Chance me Princeton?

Colleges & Universities Princeton University
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I am a rising senior and plan on applying to Princeton (pre-med track) in the fall. Do I have a shot at getting in?

Stats:

GPA unweighted: 4.0
GPA weighted: 4.35
AP Classes taken: 12 (counting senior year)
-AP Human Geo (5)
-APUSH (5)
-AP Chem (4)
-AP Bio (5)
-AP Econ (5)
-AP English 11 (5)
-AP Stats (5)
-AP Calc BC - senior year
-AP Comp Sci- senior year
-AP English 12- senior year
-AP Physics C- senior year
-AP French- senior year

SAT score: 1570
ACT: 36
Sat II: Bio M- 770, Math II- 790

EC:
4 years HOSA (nats qualifier once)
50 hours volunteering
President of FBLA (nats qualifier 3 times)
President of FPS (nats qualifier twice)
Treasurer of KAST (volunteer organization)
Diploma in classical music
Black belt karate
Nats winner in TYE (business comp)

Average rec letters and essays

I am upper middle class, Indian, and my public school sends maybe 5 kids to ivy’s or equivalent schools (stanford, MIT etc) a year

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You are academically qualified but it is a long-shot for everyone. The incredibly low acceptance rate means that there is not enough space to accept all of the exceedingly well qualified applicants… https://www.princeton.edu/news/2018/03/28/princeton-offers-admission-55-percent-class-2022-applicants

I would take the time and energy to be certain your essays are much better than average and hopefully your recommendations will be better than average as well. Every single aspect of your application will be important.

3

Great stats and ECs. Write good essays and you could get accepted

4

Your stats are great, but every time I see the word qualifier (somebody else won/placed) I wince, even at the national level it says “also ran”…so hopefully your essays make you stand out.

5

For most of the national comps I qualified for, I didn’t actually attend the competition (because of the cost or other activities on the same dates). Is there a way to indicate that on the common app, so that it doesn’t seem like I lost every time?

6

@layirp nice work, good scores / rigor. Agree essays and LoRs will be critical. If lower SES, school counselor can note that in their submission, vs. explaining in your precious essay space. If not SES, you made a choice not to attend for other activities, so talk about those!

Princeton is hard for everyone, but you have done the hard work to be noticed, now wow them with who you are, how you have changed your community for the better and what you will bring to Princeton.