Sound good enough to you?

kellehxD · 02-15-2009, 07:57 PM

My boyfriend applied to Princeton. We're waiting for the response..

SAT's: 1890
Reading: 610
Math: 650
Writing: 630

Weighted GPA: 4.32
Unweighted GPA: 3.79 (maybe)

Salutatorian of a class of about 70 students (small school, hard classes)
Eagle Scout
Student Council (4 years - currently Board Representative)
President of the NHS (includes abundant community service projects)
Soccer (4 years): Most Valued Team Member award x 2
Varsity bowling (4 years)
Tennis Player (2 years)
Baseball player (2 years)
Science club (1 year)
Marching Band (6 years) Rank Sargeant
Boys State attendee
He is one of the nine "footbaggers" (official hackeysackers) in New Jersey
He's in AP Spanish 5, all A's
AP Calculus and other Honors classes

His interview went extremely well.

His letters of recommendation were excellent and I'm thinking that since he is an Eagle Scout, that may help him out. Only 2 in every 100 boyscouts become an Eagle Scout.

DocManhattan56 · 02-15-2009, 08:56 PM

SATs are too low. ECs are good, but all over the place. No real focus that I can see.

kellehxD · 02-16-2009, 12:44 PM

actually, his boyscouts and footbagging are his focus. he also loved soccer, because it was somewhat close to footbagging. that was made apparent in his interview, from what he told me. it's what he's passionate about. the person who wrote one of his letters of recommendation is also his Spanish teacher, his soccer coach, and boyscouts lifeguarding trainer/project coordinator at the camp he goes to every summer.

and i figured about the SAT scores.
no surprise.

we've also been together for three and a half years :P
it's a shame he didn't mention that in the interview, might have shown he's committed.
who knows?

but if he doesn't get in, that's okay. he already has a full scholarship to Stockton and lots of money from other schools. he's one of the extreme few who applied to an Ivy from my school. i stress few.

cpenoi · 02-18-2009, 07:59 PM

Applicants and their families know almost nothing about the top rated schools and what they do believe is often mistaken. There are many students who get into HYP who never expected to because they didn't now what the schools want. The good news is that even if you are clueless about HYP, if you have what they want, you get in anyway. If you have been encouraged to apply, someone out there has their hand on your back because they see somthing that they feel others will recognize. You should listen to those who believe in you. What does seem a bit odd is that no mention is made of academic / professional interests. There are really good schools that are lot easier to get into than Princeton, but you still have to show up on the radar of academic interest.

kellehxD · 02-19-2009, 12:16 PM

That's why I'd think I'd be good for an Ivy League, because I have an extreme passion for learning, as corny as that sounds. But, I know my chances are minimal. My EC's aren't as outstanding.

cpenoi · 02-26-2009, 03:35 AM

Many kids who get in to an Ivy will persist in the idea that they don't really care about the academic achievement per se. The thing is, they will knock it down just because they want to play video games all day or some such. Your scores don't show that you can knock it down. The ECs don't matter the way you think. You could sit on a damn hill and think if you could talk about how you made it pay for you.