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So far 22 posted as having received and 18 have not. For those have not received: (1) you may have not registered online (2) you registered with an incorrect email address (3) check your spam filtered emails (4) check whether you have applied Princeton
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<p>dude, i've done all of that. maybe it's alphabetical? maybe it's random? maybe... who knows. patience.</p>
<p>Elastine, here is the link,
<a href="https://admissionapp.princeton.edu/uarcd/%5B/url%5D">https://admissionapp.princeton.edu/uarcd/</a></p>
<p>Remember to have the PIN number off the app (Princeton sup if you used the common) before registering on the Princeton site.</p>
<p>i am in Europe but I haven't received mine!! I am getting worried:( I don't know if I typed in the wrong e-mail address or not when I registered...</p>
<p>^^Don't stress ditsy! Call the admissions office and let them know the situation.</p>
<p>So on like Tuesday, I was all freaked out because I hadn't received this e-mail yet, so I looked up last year's thread on this topic, and the order in which people received this e-mail had nothing to do with their admissions decision. Some of the people who got it early last year were rejected; others were accepted. So, don't worry--last year, people we getting this e-mail up till like 2 days before D-Day (March 31st).</p>
<p>Also, I think they're sending the e-mails to the e-mail address on the application because within the body of the e-mail, it advises you to register on the Princeton site, so it can't have any correlation to whether or not you've registered yet because the e-mail clearly doesn't know. Do register though! Or else you can't get your decision.</p>
<p>Maybe they send it when they are done with your decision?
Just a guess.</p>
<p>Since my S is already registered and all items received, then we just need for decision day to arrive.</p>
<p>ditsy - Don't fret. I'm in the same boat (Canada).</p>
<p>CA, I got one.</p>
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So on like Tuesday, I was all freaked out because I hadn't received this e-mail yet, so I looked up last year's thread on this topic, and the order in which people received this e-mail had nothing to do with their admissions decision. Some of the people who got it early last year were rejected; others were accepted. So, don't worry--last year, people we getting this e-mail up till like 2 days before D-Day (March 31st).</p>
<p>Also, I think they're sending the e-mails to the e-mail address on the application because within the body of the e-mail, it advises you to register on the Princeton site, so it can't have any correlation to whether or not you've registered yet because the e-mail clearly doesn't know. Do register though! Or else you can't get your decision.
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<p>So, VFrizz, can you show me the links to those threads? I was trying to find them too, but I failed...</p>
<p>I think it depends whether you used the common app or the princeton application</p>
<p>Hi, Guys, since this becomes my pastime, I'll speculate on two scenarios.</p>
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<li><p>The people who received the e-mails, are easy-accepts and easy-rejects (decided early).</p></li>
<li><p>The Stanford SCEA decision notification saga. Stanford made announcement that they would begin to e-mail decision starting 3 pm. People began to check their e-mails at 3:00 pm and chatted on CC. The process last more than 4 hours. As the decisions came out, people speculated on the order of release. In the first hours, most people on CC reported accepted or deferred. Around 7:00 pm, people began to report rejections and then there was an avalanche of rejections. It was then clear that they spent the first 4 hours e-mailing the accepted and deferred and at 7:00 pm they pulled the trigger on rejections.</p></li>
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<p>Professor, I would like to believe your hypotheses.</p>
<p>However, this is a formatted informational e-mail that is intended for all applicants of Princeton University.
Which makes it all the more confusing why we didn't all receive it at once...</p>
<p>I received my e-mail on the 20th.
I consider myself a weak candidate, academically, with a strong hook and an exceptional interview.
Any guesses?</p>
<p>^^ At the top schools, admission is almost random for most people and it's very difficult to say.</p>
<p>Maybe it matters when you apply? I applied December 12th and got the e-mail on the 19th.</p>
<p>I applied at the last minute and got it sooner than the guy who first posted this thread</p>
<p>still nothing...</p>
<p>I haven't received it yet.</p>
<p>Washington state, last name starts with O, and I'm a borderline candidate.</p>
<p>Guess away.</p>
<p>well, I actually got the email on the 18th.</p>
<p>I consider myself an extremely easy reject, mainly due to my verbal score (only 590, can you believe that?), and probably my writing too (630,9/12). Of course, the rest of my SATs are considered quite superb. I am an IB candidate, and I apply to the engineering section of Princeton. I am sure Princeton know that English is not my native language, as I talk about it in my essay discussing my unique background, an Asian living in Europe.</p>
<p>I got awards at the national olympiad (informatics and maths) in my country that I am now living in, and currently in the final selection round for informatics. I am a pretty darn good programmers as I have been certified in several programming languages. Did a personal project on file sharing system in 10th grade where the supervisor was my physics teacher and wrote a quite good recommendation.</p>
<p>I also play piano as one of ECs, but I only mentioned it and didn't really elaborate on that since there's no space available on the common application, and my school counselor told me not to write too much out of the space provided since it can annoy the adcom. </p>
<p>Recently I've made a classical composition for two instruments and I faxed it to Princeton on the 17th. I wondered whether it would make a difference to my application since I got the email on the 18th. Personally, I feel my composition sounds pretty wacky if played :) I don't know if it's considered good or not but if you, a musician by any chance, are willing to take a look, I can PM it to you!</p>
<p>My interview was great. He asked me loads of unrelated philosophical questions (like politics, economics, diplomatic relationship between China and Taiwan, Communism vs Socialism vs Capitalism), but I think I answered them quite well. Although it's a pity that he didn't ask me about my achievements. He also emailed afterward the interview telling me that it's his pleasure to meet me and he really learned from our intensive conversation. Yes, I do feel I was abit too high in this interview.</p>
<p>Any way, the point I want to make is to tell you guys who haven't got any email to chill out. I am sure you guys have much better SATs than mine.</p>