Chances. Clean. Updated. Final

Colleges & Universities A-Z Princeton University
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<p>STATS____________________________________________</p>

<p>SAT I: 2370 (800 math , 780 reading , 790 writing)
SAT II: 800 math IIc , 790 physics , 750 U.S. History
AP: Calculus BC 5 , Physics C (Self-study) 4 , US History 4
GPA: 4.6w , 3.9uw
GPA w/o Freshmen year : 4.9w, 4.0uw (Grade showing extreme upward curve)
Rank: 10/400 (in an very competitive high school that sends 8-10 ppl to ivies every year)
IB Diploma Candidate</p>

<p>AWARDS____________________________________________
-(NATIONAL) National History Day Research Competition (1st Sacramento, 1st California, 3rd Nationals)
-(NATIONAL) Science Olympiad (Team 1st Sacramento, 1st Northern California, 19th Nationals)
-(NATIONAL) Questbridge Finalist
-(INTERNATIONAL) International Baccalaureate Middle Years Certificate
-(NATIONAL) National Merit SemiFinalist
-(NATIONAL) NHS, CSF, Who's Who, National Society of High School Scholars, the standard stuff
-(SCHOOL) Principal's Honor Rolls
-(SCHOOL) My High School's Distinction in History Award
-(REGIONAL) Mock Trial (Regionals 3rd Place)
-(REGIONAL) UCSD / Intel Research Grant and Award for Computer Science (For my research project in computer science)
-(NATIONAL) American Mathematics Contest Certificate of Distinction / AIME Qualifier
-(REGIONAL) American Regional Mathematic League Region B West Coast 2nd Place
-(REGIONAL) Korean Mathematics Olympiad (2nd Northern California Regionals)
-(NATIONAL) AP Scholar with Honors</p>

<p>EXTRACURRICULARS (look above for awards in academic ec's)______________</p>

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<li>Filmmaking (9-12) (My films and documentaries have been shown at the Cal-IT2 Theatre at San Diego, IB Teacher Conferences in Philadelphia, Atlanta, and Washington D.C. and I have been to countless film festivals across the country. I will be sending a film supplement to top schools...also why i am applying for USC School of Cinema if the questbridge thing doesn't work out)</li>
<li>Work Part Time (9-12) (family is low-income, parents can't speak English)</li>
<li>Tennis (9-12) (4 year varsity, Senior Captain, lead the team to NorCal sections multiple times, League MVP, USTA Team Tennis Northern California 2nd Place for 2 years, and A LOT OF regional and state awards)</li>
<li>Tanzanian Tennis Project (10-12) (My tennis coach and I started this project where we would send in thousand dollars worth of tennis equipments to ppl in Tanzania. I was featured in july edition of "Inside Tennis" magazine, and Nike, USTA, other organizations have been contacting us for publicity and funding)</li>
<li>Community Service (9-12)(teach underprivleged students math and immigrants english and teach ppl tennis, 200-300 hours)</li>
<li>Local Church Youth Group Volunteer (9-12)</li>
<li>National History Day Competition (10-12)</li>
<li>Science Olympiad (11-12)</li>
<li>UC Davis Math Modeling / Consortium for Mathematics and its Applications (10-12)</li>
<li>Piano for 8 years, got certificates of merit level 5 (9-12)</li>
<li>Founder and president of both film club, history club (9-12)</li>
<li>Summer research on film / media computing at UCSD with Computer Sicence Professors and Film Studies Graduate Students (12)</li>
<li>Manager of the Arcade Creek ROP Natural Resources Project (11-12) (Creek restoration project involving 200+ students. I'm their boss.)</li>
<li>Snowboarding! (9-12) (For fun but can go down almost anything.)</li>
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<p>SUBJECTIVE</p>

<p>Essays: Although they're not stellar, I am pretty confident about them.
Recommendations: 3 Amazing (I have known all of them since 9th grade, and they love me)
Hook: IMO my best bet is in Filmmaking, because they are expanding their arts department, and I wrote about how I integrate everything i do (science, math, history, etc) in filmmaking. And I also wrote about how my films have served ppl from California to Philadelphia to Washington D.C. to Tanzania. Also, I did start that Tanzania tennis thing which got recognized by national magazines and Nike and USTA...</p>

<p>The reason my freshmen year (which is the only year I have B's in) is because my middle school didn't have ESL and I came here 7 years ago...so for three years I really didn't get to learn english. By immersion I did learn it eventually, but I really had hard time in honors English classes in 9th grade. Also, I had to work primarily in my 9th grade year cuz my father's office was robbed as well as whole chunk of money, so i had to help him get back on track by doing miscellaneous office / menial work.</p>

<p>I took Calc freshmen year and took linear algebra and differential equation the summer after...Then kinda stopped doing math and started doing more useful things like science research</p>

<p>SORRY for the long post...but probably this week's going to be my last week here on CC (cuz it takes way too much of my time ) so I would like to know chances at Princeton...percentage-wise...and the reason why...THANKS in advance !</p>

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<p>You look fantastic my friend i.e. as good as it gets. Definitely higher than a 50% chance..</p>

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<p>You do know Who's Who isn't a legitimate item for your resume?</p>

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<p>yea :)</p>

<p>that's why i put "standard stuff" next to it cuz EVERYONE does it.</p>

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<p>wow. you are amazing.</p>

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<p>forgot...got 6's on IB Physics and IB Spanish</p>

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<p>amazing stats...</p>

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<p>I saw your stats on "the other site that CC censored when I try to type it".</p>

<p>Like what I've said before -- if you don't get in, I don't know who will.</p>

<p>Relax. =)</p>

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<p>what everyone else said.</p>

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<p>I'd be careful saying science is more "useful" then math at Princeton :)</p>

<p>That said, you seem to have the right sort of stuff for your typical Ivy League undergraduate application. Good luck.</p>

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<p>good lord, if you dont get in i'll be very very surprised...and if we both get in, i'd very much like to meet you when we get there</p>

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<p>if we get in look for the azn giant with chipotle in his right hand and mountain dew on the other. yup that's me.</p>

<p>oh. and i just found out that three years ago our school had 5 mit acceptances, 5 stanfords, 2 harvards, and 4 cornell/columbias. crazy...</p>

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<p>WoW... BUt what about Princeton?? My school has similar stats BUT, NO ONE EVER got into Princeton.
That's really worrying me now.. : (</p>

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<p>Hey, by the way, I am also Korean w/ your similar circumstnace (whole ESL thing.. and 9th grade honors Eng..)</p>

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<p>hehe luckily, my school had atleast 1 get in every two years, although last years was a double legacy</p>

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<p>I 've never heard ANYONE who is NOT legacy and GOT into Princeton from our area.. SAD.</p>

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<p>Does having a sibling as a current Princeton student count at all for legacy?</p>

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<p>hardly. from other school's policies, parents-4pts i think, siblings-1pt</p>

<p>im not sure for P'ton though</p>

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<p>Hey you're from ML! I didn't know we had a film club. So you're creek manager huh? Not a job I envy. I was part of Bio Assessment, one of the few groups that didn't bs all their data. Dealing w/ Suchanek and Porter was so tiring. Especially after one of the students decided to light a line of ethanol on fire. Good times.
So what tennis team are you part of besides the Matadors?
College acceptances from our school have been a bit shaky in the past few years. A few years ago Standford used to take at least 7 kids but lately the numbers have gone way down. Last year they only took 3 and one was an AA admit. And a lot of people struck out with other private colleges. Princeton accepted one girl ED (only ED applicant, legacy, submitted art portfolio) and waitlisted another. Cornell, MIT, U Chicago, and Columbia all accepted the same girl for engineering. MIT took 2 others and turned down a boy who was practically a genius(I'm sure you've heard of Joe), Swarthmore took 1, and Caltech took 2.
Anyway I think your stats are great. You have high test scores, which for some reason a lot of high ranking ML students don't have, and outstanding ECs. Good Luck!</p>

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<p>wow you are the third person from ml from this site.</p>