<p>Same here. Even if I couldn't get in, I'd really like camelia or you to get in... :)</p>
<p>thank you so much, guys. i'm tearing up again reading these posts, honestly... (clearly i already cry much too easily, but even so)</p>
<p>You don't cry too much...this is a really emotional time no matter what the outcome. Reading this thread makes me really upset (even though I got in), because I've just gotten to know all of you (camelia, jon, ungst, lennni) as amazing, eloquent, accomplished, ambitious people, and I wish that I could take you all to Princeton with me. I know that it "doesn't make sense" to keep posting on this board, but I sincerely hope that you all do, because I do consider you my CC 'friends,' and I will miss you all.</p>
<p>Congratulations to those who have been accepted, and to those rejected or waitlisted, you WILL go on to do great things! Give your all no matter where you matriculate.</p>
<p>I was the parent one year ago and when my DD received her acceptance. I thought, right. You're going to turn down two full rides at very reputable state schools for Princeton? Their financial aid offer was very generous, but it certainly wasn't free. We decided to go ahead and do April Hosting before accepting the full ride at UDel. Princeton sold us hook, line and sinker. My husband is a skeptic, and even he came away from that weekend saying that Princeton does college like nobody else. It has been the right decision, no regrets. We'll have to wait for new carpet, car and furniture, but that doesn't compare to the education she is getting there. Princeton has already afforded her wonderful educational opportunities in her first year. A trip to Hong Kong with Glee Club, a trip to Yellowstone with her freshman seminar. </p>
<p>Many of you will have offers for full rides at other universities and you may elect to take advantage of that. That's wonderful! But you and your parents should try to attend April Hosting before you make your decision. You need to see how badly Princeton wants you to attend and then how much they will help you succeed for the rest of your life.</p>
<p>to j07: dude, if you keep talking like that even i'll break out in tears! <em>sniffs</em>
but thanks for being so kind/positive/awesome... (this is starting to sound like i'm dying or something)</p>
<p>anyhoo, when you finally get a facebook, i'll hunt you down and add you. hahaha</p>
<p>rejected...didn't realize how distraught i'd be</p>
<p>Does anyone know when decisions are expected to arrive in the mail?</p>
<p>ahhhh okay i'd like to take this opportunity to say that i really can not fricken believe i got accepted.. it's a bit overwhelming and hard to digest!!</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected </p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 2330 (780 M, 770 Cr, 780 W)
[<em>] SAT IIs: 800 on Math IIC and Chemistry; 720 on US History
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 99.120 and 101.230
[<em>] Rank: Salutatorian
[</em>] ACT: Not applicable
[<em>] APs (including this year's): AP Biology (4); AP Chemistry; AP US History (4); AP Calculus BC (5); AP Euro History (5); AP Physics C Mech/EM; AP English Language/Literature; AP German
[</em>] IBs (including this year's: Underfunded public school so no IBs
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: AP English Lang/Lit, AP Chem, AP Physics, AP German
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: Either three or four
[<em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Microbiology research, Science Olympiad (Captain), Mock Trial (Lead Attorney), Community Service, and State science fair competitions (attended national science competitions; president of school's chapter)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: A part time job at the local supermarket
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): I: My life in binary; II: Death of my grandfather and discovering Ayn Rand
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Both were absolutely excellent
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Glowing, she knew me since fifth grade
[<em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): My worse college interview. Princeton was not my first choice so I had very little knowledge about the school and made generalizations to his questions.
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): My microbiology research was featured in multiple national journals
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: PA
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Underfunded public school (median SAT 1201/2400)
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian-american
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: < 60,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Single parent household and first generation? They are hooks?
[<em>] Strengths: Publications in journals
[</em>] Weaknesses: Average stats for Princeton
[li] Why you think you were rejected: If I knew I would tell you, but I don't. [/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congratulations to those who were accepted. I cannot say I was one of them but oh well things happen for a reason. Good luck to those on the waitlist.</p>
<p>Rejected...</p>
<p>Accepted
Decision: ACCEPTED!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul][<em>] Fee Waiver Used?:no
[</em>] SAT Reasoning (by section): 710CR+790M+800W=2300
[<em>] SAT Subject tests:800 MathII, 760 CHem, 680 US Hist
[</em>] ACT: None
[<em>] APs: All that school had, 5 on Chem and Calc AB, taking 5 APs this spring
[</em>] IBs: what's that haha
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted:Unweighted 4.096
[</em>] Rank: 4/237
[<em>] Senior Yr. Courseload: AP English, AP French, AP Calculus BC, AP Biology, AP Physics, Peer Leadership, Public Issues World Affairs (required course 1 semester), Asian Studies (1 semester)
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: Don't know
[<em>] Common or Princeton App?: Common
[</em>] Other stats: 8 and 7 on AIMEs sophomore and junior year
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Varsity Tennis all 4 years, captain and projected #1 in state this year, President of Math League, President and cofounder of Oceanography Team, Assistant Coach of MathCounts team, VP of French Club, Cross Country for 3 yrs, Varsity, Secretary/Treasurer of Senior Class, ARML, Tutoring, Jazz Band, Won some school writing contest, Governor's Institute over summer 2 times
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Tennis Instructor All Year
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Average probably, one about leadership as a MathCounts coach, one about my mental development as a tennis player and how that's affected life
[</em>] Teacher Recs: One good, one really good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Not sure
[</em>] Interview (feel and general location): Felt good
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul][<em>] State or Country:Vermont
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public, Considered maybe best or 2nd best public H.S. in Vermont
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Income Bracket: ~140,000 i think
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Hooks: Dad going to grad school at Princeton i think helped a lot, b/c i got wait listed at Harvard and Rejected at Yale
[<em>] Strengths/Weaknesses: a weakness is probably B in AP English first semester this year
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted or rejected: same as Hooks just above
[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:</p>
<p>Gee, I don't want to sound bitter, but I just don't understand why college admissions are so random/unfair. A girl who used to go to my school got in ED as a legacy and she, in my opinion, did not deserve to get into even a cornell-caliber school. And at the same time, jon and camelia get rejected? It makes no sense.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: NO
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 800V, 700M, 710W, 9E
[<em>] SAT IIs: 800 Latin, 800 Lit, 800 Chem, 750 U.S., 750 Bio M
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.557W, 4.0UW, weighted went up on midyear
[<em>] Rank: 1/118, stayed the same midyears
[</em>] APs (including this year's): English Comp 5, Latin 5, Bio 5, Chem 5, US 5
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: All APs
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 6
[<em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): JCL awards, national latin exam awards, commended(probably useless) student, essay contests, volunteer awards
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: state officer, newspaper, Red Cross, student council, captain of running and skiing
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: 1 restaurant job
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): had mixed responses, very polar, too. topics were rather cliche.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: excellent
[</em>] Counselor Rec: excellent
[<em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): I guess good, but very grueling
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): No
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: MA
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): smallish, somewhat poor public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Japanese
[</em>] Gender: F
[<em>] Income Bracket: ~50,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation college
[<em>] Strengths: uh...
[</em>] Weaknesses: low(er) SATs, commended student only,typos in application
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I don't really care anymore!! WHEEEEEE!!!![/li][/ul]Other Factors: I don't know, I don't know.
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: So happy, so happy. Great financial aid, great place... Eek eek eek. I love everyone!</p>
<p>thykingdomcome, congratulations!!!!!!</p>
<p>Usually, some enterprising young person takes this task upon themselves, but no one has done so. Therefore I have compiled a list of results, which I hope is accurate. While I wish you all could have been successful, 34 of 88 of you have reported being accepted, a 39% acceptance rate, which is about 6 times higher than the projected RD rate. Congratulations to those accepted, and for those who were not, you will surely enroll at another great school that you will love.</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<ol>
<li>Pleonasm</li>
<li>Sudaneya4ever</li>
<li>Pandora</li>
<li>1of42</li>
<li>Ernie H</li>
<li>CMA1 (for son)</li>
<li>CopelandX</li>
<li>Jo7</li>
<li>Tedsfrozenhead</li>
<li>Ucfilm007
11.OldNass</li>
<li>Grahamezzy</li>
<li>Ohh Miss Zanna</li>
<li>Gallo_Pallatino</li>
<li>MSMDAD (for daughter)</li>
<li>Weasel8488</li>
<li>Silver12065</li>
<li>Notecn!rp</li>
<li>Boy654321</li>
<li>Avseahawks</li>
<li>Novabound07</li>
<li>Bananaman</li>
<li>LionsOnAPlane</li>
<li>Mitchhhs</li>
<li>ThenTheKerosene</li>
<li>QuenteBoy</li>
<li>Tiger916</li>
<li>BallPlayer7000</li>
<li>Greg_OotM</li>
<li>Namooangel</li>
<li>Elchingon9</li>
<li>Aw5k</li>
<li>Spt10v</li>
<li>Thykingdomcome</li>
</ol>
<p>Rejected
1. Rotor<em>bird
2. YongeSt.Toronto
3. Vieestbelle
4. Trangham
5. Zerocool920
6. Eventer31590
7. Nelle178
8. Whoamg
9. Mannyramirez
10. Rajkaran22
11. Quixotic
12 Shrivats
13. K</em>twin
14. Advantagious
15. Clendenenator
16. Icsmatt
17. Jon314
18. Graceface01
19. Bobbo07
20. Eventer31590
21. Diehldun
22. Etoile822
23. Nutmeg88
24. Neutralnuke
25. Mayblossom
26. DavidAlex
27. Gohansdemise
28. Theoneo
29. Tinaaaw
30. Kmys007
31. Arbiter213
32. Cameliasinensis
33. Ellmtree
34. Enteril
35. Jaw
36. Haru07
37. Ever<em>after
38. Ungst
39. Zerocool920
40. Mockfrog
41. Sonar
42. Noldo
43. Erhswimming
44. TheOneCurlyFry
45. Stuckinthemuck15
46. ImScaredOfBees
47. Lenni
48. Robbyg
49. Yoshi729
50. Evil</em>asian_dictator</p>
<p>Wait listed</p>
<ol>
<li>RyanOG88</li>
<li>Mikenthemaddog6</li>
<li>Dionysus</li>
<li>Slickhitter</li>
</ol>
<p>accepted as well! i was soo surprised.. but quite ecstatic.. but then realized, how am i going to afford it?! and got kind of sad.</p>
<p>Are you serious x3rose? Princeton's financial aid program is incredible!! Surely they can help you out if you're not able to afford it!! Call up the office or contact them online: <a href="http://www.princeton.edu/main/admission-aid/aid/%5B/url%5D">http://www.princeton.edu/main/admission-aid/aid/</a></p>
<p>Good luck! :) I'm sooo excited guys!!</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul][<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: Nope
[</em>] SAT Reasoning (by section): 2300 (one sitting) (800 M, 700 Cr, 800 W)
[<em>] SAT Subject tests: 780 Bio M, 750 Lit, 740 Math II
[</em>] ACT: Didn't take
[<em>] APs: None, but five A Levels
[</em>] IBs: None
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.0 uw. No weighted GPA.
[</em>] Rank: School doesn't rank, but top 10% of 92, and my awards and recs strongly implied that I was top.
[<em>] Senior Yr. Courseload: People at my school typically take four A levels, and I'm one of three who are taking the maximum five.
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 1. I'm the first ever.
[<em>] Common or Princeton App?: Common
[</em>] Other stats: Top five in the UK for Classics GCSE (my potential major)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul][<em>] ECs listed on app: Writing, horseback riding, volunteering at local elementary schools, archaeology, music, acting/directing/lighting.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Work at an early morning childcare group before school.
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): 1. Life with an autistic brother. 2. My struggle to overcome shyness.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Pretty good, I think, although not 'perfect'. I'm pretty certain they mentioned my shyness in class, but one teacher in particular loves me.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Excellent. They used my UCAS (British application system) rec, which means it probably was more academically focused than normal, but she definitely made a big deal about my academics.
[</em>] Interview (feel and general location): It was OK. I had it in the office of professor at the local university, and although I didn't feel it went as well as some of my other interviews, my interviewer told me that he thought I'd fit in and do well at Princeton.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul][<em>] State or Country: England
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Private girls school, far from being Eton but with pretty high results in the external UK exams.
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Income Bracket: Lower-middle class
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Hooks: I guess the Classics thing, and possibly the fact that I'm from a less-represented part of England (I'm from the North)? I don't really know.
[<em>] Strengths/Weaknesses: Strengths were probably academics, and I guess my volunteering with kids? Every one of my activities included some factor of 'and then I volunteer to teach kids how to do this'. Weaknesses were probably my shyness and the fact that all of my ECs are on a very local level.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted or rejected: I really don't know. I had to check the website several times, just to make sure I hadn't imagined it or that they hadn't uploaded the wrong letter by mistake!
[/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congratulations to everyone who got in, and I guess I'll be seeing you in a couple of weeks for the visiting days! I've never visited Princeton before, because of the whole other-side-of-the-Atlantic issue, but it looks amazing and I'm so excited! Good luck to those on the waitlist too. I'm a hardcore lurker, so I know how excited you all are about this place, so congrats to those who got in, and I hope that all those amazing people who didn't get in find somewhere else to love just as much :).</p>
<p>Continuing from PDaddy's enterprising post:</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<ol>
<li>Pleonasm</li>
<li>Sudaneya4ever</li>
<li>Pandora</li>
<li>1of42</li>
<li>Ernie H</li>
<li>CMA1 (for son)</li>
<li>CopelandX</li>
<li>Jo7</li>
<li>Tedsfrozenhead</li>
<li>Ucfilm007
11.OldNass</li>
<li>Grahamezzy</li>
<li>Ohh Miss Zanna</li>
<li>Gallo_Pallatino</li>
<li>MSMDAD (for daughter)</li>
<li>Weasel8488</li>
<li>Silver12065</li>
<li>Notecn!rp</li>
<li>Boy654321</li>
<li>Avseahawks</li>
<li>Novabound07</li>
<li>Bananaman</li>
<li>LionsOnAPlane</li>
<li>Mitchhhs</li>
<li>ThenTheKerosene</li>
<li>QuenteBoy</li>
<li>Tiger916</li>
<li>BallPlayer7000</li>
<li>Greg_OotM</li>
<li>Namooangel</li>
<li>Elchingon9</li>
<li>Aw5k</li>
<li>Spt10v</li>
<li>Thykingdomcome</li>
<li>x3rose</li>
<li>Dallyra</li>
</ol>
<p>Rejected
1. Rotor<em>bird
2. YongeSt.Toronto
3. Vieestbelle
4. Trangham
5. Zerocool920
6. Eventer31590
7. Nelle178
8. Whoamg
9. Mannyramirez
10. Rajkaran22
11. Quixotic
12 Shrivats
13. K</em>twin
14. Advantagious
15. Clendenenator
16. Icsmatt
17. Jon314
18. Graceface01
19. Bobbo07
20. Eventer31590
21. Diehldun
22. Etoile822
23. Nutmeg88
24. Neutralnuke
25. Mayblossom
26. DavidAlex
27. Gohansdemise
28. Theoneo
29. Tinaaaw
30. Kmys007
31. Arbiter213
32. Cameliasinensis
33. Ellmtree
34. Enteril
35. Jaw
36. Haru07
37. Ever<em>after
38. Ungst
39. Zerocool920
40. Mockfrog
41. Sonar
42. Noldo
43. Erhswimming
44. TheOneCurlyFry
45. Stuckinthemuck15
46. ImScaredOfBees
47. Lenni
48. Robbyg
49. Yoshi729
50. Evil</em>asian_dictator</p>
<p>Wait listed</p>
<ol>
<li>RyanOG88</li>
<li>Mikenthemaddog6</li>
<li>Dionysus</li>
<li>Slickhitter</li>
</ol>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No.
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 790 W 780 CR 710 M
[<em>] SAT IIs: 700 Literature, 670 Math II, 640 US History, 650 French
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.3 (w), 3.93 (uw)
[<em>] Rank: 2 of 295
[</em>] ACT: 28, not sent
[<em>] APs (including this year's): AP European History 3, AP Calculus
[</em>] IBs (including this year's: SL Math Studies 6, SL French B 6, SL Chemistry, HL French B, HL English A1, HL History of the Americas, HL Psychology
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: IB Chem., IB French, IB English, AP Calculus, Chamber Singers, IB History, IB Psychology (Hardest for school)
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: Just me
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Nothing earth-shattering, but I'm involved in a decent amount of stuff.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Peer Tutoring
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Decent.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: The one I have read was glowing but had several grammatical errors. <em>facepalm</em>
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Who knows. My counselor is sort of spaced out
[</em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): Okay.
[<em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): I live in rural CA, if that counts
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: CA
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public. Stats...umm, I think the average SAT on the old one was like 900, so figure from there. I have the highest SAT in the class by 140 points.
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: Middle
[<em>] Strengths: Unusual location, high SATs, high GPA
[</em>] Weaknesses: Not great school, no overly impressive ECs, essays, low SAT IIs
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Who knows. See "weaknesses" and take your pick.[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: It was a long shot, anyway. I just wanted to apply because I knew I'd regret it if I didn't. Congrats/Condolences to all.</p>