Hi, I wanted to know what my chances look like. I have two generations of legacy at Princeton (my grandfather and father attended the school)
I’m a white female from a small town in Montana. I spent my sophomore year attending school in South America, I speak three languages, I have participated in Model UN for 4 years, Academic Olympiad for 4 years, Academic Worldquest for 2 years, founded a Girl Up club, am a teen advisor to the United Nations’s Girl Up foundation, intern with my city’s manager, have a job working at a watch company, am the treasurer of my student council, am studying documentary making in Cuba this summer.
I am the valedictorian of my class and got a 33 on my ACT.
Thanks!
If you are valedictorian, you are a senior, and should already have applied and been accepted or denied, OR, are these things you are assuming you will do in the future (like val.)? You don’t mention GPA, which is pretty important.
I am valedictorian and my school announces this end of junior year
My GPA is 4.0 UW
Hmmn, so here are some things in your favor. Relative to other national candidates, you are in an area which does not receive an overabundance of applications, you have have a high GPA, legacy is always a plus, and you have average ECs.
Things that are not in your favor, your test score is so-ss–not bad, but not exceptional. The more pressing issues, is that while you are certainly qualified, so are thousands of other similar situated students. The item I would impress upon you, and moreover your application, is why Princeton? So, think of this, not so much as what would Princeton do for you, but rather what your bring to the academic community (and not grades or scores–as a basic assumption, everyone has those) and how you fit in and bring another level of texture and contribution to Princeton. Remember with each new class they are creating a community and they look to students to bring a diversity of experiences and ambitions. Best—