HS Freshman looking for advice

dartagnaneb
Wed, 02 Oct 2013 23:09:21 +0000

I am currently a Freshman at a high school in Georgia. Princeton has always been my dream, and I would love to study there. I was looking to get some advice on courses of action I could take regarding my extracurriculars and academics. Here is a little about me:
Freshman Classes:
Lit/ Comp 9th
IB Career and Technology Survey A (3, 12 week courses on education, architecture/engineering, and culinary arts)
Civics/ Economics 9th
French I
Spanish III
Adv. Physics 9th
Acc. Coordinate Geometry/ Adv. Algebra (Advanced 10th grade math)

My current GPA (almost a third of the way through the school year), is a 4.0 UW.

I’m also on track to take the two sophomore APs available next year, APUSH and AP Bio.
In junior year, I will start the IB diploma programme and take 3-4 HL classes each year.

I’ve taken a practice SAT and scored an 1870, with a M-590, CR-670, and W-610. I know those are low but I took the test over the summer before 9th grade and I think with more studying and practice I can get them up to 2250, at least. I plan on taking the official SAT and ACT soon.

For my extracurriculars:
Varsity XC
Model UN
Academic bowl (starter)
Mock Trial (starter)

I’m also in boy scouts, and should earn my eagle between 2015-2017. Will this help for Princeton?

One final thing, my grandfather was excommunicated from Poland for being Jewish in 68, and then invited to study at Princeton, where he earned his Ph.D. in economics.

I’m looking for any advice other people who have/ are attended/attending Princeton have regarding anything I should try to improve to boost my chances of getting into Princeton.
Thanks!