<p>GPA: 4.3 weighted, 3.8 unweighted
SAT: 760 writing 710 math 700 critical reading
SAT II: 750 biology, taking next exam in october
APs: euro 5, art history 5, lang & comp 5, biology 4
this year: AP american government & honors economics, calculus (taken thru cal state fullerton), honors comparative religions, AP lit & comp., physics, AP chem</p>
<p>Awards/Honors:
200% award for varsity lacrosse (most dedicated/ most effort)
Scholar-Athlete Award
Heritage Award for academic excellence in AP Euro
Principal’s Honor Roll all 4 years
Nominated for Womens’ Auxiliary, a national program for future leaders</p>
<p>Clubs:
Vice President (former Secretary) of Spanish Club
Founder & President of Love Club (self-esteem club)
Creative Writing Club</p>
<p>Volunteering:
Helped Eagle Scouts with a renovation of a senior center garden
Volunteered for local library
Volunteered for parish library (which will be my activity description on the CommonApp)
Chair of Sales for parish’s Womens’ Ministry
Fundraised for my best friend to go to England through local restaurants and door-to-door sales
Worked with Knights of Columbus & Elizabethan Ministry</p>
<p>Special Circumstances (I’m a VERY unlucky person):
anorexia nervosa
grandpa died
abusive older sister
bipolar mother
*CommonApp essay discusses anorexia nervosa</p>
<p>Sorry, but there is no such thing as a shoo-in for Princeton. I do think the Egyptian ethnicity combined with other high stats gives you a good shot, though.</p>
<p>I think you need to raise your testing to be competitive.
The Egyptian ethnicity is a positive.
Do not discuss struggles with anorexia and psychological issues in your application. In my opinion this would set off alarm bells. There are already plenty of students at elite colleges with these issues. They are not looking for more, and can choose from plenty of applicants as good or better on the academics as you are. Maybe I am reading things into your post that aren’t there, but if I am, admissions people might.</p>
<p>Can someone explain to me why Egyptian ethnicities are considered positive in the context of college admissions? They’re certainly not considered African American, and I thought they were grouped in with “White/Middle Eastern”.</p>
<p>It is never a shoo-in and even less if you drop-mention all these “unlucky” circumstances. Be VERY careful how you deal with that, and honestly, like Danas said, I’d suggest not mentioning them at all.</p>
<p>i’m only going to mention the anorexia, because i learned and grew the most from that. my essay talks about how i led groups in recovery, and how i started my own self-esteem club at school and became more passionate about learning from experience. and i know i’m not a shoo-in, i’m just wondering if i should apply there because i want a beautiful, reputable campus with strengths in sciences</p>
<p>I lol’d. (Although technically, it would be the means of samples of size N drawn from the pool of responses that would approach a normal distribution.)</p>