Chance?

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<p>Stats:
Race- White
School Type- Large public which sends some to top schools (pretty uncompetitive)
State- MA</p>

<p>UW GPA: 3.86 (3.73 Soph, 4.0 Junior)
W GPA: 4.44
Rank: Top 3% (Of class of about 500)</p>

<p>SAT I: 2360 M:760 CR:800 W:800
SAT II: Lit:800, Spanish:780, Bio:800</p>

<p>AP's: Lang:5, US:5, Psych:5, Chem:5, Enviro(self-studied):5
Senior Schedule: AP Lit, AP Euro, AP Bio, AP Spanish, AP Calc AB, Photography, Independent study with a local environmental studies professor...hoping to get published!</p>

<p>EC's-
Writing:
Literary & Arts Magazine (10, 11, 12) E.I.C (12)
Contributor to school newspaper and various other national/international publications
Currently publishing a novel as a result of winning a prestigious national competition
Awards:
Novel-writing, creative writing, poetry, screenplay, non-fiction
3 national, 2 regional, 4 local</p>

<p>Environment:
Environmental Club (9, 10, 11, 12) President (12)
-Created a composting/organic garden program at my school which served as a model for all public schools in my city
-Spearheaded a "green" school campaign
Work with city on recycling campaign
-Recycling rate has improved by 10%
Make presentations to elementary/middle school kids about the environment, recycling, etc & help start composting and gardening programs at the schools
Environmental nonprofit run by & for youth (10, 11, 12)
-Outreach Coordinator (11)
-Media Relations Coordinator (12)
-Have participated in various national and global environmental-related delegations
Awards:
2 international, 3 national, 2 local</p>

<p>Performing Arts:
Drama Club (11, 12)
-Leads in 3 shows
-Various other performances such as Senior Scenes, Cabaret Night, etc.
-Will be directing an act of "Senior Scenes" next year
Signed with an acting agent (11, 12)
-Starred in 2 independent films
-Cameos on a few T.V shows
Awards:
2nd at state drama association competition, "Outstanding Performance"</p>

<p>Music:
Guitar (10, 11, 12)
-Take lessons from a wonderful teacher & professional musician
Piano (10, 11, 12)
-Teach myself in my free time</p>

<p>Photography:
-Run a photography blog featuring my work (10, 11, 12)
-Run a successful online shop of my prints in which 50% of proceeds go to the buyer's choice of charity (10, 11, 12)
-Utilize my work to aid in my environmental efforts
Awards:
1 national, a few regional</p>

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<p>It looks like you have a very good shot at a prestigious school, but make sure you have plenty of safeties because you never know what will happen.</p>

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<p>Why would she need plenty of safeties? By definition, a safety school is a school she knows she’ll get into and be able to afford. She should only need one.</p>

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<p>You are qualified but approximately 1 out of 4 applicants with SAT I over 2,300 are admitted. You want to make your application stand out. Consider submitting a Optional Arts Form if you have good material to submit. <a href=“http://www.princeton.edu/admission/pdfs/OptionalArts09.pdf[/url]”>http://www.princeton.edu/admission/pdfs/OptionalArts09.pdf&lt;/a&gt; </p>

<p>Recycling and composting while still important is so 1970’s. Renewable energy and conservation are more interesting areas today. Princeton is making efforts to reduce it’s impact on the environment.</p>

<p>[Princeton</a> University - From top to bottom, Butler will be a living environmental laboratory](<a href=“From top to bottom, Butler will be a living environmental laboratory”>From top to bottom, Butler will be a living environmental laboratory) </p>

<p>Environmental features have been incorporated into the new chemistry building.
[Princeton</a> University - New Chemistry Building reflects its environment](<a href=“New Chemistry Building reflects its environment”>New Chemistry Building reflects its environment) </p>

<p>Watch the video of freshman Eden Full who has developed a method to improve the efficiency of solar panels. [Princeton</a> University - Creating opportunity: Engineering course empowers Princeton’s social entrepreneurs](<a href=“http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S25/83/83K33/]Princeton”>Creating opportunity: Engineering course empowers Princeton's social entrepreneurs) </p>

<p>Consider new areas of the environmental movement. Princeton is looking for students that are passionate about developing their ideas.</p>

<p>Good Luck!</p>

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<p>@christiansoldier</p>

<p>I would have 2-3 safeties because of Tufts Syndrome.</p>

<p>I really hope that you get in, because my application looks really similar. You have a pretty decent chance.</p>

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<p>You have an excellent chance but Princeton is never for sure for anybody.</p>

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<p>I had a very similar profile to yours: lots of high-level creative writing awards and EC involvement, high SAT scores, and a less-than-4.0 GPA. I ended up getting to two of the HYP’s. One piece of advice: submit the Princeton Arts Supplement. Princeton is the one school I know of that actually sends creative writing samples to creative writing faculty, who then rate what you sent. So it’s pretty serious for them, and I definitely think it helped me.</p>

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<p>What was your Freshman year GPA? Just out of curiosity.</p>

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<p>Thank you for the links, PtonAlumnus! I focused on composting and recycling because my city is pretty slow on catching on to environmental conciousness. While I would have loved to work on renewable energy/conservation at my school, we had a very limited budget.</p>

<p>Matrix: Thanks; good to know! </p>

<p>MSauce: It was a 3.4… Haha. I’ve improved a lot. I suffered from depression that year.</p>

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<p>Matrix: I looked at your profile. You had a 3.88 UW at a competitive school! I only have a 3.7 at a low-ranked public school :confused: I feel that’s a big difference.</p>