Please assess my chances of getting into Princeton.

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<p>I don't want to post the name of my high school, but It's a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence! A private, Catholic school</p>

<p>GPA:
3.8(out of 4.0) unweighted, 4.0(out of 4.0) weighted</p>

<p>SAT:
2070 (680 Math, 720 Writing, 670 Critical Reading)</p>

<p>SAT II:
660 Literature, 560 Math II</p>

<p>Class Ranking:
19/173</p>

<p>Senior Schedule: Semester Grade
Government H/Economics H 89
Latin III H DC 96
Calculus BC AP DC 78
Physics B AP 92
Computer Science CP 99
English IV AP 92
Theology IV CP 95</p>

<p>My only other B (ever) is from last year, in my English III AP class.</p>

<p>**My school only offers 4 AP classes for seniors.
I'm awful at calculus, but I wanted to take the most difficult math course offered at my school, so I went for cal BC AP (last year I took pre calculus because calculus AB wasn't offered). I am very concerned about my calculus semester grade. It's not like I didn't try, and it's not like I'm bad at math. I made A's in all of my previous math classes. I guess calculus just isn't my thing :/</p>

<p>Major: Classics
I love Latin and all things Roman! I was on the 1st place team at this year's National Junior Classical League certamen competition (a classics/Latin competition similar to an academic bowl). It was pretty intense... Classics is my passion! So I wonder, how many people actually apply as classics majors? Does this make me more interesting than, say, an applicant who wants to major in biology? I have the extracurriculars to back me up (aside from my 1st place certamen medal, I also have many awards from different NJCL competitions ranging from Greek Derivatives to Greek Mythology). With this all being evident, will my bad semester grade in calculus still be my downfall (along with my awful SAT II math II score)? </p>

<p>Leadership:
President of Renaissance club (supports those who make Honor Roll every quarter) (member 1yr, President 3yrs)
Vice President of Med-Team (member 2yrs, VP 2yrs)
Secretary of Latin club (member 2yrs, Secretary 1yr)
Team Captain of school certamen team (member 1 yr, Captain 1yr)
Treasurer of NHS chapter (member 1yr, Treasurer 1yr)
Mu Alpha Theta Member (2yrs)
Student Ambassador (3yrs)
Prom Committee (one time thing)</p>

<p>Athletics:
11 belts from Kenseido and Okinawan Shorin Ryu Karate (4yrs)</p>

<p>Volunteerism:
SPCA Humane Society, Hospital Volunteer, various school functions</p>

<p>Dynamite Essay</p>

<p>The kid who wrote my peer evaluation is a blooming William Faulkner; she really highlighted my successes in classics.</p>

<p>I have teacher evaluations from my Latin and English teachers.</p>

<p>Thank you!</p>

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<p>Your EC’s look good, but honestly, the SATI/SATII really decrease your competitiveness. Is it possible? I guess. Is it likely? Not really…</p>

<p>Good luck</p>

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<p>Peer evaluation?</p>

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<p>Your SAT scores will hurt you significantly. 560 on the Math Level 2 Subject Test is a very poor score (22nd percentile).</p>

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<p>Yeah, I was really disappointed. I didn’t know what else to take though</p>

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<p>to xatuuatx:</p>

<p>We need peer evaluations for Princeton?</p>

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<p>^^^That was my question^^^</p>

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<p>What exactly is a peer evaluation? Is it some sort of supplemental material you are sending in? I have seen materials that are derivative of peer evaluations (gathering comments from teachers and peers and sending it into the university).</p>

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<p>your SAT’s less than great, but if your essays are flat out amazing you have a chance, also depends on your teacher recs, are they great?</p>

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<p>Sorry guys, no peer evaluation. I needed it for another school and accidentally posted it here.</p>

<p>I don’t know what my teacher recommendations are like, but my teachers like me, so I can imagine that the letters are good! How did you all get your recommendations back from your teachers?</p>

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<p>Look, I really do hope you get into Princeton. However, if you have no hooks, your scores will completely destroy any chance you would have at Pton. I dont believe I have ever seen any application who is not a URM/legacy/recruit get into HYPS with multiple below 700 test scores.</p>

<p>Best of luck to you all the same,
Robbie</p>