Hi everyone! I am a senior and Princeton is my number one choice school. I am applying early decision and praying for good results! Here are my stats:
female, white, texas
4.15 GPA (UW, don’t know my weighted)
Tests:
SAT: 2230 (770 CR, 750 W, 710 M)
SAT 2: 750 (M2) 780 (USH)
Course Schedule: the most rigorous my school offers (will have 9 APs by the time I graduate, including APWH, AP CALC BC, AP ENGLANG, AP ENGLIT, AP USH, AP GOV, AP BIO, AP CHEM)
ECS:
ballet: 17+ hours a week, gotten multiple lead roles, attended prestigious summer intensives
teach dance to orphans via a club (that i am vice president of)
literary magazine (layout editor and selections editor)
very involved in giving tours for my school (i am something called “lead ambassador”- basically like a co-pres of a club)
was on student gov (vice president of my class)
AWARDS:
outstanding history student (9th grade)
outstanding dancer (10th and 11th)
english underclassman (11th)
NEHS crafton award (national essay contest-top 12 essay in nation)
full merit scholarship to my high school
AP scholar with distinction
i think my letters of rec will be pretty good and I’m working on making my essays the best they can be!
thanks for any feedback
Do you plan on applying with an arts supplement? I’m currently in contact with the president of the Princeton University Ballet, as I’m a dancer as well, and she has said that nearly all of the people who participate in it have submitted a dance piece. I’m not sure whether or not it’s smarter to submit a modern or classical piece though, because one has to take into consideration who is watching the video. A lot of modern teachers don’t have the same appreciation for ballet technique that a person who’s trained for years in classical ballet would have. If you want to continue ballet at Princeton, I’d highly recommend contacting Princeton University Ballet
Also, I’d love for you to look at my “chance” post as well.
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1803240-chances-for-princeton-dartmouth-amherst-uc-berkeley.html#latest
Like I say in the post, I’m planning on doing the “James” variation from “La Sylphide”, but I honestly don’t know how well it will turn out. I don’t know if an arts supplement could ever hurt though…?
Also, I forgot to ask, what are you planning on majoring in (or “saying you’re majoring in”), because according to people who have gotten into Penn, MIT, Yale, Harvard, and Columbia, it makes a heck of a difference.
I think you definitely have a chance. I’m kind of in a similar boat, hoping that harvards EA will get me results. Best of luck, and chance me back if you could please
@leafonwind I am planning on majoring in neuroscience and also planning on submitting a classical ballet arts supplement, I was thinking a raymonda variation