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<p>since my sat scores came out today i wanted to ask for your opinions about my chances to princeton university</p>

<p>international, native language german
sat: CR 680, M 580; W 700 ,, essay 9 (first time, i really didn´t know what to expect;i am retaking in january, hope all scores will be over 700- btw what if they are not???!!)
sat2s: not yet taken, but i do expect around 750
toefl: 110/120 (iBt)
we don´t have any honors or ap classes in austria, all our courses weigh the same, plus we take 13 subjects each year. my leaving transcript from my matura (exams after which you are allowed to go to univesity): A, A, A, A, C (guess where... ah, right in math)
so gpa would be 3.7 (using the 4-A, 3-B, etc) scale</p>

<p>extracurriculars are pretty outstanding (i was told, i would never say sth like that myself!), not the usual stuff: i have been politically active since 14, chaired a student´s organisation (nationwide) that organized the first viennese student´s parliament (in the actual parliament building ^^);
founding member of two political clubs that organize street performances, workshops, etc in order to sensitize the public for intolerance (anit-racism, anti-sexism orientated projects)
i have organized a 4000 visitors music festival in summer 2009 as a charity event for an austrian refugee iinitiative
an exchange semester in manchester, uk
student´s counsil etc
2nd in national snowboard championship (would be the equivalent to the varsity team i think, even if training is only a few times per year)
1st in viennese women´s soccer championship
3rd in Viennese badminton championship
artist, i paint, draw and take photographs. princeton students told me to definitely send the arts supplement
my dad is an assistant professor at princeton university and i have been auditing lectures the whole fall term (i even wrote a paper in a philosophy course and got a B, without precepts etc)
my essays are said to be amazing (one dealing with my experience in manchester, the other being a bit scurrile, about philosophers that inspired me the most)
as might get from my ecs i want to major in politics, philosophy and religion (so far)
also interested in women´s and gender studies, teacher preparation
oh yh teacher recs are awesome!! (i couldnt believe it myself, they really like me^^)</p>

<p>so sorry for the long post, i don´t know what else to include, and so i stop ^^
thank you so much for doing yet another annoying chancing threat</p>

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<p>bumppp; pleeeease, need your help, dunno if i should really bother with re-taking sats and all that…</p>

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<p>your english seems pretty strong. so i assume you’ll get accepted to many schools just because of your fluency. but if you want to do an engineering major, with a 580 on math, princeton would be ’ high reach '.</p>

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<p>if you have a math score >700 on subject tests, then you may not re-take the reasoning. but I do recommend you to raise your reasoning math score. you seem to be a very strong applicant. so don’t lose your chance just because of that low math score.</p>

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<p>thanks, that sounds great. i love it here, i so want to become of real part of this…
btw i really don’t plan to major in engeneering or anything similar >< complete humanities freak. i aim for political science and philosophy. something in that direction at least…
thanks for chancing (btw does this word actually exist? it sounds so made-up ^^)</p>

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<p>oh come on, everyone else gets lots of replies! please, help me a bit, tell me what my chances are, even if it is the frieking 1450th thread asking for that!!!</p>

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<p>improving a maths score is relatively easy. try and focus on that; you have good chances anyway, are you applying to Woodrow Wilson School of Intl Affairs (Princeton) too?</p>

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<p>mmhm didn´t think about that yet. i am not so much into diplomacy or something… but ill think about it ^^ do they require any additional tests or anything else??</p>

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<p>ok did a bit research, maybe ur interested because you want to apply?? in order to apply for a major in a programe at woodrow wilson you have to be a princeton sophomore ^^ so you have to get admitted at princeton first…</p>

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<p>any other opinions?? (don´t want to seem ungrateful lol but you know… one can never get enough)</p>

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<p>^^really you have? ‘cause I found it on the CA and I was interested, too. Sad :’(</p>

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<p>what should I do then? I mean, list it on the CA anyway?</p>

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<p>CA for common app?? i dunno, don´t know if there is any point if you have to get admitted to the university first…</p>