Chances for Princeton/Yale?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>ACADEMICS: </p>

<p>GPA: 4.2 out of 4.3 </p>

<p>Rank: 2/112</p>

<p>SAT I (BREAKDOWN): 2370 (800 CR, 770 Writing, 800 Math) </p>

<p>SAT II: 770 Chemistry, 750 Math II </p>

<p>COURSE LOAD: IB Program - </p>

<p>SL Math
SL Spanish
SL Biology
HL English
HL Chemistry
HL Physics </p>

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<p>AWARDS: </p>

<p>Scholastic Art & Writing: 2 National Silvers, 1 National Silver Writing Portfolio, 3-4 Regional Silver Keys/ Gold Keys </p>

<p>National Merit Semifinalist
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<p>EXTRACURRICULARS:</p>

<p>President of School Literary Magazine since 10th grade (been in club since 9th grade, the club was pretty new and I helped start up fundraising for a charity and, sort of , in my teacher's words, "took the club from being a joke to something worthwhile")</p>

<p>School Newspaper Secretary </p>

<p>School productions; helped out with backstage and had roles in two </p>

<p>MUN Secretary and several small awards; I've been to an international conference </p>

<p>Badminton team since 9th grade; few small awards</p>

<p>Cross-country since 10th grade; few small awards</p>

<p>Aspiring Doctors' Club since 10th grade, I've helped a lot with fundraising and organizing disease awareness campaigns </p>

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<p>VOLUNTEERING: </p>

<p>Volunteered with Girl Scouts since 9th grade (80ish hours)</p>

<p>Volunteered at a school for hearing impaired children (100ish hours) </p>

<p>International volunteering (helped build houses, painted a school, things like that) </p>

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<p>WORK: </p>

<p>Internship at national newspaper</p>

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<p>NOTES: </p>

<p>I'm interested in majoring in chemical engineering. </p>

<p>I skipped a grade if that means anything.</p>

<p>I live in the Middle East and there's many social and legal obstacles to holding a paid job anywhere; otherwise I definitely would've gotten a job. </p>

<p>If I could go back in time and do something more or change something, what do you guys think it would be?</p>

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<p>Yale: Reach
Princeton: Reach</p>

<p>And nothing, you’re ECs and scores are fine (maybe it would’ve been better if you could’ve steered your ECs toward engineering - eg: research etc, but it’s not really a problem).</p>

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<p>You’re qualified for both and have excellent chances. But seeing how both of their acceptance rates are around 7 and 8%, it’s still gonna be very difficult to get in</p>

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<p>Thanks for the replies! What could I have done differently?</p>

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<p>You said that you live in the Middle East. Do you have a US citizenship or green card? If you don’t you are an international student, so your admissions will be more competitive. But applying for FA will not hurt you, as Yale and Princeton are both need-blind schools for international students.</p>

<p>If you aren’t int’l, I guess you have a better shot than if you were. Nevertheless, there’s no point looking back and thinking what you could have done differently. It’s all done now. I’m not going to lie to you, getting into Yale or Princeton will be VERY difficult. The only thing you can do now is to really nail those essays and supplements.</p>

<p>From what I hear, you get sorted into a yes, no, or maybe pile. They’ll spend about 8 minutes deciding whether you’re a yes, no or maybe. If you get selected as a “maybe,” then they’ll pay more attention to your supplements and essays. So really nail those essays.</p>