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08-10-2008, 12:57 AM
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#1 | | New Member
Join Date: Aug 2008
Posts: 14
| Chance for Harvard, Princeton, UPenn, MIT, Ivy League, UChicago
I am in a very competitive public high school in central new jersey, around 10 miles from Princeton.
SAT I Math 800 Critical Reading 730 Writing 770 Total 2300
PSAT Math 77 CR 70 Writing 75 Total 222
SAT II Chemistry 800 MathII 800 Biology(M) 780
GPA unweighted: 3.97 weighted 4.69
Courses: Freshman year 2 honors
Sophmore year: 1 AP, 3 honors
Junior year: 2 AP, 4 honors
Senior Year: 6 AP
AP scores:
Chemistry 5
Biology 5
US 5
French 4
Calculus AB 5
Physics B 5
Government 5
Statistics 5
Language 4
Extracurriculars
Economics Club President
Internship at NY Federal Reserve
Job as Kumon Tutor
Hospital Volunteer( 350 hr)
Mentor( 150 hr)
Future Business Leaders of America state award
Waksman Club
Science Club Treasurer
Science Olympiad several state awards (Won States and Regionals)
Library Volunteer ( 25 hr)
Red Cross Volunteer ( 15 hr)
Participated in New York Federal Reserve's Fed Challenge
Particpated in Lets Get Real Competition
HELP volunteer( 50 hr)
National Young Naturalists award Semi-Finalist
National Honors Society
Excellent recommendaions from teachers and guidance counselor
Very well written essay
How does it look? Any recommendations?
Hodge Podge: I am a indian male . | 
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08-10-2008, 06:12 AM
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#2 | | Member
Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 525
| Indian as from India, Indian?
Your stats are very strong, and your ECs are farm from weak, but you don't have anything to really distinguish yourself either. What's your rank? And what's with your AP scores? Are they projected? Or did you take a gap year or something?
And btw...
Ivy League: an association of eight universities and colleges in the northeast United States, comprising Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Princeton, the University of Pennsylvania, and Yale.
That is, every single college you mentioned specifically except for UChicago *is* an Ivy league... | 
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08-10-2008, 07:54 AM
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#3 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Princeton '13
Posts: 1,228
| ^^ except for MIT, too.
I think the OP's stats are extremely strong. Most successful applicants -don't- have something exceptional to distinguish themselves anyway. But if the OP is an overrepresented Asian Indian, then I think he might want to think about trying for higher SATs. | |
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08-10-2008, 10:19 AM
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| No Indian in America (Born at Princeton) | |
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08-10-2008, 10:33 AM
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| Yes, they are predicted, but I have a hunch | |
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08-10-2008, 11:09 AM
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#6 | | Senior Member
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No Indian in America (Born at Princeton)
| we're talking about ethnicity... are you an India Indian, or a native American Indian? | |
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08-10-2008, 12:05 PM
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#7 | | New Member
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| Indian Indian | |
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08-10-2008, 04:36 PM
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#8 | | Member
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| I'm going to disagree with screwitlah about the need for a higher SAT. Your 2300 is fine, lol.
I'm still interested in your rank if you know it (at least a guess)
and how you already have senior AP grades back? | |
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08-10-2008, 05:06 PM
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#9 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Aug 2008
Posts: 40
| what high school do you go to WWP, Princeton, Montgomery
I go to Lawrenceville Prep which is near by. | |
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08-10-2008, 08:27 PM
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#10 | | New Member
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| for PBailey, the AP scores for my senior year are predicted, and thery are pretty accurate. My rank would be top 5% in a very competitive public school.
for atandon10, yes i go to Princeton HS. atandan10, wat EC are u participating in? | |
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08-10-2008, 09:09 PM
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#11 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 1,281
| Your record looks really good. :]
But when I see threads with titles like this, I have to make sure: You're applying to safeties/matches, too, right? 'Cause although you're a great applicant, the schools that you listed are reaches for everyone. I've heard stories about people applying only to Ivy League/upper tier schools and one safety and being disappointed upon only getting into their one safety. Make sure you have a safety and matches that you love, just in case!! | |
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08-11-2008, 12:14 AM
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#12 | | New Member
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| yes, i am applying for safeties too. Thanks for the advice. | |
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08-11-2008, 12:27 AM
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#13 | | Junior Member
Join Date: May 2008 Location: small town near Dayton, Ohio
Posts: 106
| I also concur that you should NOT retake the SAT if your only reason would be to boost your chances as an "overrepresented" Asian. Frankly, I should hope that many AdComs read blogs like CC, and decide to admit solely on credentials, and not on culture, heritage, religion, or otherwise. While it has been recently true that Asians have SEEMED to have been held to a somewhat higher standard (and I have posted in agreement to many of those arguments) you should try to distinguish your candidacies for admission--especially because you cannot change your cultural background anyway.
Therefore, accentuate one or two of your passions and stress your commitment in your essays and/or interviews.
Good luck! | |
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