Princeton, Brown, UPenn, Cornell, etc.

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Current junior (stats written as predicted for senior year)
Caucasian female at large, fairly good public high school
New Jersey</p>

<p>Scores:
SAT (planning on retaking): Total:2170, math:720 CR:730, writing:720 (10 on essay)
SATII: Math IIC:800, Bio E: 770, will take Literature in June
PSAT: 229 (probably National Merit Finalist)</p>

<p>GPA: 3.99/4.33 UW (4.33 is an A+ but 4.0 is an A)
School doesn't rank</p>

<p>Course load:
Junior year: AP Biology, AP Language/Composition, AP US History, AP Calc BC, Honors Genetics, Honors Wind Ensemble, Honors Chinese IV</p>

<p>Senior year (planned): AP Physics, AP Literature/Composition, Calc III/Diff Eq., AP Chinese, Honors Wind Ensemble, Computer Aided Design</p>

<p>ECs:
Jazz band: 4 years
-state champions sophomore year
-best saxophone section at 10 competitions
-best overall/gold rating at 13 competitions
Concert band: 2 years, Honors wind ensemble: 2 years
-Wind Ensemble invited to state gala concert for 5 best bands in state
Private saxophone and piano lessons: 4 years</p>

<p>Environmental Club: 4 years
-freshman year: charter member
-sophomore year: secretary
-junior/senior year: co-president</p>

<p>Envirothon (environmental science competition): 2 years</p>

<p>Science League (Biology II): 1 year</p>

<p>Science Honors Society: 2 years</p>

<p>Math Honors Society: 2 years</p>

<p>Hebrew High School: 4 years</p>

<p>Teacher's Aide at Religious School: 2 years</p>

<p>Summer camp counselor at Girl Scout camp: 3 or 4 years</p>

<p>Chinese Cultural Program: 4 years
-Director and scriptwriter for cultural performances: 2 years
-Master of Ceremonies for cultural performance: 1 year
-Traveled on school trip to China in junior year</p>

<p>Chinese Honors Society: 3 years</p>

<p>Brother attends Cornell</p>

<p>I will be applying to Princeton (top choice), Brown, UPenn, Cornell, Harvard, Boston U, and Rutgers. I'm hoping to major in ecology/evolutionary biology.</p>

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<p>any opinions?</p>

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<p>Pretty good chances at Princeton; better than most, but not exceptional. Your SAT could be higher, but looks not bad.</p>

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<p>Princeton (top choice) - slim chance
Brown - decent chance
UPenn - decent chance
Cornell - good chance
Harvard - slim chance
Boston U-in
Rutgers-in</p>

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<p>No offense, but your ECs seem pretty generic (although your Chinese activities are pretty unique :)). What's your passion? Will it shine through in your actual application and essays?</p>

<p>If so, I think you've got a decent chance, especially if you raise those SATs.</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>you don't happen to go to bwater-raritan, do you?</p>

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<p>ajkcorner1: My main focus and interest is environmental preservation/conservation and I honestly think it will show through in my essays. In addition to all the stuff I do for my school environmental club, the Girl Scout camp I work at over the summer is really nature oriented. I can also write about the things I've done within my family to conserve (started my family composting, planting own vegetables in summer, etc.). I also applied for the NJ Governor's School of the Environment for this summer but since I don't know whether I'm accepted yet I didn't write it. </p>

<p>I'm also really interested in studying Chinese and I may end up writing an essay about my involvement in my school's small but growing Chinese program as well. Although Chinese isn't that unique of an activity, I think it will stand out for me since I'm not Asian and it's generally perceived to be a very challenging subject.</p>

<p>Tofu: Haha, yep, bwater all the way.</p>