Chance Me SCEA

Colleges and Universities A-Z Princeton University
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<p>Here are my academic stats (don't worry about my extracurriculars- I have very strong EC's and my counselor said that those would be more than enough golden EC's for Princeton)</p>

<p>SAT I- 780 M, 780 CR, 740 CR (1560/2300) Took it once
SAT II's- 780 Math II, 780 World History, 780 Literature, 750 U.S. History, 730 Physics
GPA- 3.7- unweighted
AP's- Calculus AB (Soph. year)- 5, European History- 5, Calculus BC (Junior year)- 5, English Language- 5, English Literature- 5, U.S. History- 5, Physics w/ Mechanics C- 4, Macroeconomics- 4, Microeconomics- 4</p>

<p>National AP Scholar
National Merit Commended
High Honor Student</p>

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<p>Scores - OK to good
GPA - a little on the low side, but rigor looks good
ECs - I’m skeptical. The only “more than enough golden” EC is recruited athlete.</p>

<p>I think “chancing” is silly, but I’ll play along. If you’re unhooked, I’d give you a slightly higher than average chance, maybe 12%.</p>

<p>Good luck.</p>

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<p>lol, I thought 2300+ sat, 5+ SAT’s above 700 and 9 AP’s would be considered better than “OK” for academics haha</p>

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<p>Seems you’ve already made your mind up on how good your stats are, so why post a chance me?</p>

<p>That being said, I agree with sherpa. It’s okay for Princeton…gets you in the running, but those “golden” ECs are really going to determine it.</p>

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<p>I’ll say this, your scores wouldn’t be the reason you get rejected. If your EC’s really are that amazing (club officer, 100+ community service, very productive summers, etc.) and you manage to stand out through your essays and recommendations, you’re in. Of course these things are always a Russian roulette, but do you really think you’re not competitive?</p>

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These are not examples of “amazing” ECs in the P universe.</p>

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<p>Note the etc. You’re right, they might not be “amazing” considering SOME of the people that get into Princeton, but the notion that everybody accepted is class president/team captain/piano master/newspaper editor/volunteers in hospitals and started a charity is frankly unrealistic. I don’t pretend to be an authority on these matters because, like the vast majority of CC members, I am not and never have been an adcom member. I can only speak from personal experience and, having observed kids in my school who were admitted into Princeton, I believe that three or four activities to which you are committed to a lot (which, btw, doesn’t mean you have to be officer of) should be enough to get you in. Just show that you have a passion and have utilized the resources available to you to pursue it.</p>

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<p>*class president,team captain, piano master,newspaper editor, volunteers in hospitals</p>

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<p>Also not very impressive ECs in Princeton’s universe.</p>