<p>Although I am deferred and I like other schools, I still didn't forget about Princeton. I know it's too late to ask this, but what can I do to improve my chance?</p>
<p>I already sent in another letter of recommendation-it's so much better than my old recommendations in ED round. I also sent a score report that showed a lot of improvement from Oct. to Dec. SAT I. I will take one more SAT II in Jan. to kick off my horrible SAT II chemistry score.</p>
<p>Should I explain why Princeton is a right school for me in a 250-word essay? If so, how do I send it? By email or snail mail? I don't want to send too many materials that can possibly hurt me.</p>
<p>To me, you are doing the right thing. BUT, I don't think you should write a Why-Princeton essay. After all, essays should be personal and reveal about you as well as your personality and passion. However, you can write a letter and inform the institution that you still like Princeton and why you are a right person for Princeton-not why Princeton is a right school for you. See the difference? Since you are deferred, you seem a qualified candidate. Therefore, there are so many right schools for you. Also, Princeton already knows it's one of the most prestigious universities in the nation. But, the question is: Why should it pick you? What can you contribute to its campus and its student body?</p>
<p>If you still want to write an essay, email it to the admission office. But, be careful about sending too much material. It will hurt you.</p>
<p>i agree with the above poster, if you are going to write an essay write about what you can bring to princeton, do some research find a club or something that really excites you and describe the contributions you could make to life on campus</p>
<p>Yes as long as they aren't repetitive or full of BS. If you send too much stuff, you might be seen as desperate. Also, the exhausted admission officers have thousands of applications to read, and if you send too much things, the officers might get frustrated and stop reading them. But, this information is not really reliable- I got it from other CCers.</p>
<p>Harry Potty: I am in the same boat. I am sending them one piece of paper with my updates outlined in bullet points. One of those updates is the fact that I have been awarded a scholarship. I think that is something they need to know. Also, I cannot take the SAT in January because I am skating in a semi-national skating competition. Although I would have loved to improve my SAT score -- I have to tell them that I felt it was more important to skate with my team at this competition. The winning teams go on to Nationals and frankly skating that Saturday is more important to me than higher SAT scores. Now, they can see this as a plus or think of me as loser for not dumping my team in favor of trying to improve my STATS to get into THEIR school.</p>
<p>In any event, send them something they have not already read in your application. For my ED application, I did not send the "what else should we know about you" supplement. Now I am glad I did not because I am going to use it now.</p>