Princeton SCEA?

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<p>SATs:</p>

<p>-1950
---670 Critical Reading
---630 Math
---650 Writing</p>

<p>-2360
---800 Critical Reading
---790 Math
---770 Writing</p>

<p>-750 Chemistry
-800 Math II
-740 US History</p>

<p>ACT scores:
31 Comp (35 English, 28 Math, 28 Reading, 32 Science)
33 Comp (36 English, 34 Math, 31 Reading, 31 Science)</p>

<p>Grades/GPA:
About 2/3 A+, 1/3 As
(unsure of precise GPA at the moment)</p>

<p>Class Rank:
Again, unsure of GPA, at least until the next school year. <em>Definitely</em> top 5%, if not top 10 kids, out of ~415.</p>

<p>AP Class/Exams (* indicates taking it senior year. ** indicates self-studying senior year)
-Chemistry (pending score)
-US History (pending score)
-Language and Composition (pending score)
-<em>Literature and Composition
-</em>US Government
-<em>Calculus BC
-</em>Biology
-<em>Statistics
-</em>*Psychology
(School doesn't allow freshmen/sophomores to take APs, hence only 9 total)</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
-FBLA
All three years thus far for Business Law. 1st place two years in a row, but couldn't proceed to states due to financial matters. I'm also an officer (1 of 3 in the school)
-Science League (starter)
Compete w/ other schools in the state in specific subjects. Myself and my team ranked in Chemistry II this past year, and I had great success with Biology in 9th grade
-Math League (starter)
Competitive math competition with other regional schools. Math concepts transcend what's normally taught in high school
-Student government (representative of class, VP of student body)
-Peer Leadership Association (basically a club for community service within the school)
-National Honor Society (earliest possible induction was 11th grade)
-History Club
-Quiz Bowl (starter)
-Peer tutoring
-Debate club
-Environmental club</p>

<p>Sports:
-Football (2 years; stopped playing to focus on academics)
-Community basketball league
-Experience with track/field, cross country, baseball</p>

<p>-Somewhere around 150+ community service hours</p>

<p>-Caucasian male.
-Looking to major in chemistry/neuroscience/biochemistry; want to proceed to medical school after college</p>

<p>Thank you!</p>

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<p>Looks good, now you have to focus on essays and making sure your teachers/counselor write impeccable recs</p>

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<p>what were the dates of you’re SATs and how did you manage such a large score improvement?</p>

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<p>Yeah, how did you improve your SAT that much? I’m currently at a 2000. If I could do what you did I’d be ecstatic.</p>

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<p>January (1950), June (2360).</p>

<p>An old math teacher of mine showed me that my low math score was due entirely to me making stupid mistakes, not because I didn’t know the material tested. So we worked on that.</p>

<p>I spent two weeks before the June date going over the blue book for CR/W. Spent the first week on CR, the second on W.</p>

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<p>I have a feeling that’s what happened to me on the math too. What’s difficult about SAT math questions is the way they’re presented. And I’m going in with an essay pre-prepared in October. My SAT score in May was 2000 (CR:750, M:630, W:620, Essay:8). I want to improve at least 200 points.</p>

<p>You made me feel a lot better! And yes, you should apply SCEA if Princeton is the best fit for you. Good luck!</p>