Official Ed Decisions!

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<p>*Decision: Accepted *
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<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1600
[</em>] SAT IIs: (800/800/800)
[<em>] GPA: 4.0 UW
[</em>] Rank: 1/482
[<em>] Other stats:<br>
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: I tried hard, but didn't honestly expect them to get me in.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Unsure. I like my teachers, so I hope they like me!
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Same as above. Written by an administrator.
[<em>] Hook (if any): Travel? Music? Scores? Language? Not sure.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Texas
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: South Asian American (Indian)
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
I was very active in orchestra, as the school orchestra treasurer, concertmaster. I also participated in the regional symphony, and formed my own musical nursing home group that is sponsored partly by a branch of Rotary. I was part of state champion Current Events and Social Studies teams. I placed in National French Exam (nationally, if that makes sense) and in statewide French competition. I was in Stuco and held some minor positions in math and science and chess club as a sophomore. I ran cross country and track. I wrote movie reviews.</p>

442

<p>I was deferred... oh well :-/</p>

443

<p>good luck with all your RD schools christos. i expect to be getting the deferral soon as well...</p>

444

<p>thank you.. good luck to you too!
useless fact of the day: the deferral letter is watermarked with the Princeton logo! =)</p>

445

<p>haha can't wait :p</p>

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<p>
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41% acceptance rate is very high

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Edit (just to make legend happy): 41% acceptance rate of those who reported on CC is very high.</p>

<p>Now my sentence is awkward, but nvmd. :)</p>

447

<p>astrix, did you get your 2nd confirmation? I never got mine (though they said they'll review my app without the official scores).... What if I get deferred just because of the scores?!?! :eek:</p>

448

<p>That's very likely.</p>

449

<p>mercury, my second confirmation said that everything except my scores was there. it went on to say that if i was sure i had reported nov scores, then there was nothing to worry because they expected the score reports by end-december. i mailed around that time and they said my file was complete.</p>

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<p>end-december? so they still haven't got your scores =) (yeah I know, you meant end-november)</p>

451

<p>I got the same letter (that's not the 2nd confirmation).</p>

<p>The difference is that my Oct and Nov scores were missing. Nov scores I'm not worried about. Oct scores I faxed them (twice). Didn't hear from them afterwards.</p>

<p>Anyway....</p>

452

<p>I got in, sorry I didn't post earlier but I was celebrating last night</p>

453

<p>Hey mercury.. even i didnt get my 2nd confirmation.. i assumed that ntn waz missing.. waz i wrong?</p>

454

<p>Mahajan,</p>

<p>Congrats ! khoop chaan ! (Indian French :-) )</p>

455

<p>hours until I fiound out my defferal..yay.. i can proceed with submitting other apps</p>

456

<p>accepted.....deffered....tis the same..i'd rather go to michigan and party til the cows come home</p>

457

<p>Decision: Deferred
Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 1520 (800v / 720m)
[</em>] SAT II’s: 800 writing / 800 world history / 740 literature
[<em>] GPA: 4.3 / 4.3 scale
[</em>] Rank: 1/1 <—haha
[<em>] Other stats: 221 PSAT index; applied to Princeton for A.B.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: I thought they were good. They were certainly unusual—> I put scans of paintings and other pictures in them.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: very good—I know both teachers extremely well
[</em>] Counselor Rec: n/a (I really don’t know at all)
[<em>] Hook (if any): Art (<a href="http://artattack.to/display.php?artist=1000001376%5B/url%5D)/lots"&gt;http://artattack.to/display.php?artist=1000001376)/lots&lt;/a> of international travel/spending 2nd semester of senior year painting & doing independent study in Europe
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: KY
[<em>] School Type: private (10th & 11th grades)/homeschooled w/university courses (12th grade)
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: female
[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[</em>]Unusual education could have worked against me
[<em>]Odd fact: I got no interview (this was strange since I live in an area with a good-sized alumni association)
[</em>]I did not confirm the legitimacy of Princeton’s need-blind admissions policy, lol. [/ul]</p>

458

<p>Oh, Kebree.... <strong><em>big hug</em></strong></p>

459

<p>Kebree... I'm sorry. I totally expected you to get in. You will, RD. I don't doubt it.</p>

460

<p>Don't worry...I'm surprisingly not upset at all. It's just gotten cold here, and I'm freeeezing...I was thinking, "Wow...can I live with this all year? Yeesh..."</p>