<p>im a rising senior, and i was wondering what my chance would be @ princeton...</p>
<p>GPA: 4.7 weighted, 4.33 unweighted (i dunno how this works lol)
Rank: probably in top 5/200 @ a small public school in northern NJ
SATs: v740 m800 w750 => 2290 (but im taking it again..)
math2c 780 bioE 700(taking it again too) US History 800 Physics 750</p>
<p>AP:
Calculus ab 5
Statistics 2 <== hv no idea what t h happened here...</p>
<p>nxt year: AP Euro, AP Eng Lit, AP Calc bc, AP Bio, AP Phys b</p>
<p>EC's, Honors, Awards:
A lot of solid math awards in and out of school (and yepp, im asian LOL)
school related activities (honor societies, yearbook etc blah blah)
FIRST Robotics Team leadership position
Academic Decathlon medals
Bergen County Junior Commission on the Status of Women
NJ Gov School in the Sciences Finalist
Tomorrow25 International Leadership seminar nominee
RPI Medalist
Columbia U Science Honors Program
Rowan U Summer Institute in Materials Science
Founder of numerous clubs & organizations
Volunteer(tutoring)- Commendation from the NJ legislature
Member of the national society of high school scholars
Certificate of Merit from the National Society of Women Engineers
Invited to attend the National Youth Leadership Forum (LOL)
Recipient of the Student of the Month Award
Amnesty International Small Chapter Organizer/Manager
2007 Nordstrom Scholarship Finalist</p>
<p>others:
Imma immigrant first of all hahahahaha (came to US two years ago), and I lived in several countries and so I can speak different languages other than english and my mother tongue...
I dun hv permanent residency yet lol I'll hv to apply as an international...</p>
<p>Don't report your 2 score. That's a great way to guarantee that your study habits will be looked upon unfavorably (especially if you got a good grade in the class...then they will just think that the class is easy.)</p>
<p>If I were you I would actually cancel AP scores that don't pass (i.e. below 3) but it doesn't really matter since you don't have to send all of your scores to colleges - you can cherrypick.</p>
<p>Your scores look good. If you apply as an international that will be a slight plus (as less of a pool, so you stand out more.) The fact that you are a girl and interested in engineering will also help a little.</p>
<p>NJ only has a 2% acceptance rate since so many people apply there, but your international status could well be an app-saver for you as you may not be considered in that group really.</p>
<p>Obviously your grades and distinctions are all nice, but when you list them only put a page CV max apart from awards...also, make sure you only list highlights. Admissions officers will see through padding (so I would only list your top 10 from the list you gave.)</p>
<p>I can't say more because your essays and how you present yourself is a big unknown that has as much influence as the info you've provided so far...good luck!</p>
<p>the problem is...i usd the free score report when i was taking the AP test and I chose princeton u, thinking that I will do very well on the tests. so precisely... that 2 went in. LOL.</p>
<p>somebody seems to be a little jealous over here... nice one haha
but why do you even bother being around a princeton thread 1mx? lol<br>
i thought ivy league wouldnt appreaciate some bitter racists like you</p>
<p>pikachu, your EC looks very wonderful, but considering you're an asian from NJ I might consider taking that SAT physics again and boosting it up a little if I were you. and yeah definitely raise your SAT to 2350+ if you wish. </p>
<p>other than that...you've got a great shot for princeton engineering.
good luck! :)</p>
<p>I'm not jealous, nor do I have reason to be. My stats are superior to this. He asked for a chance, and I gave him the honest opinion that asians from NJ or NY are the most stereotypical applicant. It is extremely hard for them to distinguish themselves, and even higher scores are not the way to go.</p>
<p>Besides, keep in mind that he is applying as an international student. Yes, he would be competitive as an American student. But with the unbelievable stats needed to be accepted as an international; I just don't see it happening.</p>
<p>uhm, okay whatever, just calm down 1mx. lol I'm sorry but I'm not too much interested in your conceitedness or your so-called 'supriority' at all, and I never said you're not as competitive as whoever this pikachu 'girl' is. -nor is there a reason to hurt whoever started this thread by saying something as cruel as what you said in the previous comment. don't you understand? that racist comment just proves how rubbish you are as a person. maybe you should go back to preschool and learn some manners before you apply to any colleges at all, especially if you wanna go to an ivyleague school <em>chuckles</em></p>
<p>Are you sending sparks flying everywhere, pikachu? You better keep those red cheeks under control. :)</p>
<p>1MX, please do not go putting down the "stereotypical Asians" around this forum. It's very trollish, and I notice that the ones you like to target most are those who have stats that compete with your "superior stats."</p>
<p>Hehe, forgot this was a chance thread! Um, from what I've been picking up from reading Chance threads, your status as an international is going to trouble you greatly. Good luck to you!</p>
<p>I'm not racist by any means. I have quite a few asian friends, they're some of the most intelligent people that I know. My problem comes with this: I am a die-hard american and can not stand that the US allows asians to come to the United States, study here, and then go back to their native countries and exploit cheap labor pools at the expense of American jobs. It' no wonder many kids parents at my school are laid off as a result of out-sourcing. Michigan has the 2nd worst economy in the states thanks to us not being able to compete with the horrendous working conditions of many asian or truly any other country that exploits the poor. The biggest problem is that politicians don't want to step up and do anything about it because it might hurt someone's feels and they'd lose votes. You can call me a racist, but I'd say that I am an American industrialist very much concerned with the future of our nation. China pretty much owns the United States right now. (We are almost completely reliant on them for trade and they own most of our govt's bonds.) If you don't see a problem with that, then I don't know what to tell you.</p>
<p>I'm not going to comment on racism because I never called you racist and I don't like to call other people racist because it's a very loose term. However, that statement was very angry and blanketing. Do you think pikachu is like that? Do you think most internationals are like that?</p>