<p>Considering the following and that I was rejected what would your recommendations be? </p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2200 (750 Math 730 CR 720 Writing)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 MathII 790 US History 750 Physics (I can explain this one!)
[<em>] GPA: 4.0+ (most Texas schools have an odd weighted scale out of 7. I have a ~6.7 weighted)
[</em>] Rank: 19/780
[<em>] APs (including this year's): Past: CS-AB: 5, WHAP: 5, APUSH: 4, Language and Comp: 4 This year: Calc BC, Macro/Micro Eco, US Gov, AP English Lit.
[</em>] IBs (including this year's: N/A
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: Calc, Eco, NHS (Organizational Period), English IV, Cisco (Network Technologies), Computer Science 4
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 1
[<em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): Internship with congressman, Top 10 Computer Science, etc.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Student Government (3 years, President), NHS (President), Debate, Computer Science (4 years, President), President's Council (Founder)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Research Intern @ Hewlett Packard ~20hr/wk (Summer 2008-Present; was hired on for the year), Webdeveloper for a start-up ~15 hr/week (Summer 2006-Winter 2007; company lost VC funding and was sold)
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): Have one more left before I submit.
[<em>] Activity: About a research project at HP
[</em>] Common app: About America's position in the world
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Solid (By my English teacher/NHS sponsor and my CS/Cisco teacher)
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Solid
[<em>] Additional Rec: Just had my co-worker send it, should be pretty good!
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Research at HP in Storage Solutions (wrote about a power consumption study)</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Texas
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Pubic, 3500
[<em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: >$50,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation
[<em>] Strengths: Leadership
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT scores, Ethnicity
[/ul]</p>
<p>So you got rejected by Stanford. Doesn’t matter one bit. Definitely still apply to Princeton. There are many, MANY people who get rejected by one top school and in at others, or rejected at 5 schools and in at one. If you don’t apply, you can’t get accepted.</p>
<p>There is nothing in your original post that is eye-popping spectacular. It is more what and/or who you aren’t than any weakness in your profile. Princeton is quite competitive & seeking promising URMs, artsy & alternative types, athletes & those with stellar profiles.</p>
<p>People do get rejected from some and into others. I assume you mean South Asian Indian, not American Indian. It is not a negative everywhere; like in Texas; how about Rice? I hope you have some apps in the next Tier of schools after the ivies. You have some very good ECs; find a school that concentrates/specializes in your strength areas. Look at some schools that are not overflowing with Asians, such as top LACs. Your internship with the congressman and student government are nice and non-steretypical.</p>
<p>I’m already accepted into UT’s business program and should get into Honors in a week or two, so I have my safety set. But I also plan to apply to Rice and should get in to the engineering school.</p>
<p>I personally think you have a decent chance. I honestly can’t say, though. They only accept like 10% of the applicants, and you can see how little 10-12% is (as we were both rejected by Stanford early action :P). I think Stanford judges some applicants by their school’s reputation, considering about 10 people from my school applied EA to Stanford, and none was accepted. A few I was sure they’d get in. Not even #1 in my class got in. I’m thinking the same sort of randomness applies to Princeton, so really, in the end, it’ll be an enigma. I’m personally not setting my sights on Princeton, but it’s a possibility.</p>
<p>seriously, if you think that your ethnicity is going to hinder you, DON’T WRITE IT ON THE APPLICATION. It doesn’t matter if your name is a typical Indian name, if you don’t write it the admissions committee can’t assume it.
That said, I don’t really think it makes a huge, huge difference but it might help.
good luck! :)</p>
<p>I realized that stats will only go so far and that the essays really do shed new light on me. Princeton has probably been my strongest app thus far! I changed up the common app essays and opted for a study on drug policy and the human cost, and I sent some supplementary work that showed a part of me not in the application.</p>
<p>If one has a 2040 on the SAT is there any chance of getting into Princeton. I know this is a fairly stupid question but does princeton first knock out some applicants by looking at the scores?</p>
Thank you.</p>
I’m thinking the same sort of randomness applies to Princeton, so really, in the end, it’ll be an enigma. I’m personally not setting my sights on Princeton, but it’s a possibility.</p>