Chance at RD 2021?

Colleges & Universities Princeton University
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I’m really freaking out over my Princeton U application. It’s absolutely my dream school.

I’m a half chinese, half white girl who plans on applying for a BSE (Engineering school) My second choice is MIT
ACT: 33 (I took it again and i’m hoping I did better this time)
SAT Subjects: Physics 790, Math II 750
GPA: Unweighted 4.10, Weighted (my school’s is out of 4.5) 4.4
Rank: Valedictorian

Courses:
My school doesn’t offer AP until Junior year and only has honors math for freshmen and sophomores of which I took both.

APs:
Junior Year- Euro, Language (English) and Biology.
Senior Year- Chemistry, US Hist, Physics, Calc BC, Stats and Literature (English)
9 Total

I also took 3 years of honors math before Calc, I’ve taken 5 years of French (2 Honors).
I’ve taken 3 Physics courses, 2 Bio, and 2 Chem.
I received a high point in every science and math, a few history and english

Letters of Rec:
My Calc teacher, she’s had me for for 3 years
Bio teacher, I got an A+ in regular bio and AP and he also taught me health so I’ve had him for 4 years
My Chemistry teacher, I took chemistry with the year ahead of me and was still the high point in my class, now I take AP from her.

Extra Curriculars:
Hunt seat Equestrian team 6 years team 11 years total (Captain)
Figure Skating 10 years (2 years as an instructor)
Head feature writer for the school newspaper
I co-founded a club to teach sex ed to make up for my school’s severe lack of proper information.
Girls State 2016

Awards Honors:
2016 Bausch and Lomb Honorary National Science award winner
Pro Merito (My schools honors Society) 2 Years

Essay:
I had two essays. One was about my mom being in the hospital for a year and the other was about my freshman year history teacher who told me that girls from my town don’t become engineers or go to ivies.

I’m also a legacy, my dad graduated from Princeton

Thanks :slight_smile:

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I think you have a really good chance! You seem really well rounded and all aspects of your stats seem really great and complete! Your essay topic sounds really cool and the legacy will definitely put you at an advantage. You even have a really great award!! Good luck :slight_smile:

Would you mind chancing me back?
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1946256-chance-me-for-brown.html

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Hey I just saw this and I’m commenting to tell you that I also ride competitevely, have a 33 ACT and am a legacy! And I was accepted SCEA, when I thought I had no chance. IMO, your chances are pretty high even though it is RD. If Princeton is your dream school why didn’t you apply early?

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What does “really good” and “pretty high” mean when the RD admit rate is about 3%? If an applicant is twice as strong as her fellow applicants, then her statistical chances rise to 6%. Meh.

It’s a tough road to pursue. Apply with an open mind. Expect rejection, celebrate widely and joyously if accepted. See it as only a “hail mary” application and focus your energies, heart and mind on your match schools. Good luck

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I didn’t have all my scores in :stuck_out_tongue:

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@T26E4 This is maybe a bit random but how did you get the RD admit rate to be about 3%??

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Had you applied early with a higher ACT score, your chances would have been good.

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Your legacy status will help, but why didn’t you apply to Princeton SCEA? and MIT EA? I think that would have helped your odds significantly.