<p>White, Jewish male from western massachusetts
small, but competitive, public high school</p>
<p>SAT: 2140, m690, v690, w760
SAT II's: Bio M 700, Math 2c 720, USH 690
Rank: 2/65
GPA: 4.37 out of 4.5
AP US: 5, didn't even take the course</p>
<p>Transcript lowest grade is an A-, only twice
First quarter senior year:
Honors physics A+
Honors Biochemistry A+
AP Studio Art A
AP French A
AP Calc A
Humanities A
Internship A+
Concert Band A</p>
<p>Most rigorous course load possible</p>
<p>Hooks: i am from western, yes western, not eastern mass
class president four the past 5 years in a row
got the Brown Book Award (only for Brown I guess)</p>
<p>recs should be really good and essay was definitely out of the norm, yet very well-written</p>
<p>crap load of other EC's as follows:
Varsity Tennis Team (2003 - Present) 8 hours per week
Varsity Golf Team (2005 - Present) 10 hours per week
Varsity Crew Team (2003 - 2005)
Student Council Member (2002 - Present)
Member of High School Quiz Team (2003 - Present) 2 hours per week
Member of As School Match Wits Television Show Team (2005 - Present)
High School French Club (2003 - Present) 1 hour per week
High School Concert Band Percussionist (2003 - Present)
High School Marching Band Percussionist (2003 - Present)
High School Jazz Ensemble Percussionist (2002 - 2005)
High School Mock Trial Program (2005 - Present) 2 hours per week
Junior Class Prom Committee - 2006
Yearbook Committee (2006 - Present) 1 hour per week
High School Peer Education (2004 - Present)
National Honor Society Peer Tutoring (2005 - Present) .5 hours per week
High School Art Club (2003 - Present)</p>
<p>bunch of awards and honors too:
Just selected with 1 other student to represent the school at Deval Patrick's inaugural ceremony in Boston. I will have the opportunity to meet the governor-elect and have open discussion with him.
Recipient of The Brown University Book Award (given to the individual in the junior class Who Best Combines Academic Excellence with Clarity in Written and Spoken Expression)
Recipient of The 2006 Art Award (given to four members of the junior class who show Outstanding Skill in Visual Arts)
Recipient of The Foreign Language Achievement Award (given to a select few members of the junior class who show Strong Interest in the Study of Culture and Language and Achieved the Highest Level of Proficiency in French)
Recipient of the Kodak Young Leaders Award (given to four members of the junior class in recognition of outstanding academic achievement and leadership)
Recipient of the John and Abigail Adams Scholarship
Nominated for the Stanley Z. Koplik Certificate
Received distinction of Lauréat National on the Concours National De Français
Twice-received distinction of Lauréat Du Chapitre on the Concours National De Français
Three-time Participant in the Annual Berkshire County High School Art Show, exhibiting artwork at the Norman Rockwell Museum
Recipient of The English Book Award (given to two members of the freshman class)
Two-Year Member of the The National Honor Society (Membership is based on Scholarship, Leadership, Service, and Character)
Recipient and delegate of the 10th Annual Massachusetts Student-Athlete Citizenship Awards Ceremony (April 11th, 2006)
Asked by music and art teachers to design poster for The Lenox High School Fine Arts Night (May 2006)
Yearbook Cover Design selected for The Class of 2007 Yearbook (October 2006)</p>
<p>You've posted this thread like 6 different times, so I guess I'm just going to have to answer you.</p>
<p>You already know that you're a smart person who is obviously very accomplished because you have a ton of ECs and awards to prove it. You should definitely be proud of all of that, but I think that you might need to get some level of focus in your presentation to Princeton. It seems a little bit excessive, to be honest. Your 1 hr/wk participation in Yearbook Committee, for example, is probably not going to add anything to your application and will probably not detract from it if you don't include it.</p>
<p>That being said, you have as good of chances as anybody. Princeton is near impossible...we all know this. You have plenty to make you competitive, so go on that. Otherwise, I don't know if anybody can tell somebody who is obviously competitive if they have chances of getting in.</p>
<p>Sorry if any of that is harsh. You're a smart guy and you have done a lot, so be proud of it. You don't need a bunch of people telling you that you will get into Princeton to get into Princeton, so just utilize all of your outstanding accomplishments as much as you can. Good luck, and I really hope you get in!</p>
<p>honestly, in terms of chances, does it really matter what a bunch of applicants think? the only opinion that really matters is the one of the admissions board...</p>
<p>I have been class president for the past 5 years in a row, i am captain of the tennis team, captain/senior member of the quiz team, floor manager at a local restaurant, senior member of the student council, and expert witness of our school's mock trial program. I am also the percusion section leader as well as the only drummer selected for Jazz Band and the pit band for the musical. I am also going to have the opportunity/responsibility of speaking with our Gov. Deval Patrick, about current issues where I live and in the entire state. I won the Kodak Young Leaders Award and was nominated at least 5 or 6 times for the national youth leadership conference on med, law, and bussiness. I think i have PLENTY of leadership but thanx for for input innocentstalker1.</p>
<p>I didn't mean to sound defensive man, nor do i mean to sound egotistical. Sorry if i came off that way. Its funny because i have always been one of the least egotistical people in my school. In reality, outside of the college application world, i really am pretty humble. I didn't mean to come off really abrasive. So, where are you applying or have you already got in somewhere? I am just soooooooooooo nervous about getting in, that's all. I already got deffered from Brown and I am really scared I won't get into one of the following:
Princeton
Penn
Williams
Amherst
Northwestern
Duke</p>
<p>Do you have any safety schools on your list? While you do have good stats, those are all schools that are difficult to get into. You need at least one or two schools where you have above a 50% chance of getting in...and I don't think any of those necessarily are qualified. I don't know much about some of them though, so...I don't know. But for what it's worth, just add one safety.</p>
<p>As cocky as it sounds, Williams is actually a safety for me (I HOPE). They have an unwritten deal of accepting kids from the county i live in since williams is in the same county. If you're in the top 5% of your class, you're basically in. it's a nice deal. Also, my dad went to williams so i got the legacy thing. But you're right - i don't have any TRUE safeties. hopefully i'll get into one of the schools i am applying to.</p>
<p>Seriously, no one on this board can accurately predict whether you will be accepted, deffered or rejected. Wouldn't you rather not stress over your application and go to another web site not related to college admissions?</p>
<p>Don't get me wrong - I live/breathe/die for the SATs and college admission in general, but as long as you're confident in your ability (which is all that is important), why put up with the stress of asking people if you will be admitted to Brown? I hope you are, but people are not going to say otherwise on this board.</p>
<p>Don't worry - I consider Williams and Cornell to be my safeties as well. (Although I might choose some less selective colleges just in case my safeties do not have sufficient vacancies to offer me a position this year.)</p>
<p>Like I said before, being from western (rather than eastern) Massachusetts is not a hook. It's probably more of a disadvantage because you live in Massachusetts.</p>