Princeton EA Chances

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Thank you so much!!

Objective:
ACT: 36
SAT II: 800 Math 2, 800 US History, 770 Literature
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.78
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): no rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): World (5), US History (5), Eng Lang (5), Macro (5), Micro (5), US Gov (self-studied, 5), Physics 1 (4)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Stat, AP Calc BC, AP Euro, AP Spanish, AP Physics C
Coursera courses in the same field of study of my other activities
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Key Club (founder and president), religious youth group (social action VP), intern on Congressional campaign, published research series on front page of blog with 150,000+ subscribers, hosted charity event to raise over $4000 for local charity, co-chair of interfaith relations at local religious center, studied abroad for a semester, president of monetary policy Fed Challenge team, president of Jewish Club and StandWithUs intern
Job/Work Experience: (paid internship at Emory below), teach at local religious center
Volunteer/Community service: organized fundraisers and potluck dinners for local refugees and interfaith groups (in addition to Key Club and my youth group)
Summer Activities: fellow on prestigious program with less than 10% acceptance rate (more than half go to Ivies), paid intern at Emory in my field of study
Other
State (if domestic applicant): NJ
School Type: public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: male
Income Bracket: $200,000+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): legacy (mom)

2

Your chances seem pretty good in terms of your course load and extracurriculars, however your GPA seems a little low. Is a 4 an A, 3.7 an A-? If that is the scale you are on then it will reduce your chances a bit, but your SAT scores and ECs are outstanding.

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@njstudent36

Good: rigor, test scores and ECs
Bad: GPA and white, male, +$200k income bracket

You need to improve your GPA and write a killer essay and get great LoRs. After that, you have a decent chance… meaning low single digits like other top candidates.

Are you applying SCEA? Legacy might give a slight bump with SCEA.

Good luck,
Psy

4

Thank you. I will be applying SCEA, but unfortunately I do not have a way to boost my GPA. However, I have a very strong upward trend (3.95 UW this year with 4 AP classes). I will be getting two fantastic recommendations and one that should be at least very good, and I feel very good about my essay writing.

5

Your qualifications look really promising, especially if you could bring your GPA above 3.9 UW. Keep up the hard work and good luck!