<p>2050 SAT, 800 Math, 11 Essay
3.99 GPA ?Rank
Took seven APs last year, seven this year
Three teacher recommendations, 2 alumni recommedations, one parent recommendation, and a counselor's recommendation.
Major: Politics.</p>
<p>Honors:
AP Scholar with Distinction.
The National Society among High School Scholars
Who's Who Among High School Students
Sophomore Homecoming Duke
National Forensic League Degrees of Merit and Honor
Awards:
Techno Bowl 1st place,
"We the People" Constitution Debate 1st regional, 2nd State.</p>
<p>Subjunctive:
World Youth Awareness Service: 600 hrs community service over four years.
President of the National Honor Society
Founder of the Young Democrats
Model UN
Amnesty International
Knowledge Bowl
DECA
Speech and Debate
Science and Technology
Volunteer for John Kerry Campaign</p>
<p>Ethnicity: First generation Chinese, bilingual
Hook: community service, love for Joseph Stalin...........</p>
<p>NickZhao....are you a troll? You seem inordinately bitter that you got deferred from Princeton. I don't want to offend you, but with your stats it isn't that surprising. 2050, although a good SAT score, is well below the average admitted applicant. Your ECs are nothing special, and you don't have a hook. </p>
<p>Are you serious that you have a love for Joseph Stalin? I dont care if you love anyone else, but not Hitler or Stalin. Actually, Stalin killed more people than Hitler did. And plus, it was his own people he killed. Please dont say that anywhere else, it's for your own good. If you still love him, I have nothing to say about you. I just hope that you said that without knowing him.</p>
<p>I was just about to say what theonlyone said, but he beat me to it. Stalin was a...Still, I think Hitler was worse but thats just me. It doesn't matter-both are burning in hell.</p>
<p>Does it help to have extra letters of recommendation?</p>
<p>We believe that the recommendation letters we request (plus the optional letter, if desired) give us all the personal assessment we need to make thoughtful, well-informed decisions. Additional letters tend to simply confirm what we have already learned.</p>
<pre><code>* Fee Waiver Used?: no
* SAT I (by section): 2300 new (770M,750CR,780W).
* SAT IIs: 770M, 710Chem, 680Span
* ACT: none
* APs: 5 English Comp, 4 US Hist -- only 2 I could take Jr. yr
* IBs: not offered
* GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.0 uw, 5.87 weighted
* Rank: saludatorian, 2/235
* Senior Yr Courseload: the hardest possible
* Number of Apps from Your School: 5-7
* Other stats: national merit finalist
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<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* ECs listed on app: basically a jock with a brain-- varsity soccer, varsity tennis, baseball, basketball, VP of stock market club, AIME qualifier, boys state, food shelter volunteer
* Job/Work Experience: 40 hr/week summer internship at asset management/trading company
* Essays (subject and responses): pretty good i hope.. i wrote about this basketball shot i saw.. full court 87 ft at the buzzer to win the game
* Teacher Recs: good
* Counselor Rec: very good
* Interview (feel and general location): pretty good, into sports and business like me.. the guy told me about his drug use at eating club during the 70s.. haha
* Hook (if any): umm.. nothing.. perhaps my internship.. AIME.. boys state
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<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: JERSEY!
* School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): medium public, competitive, 95% to 4 yr college, 1100 or so avg SAT
* Ethnicity: WHITE
* Income Bracket: $100k
* Gender: male
* Strengths/Weaknesses: rec's from summer boss.. soccer coach who loved me, called me team MVP and amazing kid.... but i'm FROM NJ AND WHITE... and my SATIIs are all too average
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<p>Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
well, i think i'm well rounded.. do they? wish me luck everyone</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 2350 (math 800, verbal 780, writing 770)
SAT IIs: Lit 800 Math IIc 800 US History 780
GPA: 4.8w 4.0 uw
Rank: 5 out of 500
Other stats: 5's on 4 ap tests</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: excellent
Teacher Recs: i thought they were really good
Counselor Rec: she said i was a great student
Hook (if any): growing up after my father died
Location/Person:
State or Country: California
School Type: public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: male</p>
<p>Other Factors: E-I-C of newspaper, speech and debate president/ NFL quad ruby member, Model U.N., EAGLE SCOUT, NHS, Volunteer work at local soup kitchen, etc. wow i seriously dont know what happened
General Comments: All I can say is that me and my family are crushed after getting rejected from my top choice. I can't believe I was rejected...I'm worried what the Princeton admissions staff is thinking when they reject a student with near perfect test scores and great resume. Im just shocked...</p>
<p>ASAP17: Princeton and all the other selective schools reject applicants with a combination of perfect SATs and perfect grades all the time. They receive so many applications with perfect STATS, they have to look at other areas of your application to make a decision. You probably just didn't "stand out" against the other applicants, that's all. Doesn't mean you aren't qualified.</p>
<p>I didn't know Princeton had sent decisions already.</p>
<p>^^btw.. stalin wasnt exactly communist... actually the complete opposite.. i dont wanna be a tool but that annoyed me a bit.. c'mon this is a princeton thread</p>
<p>you might have gotten deferred because you founded the young democrats club yet are a fan of the biggest right-wing fascist dictator of all time. just a thought.</p>
<p>eh, everyone thinks they're the best though.. even if you get rejected from princeton you still might say.. well what if i was 1/500 instead of 5/500, could that have gotten me in.. you can't really just let it go right away</p>
<p>so basically im censoring all the obscene language that i use when talking about these schools with other people...</p>
<p>there is no rhyme or reason to anyone getting in, for the most part. everyone has good grades, for the most part, and everyone has a crapload of extra curriculars... </p>
<p>i vote we all stop caring. then, if we dont get in, we can send letters with no return address with data off of this site (other peoples gpa, sat's etc) that demonstrates how we were just as good/better than them, and write "#$*% you Princeton" as a cover sheet... thats my plan...</p>
<p>And Stalin's Russia was not a <em>right-wing</em> dictatorship, med1488. Granted, it was a ruthless single-party regime, but the ideology was <em>communism</em> gone corrupt and twisted, not reactionary right-wing thinking.</p>
<p>Got a thin letter today. ;_;
At least the wait is over.. was expecting a rejection anyways, so I wasn't totally heartbroken. It was the last decision.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 800V, 740M
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Writing, 800 Math IIC, 750 US History
[<em>] GPA: 4.046875
[</em>] Rank: 2 of 270-some odd
[<em>] Other stats: ACT: 35
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Daring
[<em>] Teacher Recs: O-S-M
[</em>] Counselor Rec: ¿
[<em>] Hook (if any): Classical guitar, from Alabama
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Alabama
[<em>] School Type: Public Suburban (County)
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
I co-founded the Math Team, which has subsequently dismantled. So I guess I was the Math Team. Alabama public schools aren't too keen on math. (pout) General Comments:
No, I do not like chit'lin's. They are very weird.</p>