<p>I'm setting this up so no one has to look at their name every time they see this thread. I was also waitlisted at my top two choices 30 years ago so I can relate.</p>
<p>Good idea, cookiemom...then again, you do seem to be this board's continual voice of reason.</p>
<p>lol did you end up going to #3 where you found eternal happiness? That would be comforting to hear right now.</p>
<p>its bound to happen :-/ reality hits....</p>
<p>zante - Actually, I got into both off of the Wait List. I got a great education, but no good boyfriends. I found eternal happiness in graduate school - I got into the best program in the country for my field and partied a lot. Now that I think about it, my big crush in graduate school had gone to Princeton! He had a girlfriend back home though....</p>
<p>I did not get my top choice school, 26 years ago, a state engineering school in India. It was a close miss, I needed just 4 more marks out of the 600 to make the cut, I had 536, and the declared cut-off for the non-AA quota was 540. I was devastated. Too devastated to take remedial steps. For one, I knew I had done much better in my chemistry paper, and could have applied for a re-evaluation, and if indeed I got more marks in that appeal process, could have reapplied the next year and got in. I was so hurt I said, well, I dont need this college.</p>
<p>To this day, there is a little regret, not that I think I would have been more succcessful or made more money if I had gone there, still there is some regret. Only because I did not do anything about it. This inspite of immensely enjoying my #2 choice, it was a very different school from all others in the state, and provided a very well-rounded education, rather than the cramming that mostly took place elsewhere. When I went back to work after 8 years of sitting at home, I was very afraid. The company had given me a tech-lead position, which was what I was before the 8-year break. I told them that I wanted the lower position of a programmer/team-member, as I was so out of touch and was sure to fail miserably in a senior position. The president of the company personallly called me and said, 'hey, you guys from that college never fail at anything, you are groomed so well for unusual situations like this, so go out there and wow everybody.' But even that has never been enough ! To this day, my stomach constricts slightly whenever I happen to pass by that damn engineering school :-)</p>
<p>S says he wants an admit or reject, he says he cant deal with a deferral, because he would not be able to move on. But I have decided that if it is a deferral, I will motivate him and help him with taking whatever steps to ensure that he gives it a good shot in the RD. That way, 30 years hence, he will not have that nagging feeling that 'may be I could have done somethiing more. And then maybe.....' If rejected, well, he will have to move on, one can always fall deeply in love a second time, a third time, even a fourth time :-)</p>
<p>put me down as the first one deferred... :(</p>
<p>not to be teh prodigal stick in teh mud, but its deferred w/ two r's and on 'f'... and spyder... a deferral's still better than outright rejection (my apparent fate?)</p>
<p>spyder, were u applying as a bse or an ab candidate?</p>
<p>i put undecided since i had choosen physics as #1 and an engineering major as #2</p>
<p>Looks like the engineering myth is indeed false to an extent</p>
<p>Spyder2287,</p>
<p>how strong are ur math and sci achievements? why do u think u got deferred? could u please provide more info? such as courseload, who wrote ur recs, major EC's and science awards?</p>
<p>Chilllll princetonwannabe... there's nothing that can be done about it.</p>
<p>i just cudn't see why he got deferred.. reading his stats, tho there might not be anything outstanding, he seems fine to me.
Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 1450 (M:740/V:710)
SAT IIs: IIc: 800, Ic 790, Chem 790, Physics 770, Writing 680
GPA: 97%
Rank: 19/576
Other stats: Bunch of science awards...
Subjective:
Essays: average
Teacher Recs: average
Counselor Rec: average
Hook (if any): lot's of sports, sent in cello cd
Location/Person:
State or Country: NJ
School Type: Large Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male</p>