Chances :)

Colleges and Universities A-Z Princeton University
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<p>hey guys! I thought I would give this a shoot. Really appreciate it if I get some honest feedbacks. My college list is not fully set yet, so this will help me probably eliminate some schools </p>

<p>Asian-American Female
Los Angeles, CA</p>

<p>Most difficult courseload ever from my school.
Cumulative GPA W: 4.46, UW: 3.85
SAT: 2200, CR: 660, M: 800, W: 740 **retake in oct and I think I did really really well</p>

<p>SAT II:
Math IIC-800
Chem-790
US history-740 **retake any?</p>

<p>Top 5% in class --I think, school doesn't rank</p>

<p>10th: 2 AP (Chemistry and Comp Sci)
11th: 5 AP (English, History, Calc BC, Physics, Spanish)
12th: 5 AP (English, Gov, Stats, Biology, Art History)</p>

<p>APs:
U.S. History - 5
Language & Composition - 5
Chemistry 5
Calc BC-5
Comp Sci-4
Psychology-4 (self study)
Physics-3</p>

<p>EXTRACURRICULARS:
* Leadership Positions</p>

<p>COMMUNITY SERVICE
Hospital Volunteer (11-12)
National Honor Society (10-12)
Nursing Home (10-11) </p>

<p>SCHOOL ACTIVITIES
Science Olympiad (9-12)
Track (10-12)
lots of smaller clubs </p>

<p>EMPLOYMENT:
Caltech-student intern (10-12) getting a rec letter from the professor
UC Davis-intern/researcher over the summer--possible rec as well. And entering this project for Intel STS</p>

<p>AWARDS:
Science Olympiad (numerous regional and state since 7th grade)
Robotics regional and states awards
QuestBridge College Prep Scholarship Winner
National Honors Society
AP Scholarwith Distinction
Intel Engineering Science Fair honorable mention
Numerous piano awards</p>

<p>MAJORS:
1) Chemistry/Premed
2) Economics</p>

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<p>QuestBridge can help. Is Princeton a QuestBridge school? Obviously you are highly intelligent- but so are most Princeton applicants. QuestBridge status may of interest to the admissions comm. However, Johns Hopkins looks like a match. Do you have a list of the QuestBridge colleges?</p>

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<p>yea with Questbridge I am doing (in order): </p>

<p>Princeton
Yale
Stanford
Columbia
UChicago
Notre Dame (nonbinding)</p>

<p>well icy9ff8, I acutally am not applying for Johns Hopkins, it never interested much. aside from the questbridge schools I am probably going to do a lot of the BS/MD programs (Northwestern, Brown, Rice, USC, Boston, Case, Caltech)</p>

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<p>bummmp no one?</p>

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<p>You're incredibly stereotypical. I'm not giving you chances, but I will tell you that you're going to have to really work at defining your application.</p>

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<p>^^^^
He means your asian, and at princeton your people are the majority.</p>

<p>You are an average applicant to princeton though, its a reach for everyone no matter what, but I just assume you are the average applicant.</p>

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<p>well the only aspect I have control over now are my essays huh?</p>

<p>I am doing stuff like intel and westinghouse now but results are not out yet.</p>

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<p>Another asian girl from CA - there are too many of you... jk
stereotypical yes, cuz i'm azn in WI and we have similar EC and Stats</p>

<p>you don't have too many activities that spread all four years, except the stuff w/ sciences. you will probably try to win over the admissions in that area.</p>

<p>i wonder how your parents took the 660CR and 3 in Physics. lol</p>

<p>Good luck with Princeton, Yale, Stanford</p>

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<p>hahah that's why I retook it in oct :)</p>

<p>I think I am going to block my physics score. I did really poorly becuase my teacher did not teacher AT ALL...I am not even joking.</p>

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<p>I'm an asian girl too o.O
just from Hawaii... would it be a disadvantage?? should I not state my ethnicity on my app?</p>

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<p>is your last name part of your sn?
ai yi? that doesn't sound white</p>

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<p>Your critical reading score on the SAT should be about 40-50 points higher. Otherwise you will seem like you're a "good at math but one-dimensional" kid even if that's not the case.</p>

<p>Then, afterwards, it comes down to how unique of a person you are (and how well you convey that on your application.)</p>

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<p>haha I just got the Oct SAT score, and I got a 2290, 690 on critical reading, 800 on the other two sections</p>

<p>also I am a questbridge finalist</p>

<p>and my caltech prof is in fact writing me a rec, and it is pretty good too</p>

<p>how do these things affect my chances?</p>

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<p>im always wondering why people w/ rather outstanding stats are always asking for chances. everyone who applies to those top knotch schools are going to have great stats, so for the most part stats are not going to be a deciding factor because everyone is nearly equal from that perspective. what is really going to make ppl stand out is going to be ECs, leadership, characters etc.</p>

<p>I personally think your research sounds pretty unique. I guess the other ppl who posted previously are right in that you are the typical asian girl, with your strengths in math or science (me too, im azn w/ some research experience). but i don't really think that puts you at a disadvantage. you have demonstrated your passion for the subject and thats what college are always saying they are looking for right?</p>

<p>o btw you mentioned entering westinghouse..are u referring to siemens and if so how did that go? (they already announced semifinalists right?)</p>

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<p>You sound extremely pretentious and obnoxious by stating your scores. Are you attempting to justify yourself? What you have stated is the profile of most of Princeton prospects.</p>

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<p>crazee11...why does she sound pretentious and obnoxious? She's just posting a Chances thread. Perhaps you are new to this site, but EVERYONE does a chances thread at some point; they're just to gauge your 'chances' at getting into schools and to receive concrit on how to present yourself on your application. Scores are very, very important in creating a picture of the applicant. There is even a separate forum just for Chances and there are over 200,000 posts. Are all these people pretentious and obnoxious?</p>