<p>Hello, I am a sixteen year old junior, coming up on senior year, and am wondering on my chances of acceptance into Princeton. I am currently enrolled in the International Baccalaureate program, with a 3.6 unweighted GPA, a weighted GPA of around 6, SAT scores around 2000, member of both NHS and FNHS, and I have taken several AP exams and passed with a four or five. I am also enrolled in five AP classes the following year. I have math backgrounds in AP and IB Calculus, science in physics honors, AP bio and chem, and IB chem and bio, several AP history, along with several AP english and IB english, and also IB french and AP French, with some of the AP tests coming next year. Along with those credentials I am the captain of the golf team at my school, one of the better players in the county, and I am among the top 5% in academics in my county, which is one of the largest in Florida. I would like to receive a medical degree and pursue gastroenterology. Let me hear your thoughts, thanks guys!</p>
<p>You need higher SAT scores to even be considered a reach.
Unless Princeton is recruiting you for golf. Looks like they take 2 per year.</p>
<p>In a nut shell, if you have less than 2300 SAT, 35 ACT, & 3.95 GPA your chances into any Ivy is approaching zero. Over those amounts and your chances will probably never go above 5%. Keep one or two Ivies as reaches if you want but concentrate on ones that are matches. And don’t forget a safety or two.</p>
<p>mibsprincess and TomsRiverParent are overexaggerating a little bit. I see unhooked applicants with slightly lower scores(maybe 2150+, 31+, 3.7+) into Ivies all the time. However, a lot of times it does come into luck. Your chance at Princeton is around the overall acceptance rate, just like any other unhooked applicant.</p>
<p>But he doesn’t have those gpa’s and SAT that you are quoting.
So, mibsprincess is correct, right now ZERO chance.
I’m going to assume he is a white male also.</p>
<p>Google Princeton common data set. Do that for any school you’re interested in. (Change the school name, obviously.) Download the most recent data set. Scroll to Section C. Read about test scores and GPA. See how you compare. (Use your unweighted GPA.) Since the lowest percentiles are made up of athletes and other hooked students, you’ll want to estimate the 50% range. See how close you are to that. Now you’ll know if you have a fighting chance. (Note that for the elite schools, you cannot tell if you have a good chance. That would be magic.)</p>
<p>Cornell isn’t that hard but Princeton is. Cornell a 3.8 21-2200
Is enough</p>
<p>My neighbor’s Caucasian son got into UPenn and Princeton with a 1800. No school is out of reach. @mibsprincess is GREATLY exaggerating. None of the ivy leagues have a median SAT of 2300. That’s ridiculous. </p>