Applying to Princeton SCEA (top choice)
SAT 2320 superscore (800R, 750M, 770W)
Rank: 3/338, top 1%
GPA: 3.95/4 UW
1 B, rest As
APs:
5 - APES
5 - APUSH
5 - Art History
5 - AP Gov
5 - Psych
5 - Calc BC
5 - French
4 - Chem
4 - World History
SAT II: Math II 800, US History 760
ECs:
President of:
- Debate Team
- Model UN
- French Club
- French Honor Society
- Mock Trial
- DECA
- Academic Integrity Club
- Ethics Bowl
Member of:
Varsity Science Olympiad
JV tennis - 2 yrs
Community Service:
- Pres - Local teen service board
- Teen Court
- Museum Advisory Board
- National Debate Leadership Committee
Awards:
- International Oxbridge Merit Scholarship
- Congressional Seminar Essay Winner (National)
- Rotary Leadership Award
- A National Language Immersion Scholarship
- Many Debate Awards
- Science Olympiad Awards
- Governors School Program
- National AP Scholar
Senior Course Load:
AP Euro
AP Stat
AP Lit
AP Bio
2 honors classes
1 free period
Asian Female
Income: $200,000 (but it’s complicated)
I’m really worried that I’ll just be “another Asian” applying into the lottery of Ivies. Any advice is greatly appreciated!
President of 8 clubs?? Damn… Stats, GPA, are definitely okay, but ECs and awards do seem a little scattered. I would focus on your involvements in writing/debating/language if I were you. But other than that, I feel like you are definitely an above average applicant! Best of luck!
Chance me back?
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1814801-chance-an-ipho-medallist-for-princeton.html#latest
@academicgirl What is your intended major? Princeton likes to see passion.
This list of accomplishments is impressive. I agree that you’d need to show your passion for something on your application to separate yourself from the pack, but from a purely statistical level you’ve got a fantastic head start.
If the “International Oxbridge Merit Scholarship” is a scholarship from Oxbridge Programs I would drop it as an award.
Oxbridge Programs is a for-profit summer camp that has no association with either Oxford or Cambridge beyond renting space from them. Princeton has a very good relationship with Oxford and will know full well that the program has no actual link to the universities. You have much, much better awards.
(ps, if your National Immersion scholarship is similar, ditch it also. If you can’t bear to let it go, put it in parentheses next to the activity in your Common App (summer 20xx: (name of course], Oxbridge Programs (merit scholarship recipient).