My chnaces of being accepted into Princeton University

Colleges & Universities Princeton University
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<p>Name: Michael A. Molina
ethinicity: Puerto Rican (Hispanic)
Male
class rank: 2
GPA: 3.6 (out of a 4.0 scale)</p>

<p>I go to a very small Catholic school in the inner city where about 95% of the students are minorities, there only about 40 students in my graduating class.</p>

<p>I will take the most difficult courses available senior year (note that my school only offers two AP courses, i have already taken one junior year and will take the other this upcoming year)</p>

<p>I am going to be the second in my family to go to college</p>

<p>I attented the Junior Statesmen of America summer program at Princeton during the month of July, 2006. I received a semester worth of credits for AP Government and Politics and a semester worth of credits for Speach Communications.</p>

<p>Activities: student council, Art club, Cooking Club, Latin Dance, Coach K kids (a student run community service club at our school where we organize food drives and walk-a-thons etc.) and my school will have debate for the first time this year so i will most likely be a part of that</p>

<p>outside of school: I have been a snday school school teacher at my local church for the past 3 years and will continue teaching this upcoming year. I</p>

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<p>Difficult to say. It comes down to recs and essays. Your GPA and activities won’t keep you out but they will not get you in. You need to have strong SAT scores to have a decent shot…</p>

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<p>What’s your SAT and ACT score?</p>

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<p>They discount freshmen year in your GPA calculation, HOWEVER, I assume they also look closely at class rank… :-/</p>