My Chances?

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<p>Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White(German origin)
Ranking: Top 10%
School: Competitive private school in San Jose, California
Grade: Going to be a senior in the fall</p>

<p>SAT: 2340
SAT 2s: Full scores on Math IIC and Chemistry</p>

<p>GPAs:
- 4.0 and 4.0 in 9th grade
- 4.29 and 4.43 in 10th grade
- 4.57 and 4.57 in 11th grade</p>

<p>APs: I've taken 4(Comp Sci, Calculus BC, Chemistry, and Bio with 5s and 4s on all the tests) so far and I'm taking 4 next year</p>

<p>Clubs: Math Club(3 years), Key Club(3 years), and Robotics(2 years)</p>

<p>Leadership Positions:
- Key Club's secretary
- VP of the Math Club(going to be President next year)
- Captained JV Tennis
- Student Body Treasurer next year</p>

<p>Awards: National Merit Scholar, Eagle Scout, and Spanish Honor Society to name a few</p>

<p>Other:
- On Varsity Tennis
- AIME participant
- Shadowed an IBM employee
- Over 400 hours of community service with Boy Scouts
- Raised $20, 000 for the American Leukemia & Lymphoma Society</p>

<p>I want want to use my fight against Leukemia as the basis for my essay. If I do this effectively and my recs are good, what are my chances at getting accepted? Thanks in advance to whoever answers my question!</p>

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<p>Your numbers are good, but your ECs aren't quite there. I can't say for sure, of course, because ECs are so overemphasized on these boards. If you can really work on emphasizing cancer, it might work... Have you done any cancer research?</p>

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<p>ECs are fine. More than fine, actually, if you think about how much time he spends on these things (sports are time-consuming, and Boy Scouts, and raising money takes effort). Your SATs are enviable, your grades are top-notch. I don't know what being German will do for you at Princeton, but I think you'll be fine.</p>

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<p>You're in. They won't reject someone with your stats who has leukemia and has raised 20k for leukemia research.</p>

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<p>tupac, stop giving advice</p>

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<p>I'm not giving advice. I'm making a statement of fact.</p>

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<p>dooit - tupac simply replied to the OP. Your chances look great alexis</p>