26.2% admitted ED - minority numbers way up

Colleges and Universities A-Z Princeton University
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<p>Of the students accepted through early decision this year, 11 percent are international students, and 31 percent are students of color -- a significant increase from 24 percent last year and 23 percent for the class of 2009. Fifty-two percent of the prospective students are men and 48 percent are women. They represent 33 countries, and 36 states plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and Guam.</p>

<p>Half of the students come from public schools, and 57 of the admitted students are the first in their families to attend college. A total of 103 are sons or daughters of Princeton alumni.</p>

<p>Average SAT I scores of the admitted students were: 730 -- critical reading; 740 -- quantitative; and 730 -- writing.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S16/64/75S14/index.xml?section=topstories%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S16/64/75S14/index.xml?section=topstories&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Candidates deferred during the early admission process will be reconsidered during the regular decision application process. Candidates must apply under regular decision by Jan. 1 and will receive notification of admission by early April.</p>

<p>that doesn't mean deferred people have to reapply, does it? X_x
if not, can people send in updated applications? or is that too much :P should i just send in a page with some more recent accomplishments? lol..</p>

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<p>Wow only 103 legacies!
I was expecting more for some reason.</p>

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<p>Only 33 states--that means that some state like Kentucky may not have gotten anyone in :(</p>

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<p>Or Ohio. I want my letter!</p>

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<p>compare last year's ED numbers here:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S13/47/72C39/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S13/47/72C39/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>in addition to the numbers of minorities and first-generation'ers being up this year, SAT averages are up 10 points per section.</p>

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<p>daily princetonian notes these and additional differences here:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2006/12/15/news/17039.shtml%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2006/12/15/news/17039.shtml&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>They accepted 1 home-schooled kid lol....</p>

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<p>Damn, they need some copy editors at the Daily Princetonian :( ...</p>

<p>"but the majority were deferred," she adding, noting that "</p>

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<p>I wonder how many homeschoolers were accepted this year. I hope I'm not the only one like that person last year!</p>

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<p>i wonder how many asians were accepted lol</p>

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<p>The ED acceptance rate has inched down from 32% for 2008 to 29% for 2009 to 27% for 2010 to 26% in 2011 (26.8 vs. 26.2). This suggests overall acceptance rate will be just slightly lower for 2011 than 2010.</p>