Final Post... RD/ED Princeton need advice fast

<p>Hopefully my final post for CC, I've decided between Stanford SCEA/RD and Princeton RD/ED</p>

<p>Political Science & Gov't</p>

<p>GPA: 3.663 after Jr. year, 3.75 after Sr. Year (Unweighted, school weighs horribly, increasing my GPA by .1, but the transcript will show my actual grades..)</p>

<p>Soph-Sr: (3.93), Soph-Jr(3.9) Stan and Prince GPA</p>

<p>Region: Large school in Mid-West, sends about two people to an ivy each year</p>

<p>Courseload: 10 AP's, all A's (the most anyone can take is 13 I believe, no one in my grade has done that, highest is 11)</p>

<p>50% Indian(Country), 50% Caucasian</p>

<p>Rank: Confirmed 4% in a class of 650</p>

<p>Huge Upward Trend - B's and C's freshmen, Couple A-'s Sophomore, Never dropping below an A Jr. and Sr. years</p>

<p>Courseload: 1 Honor Freshman yr(only 1 offered), no AP's sophomore year(only 1 offered), 5 APs Jr. year(max anyone can take is 6, no one did it), 5 AP's Sr. yr(most offered 6, no one is taking)</p>

<p>AP's: AP Calc A, AP Calc B, AP Calc C, AP Statistics, AP Biology, AP Physics A, AP Physics B, AP Gov't and Politics, AP English Lit, AP US History</p>

<p>SAT- 2300</p>

<p>ACT- 35</p>

<p>SAT II-
Math IIC-800
Physics-750
Literature-770</p>

<p>AP Tests-
Calc AB:5
Calc BC:5
Physics:5
US History:5
Biology:5
Statistics:5
Taking other AP Tests at end of year</p>

<p>Awards:
NHS, AP Scholar, AIME, Seal of Excellence in Math, Science, and History</p>

<p>Programs:
TASP, Debate Camp(Stanford, twice), Spanish at a local University, National Debater (#50) - LD</p>

<p>EC's:
-Speech and Debate for 3 years - Captain
-Community Service Club for two years - Vice President
-Founder of Mu Alpha Theta - President for the second year
-Varsity Tennis(this is my second year)
-Swim team(also second year, not school affiliated)
-150 hours of community service
-100 hours of volunteering</p>

<p>Reccomendations:
-One math teacher, One science teacher, and a close friend of my family who is a Professor at a local University</p>

<p>Essays:
-Hopefully, I'll do my best, I think they will be good though - I have a couple of ideas.</p>

<p>Advice Please: Stanford SCEA/RD or Princeton ED/RD, will ED help me more or should I just RD it up?</p>

<p>doing ED at princeton or SCEA at stanford wont help you much in either case...just go with whatever school you're attracted to the most</p>

<p>yeah i agree, there's no point playing the statistics game......</p>

<p>Well, at least, am I competitive enough that RD/ED won't matter at Princeton? Do I have a good chance of being admitted I mean.</p>

<p>You're competitive, imo.</p>

<p>You have a very good chance. Apply where you want to go most. Gaming the system won't make you happy. If you are equally interested in both, apply ED to Princeton as it will have more impact on your chance of success.</p>