<p>Please chance me. If you reply with your information, I promise to chance back ;)</p>
<p>I’m a senior, and my top choice BY FAR is Princeton. I just turned 16 years old, so I’m curious about how Princeton will look at my younge age (I skipped grades in elementary school) with all the following factors. </p>
<p>1. ACADEMICS</p>
<p>I attend a public high school in the New Mexico.
Class Size of ~450
Top 5% (ranked ~20)</p>
<p>UW GPA: 3.7
Weighted: 4.1</p>
<p>ACT: math 35, science 35, reading 30, english 33, writing 09, ACT composite = 33.
SAT: CR 670, M 720, WRT 670 (using score choice) SAT composite = 2060.
SATII: taken this October, I’m expecting 700+ on all 3 (Bio, Lit, and Math Level II)</p>
<p>AP: 5 Calc AB, 5 Phys B, 4 Eng Lang, 3 World Hist. taking many exams in May, (Environmental Science, Calc BC, Eng Lit, Biology, Chemistry, Psychology). </p>
<p>Taken 4 AP courses and currently 3 more, nearly everything else on my transcript is honors or gifted. I’m in a dual credit program (so I’m receiving college credit while still in high school). I’m actually setting the record for the most credits by one student over 4 years of high school.</p>
<p>**My transcript has a few glaring issues **- I was dished out a D- in yearbook for a semester. I also had a C in AP Eng for a semester, and a D+ the semester afterwards. However, I have valid reasons for each of these. My father was diagnosed with bipolar (manic-depressive) disorder. His symptoms reappeared and I had to tend to him. Ultimately, I couldn’t complete these long-term assignments (yearbook spreadsheets and reading long books). </p>
<p>2. BEYOND ACADEMICS</p>
<p>A. Extracurricular Activities</p>
<ul>
<li><p>I organize video game tournaments. I’m very devoted to this (and I play some myself!) and spend nearly 10 hours a week. There are no awards or honors or leadership positions per se, but you can consider me an “event planner.” Princeton University has a student organization which essentially does the same thing. I’m sending multimedia to these people. With their good note, the multimedia will supplement the admission officer’s evaluation of my file and hopefully show a unique interest in Princeton.</p></li>
<li><p>Key club (community service club) for all 4 years. I’m currently the president, junior year I was the treasurer, and I was a member as an underclassmen. I spend at least 3 hours weekly. </p></li>
<li><p>Tennis for 3 years (had to skip in junior year). I am currently varsity. Awarded “Most Improved” in sophomore year.</p></li>
<li><p>Chess club for all 4 years. I’ve been captain junior and senior year.</p></li>
<li><p>Science Olympiad/Science Bowl (one club). I am secretary right now. I am also the Science Bowl “A” team captain. </p></li>
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<p>B. Employment</p>
<p>Because of my age, I’ve had trouble landing jobs.
The only significant job was a paid mentorship over the summer. It was through the National Institute of Health STEP-UP Program, an 8-week summer research program. I did research on rural healthcare and it’s pending approval for publication. </p>
<p>C. Honors and Awards</p>
<ul>
<li><p>National Institute of Health Certificate of Outstanding Achievement (national level)</p></li>
<li><p>National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine Certificate of Completion (national level)</p></li>
<li><p>Presidential Youth Inaugural Conference Certificate of Completion (national level)</p></li>
<li><p>AP Scholar with Honor (national level)</p></li>
<li><p>Youth Leadership of Albuquerque Diploma of Graduation (regional/state level)</p></li>
<li><p>HS Academic Letter Recipient (school level)</p></li>
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<p>3. RECOMMENDATIONS/ESSAYS</p>
<ul>
<li><p>Counselor recommendation was perfect. couldn’t ask for better</p></li>
<li><p>Teacher rec’s are stellar.</p></li>
<li><p>I wrote many essays about my father’s condition, my background, my lifelong vegetarianism, my experiences with the video game volunteering, my experiences with the medical research, and a few other things. My teachers and parents reviewed them and loved it. </p></li>
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<p>4. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</p>
<ul>
<li>My parents were separated at a young age. I live with my Dad at under $30,000 household annual income. Plus, my Dad was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. I applied to QuestBridge, but I was denied due to the fact that my Mom - who I don’t know very well - still supports us financially, and she makes an income over $75K and has significant assets.</li>
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<p>- I am East Indian, which means I’m another Asian ORM.</p>
<p>Thank you so much for looking through this. It means a lot to me, and I know it means a lot for you to kill so much time. Link me to your “chance me” thread. I’ll definitely reply back.</p>