Chance Me, Please :-)

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<p>Can somebody weigh my chances? It would be greatly appreciated if you do :-).</p>

<p>Background Info-
State: New Jersey
Race/Ethnicity: African-American
Grade: Senior
Gender: Female
GPA: 4.0+ (weighted) Don't know unweighted
Rank: 12/442 students (top 2-3% ish)
SAT I: 1890 out of 2400 (taking them again in November!)
SAT II: taking them next week!
AP Scores: US History (received score of 4), taking AP Calculus, Physics, and English Literature & Composition this year</p>

<p>ECs:
Fellowship of Christian Athletes (9,10,11,12) (Vice-President in 11th)
Asian Awareness (9,10,11,12)
DECA (9,10,11,12)
Health Careers Club (9,10,11,12-) (Vice President in 11th)
Students United For Respect and Equality (10, 11,12) (Secretary in 11th)
- Have Been participating in Blood Drives for Three Years
-Have done recent mentoring with middle school children
Total hours: about 50 hours</p>

<p>Summer Experience
-People to People Student Ambassador Program - Japan, Land of the Rising Sun (9)
-Various speaking engagements (10)
- Medical Office Receptionist: translating from Spanish to English, making appointments, etc. (11)
Additional Information:
I have self-published a book in 2008 called "I'm Still Here". I am currently on my third novel (writing is my passion). I have done various speaking engagements from my local P.A.L club to a business summer program at Cornell University, as well as several interviews with local and widespread newspapers. </p>

<p>Awards
Academic Excellence Award (9,10,11)
Black History Month Award (10)
DECA State Qualifier (10,11)
2nd Place Overall in DECA Hotel and Lodging Management Area (11)
3rd Place Overall in 1st Role Play in DECA Hotel and Lodging Management Area (11)
Award for 2nd Place Role Play in DECA Hotel and Lodging Management Area at NJ State Conference (11)
Candace for Black Women's Volunteer Award (11)</p>

<p>Thoughts??</p>

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<p>questions</p>

<ol>
<li><p>Why are you in the Fellowship of Christian Athletes if you aren’t an athlete?</p></li>
<li><p>What is a Black History Month Award?</p></li>
<li><p>How do you expect us to chance you when we don’t know your SAT scores?</p></li>
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<ol>
<li> Fellowship of Christian Athletes doesn’t require you to actually be an athlete.</li>
<li>Black History Month Award (typo) –> It was an essay award I had won.</li>
<li> SAT I: 1890 out of 2400 (taking them again in November!)</li>
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<p>I would say that your SATs are a little low for princeton.</p>

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<p>So I should raise them? Another member told me to about 2100?</p>

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<p>Yeah… You definitely need to raise them… Don’t get me wrong, 1890 is around the 87th percentile for those taking the tests, but it’s too low for elite schools. You’re a URM, aim for around 2200.</p>

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<p>Okay so anywhere between 2100 and 2200? Wow <em>gulp</em> Okay.</p>

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<p>I disagree. I think 2200 higher than the mean score for a Princeton URM admit.</p>

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<p>What is the mean score?</p>

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<p>Don’t aim lower just because you are an URM. That being said it seems unlikely that you can make the 200+ point improvement that you need to be competitive. Right now I think your chance of being admitted is low but not terribly low.</p>

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<p>even though you are URM, your test scores are kinda low…ec’s kinda weak too. need to show passion. i doubt you’ll get in.</p>

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<p>Need to show passion? I show passion in my writing! I self-published a novel when I was in the tenth grade and I am currently working on my third! And furthermore, I am doing the Princeton Arts supplement. I think that can validate my passion just a bit, lol. So should I even apply at all?</p>

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<p>For you it’s worth applying, but just don’t get your hopes up too much.</p>

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<p>Wow that’s pretty hardcore. I can find your book on Amazon :o</p>

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<p>LOL thank you, JamesChang. I mean, I wasn’t going to rely on my URM status and I know my scores aren’t as good as a whole slew of people. However, I thought that maybe I would seem competitive in a sense that I am well-rounded because I do involve myself in activities and I like to write… a lot :-)</p>

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<p>Wow, quite professional. But the achievements won’t truly shine if it’s viable through money. I understand that you are passionate (and I think you are, I also looked at the your book on Amazon) but it isn’t too hard to go to a publisher and make a contract unless the content is terrible. Do you have some impressive statistics on sales, such as having sold 10,000 books already or something like that? You said you did interviews with newspapers. Such as? Did you end up appearing on the newspapers?</p>

<p>Do you still get around 1890 right now or have your improved?</p>

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<p>Well, I am taking the SAT again on Nov 7th so hopefully I will improve.</p>

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<p>I disagree. I read somewhere that less than 1% of manuscripts get published.</p>

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<p>I just want to mention that I think your time would be better spent working on your essays than worrying about chances. Trust me, your life will be so much less stressful if you don’t worry about your chances.</p>

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<p>Yes, I am paying attention to them.</p>