Chance me for Princeton

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<p>Hi, I hope you don't mind that I posted this in the Princeton forum rather than the "Chance me" one, since I know that you guys probably have a better feel from what a Princeton student has to measure up to. Some preliminary info: I'm a junior who wants to double major (probably) in mathematics and physics. I'm not really looking for validation from you guys, I just want to know if it's worth it to apply here.</p>

<p>SAT I: 2220 (retaking)
---Math: 760 (Missed 1 question :-( )
---CR: 710
---Writing: 750 (Essay: 9/12)</p>

<p>SAT II
---Math I & Math II (don't ask me why I took both...): 800
---Physics: Will take this this June
---Might decide to wing another test while there, but the verdict is out on this one</p>

<p>ACT: 35 (Composite)
---Math: 35
---Science: 36
---Reading: 32
---English: 35</p>

<p>GPA: 4.0 UW; Have taken every AP available at my school other than AP Art (took AP Euro last year for a 5)</p>

<p>Class Rank: (1-2)/130</p>

<p>Extra-curriculars:
---Clubs: Honor Society, Beta Club (President), Latin Club (President), Key Club, Knowledge Bowl Team, Chess Club, Mu Alpha Theta, SLI (please hold all accusations of nerd-ness... heh)
---Jobs/Volunteering: 75 hours at a Thrift shop, 8 hours/week tutoring kids in math since June 2009 (I know this isn't a lot of EC, but whatever.)
---This summer, I will be assisting with some physics research at my university.</p>

<p>Essays: Should be at least decent (I have several sincere topics that I'm thinking about...)</p>

<p>Recommendations: Should be great... Will use a math teacher and my English/Philosophy teacher who writes very well (I'm pretty sure both like me); and I'm hoping I can get a recommendation from the person I'm assisting with research (Ph.D. from Rice), if I help enough.</p>

<p>Notable Math Stuff that might help:
- I have 2 [probably] original proofs for the Pythagorean theorem (verified and deemed [probably] original by a math prof I contacted.
- I have won the state-wide math competition for the past 2 years, and probably this year, too (You get to know your score before you discover whether you won, and I should place at least 1st or 2nd given past score trends).
- I've won my school's math award for the past 3 years.
- Note: Don't think that I deem myself super-special because of these, I just thought that accomplishments related to my probable major would be relevant.</p>

<p>I could add some other miscellaneous rewards and competitions, but it's not directly relevant to the major I want to take up, so if it really matters for gauging, just ask.</p>

<p>If you could chance me based on this (I hope to improve me SAT score, too), I'd be very thankful. I'm just kind of curious whether I should take a shot for Princeton, or just stick to Cornell ED (that is, of course, after visiting Princeton.)</p>

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<p>Well Princeton doesn’t allow you to double major so not sure how that will work out. Sounds like you’re qualified, but nothing’s ever 100%.</p>

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<p>i was in a similar situation to you. My parents are alum at Penn and Brown, and I was pressured to apply ED to one of them, but Princeton was my first choice. I applied RD and got into all of them. You definitely have a shot at princeton, but so do a lot of people. You’d probably get in Cornell either way.</p>

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<p>Wow original proofs. What do you do with them? I’m sure you’d want to get them published under your name before someone else does.</p>

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<p>Well, original proofs aren’t that uncommon… I mean President Garfield had one of the Pythagorean theorem. I’m not that afraid of someone else finding it, but I think I’d be able to back of my claim to it by perhaps providing contact info for the prof that verified it (the professor had previous published a journal article with a lot of proofs of the Pythagorean theorem, so that helped too.)</p>

<p>And ya, I know that Ivy’s are never 100%, but I just want to make sure that I have a decent shot at Princeton before I think about giving up a very, very good shot at Cornell.</p>