<p>i really need to know ifi have a chance for ED</p>
<p>white male, long island HS, un-hooked</p>
<p>SAT- 1530/2280 (GC wants to write how i got my SAT marks w/o tutors or anything, she thinks that will help)
SATII- 750 Math2, 800 US History, 630 chem
GPA- ~96 unweighted, higher w/o freshmen year, toughest courseload
No rank, top decile</p>
<p>EC's (this is what makes me nervous)
-4 years newspaper, this year Ed-in-chief (i dont know what other schools are like, but this is a MAJOR time commitment, and my teacher rec will show that)
-4 years volunteering every saturday at temple (co-leader), leading services, mentoring kids
(these two are the big ones im passionate about and will mention in essays)
-4 years community service club
-3 years hebrew culture club
-2 years math tutoring
-various other small things</p>
<p>essays: i think they will be excellent
rec's- teachers love me, and one is advisor of newspaper so can write about how much time i spend on that</p>
<p>so do i have a shot hear, or if i dont what about duke or cornell?</p>
<p>sorry for any typos, i typed this in about 10 secs and didnt look it over, i did it on this horrible mini keyboard, its really annoying</p>
<p>anyway, i should add that im torn between engineering and the college. if i apply to engineering i would talk about their unique architectural engineering program which would really fit my intrests.</p>
<p>i also worked in an engineering office the past two summers</p>
<p>really? the thing was, i dont have math/sci ec's besides work experience. also , i didnt plan on getting a rec from a math or physics teacher, though i guess i could as a 3rd</p>
<p>Honestly, you shouldn't worry about whatever high school "math" you might have learned before (that also goes for any "science"). Princeton (indeed any good engineering program) will take care of that.</p>
<p>Of course your chances are just as good as anyone's. You have a very serious chance. I think it's difficult to gauge how "excellent" your essays will be before you write them...everyone probably thinks that. Just make sure yours are excellent and more importantly unique.</p>
<p>As a side note, has anyone checked out the admissions page of princeton on collegeboard.com? They rank personality and teacher recs as being the most important factors and gpa etc. are only "considered", so basically every chances thread is moot.</p>
<p>so does anyone think my 630 on chem sat2 and lack of math/sci EC's wont kill me?</p>
<p>how can they really not consider grades and sat's more than personality or whatever. maybe personality and character are just what gets you in after you have they high stats?</p>
<p>i know that its a gamble but i must have a shot at getting in.</p>
<p>i just thought that some of you guys who are on the forum a lot and see posts from kids who do and dont get accepted may be able to give me an idea of what kind of chance i have.</p>
<p>u know what i think??? i seriously think that u should get more involved into sports... probably take 1 or 2 varsity sports... yeah i know.. it's kinda hard to develop urself now into sports... but with determination, i guess u could probably get some certs for ur participation... try swimming...</p>
<p>i think ur volountary work should be fine... try more on debate.. speeches... and i guess u should be seeing urself in Princeton next year.. haha.. (if i'm right)</p>
<p>ummm...sry to break it to you but princetons got a lot of applicant with like better scores and much better ecs, awards, more officer positions, and like...amazing stuff i cant even dream of</p>
<p>u have a chance at cornell, i kno 2 ppl who got in with similar stats..but idk about duke</p>
<p>try to get leadership positions, found a club, enter contests...</p>
<p>(or u could just ignore me, im only a junior anyway)</p>
<p>Don't listen to him. True, princeton gets people with higher scores and such, but they also reject as many of those people as people with your scores and everything (well, okay maybe not quite as often). To the last poster, I just got done saying character and teacher recs are considered 100x more important than sat scores, so why would you say that just now???????</p>
<p>Last year in total men and women accepted 3% were legacy, 36% minority, 16% international. Some numbers may intertwine. They acccept half the class ED. Not counting athletes, musicians, famous people, and other people with pull. Run the numbers. Apply ED, cross your fingers, and apply to lots of other schools.</p>