Chance Me, Please!

Colleges and Universities A-Z Princeton University
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<p>Hi everyone- I'm surfing the web for colleges with the dad and was wondering, what are my chances for princeton? I plan on studying biomedical engineering.
I'm going to be a senior this year</p>

<p>Here's my stats:
female, ranked 3 out of 415
GPA: 4.0 out of 4.0 unweighted; 4.45 weighted
SAT: 680 math, 680 cr, 680 writing (these were on the first hit with no studying, i plan on retaking these after a test prep program...)
SAT II: 710 math II, 680 chemistry
APs: 3 world history, 4 US history, will be taking latin, us govt, comparative govt, and english composition in may...</p>

<p>Other stuff:
varsity cheerleader for 3 years, captain
varsity gymnast 4 years, captain 2 years
varsity cross country 1 year
varsity track and field 2 years
Sophomore student of the year (academic)
15 all-academic awards for sports
12 varsity letters
William and Mary Leadership Award, attended conference
latin club
national honor society
national art honor society- i plan on submitting a portfolio</p>

<p>*i've taken all honors/AP courses available to me since freshman year, and have maintained straight A's.</p>

<p>I appreciate any suggestions!</p>

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<p>Neither your academics nor your EC's are impressive by Princeton's standards.</p>

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<p>Yeah, nothing particularly stands out. Assuming you got your scores WAAYYY up, your ECs still aren't terribly focused (unless your art portfolio is award-winning or you're recruitable as an athlete or something). Why don't you look at IT's like Virginia Tech or a school good for medicine/science like Vanderbilt or Rice?</p>

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<p>There is a chances forum.</p>

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<p>I'd say rejection mainly because of your SAT. Most competitive applicants have a 2150 or 2200+ SAT score</p>

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<p>I'd agree with the other posts. If you up your SAT to what shaheiruddin recommended, it may be different. Probably more ECs would help too.</p>

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<p>Your athletics are great, but I feel like that they need to be complemented by other things in college admissions to really be effective enough to merit admission if you aren't recruited. SATs and APs are very low as well. Rank/GPA is good, but it seems clear that you aren't being challenged enough.</p>