Chances! Princeton/Yale SCEA, Harvard, Columbia, UVA

<p>Hi everyone,</p>

<p>Junior this year and really having a dilemma choosing where I'll SCEA. I know it'll be either Princeton or Yale. I really like Yale; when I visited the campus it felt and looked awesome. The only fear I have is the 14% SCEA admissions rate. Some of my friends, who are very smart and got 2300+ on the SAT, were deferred and one was even rejected! </p>

<p>Princeton, though it didn't pop as much as Yale did, felt very nice and relaxed. It has Woody Woo which I am in love with and is much closer to home. It also has a 18% SCEA rate, which is markedly higher.</p>

<p>Both of these schools are awesome, but I am stuck! Yale is so good, but I feel like I'll be wasting my SCEA there with such a paltry chance of getting in. But with Princeton, I get a better chance in theory but it doesn't feel as right.</p>

<p>Thanks for all your help! My stats are as follows: </p>

<p>Stats:
-GPA:4.361 (W)<-Prob. highest/2nd highest in class. Doesn't include 11th grade
-PSAT: 223 (CR:80 M:73 W:70) (should be NMSF)
-SAT: 2290 (CR: 740 M:780 W:770)
-SAT II: Bio (740), Math 2 (790), World History (770)</p>

<p>Classes:</p>

<p>9th:
Bio HN (A)
World History 1 HN (A)
English 9 HN (A)
Alg. 2 HN (A)
PE 9 (A)
Photo 1 (A)
Spanish 2 (A)</p>

<p>10th:
Chem HN (A)
AP World History (A) Score:5
English 10 HN (A)
Precalc w/Trig HN (A)
PE 10 (A)
AP Stat (A) Score:4
Spanish 3 (A)
Leadership/SGA (A)</p>

<p>11th (current):
AP Chem (A)
AP Lang (A)
AP Physics B (A)
AP Calc BC (A)
US History HN (A)
Spanish 4 (A)
Writing Center (A)
(FYI- 4 AP is the max juniors take)</p>

<p>12th:
AP Physics C
AP Lit
AP Gov/AP Comp Gov
AP Psych
Mulitvar Calc / Linear Algebra
Spanish 5
Writing Center</p>

<p>ECs:
MUN (9-12) Secretary 11th, Pres/VP 12th
Debate (10-12) Varsity team and some tournament awards
Math Honor Society (10-12) leadership in 11th, Pres (most likely) 12th
Writing Center-Peer Tutor and I have a nondescript leadership pos.
Spanish Honor Society (11-12)
Science Honor Society (11-12) Will run for position
National Honor Society (11-12) Will run for position
Volunteer at hospital (on track for around 200 hrs by application time)
Rec League Basketball (7 years, 5 championships)
Rec League Basketball Coach for young kids (75 hrs)</p>

<p>Internship with Grameen Bank and Yunus Center (Noble Prize Winner)
Shadowed some businesspeople at a local business</p>

<p>-Academic Honor Roll
-2012 Gov. School as a sophomore
-This summer, I will be doing an internship either in a lab OR a Physical Therapy Place and be attending Debate Camp</p>

<p>So, here is my list of schools:</p>

<p>Princeton/Yale
Harvard
Nwestern HPME
Columbia
Penn-CAS
Brown PLME
Duke
UVA (instate)
UNC Chapel Hill
Pitt</p>

<p>I really am stuck between a rock and a hard place. Any help would be awesome! Thanks in advance for chancing!</p>

<p>In all honesty, those are all great schools, but SCEA is really competitive and you would probably be better off applying to Yale/Harvard/Princeton/Columbia in the RD round. I would advise applying EA to a lot of schools instead.</p>

<p>You look like a very strong applicant for all of these schools and wouldn’t be surprised if you got into one of HYP in RD. </p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

<p>bump 10char</p>

<p>Your chance with either Yale or Princeton SCEA will be very low, given the reality that SCEA aims to accept extraordinary talents or hooked applicants.</p>