chances at princeton ed??

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<p>Please let me know what u think my chances at Princeton ED may be given my record.</p>

<p>ps. also applying to 9 other schools if deferred including four other ivies, georgetown, chicago, wash u stl, carleton, and stanford</p>

<p>bio: male hispanic (uruguay), not an international student/ us citizen
central missouri
sat: 2210 (710 verbal, 770 writing, 730 math)
sat ii: 780 spanish, 740 us history, taking lit and math 1c in october</p>

<p>gpa: 3.97 unweighted (two a minuses entire career)
rank: 8/517
12 ap classes taken by end of senior year (7 in senior year)
so far:
ap world (soph): 5
ap us: 3
ap lang and comp: 4
ap psych: 5
ap spanish: 5</p>

<p>activities:
soccer - high school and competitive
- captain of red weir (club team - grades 9 and 10)
- co-captain of new club team (grade 11)
- varsity letter in hs (11, 12) - trying to walk on but im not sure if im on the coach's list (he hasnt seen the tapes i've submitted yet)
key club - vp (11), pres (12)
history club - founder (10), president last two years
spanish honor society - icc representative
academic team (quiz bowl, knowl mast) - co-capt (11, 12)
tutoring - over 150 hours a year (during my free period and after school)
philosophy forum - vp (11, 12)
computer tech association - vp of software (11)
numismatic society - co-president (10, 11, 12)
national honor society</p>

<p>awards/honors
shelter insurance freshman of the year scholarship (2003)
aaa travel high school challenge (geography competition) - missouri state champion, national finalist (2003)
national spanish exam - 1st place in region last three years at my respective levels
won numerous essay contests 9th grade
had poems published in several anthologies and a book
bruin pride activities award - for founding history club
tribune (regional newspaper) athlete of the week
leadership activities - rotary youth summer program
- junior leadership (11th grade select program)</p>

<p>summers -
volunteer internship at cancer hospital last two summers (15 hrs/wk)
food bank volunteer (5 hrs/wk)
soccer tournaments for club and two-a-day tryouts (take up most of my time)
rotary youth leadership program (2004)
columbia university - course on constitutional law (2005)</p>

<p>service -
student volunteer corps - tutor history, writing, spanish last two years
- 150+ hours a year
food bank (summer)
volunteer internship at cancer center (summer)
key club - involved last three years - spend a good amount of the school year doing that</p>

<p>Thanks to anyone who takes the time to read through this post and tell me their honest opinion.</p>

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<p>low scores. dunno</p>

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<p>Ok, this is ridiculous. I could handle one individual who had outstanding credentials wondering whether or not they can get into the top schools. If only activies, grades, and scores were important you would be one of MANY MANY suitable applicants. But it comes down to more than that! Such as your letters of rec, your essays, and your interview!</p>

<p>If you are looking for an experts opinion, however, go talk to your college advisors at your school, my friend, they would know far better than anyone else on this forum. Of course, if you would like a ego boost you could go to your friends :D</p>

<p>I've probably offended you but the point is that you have all the basics of a <em>very</em> strong student. Now just market yourself and your chances are good. At some point it becomes a lottery so pray to your god and stop roll'in them dice cause you're gunna need that luck :P</p>

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<p>And Joe, what do you mean "low scores?" His scores are outstanding! And he doesn't have to submit his "3" AP US history test. </p>

<p>On another note, a huge load of ppl get varsity letters and that sort of thing so think about how you will market yourself and come off as an INDIVIDUAL. That's a very important aspect. Of course, if you have plans for world domination, don't share them, but other things are fine :D</p>

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<p>I realize many kids who post their stats are simply looking for praise and the rest of us to awe at them, but my intentions are different. Yes, I do realize I have comparatively good stats, but I'm not posting them here for an ego boost, and after reading threads for the past couple weeks seeing kids with stellar numbers and an unbelievable amount of ec work, I wondered whether these kids were really "reaches" for Ivies or whether there were just ****ed off people telling them that. I'm not trying to show off or boost my ego; I'm not that insecure. I am just trying to get a realistic perspective and see how I measure up against those I'll be competing with for a spot at select institutions.</p>

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<p>wow, what can i say... I think you have a good shot at princeton, although admission there (as with all ivy league schools) is extremely sparatic. Good luck though, your definitely in a better position than i am :)</p>

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<p>Well said! I agree with fakeplastic1, you have a very good shot!</p>

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<p>I'm applying ED to Princeton too. Your stats are impressive, and I think your chances are great, but this IS Princeton. You're up against people who have amazing stats too. One thing that surprised me was the fact that you're planning to take Math 1C. Definitely take IIC.</p>

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<p>Go for it.</p>

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<p>AA will give you the last push></p>

<p>Low scores my ass</p>

<p>no ECs are outstanding, so you might not get in</p>

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<p>His EC's aren't that bad. Everything else on his list of stats is quite impressive. No one can predict anything but it never hurts to try :)</p>

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<p>You will need outstanding essays that will interest the first reader enough to get it to the committee. Great grades won't be enough but the entire application package is what counts.</p>

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<p>I keep hearing this thing about first readers and commitee's when it comes to admissions. How does that process work nopoisonivy?</p>

<p>:)</p>

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<p>Watch the video from Amherst called "The Best and the Brightest"</p>

<p><a href="http://pbs-newshour.virage.com/cgi-bin/visearch?user=pbs-newshour&template=template.html&squery=%2BVideoAsset:pbsnh062204%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://pbs-newshour.virage.com/cgi-bin/visearch?user=pbs-newshour&template=template.html&squery=%2BVideoAsset:pbsnh062204&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>great video!</p>

<p>this one was for RD</p>

<p>do you think all ED applicants get a vote.....I mean there are so few who apply ED.</p>

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<p>bump........</p>

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<p>i loved the video too...oh, good chances with urm status</p>