How are my prospects looking (Princeton hopeful)?So I am quite anxious yet excited about college applications in the coming years. I have become increasingly aware of college, and am almost always thinking about it :)
I don't want to look boastful, but I just want to put this in a 'resumé' style format:
I go to Stuyvesant High School in New York City, a specialized high school into which only 3% of the applicants get accepted through a rigorous examination. It is ranked 13th nation-wide.
Cumulative GPA: 4.0 My school does not weight.
Class Rank: N/A, My school does not rank.
PSAT Score: 201, 96th percentile. I am really working hard on this and was disappointed by how a lot of silly mistakes accounted for it. I am hoping to get around a 2250 on the final SAT. Hopefully better.
AP Classes include: (No AP Exams, yet. Not until May)
AP Physics B (95)
AP Spanish Conversational (95)
AP European History (94).
Honors classes include:
Honors Chemistry (100)
Math: Honors Geometry (95), Honors Trigonometry (98), Honors Algebra B (94).
I am on my school's Junior-Level math team, consisting of 40 students, which is ranked number 4 in the nation.
Extracurriculars:
The Stuyvesant Spectator Op-Ed section Editor and Writer
Stuyvesant Policy Debate Team:
........24th place out of 200 in 2007 Monticello Novice Division tournament
........New York State tournament qualifier and octofinalist
........2nd place in New York City Urban Debate League Novice Division 2008
........4th place speaker in New York City Urban Debate League Novice Division 2008
........2nd place in Monticello Debate League Junior Varsity Division 2008
Submitted a New York Regional math paper on hexaflexagons and associated combinatorics theory. Awaiting results and placing.
Worked in a group of three on Toshiba's ExploraVision project on the Argus II, a retinal implant that is speculated to be the next greatest technology in eye care and vision impediment cure. Awaiting results and placings.
Worked with a group of three on a National History Day project-competition and we focused on how the wives of King Henry VIII impacted his political work and, in effect, the rest of England and Europe at the time. Once again, awaiting results and placement.
I'm hopeful of becoming the team captain in the 2010 school year, though I do have some competition.
Summer Activities:
Summer, 2008: Volunteered for 107 hours in Liberty Science Center, headed a project on examining and studying effectiveness of exhibits and wrote a project proposal on adjustments and refinements that could be made on the museum from a visitor's point of view.
Became floor project manager of a week-long museum-wide survey of appeal of exhibits. I am asking the head of the volunteer department for a reference letter, and am also going to work at least 50 hours more next summer.
Summer, 2009: I am applying for Merrill Lynch's entrepreneur internship program, Columbia University's Design and Engineering through Community Service, and University of Texas Debate Research program. I am confident I will get into at least the Columbia University Program...Again, those are not yet done.
I am sorry to say that I haven't taken any AP Exams since they are administered in May, but I have very high expectations for myself and will make sure I meet them. Also, my applications for summer programs have just been made out, and so I will update this if anything happens.
I am planning to apply to Princeton University, Yale, and Cornell as reaches, and Carnegie Mallon as a target. Could I get some feedback as to how I am doing with this? Unfortunately, my guidance counselor is pretty new and she is still getting adjusted. I am helping her out with a lot of work, speaking with her regularly, and to some extent, we are both learning and progressing together which is a good thing, I guess.
Anyways, if anyone wants more information, please ask and I'll provide it. Thanks a lot for your help, guys, and I hope I didn't come across as boastful as I saw many others who did...
Oh, I forgot about NYS Regents grades:
8th Grade:
Math A: 98
Earth Science, the Physical Setting: 97
Spanish: 90
Spanish Proficiency: 96
9th Grade:
Physics, the Physical Setting: 97
And my cumulative school average is a 94.6.
Thanks, again.
Posted by DEE W
Apply the worst they can do is turn you down. It is as good as anyone else applying to Princeton.
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