How likely am I to get into Princeton?

sstriker26
Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:01:05 +0000

Hi I’m a junior right now, and I’m looking to apply to Princeton next year.

Background:
Resident of New Jersey
Asian-American Male
First generation, parents did not attend college in US, brother attends Cornell Univ.

My academic qualifications:
4.4 GPA
PSAT - 2300
SAT - 2280 (Math 800, CR 750, Writing 730)
I go to a really competitive school in New Jersey, ranked 4th in the state.
My class rank is 6th out of 160.
SAT II Biology - 720
SAT II Chemistry - 690
SAT II Math IIC - 750
so far all my final grades for classes have been A’s

APs Junior year: Biology, US I, Statistics
APs Senior year: Spanish, English, Calculus AB, Physics, European History, US II, Art History

Extracurriculars:
Freshmen soccer, Soccer every summer for Yunnan Province youth team in China
3 time varsity chess player
Editor of school newspaper for this year, writer for previous two years
Volunteer every saturday for four hours at local chinese school, total of about 200 hours upon graduation
12 Years of Chinese School, fluent, passed the HSK language efficiency test
President of Asian Culture Society since sophomore year
3 Year Academic Team member
9 Years of Piano, 4 Years of violin, 2 years of guitar
Spanish Honors Society
National Honors Society
Wrote books for poor children in Uganda for a school project (Memory Project)
Silver medal in Yunnan Province youth fencing tournament
Freshman year Model UN
Went to Columbia University’s Summer High School program last summer, received A on the Final exam
Tutor students in my school as a little side job
3 time selected participant of American Math Competition
plan on attending NYLC this next summer
Decent artist, participated in United Nations Art contest

thanks for taking the time to consider!