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oh man, i feel it in my bones, im going to get in...
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<p>There's one line from Harry Potter (I know, don't poke fun!) that I remember for some reason: Hermione is going, "I can't work, I can't concentrate..." That's how I feel right now, all jangly and nervous.... I have mounds of work to do for tomorrow but can't think of anything but Princeton.</p>
<p>Has anyone else noticed that nervous anticipation is a physical, prickly feeling?</p>
<p>Come into my thread for my 3000th party!!</p>
<p>Congrats zant! This means you go into Princeton!</p>
<p>HAPPY 3000TH!!!! now its 4000 almost!</p>
<p>3 posts from 100 (i know its pitiful, but u got to take baby steps)</p>
<p>wow.. congrats..</p>
<p>It's time to revive this thread! </p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 740V 790M
[</em>] SAT IIs: 730w 800Phy 800iic
[<em>] GPA: ~9.6 on a weiard 1-10 scale
[</em>] Rank: 5% (240) - best school in Romania for Sciences
[<em>] Other stats(AP/IB exam): no
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: decent and sincere, not original/exceptional - maybe boring and clichee
[<em>] Teacher Recs: 1excellent, 1vgood
[</em>] Counselor Rec: excellent
[<em>] Hook (if any): 2 medals at IMO (intl math olympiad), 1st at national math oly for 5 years, other prizes
[</em>] Hook No.2: First Prize at a univ student contest, where i competed with Princeton alumnae...
[<em>] Major ECs: math? lots of travelling (haha, that doesn't count, does it?)
[</em>] AB/BSE: AB
[<em>] Strenth/Weakness: Math freak, / poor writing skills
[</em>] Course Load (Any college): nope
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Romania
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Romanian :)
[</em>] Gender: male
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Other Factors:[ul]
[*] Why do you think you got deferred/admitted: surely the math medals played a BIG role, i was very afraid about the essays... i had a decent well-roundness for a math freak...[/ul]</p>
<p>I know for a fact that your math helped a lot. When my son visited the math department, they told him about you. Hopefully, he will be joining you and you will be Putnam teammates. He'll know this afternoon. Congratulations!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>Wow, cookiemom!</p>
<p>I think it's a confusion, though :D
My contest wasn't Putnam, but a contest called IMC. I think your son might have heard about a girl from Romania, who ranked top 5 at Putnam last year (in freshman year)! I know her, actually, she's veeery smart and ambitious! So it's her, i think... I doubt that i've become that math-famous <em>blushes</em> :):)</p>
<p>The best of luck to your son, I hope for the best!</p>
<p>And it would be great to compete at Putnam together with him. Yea!!</p>
<p>Pavalon, congrats! I'm happy for you!!</p>
<p>No, it was you. "Romanian National Team, competed in the IMO," I just said Putnam because you'll both be on the Putnam team at Princeton. S has only done USAMO.</p>
<p>Congratulations Pavalon!! Just seeing you guys get in is making me happy, lol... ahh so nervous. I really really hope mine is just as good</p>
<p>wow Pavalon! Congratulations!!!
:)</p>
<p>Congratulations, man!!!! You deserve it!</p>
<p>I'm still shivering for my Bates decision.</p>
<p>Ok so this is my first post <em>hands up</em> but i discovered this site last week and suffered the pre-decision emotions with you guys. I also applied early decision to Princeton and got an acceptance letter this morning!
So thought i might post my stats to help those who like to compare and evaluate their own chances (I've been there):</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED
Stats:
SAT1: 1450 (730m 720v)
SAT2s:800 french, 720 maths IC, 710 writing
GCSE's: 11 A*s
AS: 5 As (maths, physics, history, latin, french)
A Level: predicted 4 As
School doesn't rank, but probably top 10 out of 180</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: very good
teacher recs: extremely good
counselor rec: extremely good (i think)
Hook: Not sure... probably a combination of things.</p>
<p>Location/person:
Place: London
School type: private
Ethnicity: white (french/lebanese)
gender: male</p>
<p>Other factors: Scholar, prefect, club captain, 4 varsity sports (rugby, soccer, tennis, ski), I can speak 3 languages (english, french, arabic) and I think my interview went pretty well.</p>
<p>so I'm overjoyed right now, especially because a great friend of mine at school also got admitted. I would also like to say well done to all the other people who got accepted. Those of you who got deferred, don't worry about it, try to think positive.</p>
<p>the girls love british guys here... you'll have a great year!</p>
<p>zante dahling...I'm back.</p>
<p>token asian my butt. I'm not token anything--maybe the size of one, but that's really beside the point. I got stepped on by a freshman the size of an elephant this morning--it made me snarly and bitter. he didn't even notice. </p>
<p>lordy lord, what are they feeding kids nowadays?</p>
<p>anyways. at school at the moment, ready to go home and stand outside my mailbox. I've got all my other applications done. as in ready to send out at the click of a button. :) I also set up three mousetraps last night. wonder if there going to be mouse casserole for dinner.</p>
<p>hm. perhaps token psychotic. you need one of those in every school. gives flavor like the occasional chef's finger...</p>
<p>tried to avoid this thread in order to preserve my self-esteem. as you can see, failed. zante--we will have that mudfight. (if we sell tickets, you'll get half?)</p>
<p>had two bottles of Jolt and a pack of M&Ms. don't worry, if I do get accepted, I'll stay on the other side of the campus. and yes, I had a creative essay.</p>
<p>I GOT IN! OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOODDDDDDDDDD!!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>Congrats man.</p>