<p>1) My current SAT score is 2180, with 780 in Math, 770 in Writing but only 650 in Critical Reading, which worries me. Would you guys recommend I take the exam again on Saturday, or will January scores not really make a difference? </p>
<p>2) How are we supposed to send the midyear report? I mean, do we print it, fill it in and then scan it or something? I go to a British School in Spain and my counselors do not know a lot about applications and how they work. </p>
<p>You can download the form from the common app site, i believe. you then fill out your personal information and then give it to your guidance counselor to complete. your guidance counselor should then mail it to the admissions office. </p>
<p>you should call the admissions office if you have any questions. they are very nice.</p>
<p>You can also fill out the Common App online, if you signed up for that. That way, your counselor will automatically mail your report to all your colleges.</p>
<p>And by the by, everyone on this thread is awesome, and will surely achieve great things ;)</p>
<p>Curiously, just discovered this thread now. I was also deferred…but I believe my school stats will be a bit weird because we use a different system than most. Although on any regular scale my GPA would be a 4.0. SATs 2290, re-took in January for 2360 and forwarded scores. Contrary to some of the previous posts, I have heard from two different respected alumni that it would behoove me to have another rec sent, send a recording (i play the alto sax), and send any improved scores, and I have done all of them. I know this is pretty much too late anyway, but just wanted to get it out there that myself and others feel sending additional materials not only enhances your application, but shows your commitment to the university. And what I think people of our caliber fail to realize is this: We’re used to being the best in our respective small communities and schools, and fail to realize exactly how many other people are out there exactly like us. Granted, each individual is unique, but of the close to 30,000 apps I’m sure Princeton received, probably about 10,000-15,000 were just as qualified as us. If you look at the threads you see a common trend: EVERYONE applying to schools like Princeton scores exceptionally well on their SATs, EVERYONE has a near-perfect GPA, and because of their intelligence EVERYONE(or virtually everyone) can have a nice list of extracurriculars and community service with leadership positions.</p>
<p>I have also heard that Princeton accepts additional letters of rec, that it can’t hurt, etc. Some schools hate receiving additional materials, but Pton is open to it. My D took this advice and sent in an additional rec late in the game. I don’t know if it helped, but she got in off the wait list, so it certainly did not hurt her.</p>
<p>To all those deferred and rejected: it will all work out in the end. </p>
<p>When I was a senior in high school, I applied early to Yale and was deferred. I remember being absolutely devastated In the regular round, I was accepted by Yale (and Stanford/Princeton). I chose Princeton, absolutely loved it, and am now at HLS.
Ultimately, the process is unpredictable, but I believe that it works out. Princeton, for me, was a much better school than Yale. I am, in retrospect, glad I was not admitted early to Yale because I might not have discovered P.
Side note: When I applied to HYP, they received about 60% of the applications they do today. I probably would not have been admitted.</p>
<p>It feels as if we’ve been waiting forever. Compared to those people who listed their scores though, I feel as if I have no chance =p (2120 SAT, 790 math 2 & 680 physics ssat, 3/176 rank,). Owell I guess my only hope is it they really like my art, but who knows. It feels as if everyone I know was deferred from HPY. Is the deferment rate really higher than the rejection rate? Good luck to everyone, only a couple more weeks!</p>
<p>Best of luck to all of you fellow deferred applicants! I love Princeton, yet I know that everything will work out in the end, whether I am accepted or not. </p>
<p>Two weeks until we all know our fates! Ahhh!</p>
<p>That seems about right. Although I’d bet you more EA’s would be waitlisted because the admissions office knows Pton’s most of their #1 choice, so if any of the superapplicants (get into MIT, Harvard, Yale, Stanford, <insert prestigious="" national="" college="" here="">) decline, then they know they have people ready and waiting to enroll. Curiously I’ve personally encountered a few people who got in off the waitlist in just talking to a limited sample size of Princeton grads/students. Could be sample bias but I hope not. Lol. I just really wanna get in. You follow up your app with anything after the deferred letter?</insert></p>
<p>I was under the assumption that wait listing applicants was usually reserved for regular decision or at least thats what they do at UChicago. Honestly, at this point, if Princeton wait listed me after getting deferred in December, I would not accept a spot. Its seems almost cruel to make us wait for so long and then even longer on the wait list with a extremely small chance that we would ever get off the wait list. </p>
<p>As for what I did, I sent in a deferred letter and an additional teacher rec with some updates. Whether this will be the swing factor in my application, idk. Lets hope</p>
<p>From the moment I was plopped in my mother’s uterus I knew I wanted to go to Princeton. Now when do I find out so I can throw a huge rager? xoxo poongobbler47 cmb</p>
Mailed it.</p>