Am I Princeton Material?

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<p>Lol at the above posts. :rolleyes:</p>

<p>emoy18, welcome to College Confidential.
The perfect place to get your hopes dashed to pieces, where 2200+ 's are looked down upon. Btw, don’t worry about being an overachiever here, most of us are. :D</p>

<p>Enjoy your time here, this place can give you a plethora of information should you choose to utilize it properly. 1.5 years here, and you’ll be a seasoned CCer, knocking off every second 2300er as not competent enough in the “Chances” forum, worrying about your B in Calculus, dismissing every not-national-recognition activity as next to useless…or worrying about your 790 in Math2 as I am atm. :wink: (come to think of it, do you guys think that will very badly impact my application? I’m serious.)</p>

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<p>perfectpixie… Shut Up. If you’re this obsessed with numbers, why don’t you apply to MIT instead and leave Princeton alone. Is a 790 going to hurt you??? This definitely comes to show that test scores mean practically nothing next to true character.</p>

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<p>^I object to your suggesting that MIT is obsessed with numbers.</p>

<p>Please don’t go on making comments like that.</p>

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<p>Just a shot in the dark here, but I think that perfectpixie was being slightly sarcastic with that last point… I hope so, because everything else he says is perfectly in the character of this place, and quite an enjoyable read.</p>

<p>It is amazing that the longer you spend here:

  1. The less you trust scores
  2. The more you look down on any low scores
  3. The more pessimistic you get in chances threads (realism anyone?)</p>
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<p>^Hey Idio :)</p>

<p>It’s a ‘she’ and not a ‘he’</p>

<p><em>grins</em></p>

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<p>^ Hey, how would you know? though perhaps I should have guessed from the name. Oops…</p>

<p>Apologies :)</p>

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<p>Debarghya9, show me some proof that MIT isn’t obsessed with numbers and I’ll stop making those types of comments… (I genuinely want you to disprove me :P)</p>

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<p>Overachiever92, see for yourself that either both schools have “obsessions with numbers” or neither do. In some areas, Princeton even has a “larger obsession” with numbers than MIT.
[MIT</a> Admissions: Admissions Statistics](<a href=“http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/apply/admissions_statistics/index.shtml]MIT”>http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/apply/admissions_statistics/index.shtml)
[Princeton</a> University | Admission Statistics](<a href=“http://www.princeton.edu/admission/applyingforadmission/admission_statistics/]Princeton”>http://www.princeton.edu/admission/applyingforadmission/admission_statistics/)</p>

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<p>How about this?</p>

<p>[MIT</a> Admissions | Blog Entry: “What’s the big deal about 40^2?”](<a href=“http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/apply/standardized_test_requirements/whats_the_big_deal_about_402.shtml]MIT”>http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/apply/standardized_test_requirements/whats_the_big_deal_about_402.shtml)</p>

<p>Or this?</p>

<p>[MIT</a> Admissions | Blog Entry: “The Number Game”](<a href=“http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/apply/the_freshman_application/the_number_game.shtml]MIT”>http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/apply/the_freshman_application/the_number_game.shtml)</p>

<p>I have seen unhooked, non-athlete, non-olympiad winning internationals get into MIT with sub-1900 scores in the SAT. That’s more than enough evidence for me. :P</p>

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<p>I don’t understand the hate for newest newb here. He’s not arrogant, he’s not a d!ck, he’s just a typical P kid: perceptive, a sharp wit, and a good sense of humor.</p>

<p>He reminds me of a dinner at our house over Christmas break; 4 adults, 5 college kids, 1 youngster. The college kids were 3@Ivy, 1@top LAC, 1@another T10. Trust me, these kids weren’t arrogant, weren’t a$$es, but they were quick, smart, and funny. It went from merkins to rusty trombones to who knows what so fast and furious and funny. Maybe that attitude comes from their college environment, I don’t care. It’s a good thing. So please, don’t hate on the newb. Even though right now, until his next post, he’s wearing the mark of the beast.</p>

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<p>overachiever92, your overachieving tendencies obviously did not imbibe in you the ability to recognize self deprecating humor.
Eh, sarcasm doesn’t travel well over the internet. But really, after majority of the post was obviously in jest, did you actually think that I was serious in the end?

Never mind Idiosyncra3y! I’m thrilled at meeting someone who has been able to look beyond my feminine username and see the real gender beneath. You are obviously Princeton material. Just like me. I look forward to seeing you at said institution in the fall. (of course I’m sure I’ll make it)
Hn. I’ve got the Princeton arrogance down pat. (Yep, I’ve been practicing. ;))
Jk, I’m female.</p>

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<p>But the reality remains that although post 21 was in jest, like Idio said, it’s actually true too. :wink:
(and we all know it haha)</p>