<p>It’s always been my dream to go to princeton and here are my current stats</p>
<p>'m an African American/Native American male high school junior and have “good” stats:
3.77 UW GPA, 4.25 W GPA (3.87 UW w/o freshman year grades)
2150 SAT,
Around 200 hours of community
President of my class
President of student govt. association
Captain of tennis team
Secretary of my school’s Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity chapter club
Member of the National Honor Society(running for an officer position at the end of the year)
Spanish club officer
Founder and president of my school’s NAACP club
Model United Nations
I also started my own EBay in 7th grade and have made thousands of dollars in profit since.</p>
<p>Here is a list of the awards I have received:</p>
<p>Presidents Volunteer Award
President’s Silver Volunteer Pin
Ft. Detrick Volunteer of The Year, 2005
Ft. Detrick Volunteer Award, 2006
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Academic Honorary Award
National Student Leadership Conference Nominee
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Certificate of Honor
Presidents Award of Academic Excellence
Presidents Education Award
Ft. Detrick Coin of Excellence
302nd Signal Battalion Commanders Coin of Excellence
2008 Academic Letter
Tennis Varsity Letter and Pin</p>
<p>All of my academic classes have been honors and I am taking 3 AP classes this year (AP Environmental Science, AP U.S. History, and AP Microeconomics) </p>
<p>I already know the two teachers that I am going to ask for rec. letters and they think very highly of me. I also know my guidance counselor very well and know the principal and vice principals at my school, so I know they would write stellar letters of recommendation.</p>
<p>What is my chance of getting in Lawrenceville??</p>
<p>And will attending this prestigous prep school (even if it is just for my senior year) help my chances of getting into Princeton? I know the school has a strong historical connection to Princeton University</p>
<p>And does ethnicity have any effect on admission decisions for private boarding schools?
I thought that was only colleges? But I might be mistaken…</p>
<p>i hope i’m not killing any chances here (because those aren’t my intentions!) but i thought senior / PG were mostly for athletes? & besides, you have great academics, so i think you’d have a shot at princeton, regardless…</p>
<p>i could be wrong, though! don’t mind me… :P</p>
<p>That’s what I was told when I was thinking of applying to Exeter PG/Senior, which is why I decided to go for an Upper and just end up with a 13th year of HS. </p>
<p>But it seems like you’ve got a great resume there! I think you’ve got a chance at Princeton regardless.</p>
<p>You probably have a much better chance at Princeton staying where you are. A very large portion of every class applies to Princeton at Lawrenceville. Many will be legacies and staff kids of Princeton’s profs and other employees. And there is only so many Princeton will accept from one school. </p>
<p>You look like you would have a great chance at Princeton from a public school that doesn’t send many applicants or where you are academically stronger than most. You’ll also have a chance for leadership position next year at your current school which you wouldn’t have if you move. </p>
<p>If Princeton is the goal I’d stay put. But do take some harder APs next year.</p>
<p>I strongly agree with hmom, (though I have the feeling your request is a spoof, you sound like a composite of the dream canddiate).
If you’re serious then 1) you should know that only half of Lawrenceville’s PG’s are athletic, 2) you would be better off staying put, continuing to excel, applying to Princeton and if you don’t get in then talk to them about what you might do to improve your application; at that point if they think it would help, you could do a PG year at L’ville if your GPA needs help, or do something interesting and entirely different that would make you stand out.</p>
<p>agree with hmom5 and interestedmom5. as a current prep school senior, most PGs are either college-committed athletes or international students, neither of which you’ve classified yourself as in your cavalcade of a CV. you quite literally have a better chance of getting into princeton than lawrenceville.</p>
<p>i’d add the hmom5 is on the money with her comment about relativity; at lawrenceville, your SAT scores are average or even slightly below average, but unless you go to an intensely academic magnet public school, your SAT scores are far above average. same goes for… well, the rest of your CV. you’re relatively well-accomplished where you are, just one of the pack at lawrenceville. let colleges know you’ve achieved a great lot at a school where doing so is not particularly easy-- after all, private schools are known for institutions and clubs which exist solely to pack the r</p>