<p>Are there any schools that are very similar to Princeton academically and socially but are ranked a little lower/ easier to get into? I like their program but I'm just wondering if I can get the same thing even if my application isn't superfantabulous.</p>
<p>No. Sorry young fellow.</p>
<p>Williams is close (or so I've heard).</p>
<p>it's actually young lady o.o</p>
<p>hmm in that case: chances?</p>
<p>Asian/female</p>
<p>GPA: 3.7 unweighted, top 10% at prep school
SAT I: 800M, 750CR, 800W
SAT II: 800Math IIC, 790 Chemistry, 750 Physics
AP tests: US History 5, Art 2D Design 4, English Lit/Comp 5</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
Violin (numerous statewide awards)
President of Environmental Action Committee
Asst. Teacher at Math School
Photography Editor of Yearbook
Editor of literary art magazine
Science Bowl Team founder
Knowledge Masters Team
Tutoring/Big Sister Mentorship Program</p>
<p>Summer:
Volunteer at Dana Farber
Medical Internship at MGH
Classes in Shanghai
Trip to Germany
Office jobs at Umass Medical School and camera company</p>
<p>Other: Sent supplemental music materials and supp. rec</p>
<p>Only if you're lucky enough to have a high ranking public school in your state. I live in VA so I have the in-state advantage for the University of Virginia (U.S. News #24) and the College of William & Mary (U.S. News #31). Search within your state....</p>
<p>Edit: You have solid stats so I wouldn't approach applications to Ivy league schools as if each one is an impossible challenge.</p>
<p>Williams is really good too, I wouldn't say Williams is much easier to get into than Princeton.</p>
<p>Williams--19% acceptance rate; Princeton-10%.</p>
<p>ya, and more competitive ppl apply to P'ton</p>
<p>ky, do you go to boston latin?</p>
<p>Duke, Rice.</p>
<p>Dramageek, if Ky9742 is from Kentucky, there aren't really any high caliber in-state schools. Only one school in Kentucky is even ranked by US News (#150 I think), and that's the University of Kentucky. So we Kentuckians don't exactly get in-state advantages like people from Virginia :).</p>
<p>U Chicago?</p>
<p>I am from Boston, so i only have the Umasses as public schools- not really up to par (I mean relatively, of course, I know that Umass Amherst is a great school)</p>
<p>I was thinking Uchicago or UVA? not that those are easy to get into either..</p>
<p>I would actually disagree with that. While prominent schools like Princeton receive a lot of applications from underqualified and undermotivated applicants just because their name commands such attention, more obscure liberal arts colleges like Williams tend to have small, but strong, applicant pools, leading to a higher admit rate. Because students who apply to such schools self-select much more, the quality of the student body is not necessarily much weaker. Personally, I was waitlisted at Williams, but I got into Princeton and am now a freshman here.</p>
<p>Your application isn't superfantabulous per se, but it's bound to be better than at least 5% of those who get admitted. You won't be the cream of the crop but I think you at least have a shot.</p>
<p>
[quote]
I would actually disagree with that. While prominent schools like Princeton receive a lot of applications from underqualified and undermotivated applicants just because their name commands such attention, more obscure liberal arts colleges like Williams tend to have small, but strong, applicant pools, leading to a higher admit rate. Because students who apply to such schools self-select much more, the quality of the student body is not necessarily much weaker. Personally, I was waitlisted at Williams, but I got into Princeton and am now a freshman here.
[/quote]
</p>
<p>He took the words right out of my mouth =)</p>
<p>My interviewer mentioned
Lafayette, Lehigh, Williams as schools that were similar to Princeton</p>
<p>ky9742, what school do you go to in boston?</p>
<p>lol ultimate, u asked him wat other schools were similar to P'ton?</p>
<p>o yeah, pk, I just got that!
not sure that's the kind of question I would ask an interviewer...</p>