Me and Princeton?

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<p>Chance me for the Big P:
I'm a white male applying from a competitive area of Connecticut. Top-income bracket and a good school. We usually send maybe a dozen or so kids to top schools out of a class of roughly 200. Anyways, here are my stats:</p>

<p>GPA: A tad under 3.9 (9-12), a hair away from a 4.0 (10-12). I'm not going to bother with weighted GPA because every school has their own bizarre system.</p>

<p>SAT: 2400 (single-sitting)
SAT II: 800/780/710 (History/Math/Science)</p>

<p>AP's: 5/5/5/4 (World History/US History/Lit/Chem)</p>

<p>EC's
-Editor of a publication at my school for four years
-I am a high officer in a writing tutoring program
-Varsity athlete for four years in a relatively uncommon sport, I have gotten local and county awards for it but I'm not good enough or motivated enough to do it in college
-High officer in school Forensics Club
-I am also heavily involved in two other academic clubs at school, with officer positions in each.</p>

<p>Awards
-I got a National Award this year from the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. About 1% of entries get a national award.
-Separate from the National Award, I also got a Gold Key (highest regional award) in the Scholastic Writing Awards.
-NCTE Award in Writing
-I placed in two international creative writing competitions (by international, I mean open to anybody in English, not just US writers). One of these was open to HS students only, and the other was open to any amateur writer. If I named these publicly, you could figure out who I was with only a few minutes worth of time. So I won't.
-Five local writing awards
-State history award for a very creative paper on a certain aspect of American intellectual history that I wrote, based off of original research.
-Applying for Presidential Scholarship in the Arts
-A school award for history given only to one student a year, basically for highest achievement across all four years of HS
-Winner of a school-wide math contest, won a local science award
-Went to Boys' State and did a few small things there.</p>

<p>Essays: I don't think anyone would actually submit an essay they thought was bad so I see absolutely no point to giving these self-assessments in chances forums. I was happy with it (the main one). What I can say is that it is deeply personal and there is absolutely, positively no way anybody else but myself could ever write it. I also poured the full-throttle of my writing skills into it.</p>

<p>Rec's: There is a reason we don't fill those forms out ourselves, but I imagine they will be detailed and good. I know both teachers very well. I'm also sending a third from someone who knows me and my writing very well, to elaborate more on that side of me.</p>

<p>I hear Princeton has an initiative to increase the presence of "creative" people on campus, with Creative Writing being one of those areas. In an ideal world, that should work for me, and I am going to try to make that stand-out about me, amongst whatever additional things I may have going for myself. </p>

<p>So...what are my chances for Princeton? Be honest, pull not a punch.</p>

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<p>Additionally: Courseload qualifies as "Most Rigorous" and I'm about top 5%, no exact rankings from my school</p>

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<p>idk if this means anything, but by how u present yourself, I like you, so I think you'll get in.</p>

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<p>But the real question is: will the admissions officer like you? haha.</p>

<p>Anyway, I think you have a good chance, but as for anyone in the country, Princeton is a reach for you as well. Less than most others though, I would say. 40%.</p>

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<p>you have a pretty good chance. the GPA, ECs, and SAT score are impressive, although the ap courseload that you took may fall a bit short. im sure you can slide that off though with the countless number of awards you received and be sure to ace that essay as colleges consider it as one of their top considerations for admissions, especially for ivies.</p>

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<p>Thanks everybody for the comments so far! I really appreciate them. Keep them coming. </p>

<p>^ This has crossed my mind before too, but I took the most AP's possible (one soph year, three junior year, and five senior year). With only 185ish kids per grade we can't really offer all too many AP's, we just can't fill them. I don't think/hope this won't work against me though because I maxed out the opportunities so to speak with what I did. And AP classes in my school are serious business, you are required to take the AP test at the end of the year and not get a 0 (or a -, the no effort grade basically) or else you lose the AP designation on your transcript.</p>

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<p>Your APs look just fine--as long as you took the hardest classes YOUR school offered, you don't have to worry about other schools' APs.</p>

<p>I agree with The Moment--your tone is sincere and mature--if you convey that in your app I'd predict a Yes! Good Luck.</p>

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<p>I think you have a great chance of getting in no doubt.</p>

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<p>Also, your creative writing is clearly something you're passionate about and have pursued that almost wholeheartedly. Well, I would say that that will shine through on your app as long as you market it right. But for the most part, I would definitely say you have an excellent chance. (Sorry, but I just can't temper my excitement for you!)</p>

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<p>Great chances.</p>

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<p>Princeton and I.</p>

<p><em>rejects</em></p>

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<p>I think your application sounds pretty good. You should have a good chance, so definitely do your best on Princeton app :)</p>

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<p>bumpity bump bump</p>

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<p>Wow, you're really impressive. I wish I had looked into writing more, like you did. I think you have a great shot.</p>

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<p>Finallll callll. This is probably my last bump. I'll also be sending in supplementary materials related to Creative Writing (arts resume, sample), if that helps anybody. Thanks to all.</p>

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<p>If you were from Idaho or some other underrepresented state, you would be a shoo-in. A bit tougher coming from Nutmegland, but I think you're still in pretty good shape.</p>