Hi, I’m new to this site! I’m a high school junior right now, and I want to apply early to Princeton. Here’s my statistics:
GPA: 4.0 (unweighted)
Rank: #1
Race: Asian
Gender: Female
School Type: small, new charter (there’s only about 20 students in my grade)
Income Bracket: 70K
Prospective Major: Chemical Engineering, maybe?
SAT: 2400
SAT II: Probably will take Math II and Chemistry
APs: Statistics (5), US Government (5), Calculus AB (5), Chemistry (5), Computer Science A (5), English Language (5), Macroeconomics (5), Microeconomics (5), World History (5)
Junior Year Classes:
AP Calculus BC (I know a lot of people don’t take Calc AB, but my school forces us to take both exams)
AP Biology
AP Physics 1
AP US History
AP English Literature
AP Music Theory
AP Psychology
Mandarin IV (I didn’t try to take this as an easy class; I’m not entirely fluent)
Next year, I’ll probably only be taking post-AP classes, and I’ll have to do a senior research project to graduate with honors.
ECs:
Science Bowl
Math Club - The only competition we ever did was the AMC, and I got an 87 on AMC 12B this year (I know it’s not very good)
Youth Symphony - I’m assistant principal cellist.
Music Club - I started this club at my school, and I arrange music for the group to perform in school concerts. I’m also president.
Church Youth Group
Volunteering/Job Experience:
- I teach cello lessons at a low cost to some middle schoolers.
- I volunteered for six months at my church’s daycare.
- I also volunteer as a tutor at my school (since ninth grade).
- I volunteered at my local library for three summers.
- I’m going to apply to a humanities intern position at my local university soon; I’ll probably do it for a few months if I get it.
- I will probably begin volunteering at a food bank soon as well.
- I also do some volunteer work with NHS.
Research:
- For the summer, I applied to some research internship programs (NIH, HSAP, etc). I haven’t heard back yet.
- I participated in a short research project at my local university studying dunes and craters in Mars (sophomore year).
Honors/Awards:
- 4th place State Science Bowl
- Regional Orchestra Top Score
- All-State Orchestra (4th)
- National AP Scholar
- I guess I’ll be a National Merit Scholar, since my PSAT was in the top 1%.
- I won a music performance competition in 8th grade, but I don’t know if that counts.
- I was also very close to being a state-level spelling bee contestant a few times (don’t know if this counts either).
Hooks:
- Cleft lip and palate, maybe?
- Got to be a student at my dad’s old high school in another country for three weeks; it was a very rewarding experience especially because I couldn’t communicate efficiently all the time.
I guess since my school’s so new, we haven’t had the opportunity to have well-established clubs or do a ton of competitions. Anyways, sorry this is so long! And thanks for your input!