<p>Oh, and it prob. goes without saying given my parents' income, but they don't give nothin' to Princeton. LOL.</p>
<p>I live in Minnesota and I go to a pretty crappy public school in the inner-city, we sent 1 girl to Harvard this year and one to Columbia, but that's pretty much it, everybody else usually goes to one of the campuses of the state U. We only offer 8 APs: Calc I and II, Chem, Bio, Enviro, Lit, Spanish and AP US. My parents are both Princeton grads but we make less than $60,000 a year, don't ask me how. They're both artists.</p>
<p>Applying EA to Yale, but...</p>
<p>GPA: 3.991 UW (school doesn't weight, I've only ever gotten 2 A minuses)
Class rank: 5/460
SATs: 730CR, 600M, 750W, 2080 total; retook and am expecting 750/650/780. Clearly math is not my strong point.
SAT IIs: Lit 780, Spanish 750, US History 700</p>
<p>Soph. Schedule:</p>
<p>Gym/Ind. project on young women in Spanish literature (1 sem. each): A
AP US History: A
Honors American Literature (AP not offered til junior year): A
Spanish IV: A
Honors Chem: A
Algebra II (No honors offered): A</p>
<p>AP Scores: US History 5, Spanish self-study 4 (nonnative speaker)</p>
<p>Junior Schedule:</p>
<p>Ind. Project developing a fiction portfolio: A
Newspaper production: A- one quarter, As the rest
Pre-Calc (no honors offered): A- one quarter, As the rest
Honors Physics: A
College-in-the-Schools Composition/CIS Literature (1 sem. each): A
Spanish Class (305 level) at Macalester College (26th best lib. arts school in country): Unknown, but most likely A-/B+, grade prob. not factored into my GPA but counts for HS credit. Out of 50 applied for post-secondary program, only 4 were admitted from around the state.</p>
<p>Planned senior schedule:</p>
<p>American Lit 101 at Macalester College
Spanish 315 at Macalester College
Newspaper Production
AP Calculus I
May take AP Bio, but I'm not sure because I hate science--is it necessary?</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:</p>
<p>Newspaper: Editor-in-Chief (12), News/Features Editor (11), Staff Writer (10). Newspaper won All-State silver award last year.</p>
<p>Varsity Soccer: 3 years, 3 years conf. champs; JV soccer frosh year</p>
<p>Club Soccer: 9 years, Captain 3 years, Classic I (top level out of 3 classics)</p>
<p>Loft Literary Center TeenInk Member, 1 year: One of my most significant ECs, the Loft is a revolutionary literary center in the city and I was selected to be on their first ever teen council. Only 8 were selected out of 100 or so applied. It's pretty prestigious.</p>
<p>Volunteer/Translator for Head Start BOOST Literacy program: 2 years, will have 250+ hours. Also one of my major ECs.</p>
<p>Awards</p>
<p>Scholastic Art and Writing Award - Regional Gold Key, National Silver in Personal Essay/Memoir</p>
<p>National High School Press Association Award for Excellence in Column Writing</p>
<p>National History Day National Champion (1st place) in performance category, 2006
4th place in state last year for another performance</p>
<p>Applied for Davidson Fellowship in Literature; I think I have a slim chance at an honorable mention or something.</p>
<p>Some extras: I'm white but fluent in Spanish after just 4 years of HS study, I skipped 3 years of HS Spanish (level 2, 5, and 6) to self study AP. Recs will be really good, one amazing, essays will focus somehow on my passion for writing.</p>
<p>Things I think are most impressive on my app: Def. Davidson Fellowship if I win it, Literary Teen Council, taking classes at a top-tier lib. arts college, captain of soccer, very focused volunteer hours and lots of 'em. By the end of HS I'll have taken 5 college classes already (3 at Mac, 2 from the University of Minnesota).</p>
<p>I know you guys can't say if I'm def. in or not, but assuming I raise my SATs to a 2150 or above (I admit I am terrible at math and that will bring me down, but the double legacy's gotta help) am I in the pool of applicants that has a good chance?</p>
<p>I thought princeton got rid of their EA?</p>
<p>Oh yeah, I just changed that.</p>
<p>who knows; Princeton is gradually increasing enrollment (they will have an 11% total increase by 2012). there may be room for you.</p>