Chances for Princeton?

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<p>Hi all, I'd appreciate opinions.</p>

<p>I attend a dual curriculum Jewish Private school. School starts at 7:30 and ends at 5:30, and I have an hour bus ride there and home. Also, due to the dual curriculum I take about twice as many courses as any other students, including Bible and Talmud stuff. I mentioned in additional info how the long hours and commute effected my grade at first Freshman year but how I recovered.</p>

<p>GPA - 3.68 unweighted with constant progression. Went from 89 average Fresh year, to 92 sophomore, to 94-95 Junior year, and have a 96-97 so far this year.
Rank: School does not rank thankfully, as I would not be top 10%
SAT: 2310 (1510) single sitting, 2350 (1550) superscore.
SAT II: 800 Math 2 770 US History, 730 Math 1, 680 Chemistry (Long story), took Literature today/
AP: 5 US History 5 Writing and Comp taking Chem, Calc BC, Gov, and Lit this year.</p>

<p>EC's: Editor in Chief of 2 School publications and Yearbook. Captain of Trivia Bowl team. Mock Trial. TV Trivia Show (The Challenge). Chess Team. Math Science Expo. Science Olympiad (won medals). Calculus League (State champions). Math League (State champions). Knowledge Masters. Model UN. Business Bowl Competition (Champions) and leader of Stock Market Team. Co-founded political club in school.</p>

<p>Community Service: Tutoring underprivileged kids and run a charitable book donation program. Organize and lead prayers in local Synagogue every Saturday.</p>

<p>Work Experience: Tutoring, and co-founder and writer for two Technology websites.</p>

<p>Instrument: Self taught in guitar, a little mandolin, and music theory. </p>

<p>Language: English and Hebrew</p>

<p>White male from New Jersey. No hooks.</p>

<p>So what do you guys think? Obviously my GPA is my weakest point. Do my SAT scores and upward trend sort of make up for the low GPA?</p>

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<p>That bad eh?</p>

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<p>Your sats are impressive. Your schedule is crazy. How do u do it?</p>

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<p>I don’t sleep…Ever. :/</p>

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<p>Good training for college ;)</p>

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<p>yeah college will be a breeze comparatively.</p>

<p>Thanks. Any other opinions?</p>

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<p>I think your SATs are your saving grace; they’re stellar! Definitely make sure than your consoler says something about your commute and the perseverance you showed though. I’d hate to see admissions officers overlook something so important.</p>

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<p>Are u planning on continuing your religious studies? I only ask because I think I read somewhere that colleges are looking for students who are interested in that.</p>

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<p>Yeah I plan to continue religious studies. In fact, I’m deferring a year wherever I get in and spending next year in Israel furthering my religious studies.</p>