<p>Congratulations to all of you for being accepted.</p>
<p>are there events that we (EDers) get invited too though?</p>
<p>some local princeton clubs organize events</p>
<p>CMA- if you are still interested in the date of April hosting, i just found out that last year it was thurs, april 20 until april 22. So i'm guessing it will start on April 19th this year. i wish i could go :(</p>
<p>well we can always show up anyway!!!! and do some brainwashing on ptons part!!!</p>
<p>YES i'm in</p>
<p>kraor143, I bet if you were to call the admissions's office and ask if you could attend, they might say yes. My son attended the Humanities Symposium, and the admissions staff just seemed so much nicer and accomodating than a couple of other schools we had visited. Also, we know some students there who say that Princeton administration is very concerned with helping students. I would give it a shot, seriously.</p>
<p>thanks, CMA! i might try to do that. i actually went to the humanities symposium too, and you're right- the admissions staff was very nice. if they thought about it, they probably would like for us ED people to attend so we can help convince RDers to choose princeton, as guppy said. (guppy, you should try to contact the admissions office about going to april hosting, too!)</p>
<p>I wish that we true, but I know that they only have RDers because there are SO many people that they can barely find student hosts for all of them, let alone adding all the EDers into the mix. But I bet we could attend all of the stuff during the day (just not the overnight) and they wouldn't care at all. We could actually meet each other then!! :)</p>
<p>Just out of couriousity, those of you who attend the symposium, what precepts did you attend? My son told me that the professors were amazing. He didn't recall professors writing anything down, but do you think they advised admissions of students they were impressed by? Also, any reasoning you can find for those who attended but didn't get in? For instance, if you saw their stats, were their SAT's much lower than the average, etc.?</p>
<p>i attended the history of religion precept (amazing professor) and the... arcades one... i think? which ones did your son attend?</p>
<p>i don't think the professors wrote anything down either. in one precept i sat right next to the professor, and i think i would have noticed if he wrote down anything. i'm pretty sure he didn't. i'm not even sure the profs even could have known our names, even if they were impressed with a certain student's participation or something. maybe if a student majorly impressed them somehow, it could help. but i think in general the main advantage in the admissions process was just to have been accepted to the symposium. plus, being nominated is also an honor because each school can only nominate one person (i'm sure you know that). </p>
<p>i don't personally know anyone else who attended, so i don't know about the stats of those deferred. however, judging from the facebook group, it seems like most people who applied ED and decided to post their decision did get in. i don't know if you heard about this statistic, but when i was there someone asked some princeton guy (not sure if it was a professor or admissions person or what) how many of us would go to princeton. he replied that about half of us would attend, if we followed the patterns of previous years. then he said that a little over half would APPLY. that is my version of the story, at least. others in the facebook group had different versions, i think. so... good look to your son!</p>
<p>yes, good "look" indeed! :p</p>
<p>hahahahaha....... yeah...... sorry about that... everyone reading this is probably like, what the heck, why did she get in if she can't spell?</p>
<p>btw I went to the Hum Symposium as well. Seems like a lot of us got in! I went to the Marx and Baudelaire seminars. The Baudelaire (French poetry) professor, Michael Wood, was awesome!</p>
<p>I know he went to the one on Marx, and I think the second one was on positivism. I hope those stats are right. It would be amazing if all of you and my son were admitted. Then you could be hosts next year. My son's host did not attend the symposium, and I think it is more beneficial for the participants to be matched with hosts that are familiar with the symposium and have similar interests. Thanks</p>
<p>hey guys...drifting a bit of the humanities sypmosium topic....
I know it was mentioned earlier, the course books are from 2006-2007. Can we read them as if they are for 2007-2008! Sorry i'm just curious because I have been reading them and i've fallen in love with some of the courses...will they be available next year?</p>
<p>Yeah, I don't think the courses or freshman seminars change too drastically from year to year (especially the courses).</p>
<p>another letter is on the way! i'm literally one zip code north of princeton so I tend to get everything way before everyone else...rest assured it is coming soon. but anyway its addressed to your parents and its a letter from malkiel about the tuition/room & board rates for next year as well as some limited info on res. colleges. really nothing new if you've done your research and a lot of it applies more to upperclassmen than to us. but its still pretty cool. everytime i get more information from them i am reassured that my acceptance letter was not a mistake(does anyone else share in that irrational fear?)</p>
<p>omg, yes! I honestly still think it was a mistake, that somehow my application got switched with someone else's and they really accepted some poor kid in Idaho or something who thinks he's deferred or rejected.
but yay! I love Princeton mail!!</p>
<p>i DEFINITELY share that fear, justkidding. the 2nd package helped alleviate my fears.</p>
<p>actually, i'm still paranoid -- i actually got that letter a day or 2 ago, but first i saw the envelope and not the letter, because my mom had already opened it. i was SO scared they were writing to rescind my acceptance or tell me it was a mistake.</p>