<p>I read some posts from CC last year in which it was said that Princeton wants to fill its class with 20% prospective eng. majors. That is pretty high, and it was also said that the acceptance rate for BSE students is higher than normal (since eng. is not a popular major there). btw. I applied for BSE computer science. any comments?</p>
<p>i think if u look in the archives, you should be able to find something...as to an exact link, i unfortunately cannot provide u with one :(</p>
<p>i hope we have a better chance - engineers are better anyway!!!! I applied for chemical engineering. :) Lets hope all goes well........G'luck!</p>
<p>I applied as chemical engineering too!!</p>
<p>I applied for Elec engg</p>
<p>< BSE Comp Sci.</p>
<p>This year princeton accepted 94 prospective BSE aspirants early, if that helps.</p>
<p>well thats about 17% of the early acceptance pool, so that sounds right. and i was ED deferred chemE as well, so, yeah.</p>
<p>Computer Science BSE as well. I hope the increased odds work out for us.</p>
<p>Hurray for BSE Comp Sci!</p>
<p>lol mr. 1600. When u celebrate, u make us idiots feel like crying. </p>
<p>but my main question was: does Pton really have a higher accpetance rate for BSE students then others?</p>
<p>1) The %age of BSE students accepted early = 15.83%. i.e. If they have to push it up to 20%, they need to accept slightly more BSEs under RD than the early round.</p>
<p>2) No, Princeton claims both BSE and AB have an equal chance at acceptance, and they do not favor either. But that's what they say for any such factor!</p>
<p>3) It's no use dissecting Princeton's selection procedure now. We'll know in 2 months :)</p>
<p>good points mercurysquad. Studying engineering at Pton would be VERY nice...but its a long shot, so who knows? 2 more months really. Heh</p>
<p>i applied for CHem E too. how come there are so many ChemE. applicants here? ^^</p>
<p>damn. I should have applied for BSE :(</p>
<p>It's not going to guarantee admission at all. In fact, it probably wont even help us. Princeton will still look for the best most suitable candidates, for engineering.</p>
<p>yeah, but still, if only 16% of the BSE applicants were accepted, then they still should have about the same for RD, right? that does boost our chances quite a bit, I think. 16% for RD BSErs vs. 5% for Harvard RDers, we have a great chance i think..</p>
<p>we had ~30% chance under ED... what you think of that! :D</p>
<p>hmm....true. btw. how many Int'l RD BSErs are gonna be accepted in the coming 2 months??</p>
<p>~50 intls total.</p>
<p>Assuming 16% BSE accepted early, intls = 16% of 54 = ~9 (oh my!)
for 20% they need ~21 total.</p>
<p>So, no. of RD BSEers accepted = 21 - 9</p>
<p>Which is ........ yeah, 12.... such a HUGE lot! ;)
And that includes any possible acceptances from the deferred lot...</p>
<p>dont depress me....ur making a guy who hasnt cried in 15 years cry now...thats not nice :(</p>