Official Princeton Class of 2013 Decisions Thread

Anticipation16 · March 31, 2009, 7:01pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): Cr:740 M: 700 W:690
[] ACT:32
[] SAT II:not good Bio-610 Math II- 610 US Hist- 650
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): only have weighted 4.2
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): (5) on English
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): NONE
[] Senior Year Course Load:4 Aps
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] Two Theatre awards[/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Loads of ECs. very good
[] Job/Work Experience:none
[] Volunteer/Community service: ESL tutoring
[] Summer Activities: Yale summer program in Acting
[] Essays:Wonderful
[] Teacher Recommendation: Very nice
[] Counselor Rec:great
[] Additional Rec: yes, and great
[li] Interview:[/ul] went very well[/li]
Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity:white
[] Gender:female
[] Income Bracket: 200,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] Theatre[/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Theatre
[] Weaknesses: SAT scores and grades
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/ul] theatre OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG[/li]
General Comments: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH COngratulations to all admitted!!! SOOOOOO EXCITING!!! Rejected at Yale and Georgetown but Princeton came through!! freaking out for the past two hours

BananaSandwich15 · March 31, 2009, 7:08pm

Decision:Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):didn’t take it
[] ACT:28
[] SAT II:690 us history, 670 literature, 590 world history (i think)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.96
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):3rd has dropped to 8th
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):6 in all- 4,3 in world/american history
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):i have no idea what this is to be honest
[] Senior Year Course Load:Good, not easy
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):Questbridge thing, some other stuff
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):track (team captain, league champ), volleyball, orchestra, quiz bowl
[] Job/Work Experience:fast food job every year since 10
[] Volunteer/Community service:library volunteer, volleyball coach
[] Summer Activities:Volleyball, family stuff, volunteering
[] Essays:Amazing and had my soul in it
[] Teacher Recommendation: Amazing
[] Counselor Rec:Amazing
[] Additional Rec:None
[] Interview:Phone interview went very well
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: History
[] State (if domestic applicant): Kansas
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: AA
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: under $30,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):URM, UR state (KS)
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[] Strengths:History, English, Sports other than basketball, Essay writing
[] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself:Family situation and values (poor, live with grandma etc)
[] Weaknesses:Math, Science, basketball
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Awesome Heartfelt Essays. Questbridge Kid
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

Accepted:
Pomona
Georgetown
University of Virginia
Columbia University
University of Kansas
University of Michigan
University of Minnesota

Waitlisted:
Stanford

Rejected:
None

I honestly didn’t have any expectations from princeton or any of my harder schools. i’m not religious but i feel truly blessed

churchill1990 · March 31, 2009, 7:09pm

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[]SAT: 2300 superscored (770 m, 760 CR, 770 w)
[]SAT IIs: 760 Math 1, 730 French, 710 Math 2
[]ACT: 32 (didn’t send)
[]GPA: 3.89 unweighted
[li]Rank: School doesn’t rank[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[]Essays: Excellent. I thought it was the highlight of my application - Common App described my love of French and an experience I had during a homestay in France, and my Supplemental was a synthesis of morality vs. artistic expression during a theatre production I was in
[]Teacher Rec: Didn’t read, but I chose teachers that like me
[]Counselor Rec: Same as above
[]Hook (if any): None whatsoever
[/ul]
Location/Person:[ul]
[]State or Country: WA
[]School Type: Very small independent private
[]Ethnicity: White
[]Gender: Male
[]major strength/weakness: Strength: Essays, test scores Weakness: G.P.A, my music audition possibly
[]why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Too strong to be rejected, too weak to be an admit…hoping for good news in May![/ul]

General Comments: Congratulations to everyone who got accepted! Hopefully I get off this waitlist :P

hookem168 · March 31, 2009, 6:09pm

Rejected. ■■■.

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 760 M, 750 CR, 760 W (2270)
[] ACT: 33
[] SAT II: 800 Lit, 740 Math 2, WH…unspeakable.
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98 UW
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/34 (lol)
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): not offered, but a self-studied 5 on Eng Lit
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): not offered
[] Senior Year Course Load: toughest available
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NM Finalist…15th Nationally in NFL Oratory
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Speech and Debate/Theatre/Mock Trial/Varsity Basketball
[] Job/Work Experience: typical teenage restaurant jobs
[] Volunteer/Community service: 400+ hours tutoring the underprivileged
[] Summer Activities: See “job” and “volunteer work”
[] Essays: Good
[] Teacher Recommendation: Same
[] Counselor Rec: Same
[] Additional Rec: Same
[] Interview: Same
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[] School Type: Private (tiny)
[] Ethnicity: White/Caucasian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: ~$100k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: No idea. Well-rounded?
[] Weaknesses: Standout ECs and stats.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Because I suck at life.
[/ul]General Comments: Sorry for the late post, I got rejected at Harvard, Yale, AND Princeton. I’ve been crying for 2 hours.

southeasttitan · March 31, 2009, 7:14pm

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2180 (780 CR, 620 M, 780 W)
[] SAT II: 780 Lit, 750 M, 650 CR
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 20/450
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Spanish 4, USH 5
[] Senior Year Course Load: 3 courses at Macalester College, AP Calc, AP Human Geography, independent projects in English, Newspaper
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 2008 Davidson Fellow for Literature
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):

Award-winning newspaper, Editor-in-Chief
Varsity soccer (not recruited)
State-ranked Quiz Bowl team
[] Job/Work Experience: Loft Literary Center teen council
[] Volunteer/Community service: 300+ hours, Head Start literacy program
[] Summer Activities: Soccer, volunteering, writing
[] Essays: I’m a writer, so probably my strongest suit. Wrote about my favorite passage from my book and my dog.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Best in my career, etc.
[] Counselor Rec: Great
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[] Interview: Dull and nondescript, but good, I guess.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Literature
[] State (if domestic applicant): MN
[] School Type: Inner-city public
[] Ethnicity: White. I know, what?
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: $40,000/year
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Davidson Fellowship?
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Legacy, Davidson Fellowship, essays, being from the city.
[] Weaknesses: Math!
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No idea!
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at Harvard, Yale, Northwestern, Macalester College, waitlisted WashU, Boston College (lawl), denied Brown
[/ul]General Comments: Suck me, Princeton, I’m goin’ to Yale! Congrats to all who got in!

Poseur · March 31, 2009, 7:16pm

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 800 CR / 800 M / 790 W
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: 720->750 Math IIC, 780 Literature, 590->720 French, 720 Physics, 690 Chemistry
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0… you don’t want my weighted? 4.81 ><
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/334 with others W, 2/334 alone UW
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Comp Sci A (5), Govt & Politics (4), Comp Sci AB (4), Calc AB (5), English Lang & Comp (5), World History (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP(Biology + Chemistry + Psychology + Calc BC + English Lit + French Lang) & Intern/Mentorship (sweet program my county offers)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nawww[/ul] [/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Cognitive Science internship, Art Club (co-president), Information Technology Academy – we do computer programming competitions (secretary/treasurer), Math Team, Science Olympiads, various NHSs and other service stuff. 
[] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[] Volunteer/Community service: Various things; notably, a program called PCs4Kids in which I helped teach younger students how to use computers that were donated to them. 
[] Summer Activities: University of Delaware Summer College 2007, Summer@Brown 2008
[] Essays: I thought they conveyed my personality and interests!
[] Teacher Recommendation: Very naice, I laiked.
[] Counselor Rec: Didn’t see.
[] Additional Rec: Nop.
[li] Interview: Went well, although I don’t feel like I demonstrated enough knowledge/interest in Princeton. (The first thing she asked was “Why Princeton?” and I had to think about it – I’d sorta thought that’d come through through my other answers, and wasn’t sure how to answer it outright!)[/ul] [/li]
Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): MD
[] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[] School Type: Competitive public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: High? lol
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nop![/ul] [/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Test scores, GPA, clear focus on neuroscience.
[] Weaknesses: Nothing outstanding.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m honored to have been waitlisted! With my lack of anything particularly notable about me, I expected rejection. [/ul][/li]
General Comments: CONGRATS, accepted students! I’m honored that I wasn’t rejected, and I’m not too disappointed – will most likely be attending Brown, my top choice!!!

alluringcliche · March 31, 2009, 7:22pm

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): CR 780, Math 730 Writing 720
[] SAT II: US Hist 640, Math 700, Lit 760
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): about 3.9. 4.3 weighted
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/135
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Lang (4), Stats (5)
[] Senior Year Course Load: three APs[/ul]

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Volunteer Work, Paid Internship/Educational Program, lots of academic ECs, NHS (Pres)
[] Job/Work Experience: Internship Program Paid
[] Volunteer/Community service: Lots
[] Summer Activities: Mostly work
[] Essays: Question one for Princeton ok…personal good
[] Teacher Recommendation: Very good
[] Counselor Rec: Very good
[] Interview: Ok. [/ul]

Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: Urban public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: 60-100k[/ul]

Reflection[ul]
IDK lol[/ul]

General Comments: Waitlisted at Columbia and UPenn as well. So yeah. Happy-ish.

confused_vnese · March 31, 2009, 6:25pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 750 CR, 780 M, 800 WR
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: 780 M2, 760 M1, 740 Ch, 730 Ph
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Counselor estimated top 2% i think
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: GCE A level candidate: Math Physics Chem History, English, History honors (prediction straight As)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None too spectacular. No sciency olympiads. 1 international writing award 1st prize, Singapore odyssey of the mind etc.[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
See my post in the Georgetown forum. For super-detailed, find my post in the Yale forum dated 16 Dec :)

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes. Got more than 90% but i’ve got better offers.
[] Intended Major: Political science
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant): Vietnam
[] School Type: In Singapore - large public. Very competitive
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: Combined total 8k per annum
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): 4 years high school in Singapore on full scholarship and all the life experiences i got. [/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: I think i have a certain level of maturity that may not seem obvious from the way i look, and is definitely not something many 18 year olds have. I have a rather well-rounded profile, with major awards in both sciences and social sciences. I know what i want and i do well at it. I also have a personality. I’m quite funny in person and i know how to make conversations. 
[] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: Highlight the well-roundedness. My focus now is definitely on politics/history and english.
[] Weaknesses: I’ve heard that you need intl olympiad prizes for H and i only had one writing competition to my name. I don’t think i’m anything spectacular though. Seriously.
[] Why you think you were accepted: I dont know! Its all a mystery
[li] Where else were you accepted: Harvard, Yale (EA), Columbia (likely), Dartmouth (likely), Georgetown SFS. Those are all that i applied for during RD round, withdrew the rest after EA decision.[/ul][/li]General Comments: I don’t know! I’m really overwhelmed. I received a likely so its a little expected but still feels nice to have that orange tiger popping out at four in the morning. Was the first decision i checked.

TheWerg · March 31, 2009, 7:28pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2340 (800 CR, 740 M, 800 W)
[] SAT II: 2400 (Math 2, Lit, USH)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10/540
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): USH (5), Environmental Science (5)
[] Senior Year Course Load: Six APs.
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMF?[/ul][/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debate, Academic Decathlon, Model UN, SciFi Club. Leadership/success in all.
[] Job/Work Experience: Worked on a house with my dad one summer.
[] Volunteer/Community service: Didn’t put any down.
[] Summer Activities: AcaDec summer school/aforementioned work.
[] Essays: Excellent Common App, dunno about supplemental.
[] Teacher Recommendation: One great, one generic.
[] Counselor Rec: Pretty good.
[] Additional Rec: None.
[li] Interview: Meh.[/ul][/li]
Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Poor, crappy public.
[] Ethnicity: Hispanic Jew.
[] Gender: Male.
[] Income Bracket: 100k.
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, pretty much canceled out by Jewishness though.[/ul][/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Scores, stuff that doesn’t come across on my app.
[] Weaknesses: ECs, especially community service.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: There were other people better than I was, of course.[/ul][/li]
General Comments: Congrats everyone who got in! You guys are amazing. Good luck to waitlistees, and maybe I’ll see some fellow rejects somewhere on down the trail.

dirigibleplum · March 31, 2009, 6:37pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2340 – 780CR / 800M / 760W
[] SAT II: U.S. History 680 / Chemistry 680 / Math II 690
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/323
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): World Hist (4), Statistics (4), US Hist (4), English Lang (3)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Chem, AP Bio, Civics, Hnrs Physics, AP Calc BC, AP Literature
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit semifinalist (finalist pending), academic letter, GA Certificate of Merit, AP Scholar with Honor, numerous science fair awards; also let them know about becoming valedictorian and a Presidential Scholars candidate post-submission[/ul][/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 4 yrs community service (Key Club president, Beta Club treasurer, NHS); 3 yrs science fair, Georgia Junior Science and Humanities Symposium presenter; 1 yr Academic Team (varsity); 4 yrs Math Team; 1 yr county school superintendent student advisory group; 4+ yrs piano/keyboard; 1 yr “school-spirit” (homecoming festivities – voted on homecoming court, voted homecoming queen); I also attached a more expansive resume, though nothing really worth noting here
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Volunteer/Community service: See above
[] Summer Activities: Volunteered 6 weeks at a hospital
[] Essays:

Common App – “Describe a character in fiction, etc… that has had an influence on you” – Wrote about Albus Dumbledore and how his advocacy of tolerance has made an impression on me.
Supplement – Wrote some partially-developed drivel about my religious identification, and how I came to realize it.
[] Teacher Recommendations: My Hnrs+AP Chem and AP Lang teachers both thought very highly of me. Can’t speak for their writing ability, though my Lang teacher was probably better
[] Counselor Rec: Could have ranged from generic to good
[] Additional Rec: None
[li] Interview: Yes, personal interview. It was tepid at best.[/ul][/li]
Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): GA
[] School Type: Suburban public – mediocre in my opinion, but located in a reasonably academically competitive region
[] Ethnicity: Asian (Korean)
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: < 30K
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First-gen[/ul]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: SAT, GPA, Common App essay
[] Weaknesses: No standout awards/ECs
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I know better than anyone that I’m hardly Ivy caliber. Also, Princeton loves impressive people who obviously want to impact some kind of change in the world. I’m hardly impressive – practically vanilla compared to their accepted applicants.[/ul][/li]
General Comments: Not fussed. It was a huge reach.

findis · March 31, 2009, 6:43pm

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 800CR-790M-780W (2370)
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: 800’s on physics, math II-C, US history, 780’s on bio, chem
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): about 3.97
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 (tie)
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5’s on US History, Computer Science A, Microeconomics (self-study), Macroeconomics (self-study)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Euro (A), AP English Lit (A), AP Spanish (A-), AP US Gov (A), AP Stats (A+), AP Physics C (A+). BC Calc through CTY over summer (A).
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing major, but NJ Science League: 1st in area every year. Bergen County Math League: 1st in group. Academic Decathlon: First and second in region, awards in almost everything. National Merit winner, AP Scholar with Honor.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
-Cross-country (with award given to one senior a year), winter track, spring track, GSA (treasurer), SADD (president), NHS, Earth club, politics club, quiz bowl. Bible quizzing team - significant time commitment. Some extracurricular involvement in music.
[] Job/Work Experience: Tutoring.
[] Volunteer/Community service: Local library, picking up recyclables, community service club.
[] Summer Activities: Summer school tennis, cross-country camp, calculus BC through CTY.
[] Essays: Good?
[] Teacher Recommendation: Don’t know about one. Other very positive, “best student ever taught,” etc.
[] Counselor Rec: Don’t know.
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: Okay. I got the feeling that both the interviewer and I were quiet and slightly awkward types, so it was short and slightly awkward, but I think she liked what I had to say.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes. With letter about abnormally high expenses due to sister’s illness.
[] Intended Major: Physics.
[] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Good public… but apparently only one person has gotten into Princeton in the last ten years.
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: ~100k

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Standardized testing.
[] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: I think I was basically just honest, but in my interview I tried to convey that I’m not a typical obsessive but a genuinely well-rounded person who takes things in perspective.
[] Weaknesses: With this school, at least, I don’t think I did anything wrong, but the essays, interview, and “unfocused” EC’s might have been relatively weak.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I don’t think there’s a reason, like “I should’ve done better on xxx” or “I’m so good at yyy.” There are a lot of great applicants, and honestly I’m proud of myself for being waitlisted.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: [/li]Accepted: UVa, Brandeis, MIT (yay!)
Rejected: Yale
Waitlisted: Stanford [/ul]

Other: Congrats everyone who got in! I’m going to take myself off on the waitlist and go to my first choice, MIT, for the record.

cherry62 · March 31, 2009, 6:46pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): M 750, R 650, W 690, T 2090
[] ACT: M 35, R 33, W 33, S 28, C 32
[] SAT II: Math II Level C 800, Chemistry 730, US History 730
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 when app was sent
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/367 at time
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calculus AB (5) Calculus BC (5) US History (5) Chemistry (5) English Language (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Statistics, AP Physics B, AP European History, AP Spanish V, AP English Literature, Leadership III, Library Science
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Questbridge College Match Finalist, Questbridge College Prep Scholar, Wellesley College Book Award, Outstanding AP US History, Computer Apps II, English II Student of Year, Best All Around (Senior Superlative :D), Homecoming Court - 2nd runner up (does that count?) AP Scholar with Honors, Junior Marshal
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Executive Board (secretary) Mu Alpha Theta Math Honor Society (President, VP in 11th), National Honor Society (Secretary) Interact Club (Secretary/VP), Spanish Club, Key Club, Piano (12 years), Charlotte Chinese School, Culinary Club
[] Job/Work Experience: Hostess at Japanese restaurant (summer), crewmember at Penn Station East Coast Subs (8 months)
[] Volunteer/Community service: Library volunteer, Sunrise Assisted Living volunteer, various activities = over 75 hours of community service
[] Summer Activities: Rotary Youth Leadership Award camp
[] Essays: ehhhhhhh, they were alright
[] Teacher Recommendation: excellent, i think
[] Counselor Rec: excellent
[] Additional Rec: n/a
[] Interview: Best interview out of the ones I had, they made me love it more. I had a married couple who met at Princeton and we talked for a long time.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[] Intended Major: undecided, but probably Chemistry
[] State (if domestic applicant): NC
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: large public
[] Ethnicity: Chinese
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: less than $40,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation, top female at large public school that is highly recognized academically within NC, Questbridge College Match Finalist got me some good stuff
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: grades, activities, leadership, community service
[] Weaknesses: SAT score
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Just not good enough I guess? I don’t really know and I’m really not trying to down on myself. Everyone who I’ve seen at this thread, Yale’s and Stanford’s seem really awesome so I guess that’s why
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at Duke, MIT, Notre Dame and UNC Chapel Hill, Waitlisted at Yale and Stanford[/li][/ul]General Comments:
Congratulations to everyone who got in! I don’t feel bad and I’ve got my eyes on Duke [which was probably my number one when I applied] and MIT (total surprise) now :D. I’m kind of upset at Princeton just cause I loved it especially after my interview, but hey, no expectations = no disappointment. Well congratulations again!

22catch22 · March 31, 2009, 6:50pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2300
CR: 720
W: 800
M:780
[] ACT: n/a
[] SAT II:
U.S. History: 730
World History: 760
Lit: 730
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.99
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):top 5 percent at least
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):n/a
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): Testing in May
[] Senior Year Course Load:6 IB courses
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] Um…National Council of Teachers of English Writing Award…if thats major[/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): National Honor Society (VP), Soccer, Model UN (Pres), Mock Trial (7th,5th,10th,2nd at State, best attorney in state senior year)
[] Volunteer/Community service:NHS and Adams Volunteer Corps –> +100 hrs.
[] Summer Activities: Sleeping/Summer job
[] Essays:Common App=excellent, Princeton supplement=pretty good

[] Teacher Recommendation:One great, one good
[] Counselor Rec:Good
[] Additional Rec:No
[] Interview:Very good[/ul]

Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Indiana
[] School Type:Midsize urban, middling stats, though with a small group of competitive IB students
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender:Male
[] Income Bracket: 100,000-200,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):Legacy[/ul]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths:Writing, and pretty good testing
[] Weaknesses:Leadership in ECs not wonderful, no really major awards
[li] Why you think you were accepted: I’m sure the legacy helped, and my stats and essay were good too…who knows[/ul][/li]
General Comments:
SO EXCITED! Literally shaking when I got the news.

22catch22 · March 31, 2009, 6:52pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2300
CR: 720
W: 800
M:780
[] ACT: n/a
[] SAT II:
U.S. History: 730
World History: 760
Lit: 730
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.99
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):top 5 percent at least
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):n/a
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): Testing in May
[] Senior Year Course Load:6 IB courses
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] Um…National Council of Teachers of English Writing Award…if thats major[/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): National Honor Society (VP), Soccer, Model UN (Pres), Mock Trial (7th,5th,10th,2nd at State, best attorney in state senior year), Quiz Bowl
[] Volunteer/Community service:NHS and Adams Volunteer Corps –> +100 hrs.
[] Summer Activities: Sleeping/Summer job
[] Essays:Common App=excellent, Princeton supplement=pretty good

[] Teacher Recommendation:One great, one good
[] Counselor Rec:Good
[] Additional Rec:No
[] Interview:Very good[/ul]

Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Indiana
[] School Type:Midsize urban, middling stats, though with a small group of competitive IB students
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender:Male
[] Income Bracket: 100,000-200,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):Legacy[/ul]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths:Writing, and pretty good testing
[] Weaknesses:Leadership in ECs not wonderful, no really major awards
[li] Why you think you were accepted: I’m sure the legacy helped, and my stats and essay were good too…who knows[/ul][/li]
General Comments:
SO EXCITED! Literally shaking when I got the news.

mistofthekane · March 31, 2009, 6:53pm

[ size=+3]Decision: Accepted!!![/size]

2300+ SAT, lackluster SAT IIs, some national-level leadership, some national awards, mostly lucky.

Congrats to all? Why aren’t more people posting? I thought the Princeton board was the most popular IL one on CC judging by the number of posts overall…

randomnerdz · March 31, 2009, 6:55pm

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): M: 780; CR: 760; W: 800 (12E)
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: Lit: 740, US History: 760, Math II: 770
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/570
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): APHG (5), CHEMISTRY (4), USHISTORY (4), SPANISH LANGUAGE (4), STATISTICS (4), ENGLISH LANGUAGE (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: Most rigorous.
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Several state, national, and international writing (poetry) awards.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extra Curriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Interact Community Service Club (President)
Model Organization of American States (President)
Student Council (Student Body Executive)
Literary Magazine (Editor-in-Chief)
Business Professionals of America
UIL Literary Criticism & Ready Writing
Varsity Orchestra
Interfaith Club (Secretary)
[] Job/Work Experience: I worked at a calling center last summer
[] Volunteer/Community service: I volunteered as a Research Assistant for two Psychology Professors last summer. I have hundreds of service hours and organize many youth and community action/activist projects.
[] Summer Activities: Calling Center, Research Assistant
[] Essays: How I promote human rights/activism with Interact; My beard – and how it’s taught me that no stereotype can constrain me; What creativity means to me: a cute story from my past relating how creativity is fundamental to my life.
[] Teacher Recommendation: 1st- It was good. Not as good as it should have been.
2nd- It was positive, but my teacher obviously didn’t edit it. It was replete with grammar and factual mistakes.
[] Counselor Rec: Wonderful
[] Additional Rec: Interact Club Sponsor-Glowing; I’m one of her favorite students from the past 21 years
[] Interview: It was with a fairly old alumni. He told me I was a very competitive applicant. It was pretty nice.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Psychology
[] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Large Public
[] Ethnicity: South Asian
[] Gender:Male
[] Income Bracket: Middle Class
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths:My essays were very, very creative. I spent a lot of time on them. I am ridiculously active in my school. I dream big. I write poetry pretty well, I suppose.
[] Weaknesses: Teacher Recommendations, Ethnicity…
[] Why you think you were rejected: I don’t know, I did everything I possibly could.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Columbia, Amherst, Williams, Grinnell, Tufts, UT; Waitlisted: Stanford, Princeton, Brown; Rejected: Harvard, Yale[/li][/ul]General Comments: I’m majorly bummed out. Sigh.

mistofthekane · March 31, 2009, 6:56pm

Decision: Accepted!!!

2300+ SAT, lackluster SAT IIs, some national-level leadership, some national awards, mostly lucky.

Congrats to admits! Why aren’t more people posting? I thought the Princeton board was the most popular IL one on CC judging by the number of posts overall…

Frostyeel · March 31, 2009, 7:04pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 770 CR, 780 M, 750 W
[] ACT: n/a
[] SAT II: 800 US History, 800 Bio-M, 800 Math 2
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 4%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), Calc AB (5), Bio (5), Chem (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: hard classes but a low number of them, overall quite hard
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none[/ul][/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): track and field 9-12, cross country 10-12
[] Job/Work Experience: none
[] Volunteer/Community service: 40 hours per year junior and senior years with National Honor Society
[] Summer Activities: cross country preseason, biking, relaxing
[] Essays: one very good, one good
[] Teacher Recommendation: one very good, one good
[] Counselor Rec: no idea
[] Additional Rec: none
[li] Interview: I thought it was okay to bad. My interviewer asked me a lot about my interest in art and philosophy and such and as I’m more of a science person I didn’t have that much to tell him. I also completely failed at displaying sincere interest in Princeton.[/ul][/li]
Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): California
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: large public
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: male
[] Income Bracket: ~$100K
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): legacy[/ul][/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: test scores, GPA, recommendations, my one really good essay
[] Weaknesses: the other stuff
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: legacy? I had nothing else that really stood out[/ul][/li]
**General Comments: **I don’t know. Princeton wasn’t one of my top choices, I only applied because I thought I had a better chance than at any other ivy. Now I guess I’ll have to look into it.

anissa · March 31, 2009, 8:05pm

Pick one:
Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): M:720 CR:760 W:750
[] ACT: n/a
[] SAT II: French w/ Listening:800, US History:720, Lit:690
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/~350
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): US Gov & Politics (5) from soph year, tons more this year
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: pretty intense… have to make up some NC state requirements since I was in France last year though
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): -
[/ul]Subjective:[list]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): year abroad in Orl

basketballbabe13 · March 31, 2009, 8:14pm

Waitlisted. stats later.
quick stats: 2200, SATII: 790/750/710.
GPA 3.8
lots of leadership
great essays
Canadian

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