<p>White
34 ACT
2170 SAT
NMSF
Illinois State Scholar
3.8 Unweighted GPA
Human Geo AP-5
US History AP-5
English Language and Comp AP-5
Macro AP-4
Micro AP (self study)- 3
Taking English lit and comp ap, euro history ap, calc bc ap, chem ap, french ap
Been in high school orchestra for 7 years, founding member of jazz strings club, member of school quartet
Student Liason from school (1 per school) to board of education
Volunteer at local elementary school
National Honors Society officer
National English Society Vice President
Member of Student Leadership Team
Nominated to DuPage Leadership Council
Good Rec's
Worried about my essay (I hope it will turn out, but the begginning is always hard)
... AND IM JEWISH! will that impact the decision of the top 10 universities?</p>
<p>No. How would they even know that you’re Jewish?</p>
<p>On the common application there is a tab for religious preference. If they put it on there I assume they are looking for something. If it truly had no impact why would they include it right? I was just wondering</p>
<p>No it shouldn’t have an impact. Best the luck to you, your stats are great!</p>
<p>If you’re worried, then don’t include a religious preference. It’s on there because some schools give it some consideration.</p>
<p>@2bnoir: Thank you so much
@Pancaked: That is what I did, so I am glad we agreed. I was actually worried that by not putting a religious reference I would miss out on any benefit of being jewish (not that there would be since we are definately an over represented minority). So thank you for the second opinion</p>
<p>No. But a white, Jewish kid from a well represented state with your stats and ECs, without a hook, has a maybe 10% chance at Priceton.</p>
<p>I am pretty sure Illinois is not as well represented as a lot of people think, at least not at the Ivies. Everyone who usually goes to the top schools is from Chicago…and in Chicago there are equally great options so that intelligent Illinois students are not necessarily striving for anything outside of Illinois. (heck even in my little town half of the top students want to go to either UChicago or Northwestern) Everyone else in Illinois…ie (unfortunately) me and the people I am forced to live around…not any more impressive than anywhere else…actually less for the most part. Much of Illinois is very rural. </p>
<p>I was told by my interviewers that they generally try to somehow separate the “Chicago Inner City” from the “Chicago suburbs” and the “rest of Illinois” when taking our apps into consideration.</p>
<p>^you’re incorrect…</p>
<p>Illinois is very well represented… Though you may have a point about distinguishing the Chicago area from the rest of Illinois.</p>
<p>In 2008, Princeton received 648 applicants from the metro Chicago area alone so it is hardly under represented in the application pool. That number has been significantly trending up based on the annual report in which I found it and it may be much higher today. Yale gets about 1000 applicants from this region each year so you would be in a similar position there. If you’re thinking of applying from an area that is not well represented, think Wyoming.</p>
<p>I am also Jewish and I don’t think it will make any difference. They won’t know you’re Jewish unless you tell them.</p>
<p>Respond to my post?
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1246909-chances-cal-poly-ed-engineering-major.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1246909-chances-cal-poly-ed-engineering-major.html</a></p>
<p>Brown, for instance, doesn’t accept the part of the application where you state your religion so they don’t even see it. This might be the same with Princeton</p>
<p>So the general message im getting here is if i was native american and lived in wyoming my chances would increase dramatically. No matter my religion. But since im white and stuck in chicago suburbia im screwed? Haha life is a cruel joke</p>
<p>Yalegranddad, where is this report you speak of?</p>
<p>Waverly wrote: "No. But a white, Jewish kid from a well represented state with your stats and ECs, without a hook, has a maybe 10% chance at Princeton. "</p>
<p>Ten percent would mean the applicant has a +50% chance over every other applicant statistically, right? The Princeton admit rate is about 7% overall. I think you’re implying that the OP has a less than average rate of admit right? That would mean at or below 7%</p>
<p>No, I think he has a slightly higher than average chance. 10% vs. 7%. Of course this year slightly lower on both sides.</p>
<p>Hmmmm… I guess we’ll have to agree to disagree. While it’s clear that the OP has accomplished a lot and is surely destined for a successful collegiate career, I see nothing that makes him jump out at me when compared to the rest of the Princeton application pool. Certainly nothing that would say to me he has a +50% better chance than everyone else. </p>
<p>no hook
over represented state
scores in range but not tops of applicant pool
standard ECs.</p>
<p>Where’s the big boost? I dunno. Oh well.</p>
<p>He has decent stats. You can’t imagine how many applicants Princeton gets with sub 2000 scores.</p>
<p>good number of kids to Princeton from my HS.</p>
<p>they were either STEM females with very high GPA/SAT(ACT)
or
performing artists with very high GPA/SAT(ACT)
or
athletes with good GPA/SAT(ACT)</p>
<p>I dont think you have good chances at Princeton. I am sorry but I am being honest.</p>