Please Tell me my chances

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<p>I was just wanted to know what you guys at college confidential think my chances are of being admitted to the Princeton University as a Chem. Eng. Undergrad. Here's some of my info:</p>

<p>BLACK/MALE
NEWARK NJ.... THE HOOD
RANK: 3 OUT OF 154
V610 M710 W730
SATII CHEM 630 MATH700 LIT600
weighted gpa: 4.51</p>

<p>APS Taken:
Senior:
AP Psych
Calc AB
English Lit
Spanish Language
U.S. History</p>

<p>Junior:
AP Chem</p>

<p>Soph:
AP European History</p>

<p>ECS:
 Co-Coordinator for the new “Vocabulary Expansion” program.</p>

<p> Co-Director for the “new” Forensic Science/CSI Club.
 Bookkeeper for Construction Company.</p>

<p>Peer Leader(2005)  Winter Indoor Track (Nov 2004-Jan)</p>

<p>Spring Varsity Track (Feb 2003-May 2003)</p>

<p>Recreational Basketball League (Ym-YWHA North Jersey Champions) (Nov 2004-Jan)</p>

<p>Fall AAU Basketball (September 2003-Nov 2003)</p>

<p>JV Basketball(Nov 2003-May 2003)</p>

<p>Keystone State Basketball Camp-Summer 2003 5 days</p>

<p>Intramural Volleyball-2004-2005</p>

<p>Intramural Football- 2002</p>

<p>SEA SCOUT/ SAILING CLUB</p>

<p>Chess and Games Club (2002-03-04)</p>

<p>1st Honors Award (13 times)</p>

<p>National Hispanic Honor Society Member( La Sociedad Honoraria Hispanica) (May 3, 2004-…)</p>

<p>Member of the Venture Scholars Program</p>

<p>National Society for High School Scholars Member</p>

<p>Scholar Athlete Award 4 times</p>

<p>President’s Education Award Recipient-(recognizes Outstanding Academic Excellence) 3 times.</p>

<p>Inducted into the National Honors Society 2005</p>

<p>County Finalist/State Finalist/Accepted and attended the NJ Governor’s School for Engineering and Technology(Summer 2005)- intense 4 week summer program focusing on engineering/internet technology/matlab/robotics/programming/seismic structures and physics</p>

<p> Recipient of Juniors achieving Honors for Three Consecutive Marking periods Award-2004-2005</p>

<p> Recipient of the Certificate of Distinction for demonstrated excellence in the area of Internet Technology from the NJ Governor’s School of Engineering and Technology at Rutgers University</p>

<p>Community Service/Volunteer Work
Thanksgiving 2003- Volunteer to help feed the elderly at senior citizens’ home in Newark.</p>

<p>Christmas 2003- Volunteer to help feed the elderly at senior citizens’ home in Newark.</p>

<p>Halloween 2004- Help prepare goody bags for children in local school district.</p>

<p>Esopus Weekend 2004- Spent weekend before beginning of the school year incorporating freshman into school community.</p>

<p>Esopus Weekend 2005- Spent weekend before beginning of the school year incorporating freshman into Roselle Catholic High School community.</p>

<p>Assisted the guidance department/counselors- every day of school year.</p>

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<p>dont include stuff like this...</p>

<p>"Halloween 2004- Help prepare goody bags for children in local school district."</p>

<p>single events like that look bad if you put them, because it shows that those few instances were some of the only significant times you helped out...stuff like "Assisted the guidance department/counselors- every day of school year." looks better, because it shows an extended committment....dont count hours either....</p>

<p>not sure what ur chances look like, but you have your minority status going for you</p>

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<p>Thanks Man, Your Constructive Criticism Is Really Appreciated.</p>

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<p>I think you have average chances. URM is going for you but your scores are on the low end. However, you do show dedication with sports, so that's going to help you too</p>

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<p>yeah my scores are kinda low... but thanx for the eval</p>

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<p>do you really live in the hood/ go to a bad school? If your school is really bad (not many attending colleges, low avg. SAT score), that'll probably compensate for your low scores.</p>

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<p>yeah, on top of that do u think that my older sister's current enrollment in the county college affects anything.</p>

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<p>the princeton threads are the best by the way so keep em coming....</p>

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<p>more comments please</p>

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<p>zero percent chance</p>

<p>don't belive me huh? then why post! there is no point of posting "chances threads" wait a couple weeks geez</p>

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<p>Don't worry about it. There are people at Princeton with stats comparable to yours. It isn't guaranteed that you will get in, but I'd definitely say you have a chance.</p>

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<p>which math did you take?</p>

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<p>Did you take all those APs at your school?</p>

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<p>what do u mean "which math did i take?"</p>

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<p>yeah i took all of those apz at my school though my school is pretty limited on AP classes.</p>

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<p>Like AP Calc, Stats, those type of classes.</p>

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<p>my school does not have stat but i currently am taking AP calc ab as listed. I apologize for the confusion there.</p>

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<p>Whoops, sorry, I didn’t see that you had already listed AB. :roll:</p>

<p>So are you taking any sciences this year?</p>

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<p>well my schools highest physics is honors physics so im taking that</p>

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<p>It's pretty impossible to say whether you will get accepted or rejected because it's such a subjective process. I've known people who have gotten 800's on all SAT I and II's and were still rejected. Your scores are lower than average but remember that's just the "average" scores so people will have both higher and lower. Just remember your chances improve markedly if you give it a try; there's no harm except maybe a little dent to your self esteem if you get rejected :)</p>