 33 Composite: 35 M, 36 CR, 32 E, 29 S- I know this a horrible score- I will get it up to 35
SAT: 740 CR, 710 M, 750 W (11)- I almost cried when I got this score- very upsetting- I am going to improve math and hopefully CR
SAT II: Math II- 800, Bio M- 750, US History- 710</p>

<p>EC:
Chess Club Co-Captain
4th Place States- Sophomore Year- Second Board
3rd Place States- Junior Year- Fourth Board</p>

<p>Forensics (Public Speaking): Captain
Freshmen Year: 3rd Place Districts
3rd Place Regionals
6th States
Junior Year: 3rd Place Districts
3rd Place Regionals
5th Place States</p>

<p>Battle of the Brains: Captain
Participated in numerous tournaments, including CBS' TV one</p>

<p>Debate Team: PR Specialist
4th Place at UVA Rotunda Classic</p>

<p>Honor Societies: Math Honor Society (Advisory Board President)
Spanish Honor Society
Beta Honor Society
Tri-M Honor Society</p>

<p>Black Belt in Karate</p>

<p>Achieved Social Music Diploma for American Piano Guild Prep A
-Achieved Superior Ratings in Guild for three years</p>

<p>Band- Marching Band- Section Leader for three years
Soloist in Sophomore Year
Most Improved Brass Player </p>

<p>District Band for three years
All County Band for three years</p>

<p>Varsity Tennis for Three Years</p>

<p>Science Fair Acceptance:
Metro Richmond for Three Years- 3rd Place Sophomore Year
VJAS for one year
Hoping to get paper published</p>

<p>Internship- medical internship in which students attend anatomy and physiology classes, do a research project, and shadow doctors</p>

<p>Shadowing:
Cardiologist
General Surgeon
Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Plan on shadowing Radiologist, Electrophysiologist, and ER doc</p>

<p>Work Experience:
Worked as data specialist/computer technician for Cardiology Office</p>

<p>Volunteering Experience:
Math/Science Center: Teach underprivileged children about math and science
March of Dimes
Habitat for Humanity (RESTORE)</p>

<p>Thanks to everyone who chances me!</p>

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<p>You sure have a lot of “dream” schools…</p>

<p>It’ll probably help your applications if you can actually drill down and really discover why Princeton, Harvard, Penn, Cornell and Brown attract you. Certainly more than just the Ivy moniker I hope. But probably a coin flip either way.</p>

<p>Unless you do that, your apps to each of those five will be bland copies of one another… and easily forgettable.</p>

<p>Congrats on your academic achievements to date. Good luck to you.</p>

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<p>You can get a good education at any of the Ivies, so I would not concentrate on just 1 or 2. I would also include MIT and Cal Tech in your list.</p>

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<p>^^not all ivys are created equal…some are clearly better than others…there is a noticeable variance and personalities within this “athletic league”…choose wisely and carefully among these schools as T26E4 noted…</p>

<p>…also be strategically smart in applying to national academic powerhouses from each region to have a better “chance” of getting into at least one school that you truly want to go to…and have options to compare schools with different financial aid packages to choose from come May 1 next year…</p>

<p>…it appears you are interested in being a PREMED/biology/biomedical engineering looking at your background…if that is the case…I would definitely add Duke from the South, Chicago from the Midwest, and Stanford from the West…</p>

<p>…I hesitate about MIT and Caltech because they may hurt your GPA despite being great schools…now, if you were clearly engineering/STEM without medical school in your FUTURE that is a different story…</p>

<p>…remember, medical schools are very sensitive about how high your GPA is in college…</p>

<p>…just food for thought.</p>