<p>Hehe, know how that feels. Except mine is URM status. I'd like not to deal with that nonsense if I got in, but eh...we'll see...</p>
<p>accept: not much, I have average SATs for Princeton, decent rank, geographical diversity (rural va??), good recs</p>
<p>defer: nothing special about me, decent essays, meh...</p>
<p>reject: probably not ED, but if I get deferred, this wouldn't be unexpected in the RD
round...If they don't want me I'd assume they'd go defer--->reject</p>
<p>Accepted:
--I have decent/good sat 1 and 2 scores, and each one that i retook shows significant improvement.
--Great recs, including from a hospice (i feel bad that i havent seen em due to this college stuff).
--Piano for 7 years (cost of classes forced me to quit 2 years ago, but i still practice, and have sent in a cd)
--Karate since age of 5 (did a good essay on it, and its a major part of me)
--Science Research course (gives a chance to do independant work in science), with a few awards on the state level (expect a few more this Spring)
--most rigorous courses in school</p>
<p>Rejected/Deffered: (basically my bad points)
--living in NJ
--Only ap test I've taken is a 4 in Comp Sci (My school only allows 3 aps in the junior year, and impossible to take more than one, since they overlapped)
--Rank 18
--Sat not GREAT (760M, 720V)
--No National awards
--No leadership positions or great EC's within school
--Having too many recs (i have 5 optional; it kinda got out of hand with all the ppl that wanted to write... my english teacher even wrote me a rec without telling me ">.>)</p>
<p><em>sigh</em> i should have done it in "defer/reject, and then accept" order, cuz i dont like to finish up on the bad points.</p>
<p>EDIT: oh yea, under defer/reject:
--GPA of only 3.512</p>
<p>Bokonon - my employment was two summers at a children's 2-week track camp, so I'm not far behind you</p>