Chance me for SCEA

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<p>Male
Uncompetitive Catholic High School that has never sent someone to Princeton (this worries me) ; first generation to a 4 year institution
ACT: 34 (30 e, 36 m, 35 s, 33 r, 12 essay)
SAT 2s: 800 Math 2, 750 Bio M
Average:100.5091 (not including freshman year is a 102.52)
Rank: 1/197</p>

<p>Senior Schedule:
IB Biology HL
IB English HL
IB History HL
IB Math Studies SL
IB Economics SL
IB Italian SL
TOK
AP Chemistry
AP Calculus AB (Independent study)</p>

<p>Ecs:</p>

<p>Volunteer at St. Vincent De Paul Soup Kitchen (9, 10, 11, 12)
St. Vincent De Paul Summer Outreach (11)
Lector at Church (9,10,11)
Babysitter/ tutor of my 9-year-old cousin (9,10,11,12)
Math Club (9,10,11,12)
President (12)
Staff of The Equinox Literary Magazine (10,11,12)
Editor (11)
Senior Editor (12)
Member of Student Council (10,11,12)
Social Chairperson (12)
Member of Sophomore, Junior, and Senior Committees (10,11,12)
MSG The Challenge Academic Quiz Team (12)
Member of The National Honor Society (11,12)
Member of School Bowling League (12)
Freshman Mentor (12)
Member of DECA (12)
Director of Communications (12)
Member of Business Club (12)
Member of Senior Jersey Committee (12)
Member of Senior Gift Committee (12)
Member of Inklings (9,10)
Member of Photography Club (9)
Member of Calligraphy Club (9)</p>

<p>Most clubs either stopped, or just started, so that's why they're so sporadic. </p>

<p>Cornell University Summer College(CUSC) (July 17-Aug 6, 2011)
“The Business World”<br>
Student Ambassador for CUSC
Internship with Senator (11)
Religious Instruction Teacher/Catechist (12)
Emmaus Retreat Program (11) </p>

<p>Awards:
Honorable mention for Italian heritage national essay contest
3/4 merit scholarship for my school
IB Diploma candidate?</p>

<p>recommendations: from Senator (great), from Professor at Cornell Summer College (great), Assistant Principal of Academics (smartest kid we've ever had), Math Department Coordinator ("math genius"), counselor (great as well)</p>

<p>essays: common app on in vitro fertilization and how it drives my passion for learning (I personally love it)
supplement (I loved it too, but it's definitely out there)</p>

<p>Interview went superbly! said I was the most amiable person she's seen =D </p>

<p>15 more days x_X</p>

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<p>if anyone wants to read my supplement, pm me</p>

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<p>I forgot to mention I’m caucasian.</p>

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<p>Your unfocused ECs will hurt you. It doesn’t really seem that you show passion in a clear area.</p>

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<p>But a first generation to go to college will override that^^</p>

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<p>Your GPA is amazing! And your interview sounds like it went fabulously and your letters of rec sound equally impressive. You seem like a great candidate to me. I’m surprised that an IB school has never sent a student to Princeton. Have students gone to other selective schools?</p>

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<p>@howdoudo989- I know they are super unfocused; I originally wanted to become a lawyer (internship with senator) then do business (summer college) so, I can definitely see the problem in that.
@sbjdorlo ever since my school went IB (I’m the third cycle, so first graduates were 2010), no one has gotten into an ivy…yes…no one. The top SAT in the class of 2011 was 1950, top ACT was 29; similar stats also apply to the year prior to that. That’s what I’m afraid of. They applied to top schools (Yale, Columbia, Cornell, JHU) but all were denied. I hope these schools don’t think my GPA is inflated!</p>

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<p>best school any IB diploma candidate has gone was SUNY Binghamton…</p>

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<p>If your parents went to a 2-year college or community college, and still received higher level education, your “first generation” status doesn’t really count.</p>

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<p>Well, my son’s homeschooled so they have no one to compare him to in our “school”. His gpa is 4.0 (all As so far) and they really have nothing to base that on, either, except his outside community college transcripts (about 55 units) and his audited univ. classes, so he’s sort of in the same boat.</p>

<p>Nonetheless, I think you still have a good chance (but I’m just a mom).</p>

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<p>any other thoughts?</p>