<p>So, logically, I’ve decided to ask a bunch of strangers to tell me if they think I’ll get in less than three days before Princeton itself lets me know.</p>
<p>I would be a senior, but I graduated high school a year early to spend a gap year as a foreign exchange student in S. Korea. My high school was a really large, really average urban public school in Texas. I’ve never heard of its students going to Ivy League schools. I attended a nationally ranked magnet school freshman year, but I switched to my local school in order to graduate early more easily.</p>
<p>Ranking: 7/574 (was originally 1, but I had to test out of several unweighted classes to graduate early, and that brought down my GPA a lot)
Weighted GPA: 4.53/4.0
Fairly rigorous course schedule-- mostly pre-APs and APs
APs: Calculus AB (5 as a sophomore), World History (5 as a sophomore), Spanish (5; I also took this class and got a 100 average without ever taking a Spanish class before senior year), Japanese (5), English Literature (4)
SAT: 2250, one sitting
SAT subject tests: 800 literature, 750 math II, 740 Spanish
ACT: 35, one sitting
National Merit Finalist</p>
<p>Extra-curriculars:
Nothing spectacular here
I’ve been a Girl Scout since I was 6 and have gotten the Bronze and Silver awards for community service
5 years of guitar lessons; scores of 1 in UIL solo and ensemble and my school district’s solo and ensemble contest
2 years of viola lessons
some sporadic volunteering at a hospital and Eastern medical clinic
math club president at my school
I was on the Japan Bowl team at my school in my freshman year, and we placed 6th at nationals</p>
<p>Awards:
I’ve won several local essay contest with my city’s newspaper, etc., and I’ve been published in a few teen literary magazines
In 8th grade, my school’s math team (which I was on) earned 2nd place at the state Mathcounts competition, and I also placed 6th in the HoustonPBS spelling bee (the winner went to nationals)
In 9th grade, I spent 3 weeks in Japan on a study abroad scholarship through the program YFU
In 10th grade, I went to Korea for 2 weeks on another scholarship through CIEE
This school year, I’m in Korea on a government scholarship through the NSLI-Y exchange program (fully paid for, quite competitive)
I placed 1st and 2nd in the city Japanese speech contest last year and the year before</p>
<p>Essays: I think they were pretty good, but not outstanding. My summer essay was really good, and I also included an extra file on the Common App talking about my passion for languages from a young age and how that led me to where I am now, in Korea as a foreign exchange student</p>
<p>Recs: one average one, one really good one (my teacher told me that he wrote that I was the best student he’s even taught), good counselor recs</p>
<p>I feel like if I have any one thing that stands out, it’s definitely my study abroad scholarship.</p>
<p>I think that’s about it. Thanks for chancing me! :)</p>
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