Duke/Princeton Chances?

KevinNewhouse
Sat, 15 Oct 2011 00:40:45 +0000

I’d love to hear from anyone what you think about my chances into Duke (Pratt Engineering) and Princeton. Chances for Stanford and MIT (curiosity) would be appreciated also.
Do you think I’d receive any benefit from ED or SCEA?
Thanks!!!

Objective:
ACT: 35
SAT II: Math 2 - 790, Chem - 800 US History - 780
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3
AP (place score in parenthesis):
5s: Chemistry, Calculus, World History, US History, Psychology, Music Theory
Senior Year Course Load:
AP Physics, AP Calculus BC, AP Literature, AP Microeconomics, AP Government, AP Biology, a lack of sleep
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended, “Sunshine State Scholar” runner-up

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Odyssey of the Mind creativity competition (since 4th grade, placed 4th at World Finals in 10th)
Marching, Concert, Jazz Band (Since 6th grade, Saxophone section leader, All County and Solo and Ensemble honors, community quartet)
Mu Alpha Theta (Pres, won County competitions in 9th and 10th before they stopped having funding :/)
Key Club (VP)
National Honor Society

Job/Work Experience:
Worked at Mathansium, a tutoring facility

Volunteer/Community service:
MOSI (museum) Summer Science Camp volunteer for 9th - 12th summer
Hospitals (various)
Summer Activities:
Research at Alzheimer’s facility (not sure whether to list as volunteer or research, I didn’t publish anything)
Shadowed surgeon at a hospital near sister’s residence in California (no idea how to phrase this, haha)

Essays: Getting there
Teacher Recommendation: Good, awesome academically from both teachers, but one may not be so strong in character.
Counselor Rec: Average
Additional Rec: None? Possibly music sample…

State (if domestic applicant): Florida
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public, Class of 500
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 60k-80k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Also considering/applying: UC Berkeley, Vandy, Emory, UF, FSU, UCF

Note: I’m not really sure how to “sell” myself; I’d appreciate any advice!

Thanks for the chances!!!