Chance me..Tufts, Princeton, Yale

<p>Some of this I have already done, some is hypothetical..I just want to see what people think my chances would be if I accomplish everything or most of the things mentioned here. Honestly, I'm extremely ambitious & a hard worker. I truly believe that I can do this. </p>

<p>Race: Caucasian
Background: 2nd generation Moroccan, 4th generation Russian
School: Pretty decent CT public school of about 2,000.. Sends some to top schools
Religion: Jewish
Other facts: My dad's a foreigner, my parents are divorced, my uncle is a Princeton alum</p>

<p>UW GPA: Around 3.75
W GPA: Around a 4.85
Class Rank (W): 10/500
SAT I: 2300
Math: 730
Writing: 800
CR: 770
All 5's on AP exams</p>

<p>Math & science aren't my strong points.
My passions are writing, global issues, and the environment.</p>

<p>Freshman yr: 2 Honors classes (Hist & English), 3.4 UW GPA
took Algebra 1, CP Phys. Science & Fashion as an elective</p>

<p>Soph. yr: All H's, 3.6 - 3.8 UW GPA (not sure yet)
Took H Geo, H Bio & Speech (public speaking) 1/2 yr & Contemp. Issues 1/2 yr</p>

<p>Jr yr: 4 AP's, 4.0 UW GPA
AP US, AP Lang & Comp, AP Psych, AP Bio, H Pre-Calc</p>

<p>Sr yr: 6 AP's, 4.0 UW GPA
AP Lit, AP Euro, AP Spanish, AP Calc AB, AP Enviro, AP Micro</p>

<p>EC's:
Writing: Literary magazine- 3 years(it was founded when I was a soph) President, senior yr, Have contributed to my city's newspaper, Have published about 4 articles in travel/teen magazines</p>

<p>Environment: Environmental Club- 4 years..(Raised $ for all natural cleaning products, installed a composting program @ my school, planted an organic garden which provided produce for school lunches) President, senior yr, Spearheaded a community recycling initiative, Member of the Environmental Protection Board of my city (youngest member), Organized the 1st ever Earth Day Fair of my city, Founder of an organization in which high schoolers educate elementary & middle school students about their impact on the environment, by engaging in hands-on activities</p>

<p>Global Affairs: Model U.N- 3 years..President, senior yr, Founder & President of the Amnesty Chapter @ my school- 2 years, Organized a benefit my junior yr in which talented teens played their instrument/sang/danced, benefiting Chile & Haiti</p>

<p>Debate Team- 3 years..Novice in 10th, Varsity in 11th & 12th..Have qualified for the States every time, I've won 2 trophies</p>

<p>The Arts- Drama, 2 years..lead in 2 school productions, 1st place @ the state film festival..Guitar, 3 years, I've run a popular fashion/photography blog for about 3 yrs</p>

<p>Sports:
JV Field Hockey, soph yr
Varsity Tennis, Jr & Sr yr..Co-Captain, senior yr, won a few trophies</p>

<p>Accomplishments/Awards:
1st place in a national writing competition
2nd place in a national writing comp.
3rd place in a national writing comp.
Honorable Mention in a national writing comp.
Gold Award in Scholastic Art & Writing Comp.
1st place poetry in local literary comp.
Currently a contender for my city's citizenship award (awarded to 6 seniors/yr)
Won a couple of scholarship essays
National Merit Scholar
AP Scholar
Member of the NHS</p>

<p>Summer School:
-Attended Brown Leadership Institute for 2 weeks...took a class on social entrepeneurship & got an amazing recommendation from my teacher. He's a researcher at Brown, He graduated from Harvard & Brown, worked for the World Bank, founded a nonprofit etc.
-Took local Spanish classes
-Took H Alg 2 & H Chem over the summer so that I could take more advanced classes my jr year
-Attended the Yale Daily News Summer Journalism Program (free for CT residents..selective program)
-Attended TASP</p>

<p>Work Experience:
-Found an internship myself when I was 14 at a T.V production company..worked on a show for Lifetime. I organized, transcribed tapes, etc.
-Interned at a nonprofit
-Interned at a publishing company
-Waitress for a few months
-Salesgirl @ Free People
-Started a free translation service in my area, for foreigners</p>

<p>Volunteerism:
-I'm on the Teen Board(plan special events) for Friendship Circle, as well as a volunteer...about 250 hrs. I'm a friend to special-needs children ages 2-18
-I've organized various fundraisers @ my school/in my community for coats for the poor in my city, for the Food Bank, etc.
-Attended CivicWeek Northwestern over a spring break</p>

<p>bump please</p>

<p>Very impressive.
IMO, they’re all reaches, but I would get more opinions.
Bump.</p>

<p>Thanks Gaston! I really need to decide on my goals so I can start working my ass off to reach them:]</p>

<p>I feel like ur EC’s are too widespread… but it’s not much of an issue considering ur really tied in with the politics n stuff.</p>

<p>Try wrapping everything together in a nice package in ur essay</p>

<p>If I took out the arts EC’s (drama & blog), would it be more focused? Do you think that I should quit the debate team & just focus on Model UN, Amnesty, Literary mag & Enviro?</p>

<p>oh & Should I not do tennis?</p>

<p>Bummpp… Are PY out of the question?</p>

<p>I agree with HONORLIONS, your essay would really ‘make it or break it’
Oh yeah, and don’t quit debate. Not a good idea IMHO.</p>

<p>Thanks for the suggestion! How can I make my EC’s less ‘widespread’?
Aah, I would LOVE to go to any of the 3…</p>

<p>I feel like your unweighted Gpa is a bit low, but your standardized test scores may pull it up. HY will be a reach.</p>

<p>Well, I know that Princeton doesn’t count freshman grades soo wouldn’t my average GPA for Princeton be about a 3.9?</p>

<p>bump ittttt</p>

<p>I don’t think your uncle would make you qualify for legacy… I was always under the impression that it was only the parents that mattered.</p>

<p>Ok, thanks!</p>

<p>Thats interesting. Is princeton the only ivy that doesn’t look at freshman year grades?</p>

<p>Stanford doesn’t… so I’ve heard</p>

<p>Anyone else, please?</p>

<p>^^I think there are other top tier schools. Maybe Chicago or Northwestern? </p>

<p>Regardless, great chances. TASP will especially help</p>

<p>Thankya Grisam</p>

<p>bump</p>