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View Poll Results: What I wish I could change on my applications. | |
My grades/GPA.
|     | 1,851 | 41.17% | |
My SAT or ACT scores.
|    | 1,185 | 26.36% | |
My extra-curriculars.
|    | 932 | 20.73% | |
My essay(s).
|    | 140 | 3.11% | |
My interview.
|    | 32 | 0.71% | |
My letters of recommendation.
|    | 47 | 1.05% | |
Apply to more schools.
| | 95 | 2.11% | |
Apply to fewer schools.
| | 34 | 0.76% | |
Not a thing!!
| | 180 | 4.00% |
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12-15-2005, 03:21 PM
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#136 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Pennsylvania
Posts: 229
| I put my grades/GPA because although I have fairly good grades (2 B's in AP classes, 1 B in honors/accelerated class) and a good GPA, I'm still not in the top 10 percent of my class.
I guess I could have raised my SAT math score too. | 
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12-17-2005, 12:31 AM
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#137 | | New Member
Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: California
Posts: 17
| I wouldn't have sent in my Yale EA application with a hangover.
I guess getting deferred was a pretty good accomplishment  | |
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12-17-2005, 11:08 PM
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#138 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
Posts: 32
| my essay probably didnt stand out.. thats what sets ppl apart in the top tier schools since all the GPA/stats are sooooo alike | |
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12-18-2005, 01:18 AM
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#139 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: California
Posts: 168
| Heh, my grades... I started on the wrong foot. | |
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12-18-2005, 01:42 AM
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#140 | | Member
Join Date: Oct 2004
Posts: 723
| i put SAT scores. My SAT isn't too bad, but I just feel like two wrong and one omit shouldn't give you a ****ing 720 on math. retarded. | |
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12-22-2005, 09:44 PM
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#141 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
Posts: 138
| omg, agreed, i had 2 wrong, 2 omit, and got a 710. one of them was a stupiddd error and one of them idk why i didnt answer!!! | |
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12-23-2005, 07:29 PM
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#142 | | Member
Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: compton
Posts: 780
| dude i did so well on dec test!!!! the only thing i want to change is my essay!! | |
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12-25-2005, 11:54 AM
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#143 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
Posts: 53
| What are my Chances of getting into Princeton?
What are my Chances of getting into Princeton?
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Hello, I am currently a senior at Newsweek's no.45 in the top high Schools in the U.S.A. Could you please tell me what my chances are of getting in to Princeton.
Unweighted Grade Average: 3.89
Weighted Grade Average: 4.75
PSAT: 99th percentile (National Merit Scholarship SemiFinalist)
Maryland Distinguished Scholar
National Honors Scoiety
French honors Scoiety
Science Honors Society
Sat Score: 2380
Sat 2 scores:
Math: 800
Biology: 800
English: 790
French: 780
Community Service: 500 hours (Got an all state award for it)
Went to the summer institute for the gifted camp - S.I.G
NIH internship
Top 10% percent of class
Matheletes, Swim Team, Mock Trial, Hospital volunteer, Its Academic,
AP National Scholar (Gave 8 AP exams with 4 or higher on each)
Fluent in 3 languages
Stellar Reccomendations (Most probably)
No Absences in High School/Middle School
Excellent essay(paid money to college advisors to perfect it)
Various leadership positions in various societies and clubs
Finally, Indian male in a mostly white school
Please tell me the truth what are my chances on a scale of 1-10?
Thank You in advance | |
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12-26-2005, 11:29 AM
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#144 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
Posts: 104
| ^^^^^
youre an ******* and probably multiplied all your stats by 2 to make yourself feel big. i hope you dont get in | |
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01-02-2006, 01:36 AM
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#145 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
Posts: 151
| I took 2 SATII's soph year, before I had taken APs/realized that standardized tests werent like those in 8th grade, in that you actually need to STUDY
got 690s on 2 SATIIs
got 770 on 1 I took senior year | |
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01-02-2006, 01:53 AM
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#146 | | Member
Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Seattle
Posts: 360
| My essays SUCK. i left them til the last minute. although I would kill to change my 690 in math on the sat to a 700. | |
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01-02-2006, 01:54 PM
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#147 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Michigan
Posts: 143
| Seriously, *** do you think, PrincetonFreak? | |
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01-02-2006, 06:26 PM
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#148 | | Member
Join Date: May 2005
Posts: 352
| If I could change one thing about my application, I would have started researching and applying for fellowships/scholarships early rather than focusing only on the university applications until fellowship deadlines had passed... | |
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01-02-2006, 07:25 PM
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#149 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Michigan
Posts: 143
| I meant by *** W T F. The forum thing just changed it. | |
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01-13-2006, 02:28 AM
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#150 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Ithaca, NY
Posts: 35
| I was accepted to 6 of the 7 schools I applied to last year. The one school I was rejected from: Northwestern. The one thing that I could have changed that would have gotten me in: My essay. But, even if I had been accepted, I wouldn't have gone there so it doesn't really matter. Just remember that things always work themselves out for the better. | |
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