Chances for EE?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Princeton University
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<p>I attend a fairly competitive school in New England. Sends about 20-25 kids each year to HYPSM, etc. from a class of about 330-400.</p>

<p>BTW- I also posted this on the Caltech forum, under another username(I forgot it's password, so I'm using another account)</p>

<p>Grades
School uses UW GPA and ranks, no weighting at all
GPA: ~3.8-3.9 (upward trend, two B's freshman year, all A's since)
Rank: Top 10% in a class of roughly 400</p>

<p>Senior Year schedule:
-AP Chemistry
-AP Lang and Comp
College classes
-Multivariable Calculus
-Linear Algebra
- Differential Equations
- Analog and Digital circuits and electronics</p>

<p>SAT scores
- 2340: 800 M, 770 CR and 770 W
- 800 Math lvl 2 and 800 Physics</p>

<p>AP Tests:
- 5 on BC Calc, Physics C mechanics, E/m and USH</p>

<p>Extra curricular
- Captain of two robotics clubs (I have a lot to say about these two plus my research is also related to robotics)
- Programmer/controls leaders for both
- Team made state and nationals junior year
- Designed Website for First Robotics team </p>

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<li>Captain of Science Olympiad- 1 silver and 1 bronze medal Junior year in states. Events were physics related</li>
<li>Math Team (AIME x1- 3) <= Will this hurt me? I wasn't very fond of AMC to begin with...</li>
<li>Debate Team and Golf: I did these two mostly for fun and a bit of change from all the other science related activities. No awards though.</li>
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<p>Research/Lab Intern
- Interned freshman year at a neuroscience lab
- Summer before Junior year, intern at an electronics lab
- Summer before senior, interned at a different electronics lab, wasn't able to enter Intel and Siemens. I will be sending a research abstract along with a rec from my mentor (very very happy with the work I've done)</p>

<p>Recommendations:
1. Calc Teacher: Pretty Good
2. Multivariable-Calc Professor: Pretty damn good considering that I did well and was one of the few high school students
3. Electronics/Physics Professor: Very good, probably the only high school student in his class.
4. English Teacher: Good
5. Additional rec from my research mentor</p>

<p>Essays: Good, I'm not the best writer but the combination of my essays and research in robotics should help in showing my interest in electronics/robotics</p>

<p>-I'm primarily concerned with my rank.</p>

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<p>your app is in! chillllll!!! it doesn’t matter what we say now, your fate has been decided… jk. </p>

<p>don’t stress out that much :)</p>

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<p>I find it funny how someone can get a 770 in the writing section but doesn’t know the difference between “it’s” and “its.”</p>

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<p>^
I caught that, too… but people make mistakes. Life goes on. And who knows, maybe the 30 point gap came from an “it’s/its” question. :P</p>

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<p>Looks intimidating. Just wondering, was your research ever published? If so, where?</p>

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<p>hahaha as it has been said 50000million times before and then some, chance threads are really futile. Princeton rejects people with 2400s and loads of internships like yours. But they also accept people with your stats and amazing ECs. I think you know that you are competitive, so not much I can tell you except good luck!</p>

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<p>Butbutbut…</p>

<p>If nobody posts Chances threads, how will they ever know if they’ll get accepted? It’s not like Princeton will ever tell people if they get accepted or not! How will they every know? How will their self-worth ever be validated?</p>

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<p>^^In reference to earlier post, I thought I edited it to say “except” instead of accept after I posted. Guess not!</p>

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<p>****ty AIME won’t hurt you, trust me</p>