Chance Me Please. NOT about affirmative action.

Colleges and Universities A-Z Princeton University
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<p>Ok so I started a thread and made the mistake of asking about affirmative action and well....just check this out it you want to know more. lol. </p>

<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/princeton-university/629457-princeton-affirmative-action-chances.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/princeton-university/629457-princeton-affirmative-action-chances.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Lets try this one more time...</p>

<p>I'm an African American/Native American male high school junior and have "good" stats:
3.77 UW GPA, 4.25 W GPA (3.87 UW w/o freshman year grades)
2150 SAT,
Around 200 hours of community
President of my class
President of student govt. association
Captain of tennis team
Secretary of my school's Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity chapter club
Member of the National Honor Society(running for an officer position at the end of the year)
Spanish club officer
Founder and president of my school's NAACP club
Model United Nations
I also started my own EBay in 7th grade and have made thousands of dollars in profit since.</p>

<p>Here is a list of the awards I have received:</p>

<p>President’s Volunteer Award
President's Silver Volunteer Pin
Ft. Detrick Volunteer of The Year, 2005
Ft. Detrick Volunteer Award, 2006
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Academic Honorary Award
National Student Leadership Conference Nominee
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Certificate of Honor
President’s Award of Academic Excellence
President’s Education Award
Ft. Detrick Coin of Excellence
302nd Signal Battalion Commander’s Coin of Excellence
2008 Academic Letter
Tennis Varsity Letter and Pin</p>

<p>All of my academic classes have been honors and I am taking 3 AP classes this year (AP Environmental Science, AP U.S. History, and AP Microeconomics) and plan to take five next year ( AP Statistics and Probability, AP Language, AP Govt., AP Macroeconomics, and AP Psychology)</p>

<p>I already know the two teachers that I am going to ask for rec. letters and they think very highly of me. I also know my guidance counselor very well and know the principal and vice principals at my school, so I know they would write stellar letters of recommendation.</p>

<p>So here is my question...</p>

<p>I know that Princeton University is a very elite and highly selective institution. I want to know whether or not I could have a shot in getting in? I think my downfall is my 3.87 UW GPA.</p>

<p>And also, will being African American and Native American help my chances? ( Please don't make this about affirmative action and your opinion. I'm looking for suggestions and HELPFUL advice)</p>

<p>If so, how much?</p>

<p>Any shared personal experience is welcome and thank you in advance. =)</p>

<p>P.S. Don't be rude! =0</p>

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<p>You have an exceptional chance of being admitted.</p>

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<p>What are your rank and AP scores? That would put your GPA in more perspective.</p>

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<p>(I think I posted on your other thread, but I can't remember!)</p>

<p>You have great stats and EC's, but I gotta admit that I don't really see a passion, except for maybe government (?) in your classes, work, EC's, etc. If you can make those more obvious in your essays, then you have a great shot. :)</p>

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<p>Well I dont know my rank. but top 10% I'm sure and my high school is a VERY competitive high school in Maryland suburbs (if that helps). </p>

<p>And I haven't taken any AP exams yet because I'm a junior..</p>

<p>But my schedule this year is: AP U.S. History, AP Environmental Science, Student Service Learning (kind of like an independent learning w/ a teacher) AP Microeconomics, English 11 Honors, Sociology, Journalism, Statistics and Probability.</p>

<p>My schedule for Senior year will be: AP Macroeconomics, AP Psychology, AP Lang, AP Stat and Prob., AP Gov, Business Management,Academy of Finance(taught at a local college), Chemistry Honors, International Business and Finance, and Accounting,</p>

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<p>And I'm planning to major in Economics at Princeton so that's why I chose so many business related courses for my senior year. I guess that would be my "passion" but how could I convey that better in my application? What actions could I take now to ensure that they adcoms see me as a great prospective student that they want to admit?</p>

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<p>Princeton will probably want to see Calc BC, especially for an econ major. Stats is useful in high school, but not at the expense of Calc. Many, many students at Princeton come in having already taken math courses beyond Calc II, and the majority of math classes are pretty tough.</p>

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<p>So anyways jroc:</p>

<p>You're very well qualified, which leads me to say that you have a good chance, but I wouldn't say it's likely. That's just becuase there are extremely few people who I would say are likely for any Ivy as Ivy admissions are very unpredictable.</p>

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<p>you have a decent chance. can't say for sure, you never know. </p>

<p>on another note,
i never see actual borderline kids asking people to chance them. its always the kids with better statistics. haha</p>

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<p>Since you're still a Junior, it might be a good idea to try to improve your SAT even more if you think you can, especially with score reporting choice (though not for all schools). Otherwise I think you have a really great shot.</p>

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