Chances for Princeton SCEA

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I am applying early to Princeton SCEA and UVA (OOS) early.

I am a legacy at Princeton and an asian male.

ACT: 35 ( 36 for Math and Science)
SAT II: Math 2: 800, Chem: 800
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0? (IDK my school goes on 100 point scale but I got 2 92s freshmen year)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/~220 (valedictorian; highest weighted GPA of the classes of 2015, 2016, 2017)
AP (place score in parenthesis): World 5, Calc BC 5, Lang 5, Chem 5, US 5, Micro 4
Senior Year Course Load: 5 AP’s
Awards
-Qualified to the State Math Tournament by being a top performer in my region of the state
-All-State Violinist by achieving a perfect score in my state level audition
-Harvard Book Award
-Regional Science Fair 2nd place in Chemistry
-School Departmental Awards in Math, Science, History, Independent Research, Spanish, Arts/Music, Athletic Achievement

[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
-Math Team ( 9-12, Captain): A Team Starter, Advanced to the State Competition, Hold and Organize team practices. Am usually the top scorer for our team

-Local County Math Circle (9-12): Attend a local county math circle for motivated math students. held at a local university. 2 hour meetings each week

-Co-Founder and lead role in Science Club (10, 11, 12)

-Student government Secretary (9-12). Help organize spirit weeks, fund raisers, etc.

-Varisty Tennis Team Captain (8-12). Play singles for our varsity tennis team, starter since eighth grade, Winner of the scholar athlete award (9, 10, 11), rookie of the year award. All-League, All-Conference, and All-Section Honors

-School Orchestra and symphony orchestra concertmaster (9-12). Lead orchestra in tuning, bowings, fingerings, etc. We won first place at the Music in the Parks Competition 2015, and second place in the same competition in 2016

-Local county youth orchestra (9-12). First violin. Play annual concert at Carnegie Hall

-Math Club President

-Spanish Club President

-Piano

[ *] Job/Work Experience:
-Student Researcher at Ivy League University (10,11). Collected data and learned laboratory techniques: PCR, Western Blot, cell culturing, etc. Over 300 hours of research time in the lab. Wrote my paper on my own original research. Submitting to Siemens, Regenerron (prob won’t win)

-Job with the USTA over summers (9, 10, 11) 180 hours total

[ *] Volunteer/Community service (~200 hours total)
-Tutor (10, 11, 12). Help hispanic students in my school with math. Also lead end of year finals reviews for high school students. Go to the elementary schools weekly to help kids with homework (75 hours)

-Violin community service (10, 11) (80 hours)

-Volunteer tennis camp counselor (11). Helped run a camp designed for autistic children and other children with disabilities (30 hours)

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Holy heck; it would truly be Princeton’s loss if they did not admit you.

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This is actually amazing! I think you have a really good chance of being accepted. I’m also a Princeton legacy applying SCEA and this makes me want to hide in a corner and cry lol

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Your application is very strong. Write great essays. Best of luck to you.

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@tinawu98 Hey fellow legacy! We’re in this together lol, I’m sure you will do great! @glido @seinfeldfan1 thank you both for the input.

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You have such good stats!! Now it’ll just be the essays and the recs. Good luck!

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Princeton would be wise to offer you a place in their incoming class:) My daughter is a current freshman at Princeton and applied SCEA last year and had far less on her resume. That said, as long as your essays are amazing and your recs are solid, you should be a great shape. Best of luck to you!