Chance me please! :)

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<p>SAT I (breakdown): 2300 (720 CR, 780 Math, 800 Writing)</p>

<p>SAT II: 750 Math 1, 730 U.S History (too low?)</p>

<p>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0</p>

<p>Weighted GPA: 6.367 (from IB/AP classes)</p>

<p>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 1 % of class of 700 students</p>

<p>AP (place score in parenthesis): AP World History (5), AP Macroeconomics (5), AP Government (4), AP English Language (4), AP European History (4), AP U.S History (5), AP English Literature (4), AP Calculus AB (5).</p>

<p>IB (place score in parenthesis): IB Mathematics (6 out of 7), taking HL History, HL English, HL Spanish, and HL Chemistry this year.</p>

<p>Senior Year Course Load: 5 IB classes, 1 AP class, 1 Dual Enrollment class.</p>

<p>Awards: Top 20 Teams in the Nation Eurochallenge Competition, AP Scholar with Distinction, Passed an Amendment in my local district requiring all county calendars to include Diwali (the Indian New Year), Silver Knight Nominee: Mathematics Category (more details below), Chatham University Book Award, Boston Invitational MUN Outstanding Delegate 2011, FIMUN Best Delegate 2010, FIMUN Best Delegate 2011, Global Classrooms MUN Honorable Mention 2011, 1st Place Economics District 26 FBLA, Principal’s Honor Roll (lol).</p>

<p>Extracurriculars: Model UN Secretary Grades 11-12, Eurochallenge Competitor, President of Junior Statesmen of America Club 11-12, Vice President of FBLA Club 11-12, Master of Ceremonies for Sindhi Association of Florida Grades 10-11(community group), Children’s Diwali Ball Dance Participant Grades 2-9, Aftercare Program and Tutoring at local Elementary school Grades 9-11, Mu Alpha Theta Club Member, National Honor Society Member Grades 11-12, Piano player Grades 9-10.</p>

<p>Job/Work Experience: Internship with Economics professor.</p>

<p>Volunteer/Community service: (2 major projects, few minor) First-Student Ambassador and Board Member for an orphanage that I’ve worked with for the past 4 years (Grades 9-12), Organized Massive Drive (70+ boxes of items to send) for orphanage, Organize local fundraisers, took a Service Trip to the orphanage where I designed a floor plan for building extension and went into tribal zones to find more kids. Second- Founder of Mathematicians in the Making Math Camp Grades 11-12 for underprivileged children in my local community who cannot afford personal tutors and are struggling through their math classes, received Silver Knight Nomination for it. (Minor Volunteer at local hospital Grades 10-11, Thanksgiving and Christmas Toy Drives with local shelter, Autism Walks and Relay for Life.</p>

<p>Summer Activities: Columbia University 3-week Summer Program Grade 9, Georgetown University 2-week Summer Program Grade 10, Wharton Business School’s Leadership in the Business World Summer Program Grade 11, Organizing and conducting Math Camp (see above), Interning with Economics professor.</p>

<p>Leisure Activities: Scrapbooking, painting, reading, etc.</p>

<p>Essays: Common App was strong in my opinion and did include a bit of humor (hired a personal college counselor who read through it to make sure it was good), attached a Resume in the Additional Documents section, took a LOT of time on the supplement and gave it all that I got :)</p>

<p>Teacher Recommendation: Both were amazing: one from math teacher, another from history teacher. Very personalized.</p>

<p>Counselor Rec: Go to a large public high school, so it wasn’t very personalized but still done well.</p>

<p>Additional Rec: From the Director of the orphanage I serve as a board member of. Definitely the best rec when compared to the teacher and counselor recs.</p>

<p>State (if domestic applicant): Florida</p>

<p>School Type: Large Public</p>

<p>Ethnicity: Indian</p>

<p>Gender: Female</p>

<p>Income Bracket: >300k</p>

<p>Strengths: SAT/GPA/Rank/Aps (I think I’m pretty good for the most part when it comes down to numbers), Volunteer activities (especially Service Trip perhaps?), Public Speaking activities, Summer activities.</p>

<p>Weaknesses: SAT II scores aren’t that high, not many national awards, lack of extensive work experience, ethnicity (not in my control lol).</p>

<p>Please let me know what you think! I'm open to constructive criticism, so feel free to be entirely honest! Any suggestions are also welcome! (Sorry if I posted this in the wrong page)</p>

<p>Thanks for your time!</p>

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<p>Looking good!</p>

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<p>I think you have a great shot. Your SAT IIs aren’t phenomenal, but I think that’ll easily be overlooked when everything else is considered. (plus, your other scores and numbers show that you’re not weak academically. They’ll know you’re capable of the coursework at Princeton. I wouldn’t worry about the SAT IIs). Your extracurriculars, awards, and community service are all very impressive and unique. I was blown away as I read it. You’ve shown a passion for helping and volunteering, and you seem like a compassionate person because of it. I’m sure your recs and essays are wonderful, so that’ll probably work in your favor as well.
Your ethnicity may be a slight disadvantage, but I like to think that you’re a standout anyway. </p>

<p>Overall, I think they’ll have a hard time not accepting you. Did you apply SCEA?</p>

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<p>SAT IIs are average and good enough for Pton, I wouldn’t stress over them.</p>

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<p>@Xenophilius23: Thank you for your response! I didn’t apply SCEA because I receive a full ride to a local university (under the condition that I apply EA) and was counting on that to be my back-up school.</p>

<p>Thanks ZaZa94 and decillion :)</p>

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<p>Oh I see. Well congrats on that! I have a full ride to a state university as well, but I was able to apply SCEA to Princeton. Hoping for the best!</p>

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<p>^Goodluck!! Unfortunately the local school was private and I wasn’t able to :confused: But either way hope everything works out for you :D</p>

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<p>"Passed an Amendment in my local district requiring all county calendars to include Diwali "
That’s awesome :)</p>