What are my chances for Restrictive EA at Princeton or Harvard

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Sitting 1: CR=690, M=780, W=780 (E=10)
Sitting 2: CR=750, M=740, W=670 (E=11)
Superscore: CR=750, M=780, W=780 (2320)
ACT: none
SAT II:
Freshman yr: 690 Bio M
Soph yr: 740 chem, 740 world history
Junior yr: 800 Math II, 800 USH, 780 Bio M
Unweighted GPA: 95.8
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 3%; I go to a very competitive specialized high school in NY (bronx science)
AP (place score in parenthesis): world history (5)
also took English Composition, Biology, and US History this year
IB (place score in parenthesis): none
Senior Year Course Load: AP spanish, AP Comparative Government, AP Chem, AP Calculus AB, AP Lit, Post-AP Biology, Math and Bio Research
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Gold Medal at a Math fair, possible Intel semi-finalist, national merit scholarship semi-finalist, ap scholar</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Bio Journal (Editor), Lector and Alter Server at local church, Volunteer at Learn to Swim Program the last 6 years, Debate Team (2 yrs), Big Sib homeroom leader, random acts of kindness club (4 years), red cross club (2 years), editor of Exposition social science magazine, member of Math Bulletin.
Job/Work Experience: Intern at Memorial Sloan-Kettering the last 2 years.
Summer Activities: Internship, researching for intel project
Essays: working with a professional
Teacher Recommendation: English--should be very good
Bio Research--also has potential
Counselor Rec: I think it will be good.
Additional Rec: Probably from my Msgr in the church or my Intel Mentor</p>

<p>State (if domestic applicant): NY
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Large Public ~5800 students
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 100-120k+, no FA is all i know really
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation college (none of my parents went to school, they are immigrants to this country)</p>

<p>Please help me with
Reflection
Strengths:
Weaknesses:
And which school I should choose for REA!! I'd like to apply to the one I have the best chance of getting into.</p>

<p>I am currently a senior who will likely choose a science (biology) major.</p>

<p>THANK YOU!!</p>

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<p>nobody can tell you!
on a side note other than the names why do you like those two schools?</p>

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<p>sodagood, I am fairly certain that you would indeed get some FA from Harvard if you got in. Not familiar with Princeton’s policies, but generally HYP seem to try to match each other, so…</p>

<p>Obviously you are a viable candidate, but equally obviously your chances, like those of most unhooked applicants, are low. For H, I’d try to push the leadership, BMOC thing. How many Intel candidates do you think apply there? Is your research so outstanding that YOU are the obvious choice among them? I don’t mean in any way to put you down, just being realistic about the jostling crowd of highly-qualified applicants.</p>

<p>It may come down to who else from Bronx Science is applying this year. You have to figure that it is a large group. If I were you, I would certainly apply to very reachy schools like these, and consider doing so ED if you will be able to afford it given their FA policies (check their websites) but I would concentrate on finding some less obvious places to apply RD or even EA, if it is allowed.</p>

<p>I would assume that the GC at Bronx Science would be able to help you assess your chances, since no doubt an enormous number of kids from your school apply to H and P every year.</p>