Hi guys!! I applied REA to Princeton and I always see the posts on here where people give there stats and other people chance them. So I thought I would do it.
About me: from North Dakota, I am a white male (nobody get mad), 4’11", I have 6 brothers (bros go to Stanford, Harvard (boo!!!), and Deep Springs college)
GPA: 3.8 UW
ACT: 36, SAT: 1580
Extracurriculars: founder of 2 clubs (duct tape crafting club, owl watching club), president of my school’s gay-straight alliance club, national merit scholar, figure skating state champ, work part time at Cracker Barrel, interned on ben Carson’s campaign in 2016, started a biographical podcast on adam sandler (any “bedtime stories” fans?!), and I’ve been collecting watches since 5th grade.
Classes: I’ve taken all the AP classes my school offers (received six 5’s and one 2), independently studied in Mandarin (5 on the AP)
I wrote my essay on the people I’ve met at the cracker barrel and how they have richly impacted and benefited me as a intellectual and member of my community.
Good luck to everyone who applied!!! I really hope I get in!
Chance me’s are tough, but as a fellow sub 5 guy (4’10") I can definitely relate! I can seriously see us rooming if we both get in, which I don’t think is a possibility for you (we’ll get to that later). My only bone to pick with you is “bedtimes stories” (I am definitely more of a grown ups fan). Your ACT is great, and your SAT, coincidentally, is my favorite year in medieval history! Props to you for living in North Dakota, but Princeton doesn’t usually take many international students So good luck.
Impressive hobby collecting watches, but they’re not gonna save you this time!
Since you applied early action, your chances are a little higher than usual, I’d say about 4/10, maybe 6 if you could shrink another inch (in height)
It’s nice to hear from another sub 5 guy… I feel like there aren’t a lot of us around these days. Also, so fun that you love the year 1580, too. TBT to when Phillip II put 25k gold coins on Prince William of Orange’s head. Like how did he even do that?! (LOL)
I do sort of feel like you are pulling my leg with this reply. It almost seems as though you are joking around. I came to College Confidential to find some accurate, sound advice, and I can’t honestly say that I have received any of that from you. I appreciate your wit and your abundant humor, but in this day and age, I don’t exactly have the time to joke around.
Anyways, I have taken my academics and extracurriculars very seriously throughout high school, and I think that you are being quite negative regarding my chances. But, I guess we will find out soon if I get in- time is running out to worry over the unknown. If we both get accepted, would you actually want to be my roommate? I don’t usually have a lot of luck making friends on my own (idk why).
I would love to continue our conversation, but I don’t have a kik. Only e-mail.
Your stats indicate you are a viable applicant. Chances are very difficult to predict because Princeton receives many times the number of viable applicants they can realistically admit. Practically this means Princeton is a reach school for you (and pretty much everyone) but you will certainly land at a great school somewhere. Best!
OH MY GOSH!!! I GOT IN! Over the moon here guys … literally feeling like I’m on top of the world. And that’s saying a lot for a sub 5 guy. Feels good.
I guess the lesson here is to be unapologetically yourself, because you never know where it could take you. Princeton wanted me with all my quirks and unique ECs and I’m so grateful!!
Now… who wants to be my roomie?!? Will def be bringing that flat screen for the adam sandler flicks.
Hey y’all… just checking in… did anyone else just get their acceptance rescinded??? UMMM??? was this a mistake??? my gpa has dropped to a 1.26 UW but i rly didnt think that would be an issue. lmk please!
^ So sorry to hear that! Yes, a sharp drop in GPA will trigger a rescission—that means anything lower than a C or a B average is something of grave concern and you should have been aware of this, especially given your bros had gone to similar schools and known the rules. And I bet its on Princeton’s admissions site too.
Having reached this terrible situation you are left with few choices. The only action I can think of that could potentially reverse the course is for your school counselor to get in touch with Princeton AOs ASAP and plead your case. If your counselor can cite some extenuating circumstances that caused the sharp drop in GPA you may be given a second chance to show your good grades in this semester. At this point, you really have nothing to lose. Good luck!
how does 3 complete years & 1 half year of classes shift your 3.8 UW GPA to a 1.26 GPA…doesn’t add up. Let’s say you’ve taken 18 classes 1st, 2rd, and 3rd year with an UW GPA of 3.8 and you took another 6 classes this year (4th)…even if you got zero’s (0) for every class you’d still have a 2.85.
^OP’s 1.26 GPA is probably from the mid-year report, which means mostly Ds in the fall semester. If that’s the case it would indeed put the admission in jeopardy to say the least. @bioscholar2019 hope your GC can make a strong case for you.
hey, so im not in many groupchats, but i think that my GC with my closest friends could probably hype me up to princeton admissions??
also for everyone wondering, i am not talking about my cum GPA, but just my GPA for this semester. I finished last week and ended with a 1.32 sooo yeah.
i didn’t have any big reasons for a GPA drop, but i did lose my entire watch collection that i’ve been building for years and i basically did not leave my room for a week after. :-S
So good luck.