How Much Does Princeton Value Entrepreneurial ECs?

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<p>Just wondering if anyone here knows from personal experience (or otherwise) how much Princeton values entrepreneurial ECs. I have a relatively big business EC (netting 4 digits monthly now), and I have done it since middle school. I’m torn between Princeton, Wharton and MIT (Sloan) for early decision. I am not entirely sure at all if I want to go into business, hence the indecision.</p>

<p>I’m just wondering if Princeton, and Ivy League school, will place as much weight on my business ECs as a school like Wharton, because I certainly don’t consider myself to be a match even with the ECs (stats: ~2250 SAT, 3.7-3.8 gpa, decent participation @ school + in the community).</p>

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<p>I don’t have any experience in it…i’m in high school, but reading that made me think “wow” which is all you need to make the adcom do.</p>

<p>Good luck.</p>

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<p>Princeton won’t place as much weight on it as an undergraduate business school, if only because those schools are specifically looking at you in terms of your business potential and as a business-themed candidate. However, in terms of your extra-curricular rating, that will definitely be impressive. Probably will raise you up at least to an EC 2 and perhaps even a 1.</p>

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<p>Could you clarify what EC 1/EC 2 are? Sorry, I don’t understand the lingo :).</p>

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<p>Princeton rates both your academic and extracurricular achievement on a 1-4 scale, 1 being the highest. I believe the average applicant rating is between a 2 and 3 in both. A 1 is outstanding (a strong academic 1 is a potential summa cum laude candidate). A 2 is strong but not especially impressive.</p>

<p>Your business venture is definitely an impressive achievement, which will help boost your EC rating a lot. If it’s combined with other business-related achievement / a business-focus, it will help you even more.</p>

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<p>Gotcha, thanks a lot for the clarification :). Is that basically what they consider in the app? I take admits generally have 1 or 2s for both?</p>

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<p>The ratings are very important, but admission is based on much more than simply numbers. They’re trying to build a well-rounded class, so they look carefully at your interests and passions to see whether you’d be a good fit into the class. Being an entrepreneurial / business oriented candidate would, I imagine, be a nice distinguishing interest for you.</p>

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<p>That information isn’t publicly available, but tentatively I would say that many, if not most, have either a “1” in at least one category or a “2” for both. Princeton admits a lot of (relatively) weaker candidates ED, however, so there are almost certainly quite a few admits who don’t meet that threshold but nevertheless offer some distinguishing angle that sets them apart.</p>

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<p>If you’re interested in engineering, you might want to check out Olin College of Engineering. They have a lot of business/entrepreneurial stuff included in a top-notch undergraduate engineering program. And no tuition!</p>