Tips For Applying to Princeton University

sliu412
Thu, 18 May 2017 21:00:08 +0000

So I really really want to get into Princeton in two years, when I’m a senior in the class of 2019. I would like to know how I can strengthen my application during these two years. My current stats:
GPA (unweighted 4.0), weighted 4.2 ish
Rank: 1
AP’s taken: AP Chinese, AP European History, AP Calculus AB (probably all fives)
Courses: APs plus all other honors courses and occasionally electives
Planned APs: AP Chem, AP Calculus BC, AP Us History, AP Lang, AP Comp Sci A, AP Physics Mechanics, AP Physics E and M, AP Statistics, AP Psychology, AP Macroeconomics, AP Microeconomics (self-study), AP Spanish
SATs: not taken yet (1430 PSAT)
ACT: not taken yet
Leadership: Math Club Officer, Science Olympiad Officer (most likely president in senior year), Summer Missionary, Fellowship of Christian Athletes Leader, Water Project President (9th grade), manager/director of VBS
Extracurriculars: Science Olympiad, Math Club, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Worship Team, Google Science Fair, Mock Trial, bunch of middle school stuff
Awards: Perfect GPA awards (lol), Performance at Carnegie Hall (piano), hopefully finalist for Google Science Fair, won local art competition, submitting apps for writing and art awards, medals for Science Olympiad (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 3rd, 4th, 4th, 5th) made States this year, working toward doing better on AMC competitions
Teacher Recommendations: Probably great, because I have great relationships with my teachers
Community Service: 1000+ hours
Future Major: Math
Ethnicity and gender: Asian female
Parents education: Bachelors (mom), PhD (dad)
Income: not low enough for substantial financial aid
School: Public, suburban
I just don’t know where to develop a spike that admissions officers will notice so I’m too well-rounded