Son: Accepted SCEA to Princeton
Parents: Have not received a single e-mail from Princeton ever, even right after admission
Question: Is this the experience of other parents whose child was accepted SCEA? We’re finding it kind of odd.
@parsoc - Interesting. We’re currently comparing Princeton and Williams (Prince-Williams conflict, lol). I’m really impressed with Williams so far. We’ve received four emails from Williams right after the acceptance, one from the chairperson of the music dept, one from the chairperson of the bio dept, one from a parent of a current student, and one from a current student. They’re so welcoming with wide open arms! From all accounts, their undergrad quality is unparalleled.
Oh, I forgot to mention that a faculty member even sent an email to my son even before the admittance.
D (current Princeton freshman) was admitted SCEA in 2015 - the school never contacted us by email directly, but starting in May we did receive mail from them. I believe they wait and mail to all incoming students at once. You will hear from the Dean of Students a couple of times and the head of whatever college your child is assigned to.
The Path to Princeton website is very comprehensive, so ask your child to share their log in info and you can find out most of what you need to know through it.
Also, Princeton does not ask for a deposit, so you will not be asked to pay anything until the middle of the summer IIRC.
Feel free to PM me if you have any specific questions.
My daughter was accepted SCEA last year. Princeton does not send a lot of letters or e mails. I kind of like that though 
They are REALLY great to deal with otherwise though. Good people there and the students are treated well.
Thanks GnocchiB and GoodGrief16. I like the lack of e-mails too, but was just a bit paranoid after he got admitted to a couple of RD schools and we got lots of emails from them.
By the way, he’s accepted his spot at Princeton.
Question: Is this the experience of other parents whose child was accepted SCEA? We’re finding it kind of odd.
Answer: As a parent whose child received a likely letter and was then admitted, yes, this corresponds with my experience.
Congratulations! I’m sure this is a proud moment for all of you!
Regarding Princeton’s lack of correspondence with parents - this was also our experience and it generally defines what you can expect from Princeton for the next four years. They will correspond directly with the student, treating them like an adult. This can be a challenging transition from parental involvement (perhaps over involvement as was our case and that of others) in the high school years. It will serve you well to allow your son to begin to take responsibility for all that is involved in matriculating (with your support) as they will need this skill throughout college.
As an aside, if you thought the admission process involved a lot of paperwork, hold on to your hat for matriculation! 
@parsoc we get 1-2 pieces of mail from Princeton a semester, that’s all and I love it.
As mentioned above, your child is treated like an adult and it has been a learning process to de-helicopter myself. (But I’m glad I did).
Some resources:
Subscribe to Princeton’s calendar (https://registrar.princeton.edu/academic-calendar/subscribe-instructions/)
The Facebook page for Princeton Parents page a good resource.
Your child’s residential college Facebook page will have some good moments.
Also follow the various Princeton twitter accounts.
The th Daily Princetonian (http://www.dailyprincetonian.com) sometimes has good info
Last, for the very best info on what’s going, search google for the student run “realtalk-Princeton” Tumblr. That site has saved us many, many times.
Feel free to DM me.
Good luck and congrats!
-psy (recovering helicopter parent)
@psywar is on target with “realtalk-Princeton”. I started following it when it first began and they had over 20,000 pieces of correspondence on a variety of subjects. It was incredibly informative and helpful for de-helicoptering. I am so glad to see it trying to make a come back. I wish every college had something like it and did it as well as Realtalk Princeton did it over the last three years. I could really use it with my youngest who is at another Ivy.
Lol, I just 5 minutes ago PM’d a recent admittee (one of a set of quads who got in) to make sure he knows about RealTalk. Love that blog - I always learn something new.
@parsoc It’s not unusual for parents not to receive many (or even any) emails. For universities to contact parents is the exception. But you will be invited to parents orientation (although the email goes via the student).
When my Tiger was accepted to Princeton RD, he was still 17. My initial reaction to this post was that Princeton communicated with the parents a lot, so it must have been because he was still a minor. Um, not so much. Just went over my email history. We received two emails from Princeton (a few more about Princeton Preview), but not much until he accepted their offer (a handful of written letters too, after acceptance). And even then not that much unless about move-in, and parents’ weekend in October. Pretty standoffish, actually. I guess my son kept us in the loop and I just assumed it was P’ton and not him. Now? I only get emails from the local Princeton alumni group. It’s all flowing through my son directly. I think that’s perfect.
Thanks for all the responses. I think my son has also been surprised so far by how little Princeton has e-mailed him since he was accepted SCEA and since he accepted his spot on the portal early last week. Really he’s only gotten maybe one e-mail from Princeton since December, and none confirming that he accepted his spot.
We’re all perhaps suffering a little from impostor syndrome. Did he really get accepted? Is it all a big mistake? He certainly got the packet with his name on it…
As a tuition-paying parent, I like getting correspondence from the school…and having gone through this with 2 kids, it really varies how these colleges communicate…but I think reaching out to the parents of teenagers leaving home (and ones that has never been through college before) is a good thing…