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Old 11-09-2007, 11:09 PM   #1
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my chances at Princeton?

3.8/4.05 GPA

(my gpa is low because I have taken about 7 APs in junior and sophomore year alone. In senior year I am taking 5 AP classes and 1 SUPA class which is twice as hard as an AP)

2190(750 math, 700 reading, 740 cr) on SATs( had appendicitis attack when i took it and my guidance told that to the admissions office at cornell)

700 on chem and US sat 2

This is my complete activities list:
1) Clinical Community Service at Universal MRI(600 hrs) from 9th grade to 11th grade.
2) Religious Community Service in India over the 10th grade summer in a Temple in Delhi (170 hrs)
3) Research with Dr. Dmitri Chklovskii at Cold Sping Harbor Labs( Approx. 500 hrs)- 4 to 5 hrs during the year and 5 hrs/day during the summer
4) Summer School at Harvard (Biology) during 10th Grade summer
5) Worked as a Computer Technician in Queens, NY in 9th grade
6) Web-designer in Delhi, India in 9th grade
7) Worked as Sales Person in NYC
8) Tutored 5th and 6th grade students in math and science during 9th grade
9) Varsity Track
10) National Honor Society in 11th and 12th grade
11) Second Place in Rohm and Haas research competition
12) semi-finalist siemens and many other research competitions

I didnt include all the pointless clubs i joined in which I did not have a major position

I wrote my essay about moving from india to america at the age of 14. I based my other essay my interest in resrearch.....

my recommendations are decent too...
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Old 11-11-2007, 05:38 PM   #2
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Post in the general forum and not in the 2011 subforum to receive more responses.
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Old 03-06-2008, 02:33 AM   #3
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Excuses on the AP's won't cut it.
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Old 03-14-2008, 11:55 AM   #4
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Looks fine to me...3.8/4.0 is not a bad GPA...not sure what you mean by 3.8/4.05; if that's equivalent to a 3.7-3.75 out of 4 then it's a fine GPA.
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Old 03-22-2008, 11:32 PM   #5
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had appendicitis attack when i took it and my guidance told that to the admissions office at cornell)

LOL OMG!!! HILARIOUS! So sorry for laughing though...

Anyways, you look decent. give it a shot!
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