EA chance

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<p>Black Female
GPA: 3.81 UW, 4.14 W
School doesn't rank until February in senior year, but estimate that I would be in top 25% because it is a very competitive school
Senior Year: AP Calc AB, AP GOV, AP ENGLISH 12, AP BIO, Honors Physics (required), Photography II, Leadership II
Will NOT take AP Physics, Stats, Art History, Spanish, French, or Chem in my high school career</p>

<p>SEMESTER GRADES
I used to get straight A's as a freshman and sophomore, but because of transferring to another school that has a very different grade system and difficult transition, my grades went down in my junior year.
(On 7-point scale with no plus or minus)
Leadership A/A
Honors Math Analysis B/B
Study Resources III A/A
Honors English 11 B/B
AP Psych B/A
Honors Chemistry B/B (.2 away from an A)
AP USH B/B
Photography A/A
I am making a progress throughout the year, and I hope I would get A's in senior year.</p>

<p>TEST RESULTS
PSAT: 161
SAT: 1670 (610M 570W 490V)- will retake
SAT II: 610 History, 660 Math IIC (will retake), 560 Chemistry (will retake)</p>

<p>WORK EXPERIENCE
Sharing and Caring Hands (food programfor the homeless) for two years
Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Student volunteer) for three months
Habitat for Humanity (Built houses for unfortunate families) for a year
Mentoring a deaf elementary student for two years
Research in the lab this summer (40 hours each week)</p>

<p>ACTIVITIES
Club Youth Extending Service (a school volunteering organization) (9, 10)
National Karate (9, 10)
Chess Club (During lunch- 11)
Science Club (During lunch- 11)
Psychology Association (During lunch- 11)
Health Science Academy (After school- 11)
University of Virginia Mini-Medical School (After school- 11)
Made National Honor Society for next year (teacher selection)</p>

<p>HONORS
Academic Honor Roll for three years
National Karate Summer Program Award
President's Student Service Gold Award (volunteering 100+ hours)
National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine (a scam but considered a scholarship to me because I was given $8,000)
A Venture Scholar</p>

<p>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
-I was born in Canada, and my parents both went to an elite college in Canada and are now very successful financially. So, in my whole family, I will be the first one to go to a college in United States, and I am a little excited about it.
-Will include my research publication in my application
-Will write the essay about my deafness, the obtacles I faced, how I overcame them, and how it contributes to my success today
-Will get excellent recommendations from my GC and my research mentor, but I don't think I will get outstanding recommendations from my teachers because I just moved to the area and I don't know them as long as other students
-I transferred from #1 public school in Minnesota with a very good SAT average score (by the way, I was top 10% in my class) to a VERY competitive but smaller public school in Virginia. In fact, so many seniors from my new school were accepted into prestigious colleges (MIT, Harvard, Brown, Yale, Princeton, Columbia).</p>

<p>Sorry for the long post. After researching on several colleges, Princeton is on top of my list, and I am planning to apply EA. What is my chance? Be honest!</p>

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<p>considering that princeton is ed, not ea, you could have some problems applying ea</p>

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<p>Okay. Beside my low SAT scores, why will I have some problems?</p>

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<p>What ec1234 meant is that Princeton has early decision, not early action (ea). Early decision is binding (if you get in you must commit to attend and withdraw your other applications), early action is not. Yale and Harvard have early action, the other ivies have early decision.</p>

<p>To your more serious question, I think you really need to raise your SAT score. I believe Princeton's last published SAT range was an 1370-1560. This means that only 25 % of the freshman class, has an SAT score lower than a 1370. With a 490 V and 610 M, you are too far below this range to really be considered for admission, despite your URM status. In order to even have a shot, you woulld need to raise that 1100 to at least a 1300. </p>

<p>Given the competitveness of your high school, your grades are, although not stellar, good enough that you will get into some decent colleges if you apply to a resaonable range of schools, given your obvious leadership qualities. However, you must be more realistic. Talk to your guidence counselor about reasonable schools for you - she'll probably be able to direct you. Good luck! I'm sorry if this came off as at all harsh, but I feel like you desrve an honest answer.</p>

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<p>More specifically, Harvard and Yale have Single Choice Early Action (SCEA). Along with Stanford they are the only schools that have "restricted" EA. All other EA schools, i.e. U of Chicago, MIT, Notre Dame, Georgetown are open EA. Open EA enables a student to apply to as many EA schools as they would like.</p>

<p>Regarding your cahces at Princeton ED, my sense is that you need to improve you standardized test scores a bit, something around 1900-2100, for a good chance. Further, you will need to convince Princeton why it is right for you and what you will bring to the environment. Good luck in your efforts.</p>

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<p>Only recomendations are have are:</p>

<p>Raise SAT/SAT II Scores</p>

<p>Make an awesome essay</p>

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<p>Yes, it is necessary to raise my SAT scores. Everyone keeps telling me that...don't worry-I am studying for it. However, out of curiousity, I went on the internet and searched for the average SAT score of deaf students. I found out that the national average combined score is 903 and that "academically gifted" deaf students have a mean combined SAT score of 1120.</p>

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<p>The fact that you are deaf should be emphasized in your application because that has a direct effect on your verbal skills, and explains your low verbal score.</p>

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<p>I'm sorry; I hadn't noticed you were deaf when I read your earlier post, although I still think your score is too low to make you competitive at Princeton. If I were you (provided you can't raise your SAT score significantly) I would apply early to one of the elite all-girls schools. They are prestigious and academically rigorous, but far less competitve. Unless you are strongly opposed to the idea of single sex education, that might be your best bet at getting into a great school. </p>

<p>Also, instead of applying ED/EA to PHYS, where you probably won't get in, you might want to apply early action to a different elite school. Applying early signifcantly raises your chances, but in your case, the SAT score is still too low to get you into one of the most competitive. However, I know at least Georgetown and UChicago have early action. I'm not saying you would be a shoe-in at those schools, but you have more of a chance there than you do at Princeton, especially applying early. Furthermore, though your chances at Princeton would be far diminished, you could still apply RD to whatever other schools you are interested in.</p>

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<p>You're a deaf black female. You've got alot going for you (in terms of college admissions) right there, plus your ECs are solid.</p>

<p>If you can boost your scores significantly, I'd be surprised if you didn't get in.</p>

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<p>There was another deaf kid on this forum and he had like ~2200 SAT</p>

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<p>Who? What is his screen name?</p>

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<p>" I found out that the national average combined score is 903 and that "academically gifted" deaf students have a mean combined SAT score of 1120." Are you sure that's not for the old SAT? just because I can't believe that 903 is average for the new one - 300 for each section? AVERAGE? Dayum.</p>

<p>Also: question. Which school in MN is the top public school? How do you people know this? Are they all listed somewhere? (I'm just wondering cause I'm from MN and want to know the gossip etc.)</p>

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<p>Of course it is for the old SAT. I cannot find the average NEW SAT score.</p>

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<p>I say your chances are pretty high. </p>

<p>If you can get your sat score in the 1900-2000 range I'd be shocked if you didn't get in.</p>

<p>You have solid ECs and pretty good grades. Emphasize why Princeton is for you and how you have succeeded where many other Black, deaf, young women might fail. Ex. Research lab. Not many would strive to advance their academic experience in a lab. </p>

<p>Congrats and good luck!!</p>