My Chances?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Princeton University
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<p>hey, what's up guys. i'm a korean-canadian student living in vancouver. i'm applying to Princeton RD, and i just wanna know if i have any chance of getting in.</p>

<p>SAT I:
CR - 730
Math - 770
Writing - 760 (essay - 11)
TOTAL - 2260</p>

<p>SAT II's:
Math IIC - 800
Physics - 800
Chemistry - 800</p>

<p>GPA/Ranking:
(school - an independent private school)
rank - 1/165
GPA - we have a different system. in our system, my gpa is 98.0%</p>

<p>AP's:
(my school doesn't provide AP courses, just like most of other Canadian schools, so i had to study on my own.)
AP Calculus AB - 5
AP Physics B - 5</p>

<p>*note: this year, i'm taking 5 university courses @ University of British Columbia. (Economics 101, Economics 102, Psychology 100, Math 204, and English 100)</p>

<p>Academic Honors/Programs:
President's Honor Society - 1st place (05-06)
President's Honor Society - 3rd place (04-05)
2nd place in province on TRU Chemistry Contest (05-06)
Shad Valley International (summer 2006)
Best Overall Award at Shad Valley UNB (summer 2006)
School Champion on Euclid (05-06)
School Champion on Fermat (05-06)
Certificates of Distinction on Cayley/Hypatia (04-05)</p>

<p>EC's:
School Jazz Band (10,11,12) - Lead Saxophone / Gold Award at Musicfest Canada
Independent Jazz Quartet/Quintet (11,12)- 2nd place in BC Jazz Festival / Leader
Track and Field (10,11,12) - 3rd place in 400m at Zone Finals
Math Club (10,11,12) - Co-president in Gr.11 / President in Gr.12
STRINGS (science club) (10,11,12) - President
Student Representative Council (11) - drafted school constitution
Yearbook Committee (11,12) - Layout Department Editor</p>

<p>Work Experience:
Tutor/Coordinator @ an institution for ESL students (Sept/04 - Present)</p>

<p>thanks.</p>

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<p>lol well your Academic Index is 233/9 so I say you are a shoe-in :p</p>

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<p>huh? i don't get what you mean by academic index. i didn't even know there was such a thing haha.</p>

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<p>harley, i was only joking. :p it shows that you are in good standing in terms of stats, however.</p>

<p>check it out. its on another post, but here you go
<a href="http://www.collegeconfidential.com/academic_index3.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.collegeconfidential.com/academic_index3.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>do canadian ppl get considered as "INTERNATIONAL?" or is that just for ppl who are not in North america?</p>

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<p>No, I'm pretty sure Canadians are "international."</p>

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<p>That would be my hunch too--though they might be treated a little differently than other internationals...dunno though!</p>

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<p>from what i heard, canadians get into schools in states more easily than any other international students. hmmmm dunno. but lots of people from my school have gone to schools like MIT, Stanford, Brown and Harvard.</p>

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<p>harley, how are Canadian schools?</p>

<p>it seems as if everyone is desperate to come to the US lol</p>

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<p>Canadians on CC, lol</p>

<p>oh and he's Korean, that explains it :P</p>

<p>no offense of course, im asian too</p>

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<p>just out of curiosity -> 98% (is that including grade 10 ? or just grade 11? err.....?)</p>

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<p>You're no "shoo-in", and your chances would be significantly better ED. That said, your scores are solid; if you successfully highlighted your science awards and music abilities, they might serve as hooks to differentiate you from the thousands of other applicants with great stats. Good chance but obviously no certainty.</p>