Chance me? (RD)

Thanks for any input :slight_smile:

Objective:
ACT- 35 composite, 36 English and Reading, 33 math, 34 science, 8/12 writing (bad, I know. I’m hoping my AP Eng score will balance it)
SAT II- Math 2 (740), US History (800), Physics (800)
APs- World History (5), US History (5), English Lang and Comp (5), Physics 2 (3)
GPA- 3.93 unweighted, 4.29 weighted (not sure what out of) mostly As with a couple A- and one B+ (89 in AP Calc 0.2% away from getting a 90 R.I.P.)
Rank- 1st decile
Course rigor- 9 APs, 9 accelerated courses, 2 online/summer courses in addition
Senior Courses- AP Chemistry, Drawing and Painting, AP Government, Gym, Orchestra, AP Calculus BC, Accelerated English, Intro to Computer Science, AP Psychology
Intended major: Physics/astrophysics

Subjective:

Extracurriculars-


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Cross Country (varsity and made it to state qualifiers)
Track and Field (varsity, school record, made it to state qualifiers) 200m, 4by1, 4by4, long jump
Alpine ski racing (not school affiliated, 14th in state)
Book Club (co-president)
Student Government (homeroom representative, class caucus)
Homecoming committee (chair)
Orchestra
Editor for school literary magazine
Knitting club

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Job/volunteer Experience- 2 summers as a dining room assistant at a local golf club (will be returning as a server this year), regularly volunteer with my city’s clean team

Awards-


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AP Scholar with Honor
National Merit Commended Scholar
3 Cumulative Highest Honors (a school award)
3 Scholar-Athlete Awards (again, a school award)
2 varsity letters

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Essays- not done yet. Honestly, writing a weak point. At best will have an average essay.

Recommendations- History teacher 8/10- really good but generic. IDK about the counselor one, but the other is written by my physics teacher and track/XC coach who ADORES me. probably 10/10

Weakness:
-Writing.
-my grade @ my school has a LOT of smart, outstanding students who have lots of awards and successes. Like, one of the kids was the guy who did the whole “if the gov changes it’s font, it’ll save 1million dollars thing” and got on CNN & in science magazine a couple years ago. Another kid one a national science competition and has a planet named after him. Theres also this one dude who’s an internationally ranked competitor in pokemon (haha it’s true but i just added this for laughs- he’s not even applying to princeton)

Other:
State- PA
Gender- female
Ethnicity- white
School: Public
Class size: 360ish
Hooks- bisexual/lgbt

@kittkatt835 great scores, grades and rigor. Any chance to get recruited for your sports? If not, your ECs, while many, aren’t going to set you apart from the other well qualified applicants. Your LoRs and essays will need to be stellar.

FWIW - I don’t believe bi/LGBT is a hook for colleges, certainly not for Princeton, which has an active community.

Good luck,
Psy

@psywar Thank you for responding! I’ll look into the sports thing :slight_smile: Haha I hope I can pull out a good essay… What does LoR mean?

@kittkatt835 letters of recommendation :slight_smile: cheers!