i really wanna go here!!! can i tho?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Princeton University
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<p>hi, anyone want to be awesome and chance me? thanks a lot! oh and i might apply ED.</p>

<p>ACADEMICS</p>

<p>3.65 UW/4.65 W (I have a ridiculous upward trend tho. For weighted in my sophomore year I had a 4.15 and junior year I got a 5.588)
Top 10% out of 950 students
Will have taken 8 AP's by end of senior year (all A's so far)
AP Scholar with Distinction
National Merit Finalist (i can't be a scholar because im not a permanent resident or a US citizen)
National Merit Hispanic Recognized student
SAT 2250 (first time, retaking in october for hoepefully 2300+)
SAT II- Spanish (800) US History (760) Biology (750)
So far I've won or been a finalist in 5 scholarships</p>

<p>EXTRACURRICULARS</p>

<p>3 years Varsity Golf</p>

<h1>1 Ranked on team</h1>

<p>Top 40 in state and nationally ranked
Won 10+ state/regional tournaments outside of school
Taught golf to kids at country club</p>

<p>President of World Affairs Club (most monetarily-backed club at school)
Spoke at several professional events, raised attendance 30%, organized charity fundraiser to raise AIDS money which was sent to Africa, elected as Director of Public Relations freshman year, was a delegate at city wide conference
3 year letter</p>

<p>President of Spanish Club
4 year letter
Biggest club in school (120+members)
3 year State Spanish Symposium nominee (2 time finalist), organized Hispanic Awareness Day
Tutored kids Spanish two times a week after school</p>

<p>Founder of Amnesty International Club
3 year letter
We raised awareness in our community, wrote several letters to senators with strong replies and adopted children to go to school in Mexico
Founded SFA Charity Foundation (Students for Africa) in city and raised over $5,000 through various activities</p>

<p>-Over 300+hours of community service total
-This summer I'm doing Junior State of America at Yale
-I've been on two mission trips to Mexico where I was a Spanish translator
-I volunteered for one week in Ecuador at orphanages and helping set up the medical infrastructure in two remote villages.
-As a job, I was an Amnesty International Student Area Coordinator in Michigan
-I participated at National Youth Leadership Conference in Law in Washington DC
-My other job was at the YMCA, where I was a youth camp counselor and a volunteer coordinator
-Two time Destination Imagination Global Finalist
-Elected to NetAid Global Citizen Corps Board
-I did a month long internship with a extremely prestigious law firm in my city (one of top 20 in the US) and might get the president to write a rec for me.</p>

<p>OTHER</p>

<p>-I'm gonna be considered to be an international student. I won't need financial aid though.
-I'm fluent in four languages
-I'm half Argentinian/half Belgian (half hispanic)</p>

<p>Anyway, thanks for reading this and please be honest. I appreciate it!!!</p>

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<p>anyone please?</p>

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<p>You seem to have a lot of good leadership positions. </p>

<p>Your SATs are very good! Be 100% sure you can break 2250 before retaking the test...it will be tough if your score breakdown is 750/750/750.</p>

<p>A 5.6 W GPA! I'm guessing AP's are weighed 1.4. :D. </p>

<p>You're lucky! In my school, Honors & AP classes are weighted the same (1.1)... </p>

<p>Your chances are about just as good as most people at the top of the Princeton applicant pool... good luck!</p>

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<p>You have a chance, just as most applicants do. Your rank might hurt you, but URM status and upward trend will work for you. It's really impossible to predict. My advice is to make yourself stand out somehow from the dozens of people who will seem exactly like you, either through your essays or ECs or preferably both. Have you looked into becoming a recruit for golf? Being a recruited athlete will significantly boost your chances.</p>

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<p>well, im not sure if im good enough, but would being considered boost my chances?</p>

<p>anyway, thanks for the replies!</p>

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<p>How do you know you're a NM finalist already?</p>

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<p>well i got a 237 on the PSAT and i live in new mexico which isnt the "smartest" state and the cut off for semifinalist in recent years has been like 210 so my counselor and a bunch of other people have told me im in for sure.</p>

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<p>@237 you will be finalist anywhere. You have very good chances with ED. Do your part - apply, and let them worry about admitting you.</p>