<p>I'm a junior from Taiwan, and I'm planning on going to the US for college. I'm a US citizen, but have been educated my whole life in regular Chinese schools. I currently attend the best girls' high school in Taiwan, which is extremely competitive and prestigious, and receive top grades there. Here are my stats and ECs, and I would very much appreciate it if you could give me some suggestions or evaluate, to your best understanding, how my chances for Princeton are. Thanks a lot!! </p>
<p>Stats
SAT I: CR: 800 ;Writing: 780 ;Math: 800
SAT II: Literature: 790 (I plan on taking Math 2 and Physics in June and have confidence in both.)
GPA: 4.0 UW
Rank: 20/1300 </p>
<p>ECs:
Editor and writer of school newspaper (10-11th)
Member of guitar club; in charge of practice and teaching fellow members (10th)
Piano 10 yrs/violin 4 yrs/clarinet 2 yrs/ guitar 1 yr
First place in school-wide English composition competition (10th) ; Third place (11th)
Fifth place in school-wide Chinese composition competition (10th)
Fifth place in school-wide Chinese short story competition (10th)
Second place in school-wide poetry competition (11th)
Third place in school-wide composition competition (10th, 11th)
Qualified for AIME
In charge of classroom decoration for two semesters; won an award for classroom decoration (10th)
Won a prestitious scholarship for English (10th)
Honorary Award A (meaning top three of class in both academic and moral grades) (10th, 11th)
High shool starts from the 10th grade in Taiwan, so I haven't listed anything from the 9th.</p>
<p>I know my ECs are weak but I hope to make up with my SAT scores, school performance, application essay and excellent recs. How are my chances?
Thanks~all information and suggestions would be extremely appreciated.</p>