<p>I am a 16 yr. old female.. going to be a senior at a competitive high school in southern California...</p>
<p>SATs:
1st try: CR 650, W 720, M 560
2nd try: CR 720, W 630, M 600</p>
<p>SAT IIs:
Biology E- 630
US History- 750
Literature- 660</p>
<p>ACT:
1st try: 29</p>
<p>APs:
English Language: 4</p>
<p>GPA:
Freshman Year: UW 3.8, W 3.8
Sophomore Yr: UW 4.0, W 4.2 (2 honors classes)
Junior Year: UW 4.0, W 4.42 (3 honors, 1 AP class)
Senior Year core courses:
AP Gov
AP Spanish IV
AP English
Honors Physics
Math Analysis</p>
<p>Extra Curriculars:
Club Soccer (since 6th grade)- 2 year Captain
HS Soccer (3 year Varsity)- Senior year Captain
California Scholarship Federation
Red Cross Club
High School Volleyball (2 years -Captain)</p>
<p>Awards:
Scholastic Acheivement Award (10th grade)- issued by teachers
CIF Academic All-League (2 years)
Most Improved Player (HS Soccer-11th grade)
Best Defensive Player (HS Volleyball-9th grade)</p>
<p>I would appreciate ANY suggestions for things I should focus on or highlight in my application </p>
<p>ur SAT seems to be a bit low for princeton, but other than that, you probably have a shot as much as anyone. apply to your best and see what happens..</p>
<p>EDIT; seems like you're athletic, I'm guessing it'll help to highlight your soccer skills and etc.</p>
<p>Id say basically no chance. Your SATs are low and 4 AP's is low for Princeton. If you went to a crappy high school, it would be fine, but it seems your HS probably offers alot of them.</p>
<p>if you went to a crappy highschool like mine which has only has 4 AP's, than the college would understand since the guidence consular should and would give the status of their school courses offered</p>
<p>I'd have to agree with the above posts. Your ECs are a bit still below Princeton standards, and everything else is well below those standards. I'd unfortunately tell you to look elsewhere unless you're URM.</p>
<p>^ Contrary to common belief, even URMs do not make it into Princeton with 560s, milessmiles. The few I know have all had SATs in the 2100-2200 range which is on the lower end of average for Princeton. Accepted URMs will likely receive scores in the 25th percentile of all accepted applicants, but when that score is a 700, a 560 becomes inexcusable race notwithstanding.</p>
<p>Your data isn't really true. The average score for black students is around 170 (out of 1600) below white students and about 185 below Asian students. I couldn't find those stats for Princeton, but Cornell and Stanford have those almost identical racial disparities in SATs.</p>
<p>So I don't know about percentiles, but that gives a good estimate. Of course, there are plenty of black students above it, so your point is still somewhat valid.</p>
<p>dontno, this is really late, but I don't understand what you're arguing. URM that go to Princeton do not go with SAT scores that are in the (overall) 60th percentile (which is a really bad estimation of what a 560 would be) It just doesn't happen unless that URM has something besides race going for him or her. Could people who get 500s even handle the Pton curriculum? (Where there is now grade deflation?) A person with 560 will feel very uncomfortable in an environment where 1 in 4 score above 790. The SAT isn't the end-all be-all but it is an indication of some kind of ability. </p>
<p>Please clarify what you're saying, because I don't understand the point. If out of 1600 the average Pton SAT score is about a 1490, and URM get about 170 pts below on average that would mean the average accepted URM is around a 1320. 720 and 600 make 1320, but they still aren't feasible numbers for an expected acceptance. I know that that adding isn't <em>statistically</em> correct, but it makes some sense and provides some sort of indication. If her scores don't exactly compete with the best underrepresented applicants (which would be above that low 1320) being Hispanic (excuse my 560, that was the first take) should not override a subpar (on Pton's standards) score of 600. Which was my point. Why isn't it completely valid?</p>