<p>Your grades are not bad. They won't necessarily be out. The question to ask is not "what will keep me out?" but rather "what will get me in."</p>
<p>Having the grades & standardized tests scores is a prerequisite.</p>
<p>So, your chances on getting in will depend on your essays and recommendations.</p>
<p>I don't understand how you can go from Pre-Calculus to Differential Equations and Linear Algebra. Don't you have to take Calculus BC first?</p>
<p>I don't know but the only pre-quite is Precalc. Next year is the first time it will be offered. Ill post a final chances thread because I doubt anything else will change from now till Decision time.</p>
<p>Location:NYC
School: Bronx Science (Public Elite)
GPA:92
Ethnicity: Asian (Indian) Male
First Gen (mom went to 2 year college in india, dad no high school)
Low income: Dad was abusive as well.
Sophmore Year classes: Honors Chem,Honors Trig, Research
Junior Year:Honors English, Honors Physics, Research,
Senuor Year: A.P Calc AB, A.P Micro, A.P Chem, A.P Comp, A.P Psych, Linear algebra/differential equations, research, macroeconomics at local college</p>
<p>Did poorly one term due to aunt's cancer (will hoepfully be explained in rec)</p>
<p>ACT-35
Bio M-710
Bio M-800
U.S History-800
Math 2c-800
Clep Biology-80/80
Clep U.S History-76/80</p>
<p>Pre-Med Society (9,10,11,12)
Key Club (11,12) Projects Commitee head,WOn distinguished Key Clubbers Award
Chess/Go club (10,12)
American Cancer Society club (12)</p>
<p>Summer job-one at hospital
other at community center</p>
<p>S-Prep at columbia medical school (medical program)</p>
<p>200 hours volunteering hospital</p>
<p>4 year dental internship</p>
<p>Job at Barnes and Nobles Next year</p>
<p>Research at local college
will hopefully be published</p>
<p>Unless they teach you guys how to take the derivative, there is no way that you can learn differential equations without differential calculus. From my experiences taking the course, you learn methods to solve these equations by integration, which naturally comes after learning to differentiate. </p>
<p>You might be able to take Linear Algebra after Precalculus since it is based on linear systems and matrices (largely algebra prereqs).</p>
<p>I think they will teach us how to take the derivative.
Any more comments on general chances or the linear algebra issue?</p>
<p>You might be able to get by in diff. eq.s taking AB concurrently, but it'll be tough to understand what's happening without that background in calculus. as far as linear algebra is concerned, it's supposed to be the hardest math to conceptualize, but you may be able to do it. it's just a weird skip.</p>
<p>I know. I really need to do well in this class. I'm gonna have the same teacher who gave me my lowest transcript grade so it matters. </p>
<p>Any more comments on this or general chances?</p>
<p>Good so far, but remember to convey your interests in your essays...sound genuinely excited about what you do and continuing those same sorts of experiences at Princeton (if you get in)...</p>
<p>I am. One of the main reasons I want to apply to Princeton is that they have established neuroscience programs compared to schools like Cornell and Dartmouth which have new or not as in depth programs and classes. I believe Princeton would be very nurturing to the researcher in me.</p>
<p>Bump Bump Bump because I am really bored.</p>
<p>No other tips?</p>
<p>hello everyone! This is my first post on college confidential. I actually came to this website because I am trying to procrastinate writing college essays right now. Yay! Anyhow, I thought I would share something that everyone here might take interest in. So today I was looking at a Princeton Review of top colleges from last year when Princeton still had an early program. The stats showed that regular admission accepted 11% and early admission accepted 29%. Convienent how Princeton decided to drop their early option for our year, huh?</p>