I'm a senior and am worrying a lot, chances?

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<p>Hey everyone, I'm a senior this year here's my grades, please tell me if I have terrible grades...
and I'm Asian</p>

<p>Freshmen:
Band, A
Honors English, A
Biology, A
World History, A
PE, A
Spanish I, A
Honors Algebra II, A</p>

<p>Summer: Honors Civics, A
Health, A</p>

<p>Sophomore:
AP Chemistry, B
Honors Chemistry Lab, A
AP Gov., A
Band, A
Honors English, A
Spanish II, A
Advanced Honors Pre-calculus, A</p>

<p>Junior: (something happened in my family this year, will be explained by counselor and teachers but I don't know how much that'll help)
AP Biology, C
Honors Biology Lab, A
AP Calculus, B
APES, B
AP Psychology, A
Honors Spanish III, A
Honors English III, A
Honors Band, A</p>

<p>Summer: Honors Spanish IV</p>

<p>Senior Mid year: (Have to start working to support family (5 hours per day))
AP Eng Lit, B
AP Spanish Lit, B
APUSH, B
AP Physics b, A
AP Chinese, A
Ceramics, A</p>

<p>PS: I took the hardest classes I could take</p>

<p>Extracurricular,
I am officer in volunteer, science and badminton club
Work 5 hours per school day as a tutor/babysitter
Hospital volunteer since freshmen, more than 200 hours, junior leader
Full scholarships to Korea summer of 2012 and 2011 (one by US Department of State, other by Korean Gov. Foundation)
SAT I: 2000</p>

<p>How does this look? I'm applying regular decision for Princeton,
What can I do to make my app compelling?
And should I talk about the incident in Junior year in my essay or should I just let my teachers and counselor talk about it?
Does low income help at all?</p>

<p>PLEASE, I'm DESPERATE.</p>

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<p>Your extenuating circumstances ought to be referenced in an essay.</p>

<p>If there isn’t an essay topic that would accommodate your essay, put it down in the additional information session.</p>

<p>Your guidance counselor and teachers can reference it, but only you can put it into perspective for an admissions officer at Princeton to see the whole picture.</p>

<p>I’m just telling you what I did, and apparently all worked out for me with my EA college.</p>

<p>Good lucking during RD!</p>

<p>By the way, your grades aren’t bad, especially with what you say you went through.</p>

<p>Being low income isn’t necessarily an advantage because low income students still get denied/waitlisted for admission. However, adcoms know that being from a low income family definitely has it’s own challenges, and you clearly have surmounted what has been thrown at you.</p>

<p>You can do it.</p>