<p>Hello everyone, and a happy new year!
I wanted to get some feedback from you guys on my chances to princeton, one of my top-choice schools due to its crazy physical science programs (i hate life science). I'm at a fairly competitive school (nothing stellar academically). Maybe 3 to HYPSM every year. What do you all think of my chances? anything different that i could do?</p>
<p>Ethnicity: Bangladeshi (I'm an immigrant...I moved here before 6th grade)
Gender: Female
Income: under 50K
GPA: 4.0/4.73
Rank: 1st officially
SAT: 2400
SAT II: Math: 800 Chem: 800 Literature: 760 (I may retake this...I was sick when I took it)
APs: 5's on calc ab, bc, stats, and chem
this year, taking bio, ush, span, physics</p>
<p>Other courses: taking Calc III at prestigious local university. I plan to go forward with taking other advanced classes before graduating.</p>
<p>Local newspaper reporter since 9th grade...dozens of student-related articles published
I really focus on disadvantaged kids in the neighborhood...plus I've gotten two articles in national magazines in my country, as well as larger local newspapers. And I also interviewed Dr. Yunus, the Nobel Peace Prize winner and got that published in front page.
Captain, academic decathlon...county champion, etc. I pretty much started this at my school...18 medals.
Captain, math team...local champ (AIME and the regulars). Also ARML, Stanford tournament, MME, and other what-nots. MU Alpha Theta awards (regional).
Only student on the local city council's Human Relations Commission, chosen out of over 4000 students. I organized a variety of contests for elementary school students.
President of school's race-relations committee
CSF, Honor Society (not really seriously involved)
Science Research in Chemistry (I have two regional medals, one prestigious state medal (California State Science Fair), Intel Scholar, regional science awards. One of my research was on nanoparticles, and I found a unique property regarding them that I am submitting to a research journal...in process of publishing. Very interested in chemistry. UNSCO qualifer. I want to major in chemistry, too.
Science Olympiad member...regional awards. Also a leader.
Volunteer for local hospital
I'm applying to RSI this year, if that matters</p>
<p>I appreciate all your thoughts. Please feel free to add anything i could do.</p>
<p>You're incredibly qualified, and your ethnicity/immigrant status won't hurt either! I'd be really surprised if you didn't get in, but again... all the schools are so ridiculous right now and nothing's a sure bet. Best of luck in the admissions process!</p>
<p>Oh, yes, non-academic ec's. I didn't think they were important for Princeton, but here they are:
1. opened a charity to send books to my country, Bangladesh. So far sent 300 new books.
2. volunteer for Habitat for Humanity
3. piano for 15 years by time of application (just some certificates, nothing that great)
Thanks. Anymore feedback?</p>
<p>excellent, but not really outstanding.
you will definitely get into many top schs, but i don't think you are a shoo-in everywhere
yup, all the best!</p>
<p>1234d: what do you qualify as outstanding? yeah, i know, i've done nothing national. I'm really hoping to use the rest of my junior year to make up for that.
Anyone out there: would Princeton pay attention to my research if it is not published?</p>
<p>^ i'm saying you are a great student, but here are some examples of people from MY year in my school whom i consider outstanding
A: national shooter (equaled national record), gold for international chem olympiad (best in theory, individual 2nd), gold for local physics/math olympiad, captain of many teams, top in school for almost every subject etc
B: shooting captain, won 2 gold medals at southeast asian games (adult games, first time my country won gold in this particular event in 20 odd years)
C: gold for international bio olympiad (individual 5th), won some international science fair, outstanding in chinese orchestra etc
D: national team for debates, math and physics olympiad, brilliant writer (2nd for commonwealth essay competition), gold for local math olympiad, total all-rounder etc
E: national tennis player (ranked #1 among men in my country), top in chinese, one of the best in cross country etc
and i can go on forever...</p>
<p>^ Holy crap, what kind of school do you go to? That's just freaken insane. Don't tell me you've discovered the cure for cancer or something. lol.</p>
<p>agreed. that list is crazy. i don't know ANYONE like them people, and my schools not bad. Personally, winning an international medal, no offense to anyone reading this with one, just signifies taking advantage of an opportunity (i mean, how many hs students can perform cancer-curing research with a super-mentor? or practice dart-throwing starting at the age of two?). that's not always true, but many times, it is.</p>
<p>GPA: 4.0/4.73
never heard of that kind of numbers lol.
anyways, as 1234d said, your resume isn't that outstanding.
But you have every right to apply just like everyone else does.</p>
<p>You seem to be an outstanding student. In my eyes, you are completely qualified for Princeton. However, that doesn't mean you can consider yourself made. Anything can happen. You have a solid chance at Princeton, I think, but either way, with grades like that, I think you will go to a good school, whatever it may be.</p>
<p>I think you have a great shot. I think it'll come down to your essays. I have a question though - how did you manage a 2400? Did you take it several times or get a perfect score the first time?</p>
<p>Hellogoodbye: thanks. I took it once only, actually, and was extremely surprised. sucked at the practice tests.
Unlimited: that's a 4.0 unweighted, 4.73 weighted, yo.</p>
<p>^ i go to a school in singapore. that list doesn't include 2 ppl who already got into yale scea, 2 stanford scea, international physics olympiad gold medalist, 2 rsi dudes, isef winner and other insanely smart/athletic/musical ppl...
my point is, never think you are a shoo-in for ANY school. there's someone in my school with similar stats as you (2400 sat1, 2400 sat2, good rank etc) and he got rejected - not even defered - from yale. but since you are american, at least you are spared from the international pool :P</p>
<p>Don't listen to some of these people. You'll get in. Princeton comes to my high school every year and tells us what we need to get in. You'll do fine.</p>