<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2250 (800 CR, 710 M, 740 W)
SAT II: 800 Biology-E, 780 US History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.0 Freshman year, 3.55 Sophomore year, 3.82 Junior year. I read that Princeton discounts Freshman year (thank goodness)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Unranked/no percentiles. In 'most rigorous' courses
AP (place score in parenthesis): Lang (5), USH (5).
Senior Year Course Load: AP Euro, AP English, AP Stats, AP Biology, Calc, Spanish 4, Con Law H
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None </p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Founder and three year president of the Debate team, two year president of the business club, school newspaper contributor, senior class treasurer.
-Founder of 10k a year not for profit organization with one employee
-In in a freedom of information lawsuit against neighboring town
-Contributing journalist to three county newspapers, have covered a governor, the county prison, a mayoral forum, etc.
-Tournament chess player</p>
<p>Essays: In progress
Teacher Recommendation: should be good.
Counselor Rec: Very good.
State (if domestic applicant): NJ
Country (if international applicant): US
School Type: Independent
Ethnicity: Middle Eastern Caucasian/Caucasian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 250k+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): dual citizen (I know thats small)</p>
<p>I think my SAT/SAT II are fine, no? Its the GPA thats rough, but there is an improvement trend for what thats worth. Also, you think being middle eastern caucasian is a hook?</p>
<p>buddy: you have to face the fact that when you post a “chance me” thread, you’ll get several HS students giving you advice from their vast stores of experience.</p>
<p>You get what you pay for. I fully agree with KeDIX however</p>
<p>buddy…don’t post a chance thread. Look at the actual results threads and compare yourself. No one on this website is going to see my stats/extracurriculars all together until AFTER I’m accepted places so I can be a RESOURCE to other students. No one can chance you.</p>
<p>I think this site would be a great place for a psychology study. If you had scored 50 points higher on your SAT (which isn’t that much at all), no one would be telling you your score is too low. Also, which is better, a 3.99 or a 4.0? (<em>cough</em> <em>cough</em> They’re both the same.) And, discounting freshman year you have about a 3.7. Take that number and head off to the Princeton website.</p>
<p>I am not sure that anyone can chance anyone for any competitive schools anymore. Everything is “holistic” nowadays, so it is not like having a lower SAT score or no awards automatically means you do not even have a shot. On the flip side, you can have a perfect SAT scores, perfect grades and perfect everything else, and they still might not take you. They look at your whole package. I am pretty sure that no application is immediately tossed. Like, I do not think that they would toss an application b/c someone has a 2.0 without reading the whole thing, b/c there might be a reason that that person has such a low GPA. So, in reality, everyone has a shot. It is not even fair to say that someone that applies to Princeton does not “qualify” to b/c no one really knows what the school wants.</p>