<p>^ thats because calc bc = calc I, and calc II comes after calc BC. if only you knew though..</p>
<p>i dont know why you guys are all attacking me. i just wanted to know what my chances were and i thank those who actually responded to my question.</p>
<p>anyway, im visiting princeton this summer, and i'll talk to the admissions office and the basketball/tennis coaches and see what they say</p>
<p>you...don't need to talk to the coaches...you will be fine</p>
<p>Viola- that's great. My daughter is a violinist who will be attending Princeton this fall. By Arts supplement, I meant do a CD of yourself playing and send it in with the arts supplement form. It's one of the optional forms on the Common App. Harvard, Yale and others have a similar form and oppportunity to send in a CD. </p>
<p>For information, there is a really fine violist at Princeton who is graduating soon, I believe. He is majoring in something other than music and studies with Roberto Diaz at Curtis in Philadelphia. He has done recordings and wants to make the viola a more popular(and respected) instrument. He was recently featured in the Princeton Alumni weekly. Good violists are always in demand for the orchestra and chamber music. Princeton has a fine University orchestra and your ability to contribute to it will be appreciated. </p>
<p>Good luck in your endeavors- Pipmom (Princeton '77)</p>
<p>As far as statistical profiles go, yours look absolutely stellar. Don't even bother about beefing them up even more. I think at this point you should worry about only a couple of things:</p>
<p>(1) putting some soul into your application through your essays, and making sure that your activities don't look like a laundry list, which it does somewhat, as of now. You have to emphasize this even more to avoid being "red-flagged" as someone obsessed with "perfect" SAT scores. Maybe you should highlight your church mission activities abroad and/or your music.</p>
<p>(2) Shoot for really top-notch distinctions in one or two activities - maybe an Intel/Siemens award or IMO/USAMO. This of course is really hard, but at least you can show the effort rather than adding to your list, which is bound to get longer as you elaborate on your "many math awards", etc.</p>
<p>Nobody is guaranteed a spot at the places you are shooting for, and I am afraid they will reject quite a few "statistically perfect" candidates. But I think you have a good chance everywhere, and esp. at Caltech, which is relatively more scores-driven. You really have to project yourself as a real person - I can see that you appear unreal to quite a few posters in this thread. But unlike your rejoinders here, you will have only one shot at it in your applications. Good luck!</p>
<p>asianvariety I was just wondering how did u take all those language APs such as chinese, spanish, and japanese without any previous education in those subject areas and why do you think your resume is not impressive</p>
<p>asianvariety:
This is a great thread and I have laughed heartily. . . Are you real, or are you feigning? Your intro . . . "my resume is not impressive. . ." is just NOT believable. I will, however, give you the benefit of the doubt. If your stats are all accurate, the Adcoms will insist on seeing you, because you are one unbelievably talented and busy young man. When you visit Princeton, be sure to make some one-on-one contacts with some students and some admissions folk.
I agree that you need something to distinuish yourself because your credentials are stratospherically high so as to blunt the stellar quality, if you will. You could do some tutoring of some disadvantaged youth, and smell the roses along the way because I worry that you are almost robotic in your pursuit of academic perfection to the detriment of the really neat person that must lie beneath your "outer magma".
Good luck!</p>
<p>I can't believe people actually believe this guy is for real.</p>
<p>lol people, don't believe everything you read on the internet...</p>
<p>Calc II definitely does not go after BC. Calc AB is calc I then C is calc II.</p>
<p>Not that I'm saying this isn't a troll, but as a side note: at the school I'm attending in the fall (GTech), Calc II does come after BC.</p>
<p>^ thank you maea. i guess that proves it to a lot of people...:)</p>
<p>im not a troll or whatever. idc if you guys can accept my transcript or resume or not, but if you won't, then don't respond to this thread.</p>
<p>if you will offer good criticism and relate your answer to the purpose of this thread- to chance me (not bash me...well whatever, idc anyway, i dont want to think its cause you guys are jealous..), then you can respond freely.</p>
<p>pipmom, thanks for the suggestions. i will ask my viola teacher to arrange something like this. i think it will definitely add a supplement like you said. and congrats on your daughter!</p>
<p>intldad, i plan to work on my essays this whole summer while doing other things, so this way i space out my work and won't have to rush. im dong intel/siemens this fall coming up as well.</p>
<p>barristerdad118, i tutor for math honor society and some other honor societies im part of. summing up all my hs years, ill have about ~60 for all the honor societies. i've done food drives and etc for nhs, so i think that should help?</p>
<p>xxlollipoplilxx, i know japanese and other languages. i learned some other's in CTY and stuff, but otherwise i really independently studied over the course of some years</p>
<p>you're on the jv basketball/tennis teams and are going to talk to princeton coaches? are you serious?</p>
<p>Thank you, asianvariety. Be sure to include a detailed music resume with your arts supplement. Include teacher names, number of years of lessons, various places you have played as well as principal positions. </p>
<p>In addition, include a detailed list of every solo piece mastered as well as every orchestral and chamber music piece played. This may be lengthy, but should be attached with the arts supplement. </p>
<p>The schools will have a music professor review your CD and music resume. Their evaluation will then be passed to the admissions committee, indicating whether or not you would be a boon to their music programs. </p>
<p>Personally, I think your music ECs will count more than your athletics. Definitely point out the athletics, but your mastery of music at a high level will outshine JV level athletics. </p>
<p>Princeton, I know, is trying to beef up its artistic aspect. I firmly believe that while my daughter's academic record put her on the table, the music put her into the "admit" pile. Princeton is making a concerted effort to attract artistic people. In the athlectic arena, your accomplishments are great, showing commitment and leadership, but are not "out of this world" enough to warrant an "athlectic" hook.</p>
<p>Now you are getting the message asianvariety! You are thinking about HOW you can distinguish yourself. Since the respondents like me are starting to get a better picture of you, the Adcoms probably will, too.</p>
<p>Don't stress the food drive and like-minded volunteerism, however, unless it becomes a passion for you.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>I think you forgot to mention that you cured cancer.</p>
<p>I don't know how you could possibly think this isn't impressive, but yes, it almost seems too perfect, like others have said. Don't try to be too modest, because then it all just comes across as condescending. These are truly great stats, if they are all true.</p>
<p>If his resume isn't impressive, than mine is like a black hole of doom...</p>
<p>no offense asianvariety but you're being annoying. you know that with the transcript you have, HYPS, MIT, Caltech..WHATEVER...are going to be a piece of cake! so either stop pretending to be a modest little angel or just get a life and stop bragging</p>
<p>i saw a thread maybe a month or two ago that was similar to this: the poster had a brilliant resume but kept insisting that more people reply to his questions. One person would say something great, then he would say something to the effect like "thanks, keep it coming. Anyone else?" So I would pretty much agree with the above statement.</p>
<p>holy ***** ppl. can you say TROLL? oh btw...to all of you who took him seriously: did you know gullible is not in the dictionary?</p>