chances for 2016? please

Colleges & Universities Princeton University
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<p>Grades:
not including freshman year</p>

<p>Soph
Algebra and Trig 2 Honors 82 :frowning: Terrrrible teacher
AP Euro 94 5 on exam
Latin 1 98
French 3 Honors 98
English Regents 94
Chemistry Honors 95</p>

<p>Junior
Pre Calculus Honors currently a 97
AP Biology currently a 95
French 4 Honors currently a 92
AP US currently a 95
English 11 Regents currently a 99
Latin 3 currently a 97
AP Statistics currently a 98</p>

<p>Senior year course load
AP US Gov and Comp Gov
AP Micro and Macro Econ
AP Calc BC
AP French
English Electives
Latin Literature Honors
AP Environmental</p>

<p>Overall GPA including fresh, soph, and junior grades= 94.3/100 UW
School does not rank or weight</p>

<p>I know my sophomore year math grades are atrocious, but the teacher was terrible and I was going through family troubles that year.</p>

<p>SAT
M: 800 CR: 770 W: 750 Score=2320
Subject Tests: Math 2: 800 Bio: 800 English: 780</p>

<p>Intended major: econ</p>

<p>Fin aid: No</p>

<p>ECs
President and founder Investment Club
manage my own portfolio
President and founder current events/debate club
started current economics issue online forum
teachers assistant at hebrew school
started club/organization for youth to visit jewish home and interact with elders
penn leadership in the business world program (summer)
georgetown american politics program (summer)
4 years of squash
4 years tennis
gave financial literacy lectures at community center</p>

<p>Suggestions on what i can do to better my chances?</p>

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<p>on a scale of 1-10, maybe a 2. </p>

<p>SAT is pretty decent; ec’s are okay, but the GPA is the limiting factor (94/100 is about a 3.7 /4, if my math is right). that’s really not going to cut it.</p>

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<p>One suggestion would be to start taking responsibility for your failing at math instead of blaming your “terrible” teacher.</p>

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<p>ais4azn is a semi-■■■■■ - he shoots down everyone’s chance thread to boost his own self-esteem. I think you have a more than average chance of getting in. You seem to have a lot of leadership-related extracurriculars focused on business. Try to raise your GPA next semester/senior year and maybe retake the SAT. Write a beastly essay and I think you have a good shot.</p>

<p>But yea don’t blame the math teacher on your Common App.</p>

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<p>Retake a 2320??? lol. </p>

<p>Yeah maybe - nothing stands out so need to get the normal stuff great.</p>

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<p>^ Precisely.</p>

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<p>Your grading system is F****** ********, why won’t they just stick to the normal 4.0 grading scale? At my school you would have like a 3.97</p>

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<p>Wharton seems like a better fit.</p>

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<p>nothing stands out unfortunately</p>

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<p>Brand new to CC so have mercy (nah)</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<p>SAT I 2320 (800 M, 790 CR, 730 W)
SAT II Physics 800, Math II 760 (took this in 8th grade; will take again in May), Lit (waiting on score)
AP Calc B/C 5, AP Physics B 5, AP Physics C M-5, AP physics C E&M -4 ; will take AP stats and AP Lit</p>

<p>GPA: 4.0/4.6</p>

<p>Homeschooled/part time college (about 60 units of college classes in Math, Physics, Arabic, and history)</p>

<p>URM (Hispanic)</p>

<p>Middle Income, So. Cal. resident
Father graduated high school; mother graduated from state univ.</p>

<p>ECs: physics olympiad semi-finalist 2 years (hoping for olympiad)
AIME (hoping for USAMO)
Nationally ranked in chess and lots of chess related awards
Varsity catcher for small Christian school (have previous MVP award for freshman
team)</p>

<p>Music is the biggest EC and community service and passion-Violin for 10+ years; I teach and play professionally locally; no big competitions, though(only one win); I serve in my church as a music leader and violinist and have taught disadvantaged kids at a local school for several summers; played professionally last summer for a local theater company</p>

<p>Applied to RSI and got an incredible LOR from univ. physics prof. Will use that for apps.</p>

<p>What do you think? (I’ve seen the brute honesty on CC)</p>

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<p>sbjdorlo, I think you have an excellent chance, mainly because you are Hispanic. I would say around 8/10/</p>

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<p>Thanks for the encouragement. I wasn’t sure it was a realistic goal.</p>

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<p>Firered 786, if URM was not in the picture (if I choose not to mention this), can I assume the stats look just like everyone else and the odds are greatly lowered?</p>

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<p>sbj, I would say you have great chances regardless of your race.</p>

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<p>^ Why the f**k wouldn’t you mention your ethnicity?</p>

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<ol>
<li>Ambivalence about using ethnicity to gain advantage in college admissions</li>
<li>Non association with Hispanic culture</li>
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<p>With all due respect, you don’t need to chill with the Eses to bask in the perks of your constitutional rights :)</p>

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<p>Ok, I think I get what you’re saying, Lobzz. :-)</p>

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<p>If I were you, I wouldn’t mention being a URM because you are well qualified anyways. You can probably get in on your own merit.</p>

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<p>Thank-you for the encouragement, Greed is Good. (Interesting name…)</p>