<p>Hi, it may be too late but my son just won a state level award and is competing in two science fairs at the regional & state level this week...so should he just email the information? I'm sure they haven't mailed the decisions yet....Maybe they will take a look and rip out the rejection letter :(</p>
<p>Have your son send the information now by email with a backup snail-mail letter. He should be brief and be sure to identify himself with his school name and SS#.</p>
<p>Contact his guidance counselor… they should probably contact the school as well. </p>
<p>When I achieved the National Merit Finalist standing, I had my guidance counselor send it out to all of my RD schools. Hopefully it made a difference. I’m sure that Princeton will re-review your son’s apllication with the added awards, especially if they had marked him in the rejected pile. Things like that always help.</p>
<p>National Merit Finalist standing will definitely not help at all. Not even 1%.</p>
<p>I would be annoyed that someone contacted me with such trivial information.</p>
<p>All semifinalists (15000 out of 16000) become finalists as long as they are in okay academic standing (no D’s or F’s).</p>
<p>The same thing happened to me where I won state level science awards and national merit finalist ooh and I’m going to be on TV for being valedictorian of my class…
But I didn’t send any of it in because sheesh by now everything seemed repetitive. They already knew I was good at science and if they couldn’t figure that out from my current application… well… There’s no hope for me.</p>
<p>Check Princeton’s website. I know Stanford’s said don’t contact us unless you have received a National or International recognition. And I think they would not consider making NMF as such since they read your app and know your scores so they know you will make finalist if you were a semi. But if you truly believe your child is in the reject pile, then how could it hurt.</p>
<p>I would wager that ALL if not most decisions have been made by now. The next two weeks are probably going to be devoted to situationing the financial aid packages for those admitted and arranging the proper messages to be posted electronically. The office might also be preparing documents for the admitted students to file other than that I doubt that admission office is still working except for maybe a few cases.</p>
<p>About the NMF notification: It makes a difference in terms of statistics for the school. I know it’s not big, but honestly, anything here could help, even a small note saying you got qualified for NMF. There’s no harm in sending anything extra. Is the admissions office honestly going to roll their eyes [at you] because they got a not from your guidance counselor on the matter? No. They might be annoyed at the counselor, but it shouldn’t affect your own application. Which is why I’m recommending the awards be notified through a secondary source.</p>
<p>how about having a paper published in an international peer reviewed journal? or is it too late already?</p>
<p>Lol, it really doesn’t hurt to send in the materials, really. I faxed them things at the end of February last year when I was applying, and it turned out for the best.</p>
<p>My son’s Princeton interviewer said to go ahead and send it in…it’s unfortunate that awards like state science fairs, etc. are announced around the same time as the college decisions. I guess if they don’t want to read it, they’ll just ignore it. But if some angel in the admissions office decides to look at it, that would be worth the chance… ;)</p>
<p>i have the same problem!</p>
<p>i was just named captain of my varsity spring sport, and i dont know whether or not to email my colleges this info!</p>
<p>it adds to my leadership/well-roundedness, but it seems so trivial in the grand scheme of things and most likely wont make a difference! what should i do? could this actually put me over the edge, or is it just a bother to admissions officers?</p>
<p>what im thinking is that if you have already demonstrated you have a passion for these things such as science fair, or a sport, then the schools really dont care about how amazing you are at it, just your level of devotion and how much you love it. in my mind, they dont care how good you are - they wont put you up against another applicant and say, “oh, well these two kids like science a lot, have recieved excellent grades from ap courses in science, and both participate in ec’s involving science, but this kid made it to the state level, while the other didnt, and as a result we should let the kid who went to states in”</p>
<p>am i in the right ballpark in this manner of thinking? or completely delusional?</p>
<p>and it seems as though i can offer my opinions towards others, but cant take my own advice. i dont know what to do regarding becoming captain…please help</p>
<p>and thanks in advance :)</p>
<p>would they really “whip out your rejection file”???</p>
<p>The chances are that Princeton has already made all or nearly all admissions decisions by now. But, one can never know for sure, so if you feel that this extra information could possibly impact your application in a positive way, then I’d send it. I don’t see how it could hurt for you to send in extra info.</p>
<p>How would we go about this?</p>
<p>I’ve done a lot of community service, but didn’t receive awards till now through scholarships. (Recently got Comcast Leaders and Achievers, made National Finalist of Elks Scholarship) Are these noteworthy or should I just pass it on?</p>
<p>Actually, nvm. I don’t think it’s worth it cuz they probably made their decisions already…</p>
<p>How about this, call Princeton’s admissions office and ask 1) will they still accept application updates and 2) how should the information be transmitted.
They are open now.
If someone calls please post the answers here for future use.</p>
<p>I know this doesn’t answer your question but: GOOD LUCK!</p>
<p>Thanks EmekChris! I called them…the admissions officer said to go ahead and fax it, but whether it would help or not depended on the status of my son’s file. If it wasn’t closed yet, they would add it to the file. She said it was definitely worth a try. So we faxed it and have our fingers crossed! Good luck everyone!</p>
<p>Honestly…they probably have made the decision already.</p>
<p>There you go. It is much better to rely on someone in the admissions office, rather than we “experts” here on CC. :)</p>