<p>Rather, should I simply be awaiting my rejection or should I have some glimmer of hope for acceptance? Princeton is without a doubt my dream school, so I'd like some feedback as to what you guys think.</p>
<p>Gender: Male
Income: < $35,000, another sibling in college
First generation
High school: Top ranked public </p>
<p>GPA: 4.0/4.0
WGPA: 5.56/6.0
Rank: 1/274
SAT: 2200 (700,770,730)
SAT II: 800 Math 2, 740 US History, 750 Literature
AP: Government and Politics (5), World History (4), Spanish Language (5), English Language (5), US History (5), Calculus AB (5), Psychology (5).</p>
<p>Awards:
National Merit Commended Student
AP Scholar w/ Distinction
NSCAA Scholar All-American
Maryland Distinguished Scholar
County and State Scholar Athlete Team (2008-2010)</p>
<p>EC's:
Varsity Soccer- three year starter, two year captain, all-county recognition
Club soccer- highly ranked club program, team captain, regional ODP team
Coach u-10 club soccer team
Work two part-time jobs
Captain of quiz bowl team
Physics olympics (2nd in region)
MESA Effective Communications Comp. (Regional and State champion)
Class representative in student government association</p>
<p>Senior Year Schedule:
AP Economics
AP Calculus BC
AP Statistics
AP English Literature
AP Physics B
Health/Software Computer Apps(graduation requirements)
Engineering IV</p>
<p>You seem to be a reasonably quantitative person, so you should be able to figure out for yourself that the expectation you should have is rejection, just based on acceptance rates. Numbers don’t really lie - I’m sure you know that.</p>
<p>Besides, who was the last person that <em>expected</em> to get into Princeton that was simultaneously clearly worried about it?</p>
<p>Fair enough. I guess my question should be rephrased. Rather than asking if I should “expect” a decision either way, I would like to know if I am competetive for admission. Is it 100 percent certain I will be receiving a rejection, or is there a chance, despite my below average SAT’s and such, that I will be accepted?</p>
<p>Thank you sherpa. Guess I’m just trying to calm my nerves; I have back-up plans and such but Princeton is sitting way above any other school on my list.</p>
<p>You certainly have at least an average chance…which is unfortunately still under 10%…although I think your overall outlook may be a slightly higher than average based on your stats/ECs/sports…just my 2 cents.</p>
<p>Your stats certainly will get you considered. They are really very good. I suspect SAT scores are far less important than people wish they were. Yours are perfectly good enough for them to not turf you out of the possibility pile on first vetting. Write an essay that shows who you really are. Di sicuro un saggio buono male non fa.</p>
<p>you probably have a good chance but make sure to convey in your essays what makes you unique. keep in mind that there are more than 20,000 other students applying that have similar or better stats than you do and you have to make sure that you distinguish yourselves from among them. i got slightly lower scores, but i wrote about my unique experiences. i believe one of my essays was about my relationship with my nephew. i didn’t think i would get in because of my scores, but don’t worry about yours.</p>
<p>Thank you, I definitely believe that each of my essays reveal different aspects about who I am and what I value. Hopefully that will be enough for the admissions officers!</p>