<p>Hey everybody. I'm new on this website. I have a question: what do you think my chances of acceptance are at Princeton for regular decision?</p>
<p>I am a non-urm male from NJ. My sat's are 2400, and I have all 800's on the SAT II's. I play in the all-state orchestra and I have traveled to numerous countries with my orchestra. I am valedictorian of my grade. I have played tennis for four years, varsity for three, and I am on the all-conference and all-county team. I have also done varsity swimming for two years. I am in math league and service club. I am a drum major in the marching band. I was also a National Merit Commended Scholar.</p>
<p>The only thing is that I am very, very shy. I'm sure my teacher recs were excellent with stuff like "one of the smartest kids I have ever seen..." but I doubt they mention my personality because I am very quiet and I rarely talk in class. I have received A+'s in most of my classes since freshman year, though, and I go to a very good school.</p>
<p>I was deferred EA from Harvard. What do you think my chances are at Princeton?</p>
<p>You almost seem too good to be true, which leads me to have doubts about whether or not you're a genuine person or whether you're some one who has been on these boards before but you just created a new user name because you wanted to see how we'd respond to this.</p>
<p>But I guess I'll give you the benefit of the doubt. In terms of stats and ECs you can't get any better... so your Harvard deferral was due to personal qualities. If you're shy, teachers will not say in the rec's "he shy," they'll say that you're humble, which can be a good thing in college admissions, because colleges like HYP don't want to fill their classes with pretentious jerks. As long your essays are good and convey who you are as a person, I'd say your Harvard deferral was a fluke, but then again, admissions is so competitive that no one's a sure bet.</p>
<p>Anyway, I'm still not completely convinced that this post isn't a hoax, but forgive me, violinboy, if you actually are a real person who just wanted his stats appraised...</p>
<p>Thank you for answering! Yes, I am a real person, I promise. I know, it was kind of a shock when I got deferred from Harvard. Not to sound arrogant or anything, but, well, you know. My parents and I are wondering if the shyness has anything to do with it. I mean, I have very good ec's, but I'm not president of a million clubs like most people... in fact, my only real leadership position is in the marching band. I'm wondering if being from NJ put me at a huge disadvantage. There was another kid who applied early to harvard from my school: he was a recruited athlete, also in the top ten in the grade, captain of three sports, editor of the paper, president of a couple clubs, and he got deferred too. I'm really hoping for either Princeton or Yale, now, though...</p>
<p>I agree with jmarsh...your quantitative stats are perfect so I think your deferral had something to do with either your essays or your recs. Good luck with Princeton and Yale!</p>