Chances for Princeton EA?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi all, I'm thinking about applying single-choice EA to Princeton. My GPA/test scores are good, but I'm a little worried about my ECs, or lack thereof. I'm an Asian male living in Kansas.</p>

<p>GPA UW: 4.0 (4.79 W)
Rank 7/450 (stupid IB kids with all their classes counting as honors)
SAT: 2270 (740R, 800M, 730W)
SAT II: 800 Math IIC, 800 Chem</p>

<p>Am taking the ACT in September</p>

<p>AP classes:
European History, American History, English Lang and Comp, Calc BC, Chemistry
-Got all 5s on the AP tests</p>

<p>I'm taking AP Gov, AP English Lit and Comp, and AP Biology this year.</p>

<p>Honors/Awards:
National Merit Semi-Finalist
Northwestern Alumni Book Award
AP Scholar with Distinction
Chosen to attend a leadership seminar by my HS in July 2012
HS photography awards</p>

<p>Extracurriculars
Piano (2002- ) Have won numerous regional awards/highest ratings at competitions, several master classes with regional professors.</p>

<p>Cello (2005- ) Actively involved in high school orchestra, KC Youth Symphony (5 years, including principal cellist 1 year), founded a student string quartet in 2010 that plays at a lot of Chinese cultural events. Have done numerous chamber music camps. Played in my local church's youth orchestra for a Christmas service/concert. I've also been an all-state cellist the past 2 years.</p>

<p>Worked as a summer student for 4 weeks this past July at a children's hospital genetics research lab, got to do a lot of interesting stuff with DNA; my common app essay is about my experience there and how it shaped me as an adult.</p>

<p>Do I even have a chance? I'm also thinking about applying to:
Brown
Johns Hopkins
Northwestern
Stanford
UMichigan
USC
Wash U
Yale
MIT
KU
UIUC</p>

<p>Also, should I submit piano/cello recordings as supplemental material? Any input at all would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!</p>

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<p>For every student, even those getting 2400s and 2300s, an IVY school should be considered a reach. Always.</p>

<p>Please remember that these schools reject 7 or more (a recent Harvard class had an 8% acceptance rate a one in 12 chance) for every accepted applicant. </p>

<p>Many many applications are acceptable to them, they simply do not have the space.</p>

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<p>As they say, “Princeton is a reach for everyone,” but you’re closest to a match for there as I’ve seen today. I’d say you should probably narrow down that list, though.</p>

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<p>You can never be sure with a school like Princeton, but you have good enough stats and extracurriculars that you’ll definitely have as good a chance as any.</p>