Last RD chances thread for PU

Colleges and Universities A-Z Princeton University
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<p>am from WV if that matters. Male - Asian</p>

<p>Scores - 1st Date - 560 cr, 780 math, 600 writing (8 E)
2nd date - 630 cr, 760 math, 690 writing (9 E)
3rd date - 710 cr, 770 m, 670 W (11 E)
4th date - 700 cr, 770 m, 680 W (9 E)</p>

<p>composite - 2150 (2 sit-ins got this), highest from each section - 2180</p>

<p>SAT II's MathIIC - 750
Chemistry - 770</p>

<p>Taking USH in january</p>

<p>Now for academic stuff
Rank 2/360, salutatorian (i know i spelled it wrong. Read my explanation on the penn boards).
i think about a 4.0 gpa uw (it may be 3.96 or 3.98. Got 1 B and like 45 or 49 A's)
took most rigorous course in my school which isnt saying much, 6 APS, 10 honors.</p>

<p>Um now for the essays
MOst of them will be good. Some may be a bit iffy but overall pretty ok / good</p>

<p>EC's
This one club called ACE team. Pretty fun club. Like jeapordy. Won many awards for it. its a regional thing
Math Field day - (we have no math / science club) went to regionals twice
NHS - not much to say here. TUtor in this club also
HIspanic NHS - treasurer for this club. Do other things >.>
Big Brothers Big Sisters - a club in which I tutor 2 hours a week to another kid
Varsity tennis - 10-12. 3rd doubles team
Varsity CC - 9-10. Now really worth mentioning. Wasnt very good at it though.
SPIRIT program - My school is very diverse. With minorities making up about 40% (about 25% african american, 10% hispanic, 5% asian and other races). In this it was a 2 day workshop. We talked about many things our school had problems with. Pretty interesting. Was nominated the speaker and leader for the asian group whenever we have meetings during the year to talk about this thing.</p>

<p>Some out of school things
9th grade summer - summer school / volunteer at hospital for 50 or so hours
10th grade fall - volunteered at a theatre for about 70 hours
11th grade summer - summer school / volunteered at hospital for 50 hours or so
12th grade - traveled to india. Got to see some cool things. Some surgery's too :0</p>

<p>Anyhow summer was pretty filled for me, believe it or not.</p>

<p>Ok finally awards.
9th Grade - Golden Horseshoe Award (involved both 8th and 9th) (State award)
10th - Math Field Day - advanced to regionals
9th, 10th - Social Studies Fair - Advanced to regionals both times
9th, 10th - Science Fair - Advanced to regionals both times
11th - Highest Point Award (ACE Team)
11th - ACE Team - 1st place
9th - 11th - Success Through Academic Recognition (STAR)
Volunteer Awards - From two separate hospitals for volunteering</p>

<p>I have more awards and probably more EC's but some of them are not worth mentioning. Anyhow thanks for the feedback in advance!</p>

<p>Also I am doing an optional essay.</p>

<p>Oops sorry if other college stuff is in here. I accidentailly copied / pasted from the chances thread.
Applying probably chem. engineering or bio engineering.</p>

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<p>I would say you will have average chances, but nothing that will make you stand out. I think your scores are a bit lower than there 50% acceptance rate.</p>

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<p>You posted in like, every school's forums... there's no pattern either...</p>

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<p>Yes I am. Hmm good. I just was hoping it was "at least" a reach. I mean if its even worth an application.</p>

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<p>hahaha ooo the golden horseshoe award... x____X i used to live in morgantown :P good times</p>

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<p>you're at a geographical advantage :)</p>

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<p>hold on, youre asian but youre in the hispanic NHS? confused.</p>

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<p>Ya ya. I love spanish. Took 4 years of it. Wanted to take AP spanish but they took out the class the final year. Hence I took it and it SEEMS like a waste but not really for me... its just that i may not be as fluent as I was (i was not half bad in my sophmore year. my junior year teacher stunk though).</p>

<p>Pretty good stuff though.</p>

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<p>ohh i thought you had to be hispanic to join it. is it the same thing as the national spanish honor society, cause that's the one i'm in.</p>

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<p>Hmm my year book says hispanic. I thought it was spanish too. I put down spanish for MIT EA. I guess its probably better to make it spanish.</p>

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<p>hmmm...just found the plaque in my drawer. it says "sociedad honoraria hispanica". i feel like a dumba$$ now.</p>

<p>but it's probably better to make it spanish b/c with hispanic you get these different connotations, if you know what i mean. my school has always recognized it has the nat'l spanish honor society.</p>

<p>but then again i don't think the adcoms will really care that much.</p>