Example, chances!!!

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<p>I need to vent anxiety and frustration and laugh a bit, here we go... it is not a troll, i will embellish in some areas and underrepresent in some areas. I do not want an exact picture of myself to inflate/deflate my perception of my chances</p>

<p>New SAT: 700 Critical Reading, 650 Writing, 750 Math
SAT subject tests: 700 Math I, 750 US History, 610 Chemistry
AP: English Language/Composition – 4; Chemistry – 3; US History – 5
GPA: off the charts (4.37 Weighted)
Class Rank: 2 out of about 215.
APs as a senior: English Lit, Biology, Euro, and Calculus AB. Psych, French</p>

<p>Extracurricular Activities:</p>

<p>Baseball
- Junior Varsity (2 years, no fourth because of scheduling conflict)
Track and Field
Model United Nations-creator
-president (1 year)
- member (2 years)
Student-Athlete
President of NHS
President of French Honor Society</p>

<p>Volunteer Work: 150 hours
- volunteer with tutoring-
-volunteer at church
-volunteer as library assistant</p>

<p>Work experience:
Real estate Maintenance</p>

<p>Awards/Honors:
- National merit Commended
- - Certificate of merit, National French Exam
- National honor roll
sports-scholar athlete award
George Washington U, Engineering Medal for math/science</p>

<p>Summers:</p>

<p>Greece, Cyprus, Turkey, Italy</p>

<p>Essays: let's say very good</p>

<p>Recommendations: Very good. All written by people who like/know me very much/well.</p>

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<p>I think your writing is a bit low. Princeton is a very writing-intensive school. You may score a 5 on Physics C, 800 Math 2C, but if you can't write worth a s**t then they wont accept you. If your essays are cliche, then I say you have no chance for acceptance because there is nothing in your app that really stands out, i.e. no hook.</p>

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<p>yeah, everyone at princeton has to write a book! Seriously, it's not some lame ten page thesis paper, everyone has to write a book! Princeton is a very English obsessed school.</p>

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<p>Please elaborate.</p>

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<p>If by "book" you mean senior thesis, then yes, they do. If by "book" you mean novel, then you are wrong.</p>

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<p>Did you do anything educational/meaningful during your time in Greece, Cyprus, Turkey, Italy? When I wrote about my travel experiences for college apps, I only included experiences like "worked in orphanage in Southeast Asia" and "Studied sustainable architecture in South America" etc, because I don't think just being a privileged kid who goes to beaches is much of a hook.</p>

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<p>yes about greece and cyprus</p>

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<p>SAT I Writing section is an unreliable mode of predicting writing abilities. As an example, during my first sitting, i scored 560 on that section. 2nd- 800.
I find it extremely bizarre that some draw parallels between that number and actual writing abilities/ performance in college.</p>

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<p>Um.. since you are privileged enough to go to all those places, admissions officers will definitely expect a lot more from you and expect you to take advantage of your wealth. Your sats are just not high enough, your ECs are ordinary, and your volunteer hours small. I'd say.. very small chance</p>

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<p>lol venus, only one way to find out, but thanks. these are really mostly fabricated stats and i am not rich</p>

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<p>On the same note, if someone had moderate SAT scores (780, 730, 790, 720, 700) and a ton of travel abroad experience (all of which included intensive volunteering/studying) and at least 15-20 hours per week of community volunteering, would their shots be higher?</p>

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<p>those aren't moderate SAT's</p>

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<p>We're in the Princeton forum, so I don't know if you're implying that they're high or low.</p>

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<p>sorry :)...even for princeton they're a bit higher than moderate (but i guess not by that much)</p>

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<p>Not if you're a New England white girl. ;)</p>

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<p>Your SAT scores are a little low but I don't think that would destroy your chances. Based on your EC, you are rather involved in your school which is definitely a plus. It ultimately resides on your recs and essays, and maybe an interview. I don't think the school would just accept or defer or reject based solely on the SAT; if that were true, then what would be the point of high school and the entire high school experience, one could simply prep for the SAT through high school and get into a good school while another who enjoys the experience of high school and actively participates in the community and may not have so high of an SAT score gets rejected. </p>

<p>If you really have good recs and essays, I think you have a chance. Again nothing is certain since I do not know what the school is exactly looking for.</p>

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<p>I think that it's safe to say that no one on this site can give you an idea of your chances at Princeton. I would say that you have a reasonable chance at getting in, but there really is no way to tell. Princeton gets thousands of applications similar to yours per year and most of them get rejected. Plus I believe that it is harder to get accepted to Princeton if you're from NJ. But don't let anyone tell you that you don't have a shot. Good Luck.</p>