do i have any chance at all?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Princeton University
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<p>These are my stats, i know this is a real reach for me but does anyone think i have any chance? regular decision</p>

<p>97.90 Weighted GPA on 100 system- 38th in class of 434- competitive school
top 2 kids went to harvard last year
SAT- 790 Math, 710 Verbal, 680 Writing- 2180 (retake 10/8)
SATII- 760 Chem, 760 Physics, 760 American History, 740 Math IIC</p>

<p>AP/IB/Honors taken</p>

<p>9th
9H Math</p>

<p>10th
10H/Pre-IB Math
AP World History - 5</p>

<p>11th
AP Chem- 5
AP American History- 4
Honors Physics
11H-IB/SL Math- 6 on IB Test</p>

<p>12th
AP US Politics
AP Statistics
BC Calculus
AP Physics B (C not offered)
Project Advance English (AP English Language Comp Test)
AP European History self study
Thinking about self studying for macro or micro econ</p>

<p>will have 9 AP + 1 IB SL at graduation
Grades on upward trend every year- 103.71 weighted average junior year, including 100 unweighted in AP chem and 98 in honors physics</p>

<p>Extracurriculars
4 years Varsity Bowling- All County junior year, captain this year
2 years JV Golf, 1 year Varsity, and this year Varsity Lacrosse
2 years Honor Society
DECA- 10th and 12th grade- regional winner in 2004
Academy of Finance- 3 year program in business that includes summer internship- officer
Quiz Bowl- 4 years, 3 years starting- co-captain this year although this isnt official
Mathletes- 4 years
Business Honor Society- 11th-12th
took AMC for 3 years, didnt qualify for AIME (hopefully this year</p>

<p>Summer
Academy of Finance Internship this summer- 133 hours doing accounts receivable at small company
2003- people to people sports ambassador- bowling - england and wales for 10 days. includes international tournament</p>

<p>Community Service
40 hrs from people to people with special olympics
40 hrs hosting annual quiz bowl tournament
30-40 hours from honor society (ALS walk, Lupus Walk, blood drive..)</p>

<p>Awards
Deca state qualifier
AP scholar
several aof awards (school)</p>

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<p>What was the rank of the two students that went to harvard?</p>

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<p>1 and 2 haha, but they had 1360 and 1420 old sat respectively</p>

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<p>There you go.. Like so many other cases.. depends on the essay. and recs. But in your case, you're gonna have to work on those a bit harder than the average Pton applicants (as if that's possible...) because your stats is a bit on the weak side. Hopefully your SAT retake goes well. Good luck!</p>

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<p>any other opinions?</p>

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<p>how are his stats weak? he has a 3.9 gpa, good sat II's and a decent sat I which he is retaking. the ecs arent bad and has a nice schedule, why is he below avg princeton applicant?</p>

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<p>Go check out some other stats...</p>

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<p>im an out of state student who has a 2400 on the sat reasoning test.</p>

<p>my uw gpa is 3.4
my weighted gpa is 4.14
yea i was kind of a slacker until i got serious last year and if you compare my last 3 semesters with those of people at my school its 1 </p>

<p>my rank is 38 out of 483
fairly competative school
i just started trying late and our 1 ranked person has like a 1950 on the sat or something</p>

<p>yea so i wanted to know my chances this year im taking all ap classes except one and im probably going to take the sat again to see if i can get 2400 again</p>

<p>yea so please just be honest should i apply to princeton early decision or regular decision or apply at all for that matter any advice is much appreciated.</p>

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<p>why would you take the SAT again if you got 2400???</p>

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<p>because he is a loser</p>

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<p>id have to agree with you on that one</p>

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<p>Oh my gosh, that is the stupidest thing I have ever heard. Especially coming from someone who scored a perfect score on their SATs...</p>

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<p>i hope that was a typo, cause that does not make sense.</p>

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<p>because im weird like that its a mental thing its just nobody including myself can believe i got it i mean i want to prove it to myself anyway how are my chances thats what i wanna know of getting into princeton</p>

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<p>If you will not listen to your peers, perhaps you will listen to someone older. Taking the SAT again after getting a perfect score is not likely to do you good and may do you harm. As for your chances, there is no way to make even the usual less than informed guess given the sparseness of the information you provided.</p>

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<p>okay what else do u need</p>

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<p>Your EC's, special talents, awards, work experience, community involvement, compelling personal history etc. In short, what makes you different or special from the many other students who have very good SATs and not stellar grades. Obviously, you can't do better than a 2400 SAT, but above a certain point the incremental advantage of having a higher score is not that great. Princeton will likely reject more students with 2400 SATs than it will accept, so why should you be in the latter and not the former category?</p>

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<p>ok well i have three ec activities tennis and two clubs.
no special talents no awards
i worked at a doctors office in the summer
i have like 200 hours of community service
and well i have set goals and im hard working and dedicated</p>

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<p>With the caveat that I am no more qualified to make an informed judgement then the man in the moon, I would say you should consider Princeton a big reach.</p>

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<p>ok i believe i created this thread haha, no more talking about someone who is gonna retake the SATs after a 2400</p>

<p>anyone else have any opinions on my very small chances?</p>