My chances just dropped!

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<p>I am considering applying to Princeton ED but I am a bit worried about my SATs as my highest in one sitting is 2150 but my superscore is 2270. What do you think my chances are?</p>

<p>My SAT Is:
Date 1: 730M, 720CR, 670W - 2120
Date 2: 800M, 600CR, 750W - 2150
Superscore: 800M, 720CR, 750W - 2270</p>

<p>Hopefully they will consider the huge difference in CR scores and understand that I just messed up CR the second time round.</p>

<p>General Transcript
Rank: Not sent (around 2-4 out of 200 - top 1/2%)
GPA: Not sent/given (4.0UW, 4.4/4.85W depending on if the college uses the 4.5 or 5 scale for weighted)
AP/IB: Full IB candidate (IB only school) - predicted 41/42 (7s in Economics HL, Physics HL, English SL, Spanish SL and Philosophy SL, with a 6 in Math HL)
SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Physics
Supplements: Abstract of Extended Essay in Economics (got an A - very hard to get)</p>

<p>Achievements and Awards
UKMT<a href="International%20Maths%20Competition">/b</a> - Gold - 1 year (11)
**AMC12 - 2 marks off AIME, 4th in school - 1 year (11)
**Sunlife Scholarship Competition<a href="International%20Maths%20Competition">/b</a> - 1 mark off Distinction - 1 year (11)
**Euclid Scholarship Competition<a href="International%20Maths%20Competition">/b</a> - Distinction, 7 marks off recognition on official website - 1 year (11)
**Elected Student Council Representative<a href="School%20Position">/b</a> - 2 years (9,10)
**Economics Commendation<a href="School%20Award">/b</a> - 1 year (10)
**Media Studies Commendation<a href="School%20Award">/b</a> - 1 year (10)
**Spanish Award<a href="School%20Award">/b</a> - 1 year (11)
**Physics Award<a href="School%20Award">/b</a> - 1 year (11)
**Henley National Virtual Stock Exchange Competition<a href="National%20Competition">/b</a> – 5th place nationally and 1st in school - 1 year (12)
**Maths Commendation<a href="School%20Award">/b</a> – 1 year (12)
**UK Olympiad Candidate<a href="6,8">/b</a></p>

<p>Work Experience
Summerbridge Hong Kong
- 400 hours (7 weeks) Community Service - ranked top 10 by Princeton Review</p>

<p>Languages
Trilingual (fluent in Spanish, Hindi and English)
Proficient in French</p>

<p>Leadership and ECs
Revision Club
- Founder/President
- Increase grades of students by at least 2 (e.g. C to A)
- 120 hours/year, 2 years (240 hours by application time - counts as community service)
Guitar Club
- Founder/President
- One of the most popular student led clubs in school
- Free guitar education to students; competes with another club that charges 300USD for 9 lessons
- 80 hours/year, 2 years (160 hours by application time - counts as community service)
Business
- Co-Founder/Chief Financial Officer (essentially)
- Create household appliances out of glass because there are no mainstream glass recyclers in the city
- Won a national design competition with our product and advertised the product on an international level during a fully funded trip to an international exposition
- 250 hours/year, 2 years (500 hours by application time - counts as community service)
Cloud Chamber
- Organizer/Leader
- Build a miniature cloud chamber
- 60 hours
Linear Particle Accelerator
- Organizer/Leader
- Build a miniature particle accelerator
- 80 hours
Student Council
- Elected two consecutive years
Summerbridge
- Teacher
- Teach English to 10 local students with no adult assistance for 7 weeks
- Head of electives committee
- Monday to Saturday (7am to 7pm - 12 hour days)
- 600 hours (counts as Community service)
Varsity Golf
- 150 hours/year, 2 years (300 hours)
Trip to Xiamen
- Group leader
- Traveled to rural China to teach English to 30 students who had not encountered the language before, for a week
Community service
- 100 hours in other minor activities, with 1600+ hours from previously listed ECs (~1700 hours by application time)</p>

<p>Personal
Nationality: Indian
High school: Private High school (Competitive)
Essays: Good
Recommendations: Great (one says that I was the best student he has ever had)
Financial Aid: No</p>

<p>Will I be benefited by the fact that they will see my best scores only, on my CommonApp and that they will have to see my score reports to see my highest score in one sitting?</p>

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<p>Don’t look! Your chances just dropped again!</p>

<p>I think it drops even more every time you look at this thread. I would avoid checking back if I were you.</p>

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<p>I hate to break it to you, but you’ve missed Princeton’s ED deadline, so I guess your chances have dropped even further.</p>

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<p>princeton hasn’t had ED for like 4 years. they will be able to see all the times you’ve taken the SAT, but they’ll consider only your highest scores. your e.c’s are so scattered. </p>

<p>basically, chances threads don’t help you at all. sure, you have a chance. a bit more than the average applicant, i guess. but just work hard on your essays and make sure your application does you and everything you’ve worked hard for your entire life for justice. goodluck.</p>

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<p>Haven’t you made around thirty of these already?</p>

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<p>Haha I remember this thread (or a version of one of yours) was the very first thread I saw on CC</p>

<p>Relaxxxxx…and read some of that positive feedback I remember from that other thread :)</p>

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<p>Just apply and hope for you the best. Do not bet your entire life’s success on going.</p>

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<p>You have about a 1/e probability of getting in.</p>

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<p>^
36% chance is a little high, don’t you think?</p>

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<p>It’s only valid for very large values of e.</p>

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<p>^
Given that e is a widely recognized mathematical constant, I don’t think he’s referring to another e than the 2.718… number. Especially considering his rather mathy username. :)</p>

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<p>I don’t think it’s too high. He’s certainly qualified. His scores are good, his ec’s seem solid.</p>

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<p>However, if it pleases you, I can drop it to 1/pi.</p>

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<p>You shouldn’t worry. Princeton superscores the SAT.</p>

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<p>Derivate: did you miss that he is an international from Hong Kong?</p>

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<p>Nikkor I think you missed the joke…</p>

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<p>No, I think you missed the joke. :)</p>

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<p>Why should they conclude you “messed up” CR the second time? Wouldn’t it make just as much sense to conclude you got lucky the first time?</p>

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<p>It’s like Pokemon… Squirtle, “Bubblebeam!”… “It’s super effective!” Oh no, your chances just dropped!</p>

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<p>Well, I did go in thinking that I did not give a **** about CR because I got the score I wanted the first time.</p>

<p>Wouldn’t the admissions officers know that the SAT curve adjusts for difficulty? So even if the test was really easy, I would have to get very few wrong the first time to get 720.</p>