<p>(except one I think like 5 years ago) does this decrease the chances for me?</p>
<p>No. I'm the first person from my school to get into Princeton.
That is, considering I'm the first generation of students graduating from my school too.
So yeah, don't worry.</p>
<p>I was the second ever from my school. Only one person had ever gotten in, and two people got in this year. If you're a strong enough applicant, it won't matter.</p>
<p>I go to an elite prep school whose rival is Andover.</p>
<p>20+ students were accepted into Princeton, including myself.</p>
<p>12 of the more than 20 were accepted early.</p>
<p>The last person from my school to go to Princeton graduated in 1987. I agree with skittles.</p>
<p>To some extent you may actually have an advantage, because to Princeton, you're a wildcard. They have nothing to go off of as to whether you will matriculate, as opposed to someone from a school where historically more students get in, but do not necessarily matriculate.</p>
<p>Many elite prep schools and some public schools bind the students to their early schools even if they apply early action. Students from those schools sometimes have a small advantage for that reason.</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure it doesn't much matter to the AdCom. Over the past two years, my school has had a whopping total of 3 people apply to Princeton, and none were accepted. To my knowledge the closest anyone has ever came in our some 40 year history was my waitlist this year. One kid who was over-qualified and applied early got deferred and denied. As long as you have made the most of the opportunities present at your school and you write quality essays, it's not like they can hold it against you.</p>
<p>I looked in the current facebook (paper version(!)) while I was at April Hosting. I'm the first person in 4 years to go to Princeton from my school.</p>
<p>I'll be honest - I think it helps if your school counselors build relationships with college admissions offices. If you are a truly outstanding applicant, you could be a trailblazer, like my brother was at Princeton for our school and his older friend was at Harvard. If a school has received quality students from your school in the past and has reason to trust the judgment of your counselors, it benefits you.
For instance, we've had kids go to Harvard and Princeton from my school recently, but no one has gotten into Yale from here for about ten years. And not for lack of trying by highly qualified applicants. MIT? Same problem. I've known kids who were brilliant mathematicians and scientists at my school; none got into MIT. </p>
<p>However, it should not be a major problem. It may make things harder for you, but if you are well qualified you will still stand a good chance of getting in. So don't worry about it, and good luck!</p>
<p>Hahaha ... I spend about twenty minutes actually ON college confidential per day. I spend a remarkable amount of time doing other things. Thanks for asking!</p>
<p>Who the crap are you, uain'tnothang?!</p>
<p>As I can see, you're spending time on CC right now. So just relax.</p>
<p>Er ... none of my friends are going to Princeton. My brother goes there. </p>
<p>Thanks Isia :-D</p>
<p>I'm the first person from my school to get into princeton too...for as long as I know. So it really doesn't matter, unless you go to a school that has a strong connection with princeton. I know of a school with 6 or 7 students admitted into princeton!</p>
<p>Yeah, my school has odd relations with colleges. We hate Stanford and Princeton, apparently, but love Yale and Brown (and Harvard, to an extent). 1 to Stanford in the last 2 years, 0 to Princeton, 8 to Harvard, 10 to Brown.</p>
<p>Hmmm.....our school had one five years ago and one ED this year. We've had just as many go to Harvard in recent years (one 6 years ago, one this year). And although very few people apply to Yale (only 1 this year I think) I don't recall if anyone has ever gotten in.</p>
<p>My school has a similar situation to many of those already mentioned. We've had someone get into Stanford every year for at least a decade, with this year being the sole exception. Only one or two people have gotten into Yale, while several have gotten into Harvard, four into Princeton, and one into MIT.</p>
<p>I should note I only have information dating back to 1996.</p>