Chance me princeton

I am a rising senior at a private school and would greatly appreciate it if anyone could chance me for my college list (found below). Please also note that I am by no means wealthy, and will definitely need financial aid, so hopefully a “need-blind” school would be my best option.

Academics:
Prospective Major: Biology, Physics, or Mathematics
GPA: 4.0/4.0 Unweighted, 4.48 weighted
Rank: No ranking, only know I am top ten percent because of cum laude, class size = 160ish
State: FL
SAT: 2160 (CR 700, Math 770, WR 690) (will retake in October)
ACT: 34 (English 34, Math 35, Reading 31, Science 36, Essay 10) (I believe this score will suffice)
SAT II: Biology M 740, Math 2 800
Rigor of Schedule: I have taken the most challenging schedule possible
AP: Calc AB 5, Biology 5, Microeconomics 5, Macroeconomics 5, Spanish Language 5
AP’s to be taken: Physics C, Calc BC, English Literature, US History
Rec Letters: Math Teacher - good, English teacher - good, Counselor (supposedly best in county) - great

  • Please note that the rec letters are closed so I can’t actually know how great they are, I am only going off stipulation

EC:
Math Club - participate in Mu Alpha Theta Competitions, have mentored kids from my own school in geometry, will probably be named either vice president or secretary, 4 years
Shotokan Karate - participated in Shotokan Karate for 13 years, first degree blackbelt, have won state competitions in AAU
Honor Council - elected by student body for past 2 years, we deal with all honor violations within the school
Spanish Club - general member
Diversity Club - general member
Science Tutors - have tutored more hours than any other member of the club
Writing Center - act as an English tutor for any kids who need help with essays
Classical Piano and Acoustic Guitar - approximately 13 years
Global Scholars - program essentially responsible for bringing light to a cultural issue (I could go much more in depth but just realize that this program involves a year long senior capstone project and is extremely time consuming)
***IF anyone is wondering, my project will be dismantling the “Wet Foot Dry Foot” policy the US currently has with Cuba, and seeking alternative solutions to both improve diplomatic relations and make it safer for Cuban exiles
Model United nations - general member
Varsity Golf - only senior year
JV Soccer - sophomore year only

Community Service:
over 100 hours working with migrant children
traveled to Costa Rica one summer where I lived in a village with host families and rebuilt the school grounds
other hours from sorting school supplies for disadvantaged local public school children

Major Awards:
USA Biology Olympiad Semifinalist Status
Mu Alpha Theta Nationals - 6th place, 8th place, 11th place, in different tests
Florida State Spanish Conference - highest award in speech level 4 out of 5, 2nd highest in poem level 4 out of 5
96 on AMC 12B <-- missed AIME qualification by 3 points :frowning:
National Spanish Exam Silver Medal x3
National Hispanic Recognition Program (top 2.5% score on PSAT for hispanics)
National Honor Society
National Mu Alpha Theta Honor Society
National Science Honor Society
National Social Science Honor Society
Cum Laude
AP Scholar with distinction
Columbia University Book Award (not sure what it means)

Work Experience:
Only “work” experience is shadowing the chief surgeon at a hospital in Sao Paulo Brazil where I witnessed several surgeries and was able to compare/contrast the dynamics of healthcare in Brazil with those of the USA

Hooks: URM (father is Cuban, mother is Brazilian), speak 3 languages (english, spanish, and portuguese)

Last but Not Least, College List:

Amherst Coll

Brown Univ

UC Berkeley
Univ of Chicago
Duke Univ

U of Florida

Georgetown Univ
Harvard University

Johns Hopkins Univ

U of Pennsylvania

Princeton Univ

Washington Univ in St Louis
Yale Univ

P.S. I am fully aware as to how important the essay is, and I plan on meeting with my counselor several times these upcoming months to make sure it is the greatest thing I have ever written :stuck_out_tongue:

THANKS!!!

@Participant101 Hey!

Your GPA is great, and so is your ACT score as well as your SAT IIs, so you look good to go with regards to your standardized testing.

Your ECs seem nice, especially shadowing the Chief Surgeon and your community service work, however you don’t seem to have much leadership (i.e. president, supervisor, editor, captain), but I think overall your ECs are good.

At the end of the day, nothing is guaranteed in Ivy admissions, but you’re definitely a solid candidate. I would consider the Ivies aas well as WUSTL, Amherst and Duke to be low reaches for you – they’re really reaches for everyone. JHU would be a match, as would UC Berk, but please note that the UCs don’t give financial aid to OOS applicants, so make sure it’s within your target budget range.

Best of luck!