<p>i got rejected, no suprise my sat score was terrible! the only bad thing is that this does it for my east cost options :( but i got waitlisted to duke at least..</p>
<p>Yay! Accepted to Brown!! So HYP rejection, and Cornell isn't loading! Feels nice to be in the Ivy League...</p>
<p>Accepted!!! Stats In Previous Posts</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul][<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: no
[</em>] SAT Reasoning (by section): 800 CR/690 M/800 W = 1490/2290
[<em>] SAT Subject tests: Bio-E: 730; Math II: 740; Spanish: 700
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] APs: English Language 5, Spanish Language 4, Psychology 5; will take four more this May
[</em>] IBs: Psychology SL 6; will take five more in May
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.2316 W/3.996 UW
[</em>] Rank: 14/468
[<em>] Senior Yr. Courseload:
AP/IB Biology II
IB World Area Studies
IB Theory of Knowledge
AP/IB English IV
AP/IB Spanish V
AP/IB Calculus BC
Swimming
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: ~8
[<em>] Common or Princeton App?: Princeton
[</em>] Other stats: IB Diploma Candidate, National Hispanic Merit Scholar, National Merit Commended, AP Scholar, Academic All-District (swimming), All-District Outstanding Hispanic Young Leader
[/ul]Subjective:[ul][<em>] ECs listed on app: varsity swimming, Speech & Debate Team with several regional awards, student body Vice-President, National Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta, co-President of church youth council (heavily involved at church), VP of National Spanish Honor Society
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: worked three jobs in the summer between junior and senior year; worked ~17 hours a week all first semester
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): I wrote my 'summers' and 'favorite EC' activity as if they were essays, and I really loved both of them. One of my essays was about riding in a car with a future Princeton classmate and one of them was about my last name. They were pretty quirky, but I loved them.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: I sent in 3 (2 required, one optional). One was probably really excellent, one pretty good, and one absolutely glowing.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: She doesn't know me that well, but she probably tried very hard on it.
[</em>] Interview (feel and general location): at my favorite coffee shop by the lake where I have spent so much time since I was about 4 years old on a perfect 85-degree sunny day. I didn't think it went that wonderfully at the time, but we got along pretty well. It was very casual and we talked a lot about partying...
[<em>] Hook (if any): I'm half Mexican
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Texas
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): public, we send maybe three kids to Ivies + Stanford each year
[</em>] Ethnicity: half-Hispanic, half-Caucasian (I specified this)
[<em>] Income Bracket: $100,000
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Hooks: probably my writing skills...and my ethnicity
[</em>] Strengths/Weaknesses: I don't have the "one true passion" everybody talks about, but I am passionate about each individual thing that I do and I really care about it. I also have tons of community service work (that's all really unique) and I wrote about that in an optional essay. My biggest weakness is probably my lack of "depth" in any one area, and my class rank/SATs could have been better.
[li] Why you think you were accepted or rejected: Part of me thinks that I am accepted because I love Princeton so much and it has been such a huge part of my wishes/hopes/dreams for so long that it was translated to paper.[/li][/ul]Other Factors: can't think of any
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:</p>
<p>I AM SO HAPPY RIGHT NOW! I have never been this happy in my entire life. I seriously have been smiling and running around my house for 30 minutes straight. I checked Harvard first and was rejected, but then I was accepted to Yale. My heart was pounding a million miles a minute and I was already really happy about Yale, so when it popped up on the screen I couldn't even believe it. I seriously kept making my mom read it over and over to make sure it was mine and it was real. I have never been this happy in my entire life. My life is PERFECT right now. Absolutely perfect. </p>
<p>Except for the fact that I was running to tell my mom and I crashed into this old toybox and severely cut my leg, which has been currently bleeding for about 20 minutes and might require stitches. WHATEVER, endorphins/adrenaline are seriously canceling out whatever pain I might have had otherwise!!</p>
<p>To everybody: I am so happy and proud and honored that I was able to 'meet' all of you over the past six months (some of us go way back, winkwink, btlesgirl!). I'm going to be lame and sappy for two seconds, but I really am so excited that I get to meet some of you next year and I am so sorry for those who were rejected. I hope that some other school can somehow make you feel the same way that I feel about Princeton right now. I love ALL of you. Thanks for inquiring as to my whereabouts.</p>
<p>EEEKS! I CAN'T EVEN SIT DOWN!</p>
<p>WAHOOOOOOOOOO
I made your day this morning, and now you made mine!!!!
MANY MANY MANY CONGRATS
I cannot wait to meet you!</p>
<p>Good for you, j07! Good for us!!!! Princeton over Yale, right?</p>
<p>& congrats to you, too, nelle!!!!
but it's still oxford, right?</p>
<p>YAYYYYYYYYYYYY Congrats j07!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You definitely deserve it!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>Yeah and sorry about your leg! But I guess it doesn't even matter, right? ;)</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] Deferred EA? No
[</em>] SAT I (breakdown): 600 CR, 750 Math, 690 Writing
[<em>] ACT: 33
[</em>] SAT II: 750 Math II, 680 Chem, 720 Bio
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.289 W
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): #1/300
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc (5), U.S. History (5), Bio (5), Chem (5)
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Dual Enrollment, AP Govt, AP English Lit
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Awards - Music, Dance 6 consecutive years
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Lots, passion: Indian Classical Music/Dance (practice - 3 hours a day, numerous performances, competitions, awards)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: hospital
[</em>] Summer Activities:
[<em>] Essays: good
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: amazing
[<em>] Counselor Rec: amazing
[</em>] Additional Rec: amazing
[<em>] Interview: amazing
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): MI
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):<br>
[</em>] School Type: Public (barely anyone goes to big schools)
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian-Indian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: $100,000 +
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none.
[<em>] Strengths: extremely motivated, work ethic, discipline, ambition, competitive
[</em>] Weaknesses: not too much leadership.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/li][/ul]General Comments: i'm screwed. depressed. disappointed. angry.</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul][<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>] SAT Reasoning (by section): CR: 800 WR:760 M: 720 (1 sitting, 1st and only time)
[<em>] SAT Subject tests:Math II: 770 Chem: 770 USH: 710
[</em>] APs:APs: 5s: Chem, Calc AB, Eng Lit 4s: USH, Spanish
Will take this year: Calc BC, Phys C: Mech, Eng Lang, Macro, Micro
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: ~3.5 uw (?, my school doesn't really give me this info and I don't know how to weight. as an example of how rigorous my school's grading is, I got a B in AP Chemistry, and I got a 5 on the AP.)
[</em>] Rank: school doesn't rank
[<em>] Senior Yr. Courseload: 4 full credit APs, 1 half credit AP, 1 half credt honors and two arts (chorus and chorale)
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 3 maybe? (38 in my class)
[<em>] Common or Princeton App?: Common
[</em>] Other stats: coauthor on a scientific paper, AP Scholar with distinction, science olympiad thing (regional level), nm commended (MA is stupid), and my school doesn't give awards. 500 hrs of scientific research, Teaching ESL to Latin American Immigrants, science team, squash (captain sr year), basketball, tutoring Chemistry, yearbook</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul][<em>] ECs listed on app:
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: My scientific research was an unpaid internship
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): pretty good. 1 about scientific research, the other about teaching ESL.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: never saw them, but I assume they were very nice, but not spectacular
[<em>] Counselor Rec: very good I'm sure
[</em>] Interview (feel and general location): went well. the guy was a doctor so we talked about science at Princeton for quite a while.
[<em>] Hook (if any): Scientific research
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul][</em>] State or Country:
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): tiny private (38 in my class)
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Income Bracket: highest
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Hooks: Scientific research, my lab coordinator wrote me a really great reccomendation about how he thought Pton was right for me b/c his son went there. double legacy at harvard (maybe Princeton thought I would get in at Harvard, but thought I would go to Princeton over Harvard, but I got waitlisted at Harvard.)
[</em>] Strengths/Weaknesses: <strong><em>GPA</em></strong>, I don't stand out that much because I'm sure plenty of applicant from MA did lots of scientific research and had better grades than me. My gpa is better than most at my school, but it's pretty piddly compared to the heaps of 4.0 applicants.
[li] Why you think you were accepted or rejected: I don't ask questions. I didn't accoplish much more since the ED round and my grades didn't really change.[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
Got Deferred ED and now I'm IN!!!! WHOHOO!!!! Sorry to all those who didn't get in and congrats to those who did. I will almost certainly attend Princeton.</p>
<p>yay, ted!!! congrats!!</p>
<p>This is such a weird juxtaposition of emotion! It's actually really kind of cataclysmically beautiful, if you think about it.
Oh my God.
Cannot breathe.
I love all of you so much. I'm glad I made your day btlesgirl!</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED! (after deferral)</p>
<p>Stats:[ul][<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>] SAT Reasoning (by section): 790M, 720CR, 750W (2260 Total)
[<em>] SAT Subject tests: 800MathII, 730Physics, 730UsHistory
[</em>] APs: 4 World History, 4 Art History, 4 Physics C: Mechanics, 4 US History, 5 Psychology
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.72W, 4.0W
[</em>] Rank: 2 of 435
[<em>] Senior Yr. Courseload: AP Stats, AP Gov, AP Eng Language, AP Chem, Ceramics
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 3 I Think
[<em>] Common or Princeton App?: Princeton
[</em>] Other stats:[/ul]Subjective:[ul][<em>] ECs listed on app: Lots of musical theater and opera, photography, own videography business, golf team, CSF, key club, etc.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Paid performer in operas, also two "regular" jobs
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Two quotes, one of my own choosing.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Pretty good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Average-Good
[</em>] Interview (feel and general location): Really good @ starbucks, connected with the interviewer and he said I would be a "perfect addition" to Princeton's performing arts initiative.
[<em>] Hook (if any): Voice and Photography Optional Arts Supplements plus recommendations from Opera general directors. [/ul]Location/Person:[ul][</em>] State or Country: San Diego, CA
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Avg, few to ivies every year, lots of busing, about 2000 students.
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Income Bracket: 100,000+
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]</p>
<p>YAAYYYY!!!! j07, that's amazing!! You too, tedz & ucfilm!</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED!!!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul][<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: Yes
[</em>] SAT Reasoning (by section): 2370 (CR 800; W 800; M 770)
[<em>] SAT Subject tests: Spanish 800; French 800; Italian 800; USH 800; World H. 760; Lit 740
[</em>] ACT: Didn’t take
[<em>] APs: 5’s on AP USH, French Lang, French Lit, Spanish, Italian, Psych, Bio, Calc BC; 4’s on Physics B, Eng. Lit
[</em>] IBs: N/A
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 99.7/ my school doesn’t weight/99.7
[</em>] Rank: 1/240
[<em>] Senior Yr. Courseload: All APs and two required non-AP courses (overall, designated as “Most Challenging”)
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 2
[<em>] Common or Princeton App?: Common
[</em>] Other stats:[/ul]Subjective:[ul][<em>] ECs listed on app: Mock Trial, Model UN, Robotics, Musical Theatre, Community Service and Volunteering; Student Gov’t; Spanish, French, and Italian Honor Societies, National Honor Society
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Worked in a hospital’s dietary dept.
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): My essays were very reflective of my personality. My guidance counselor called to ask about my application a few weeks ago and the regional director of Long Island confided in her that no other essay moved the committee more than mine did! She said a few officers had cried while deliberating over my app. I’m sure that means they appreciated my sincerity.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Didn’t read them… assuming they were good.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Ditto.
[</em>] Interview (feel and general location): It was my most amusing interview. At one point, I felt so comfortable with her that I admitted that I’m gay (something not many people know and would never in the world guess about me). I think she may have written about how courageous it was for me to tell her that. My interview took place in Port Jefferson, the next town over.
[<em>] Hook (if any):I didn’t check off that I’m Hispanic b/c I don’t agree with AA so it wasn’t my URM status. Not sure really.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul][</em>] State or Country: NY
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Suburban, Public, Last person to be admitted at Princeton in my school was in the 1980s
[</em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic (I don’t actually look it… but both of my parents are Colombian. I was born there but came here when I was just 8 days old!)
[<em>] Income Bracket: ~ 60k
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Strengths/Weaknesses: I can speak 6 languages / There are many, many languages I will never be able to speak in my life!!! Haha, but seriously, maybe my math and science are a little weaker. I tend to lean more towards the social sciences and humanities.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted or rejected:[/ul]Other Factors: Maybe they wanted a very strong polyglot? I have no idea. Oh wait! My English teacher said she had referred to me as a “renaissance man” in her letter. Perhaps “renaissance man” + the languages + checking the Woodrow Wilson School as a possible major = a promising combo for them…? I’ll bet there were many reasons. I still believe that there’s definitely an element of luck involved…
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: WOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! Pton ’11 baby!! Congrats to everyone else who also got in! And hey, for the rest of you: I’m sorry!!! Over 18,000 applied this year. Many amazing applicants were bound to be rejected. I’m extremely overjoyed that I got in. I’m pulling from the Columbia waitlist and I’ll be turning down Harvard, Yale, Cornell, and Dartmouth’s acceptances. That’s about it. I can’t wait to meet some of you guys next year! WOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOO!!!!! :D I’m gonna party tonight! Peace!</p>
<p>congratulations everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>ooh god. and i have to wait till tomorrow to call. somebody hold me! hahaha</p>
<p>CONGRATS to the people who got in. and j07, i didn't doubt that you wouldn't get in for a second. :D</p>
<p>J07 I'M SOOOOO HAPPY FOR YOU!!!!!!!!! You totally deserve it and I totally called it when I predicted you would make it in. You have such a passion for Princeton and I can't wait to meet you!</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED!</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* Fee Waiver Used?: No
* SAT Reasoning (by section): 730M, 750CR, 670W (2150 Total)
* SAT Subject tests: 740MathII, 750 US History, 690 Literature
* APs: 5 US History, 5 APES, 4 English Comp
* GPA Unweighted: 3.91
* Rank: n/a
* Senior Yr. Courseload: AP Euro, AP Calc, AP Phys, Lit Analysis, Economics, Speech, Heaven or Hell, Theoretical Physics
* Number of Apps from Your School: 4
* Common or Princeton App?: Princeton
* Other stats:
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* ECs listed on app: windsurfing, cinematography, diving, hawaiian cultural awareness,
* Job/Work Experience: windsurfer, cinematographer
* Essays (subject and responses): The person one about my summer in Spain and the Physics quote about my love for physics
* Teacher Recs: good i guess
* Counselor Rec: pretty good i think
* Interview (feel and general location): Great! It was at his office. He had heard of me through the community.
* Hook (if any): Pro windsurfer, cinemagraphy, interest in physics, diving
</code></pre>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: Maui, Hawaii
* School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Small Private school
* Ethnicity: White/Arab
* Income Bracket: enough
* Gender: Male
</code></pre>
<p>Other schools:
USC- Accepted
Columbia- Accepted
Harvard- Waitlisted
Stanford- Denied early (not even deferred)</p>
<p>I'm happy!</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred/Denied</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 800 CR/ 710 M/ 800 WR
[</em>] SAT Iis: 790 Bio, 790 US History, 780 Literature, 710 Math IC
[<em>] ACT: N/A
[</em>] GPA: 3.8
[<em>] Rank: Doesn't Rank. Second decile
[</em>] Other stats: 9 AP's (Independent Study of Comparative politics)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I think outstanding- I spent 4 months working on them, and my guidance counselor concurs
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Should be truly excellent- My history teacher and my computer science teacher (I assistant taught a class for the computer science teacher and will be working with him this summer).
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Should have been very good, particularly talking about my honesty and character.
[</em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Westchester, NY
[</em>] School Type: Outstanding Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors:[list]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: Model UN for 4 years with various awards, VP jr, President sr. Started a fencing club (have been fencing for 8 years), helped start and now am president of Film club, On academic challenge team (which has gone to nationals for the past 6 or more years, won a couple years back), Staff writer for a political journal at school, computer science club for 3 years, Internship with a leading web consulting firm over the summer, some other stuff, nothing else notable though.
[</em>] Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Low GPA/ “class rank”
[*] Other thoughts: This sucks pretty bad :/</p>