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<p>Hey! am somewhatnew to cc and an aspiring ED applicant from nigeria. Yah anuva international. So jus wantd to slip in to the community. Also a band "geek" - play the flute and trumpet.</p>
<p>I like the Gladiator and Braveheart ones too</p>
<p>Say, how many of you guys are from a private or "competitive" public HS?</p>
<p>I'll admit it, i go to a pretty mediocre, medium-sized public high in nowhere. I'm a little worried that i won't stand a chance next to the sons/daughters of such and such phd who went to cambridge prep school.</p>
<p>yeah I'm almost in the same shoes as u are Clendenenator...</p>
<p>Sure am from a private school... BUT... .it's in Nigeria. Sure they wont see it as prestigious or nething. But from what Princeton says on its site, I do not think they consider your School alone. I belive they try to find out how you used the opportunities at your school to the fullest. And if u excelled scholarly at your High school.</p>
<p>I'm from an international school in Taiwan but I'm a US citizen, so I'll be in the same application pile as all you American domestic students.</p>
<p>Clendenenator, I actually think you stand a better chance at a mediocre public high than somewhere like Andover or Exeter. I know a couple people at Andover and one of them pointed out a good fact to me that not all of them could get in to HYPMS -- after all, colleges don't want a class full of Andover/Exeter students. They want a variety in their student body, so in a weird way, you might actually stand a better chance than those preppies.</p>
<p>On a completely unrelated note, any cellists in here? =p</p>
<p>Yeah, but the sad thing is i'm in NY state. I live in a place that's more hick than nebraska, but they will see NY and put me up against stuyvesant kids from NYC. ARGH.</p>
<p>I go to a top 40 public HS (once top ten) and my grade happens to be one of the brightest in years (22 NMSF), which makes it tough! Plus I happen to have found out that 8 people are applying ED to Princeton!</p>
<p>well... good luck, arbiter.
as far as I know, there are only two Germans (including myself) applying ED. kudos to me, I have memorized half of Kaplan's U.S. history over the past weekend. sat in october, three weeks time to prepare for three subject tests in november + rest of app + school.</p>
<p>now, really, kudos to me.</p>
<p>arbiter, howd you find that out??</p>
<p>Error with Family Connection: Naviance that posted the class of 2007 application information online. I don't have all the names, but I know that the person likely to be Valedictorian is among them (Cum Laude induction is tomorrow).</p>
<p>two others are applying to princeton ED from my school other than me...blah</p>
<p>i have one other guy ED and he won a gold at the junior olympics!!</p>
<p>OMG LIKE 10 PPL ARE ED'ING FROM MY SCHOOL!!!!</p>
<p>OMG!</p>
<p>lol anyone know how much this affects chances??
i know that Princeton declares that "no one will be barred from admission soley because of the number of applicants from his/her school..." but im sure they dont want to accept like 10 ppl from one place, maybe due to geographic diversity, etc... and stuff like that</p>
<p>You just need to be a better person than the other applicants.</p>
<p>Other is Siemens-Westinghouse Semifinalist, and we are ED'ing for same major, Mol. Bio.</p>
<p>Gosh I thought I was unlucky, with 3 others applying to Princeton ED. But 2 of them are legacies, which is pretty intimidating... and no more than one person has ever been accepted to Pton from my school... oh well, I guess we all have stuff to complain about.</p>
<p>Wow, it looks like I am pretty lucky then...only one from a decent public in a small town in MA. There is one girl applying RD, but only me ED. </p>
<p>The only downfall is that last year's male AP State Scholar went to my school, which is an amazingly ridiculous achievement considering that we aren't a private school or anything. So if they remember him, I'm toast. :eek:</p>
<p>u are extraordinarily lucky jtc</p>
<p>I think I would also fall under the category of "extraordinarily lucky"...no one else from my school is applying to Pton ED and I only know of one who is applying RD (keep in mind that I go to a small private school and my class has 55 people!). I am very happy that my closest "competition" wants totally different things in a school than I do, and so we have no overlaps! Sorry if I make anyone here annoyed--if it makes you feel any better, I am a white girl from CT with no legacy and I'm not a recruited athlete. So basically, I can use all of the help I can get!</p>
<p>Top 5 public school in nation, poor and urban. I am only one applying to Ptown ED, not even anyone is planning on RD I think, and a legacy. I'm hoping all of this helps..</p>