Official Princeton University 2016 RD Results

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<p>**Decision: Accepted[/]
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Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):
[</em>] ACT: 33
[<em>] SAT II:
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.5
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/50
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: all APs offered
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): tons of sports, ROTC, family commitments, tutoring, feeding homeless, camp counselor, writing
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: research intern bio
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: tons
[<em>] Summer Activities: camp, work
[</em>] Essays: creative and humble
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: supported everything I said about myself/family/ECs
[</em>] Counselor Rec:same as teacher rec but amazingly written!!
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview: wonderful!</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: very small private Catholic
[</em>] Ethnicity:
[<em>] Gender: F
[</em>] Income Bracket:
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths:
[</em>] Weaknesses: test scores?
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: waitlisted Harvard
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Stanford, Cal, UCLA </p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments:</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2240 (710 CR, 790 M, 740 W)
[</em>] ACT: 34 (35 E, 35 M, 34 R, 32 S)
[<em>] SAT II: 800 World History, 770 Chem, 770 Math II
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2 of 500
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 (Lit, Chem, USH)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Psych, Calc AB, Physics, Language, Spanish
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): umm, QuestBridge?</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Several clubs, but I mostly focused on music: Marching Band (Drum Major), Concert Band (1st Chair), Orchestra, out-of-school bands, organized a large charity event.
[</em>] Summer Activities: Band Camp, Drum Major Camp
[<em>] Essays: One about band and how I’ve matured from it, the other about growing up and supporting my family.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: AP Chem and USH teachers, didn’t read them
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Loved me, didn’t read it
[</em>] Interview: Amazing, the guy even came to my house a second time after.</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Illinois
[</em>] School Type: Very crappy public, never sends to Ivies
[<em>] Ethnicity: Jordanian (marked Caucasian)
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: Under 40,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Low-income, gay catholic arab?</p>

<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Decent academics, strong personality shown in my essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: Lack of awards or national recognition
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My unique life situation, and the fact that my teachers knew me very well.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Harvard (attending), Dartmouth, Brown, Cornell, Amherst, Wesleyan, Vassar, University of Illinois. Wait-listed from Princeton, Columbia, Duke, and University of Pennsylvania. Rejected from Yale (EA).</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments: Acceptances are a crap-shoot. Apply to as many as you can and just be honest in your application. Where you end up might not be where you thought, but everything works out for the best.</p>

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<p>now this is the stuff that scares me. i guess scores alone aren’t good enough</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:

  • [<em>] SAT I: Reading (780), Math (780), Writing (680) = 2240.
    [</em>] ACT: <not submitted="">
    [<em>] SAT II: Math II (800), Chemistry (790), U.S. History (750).
    [</em>] Unweighted GPA: 4.28/4.0.
    [<em>] Rank: <na>
    [</na></em>] AP: U.S. History (5), Chemistry (5), Calculus AB (5), Statistics (5), English Language and Composition (5).
    [<em>] IB: <na>
    [</na></em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C Mechanics, AP Government and Politics, AP Biology, AP English Literature and Composition, AP Calculus BC, Spanish IV, Teacher Assistant.
    [<em>] Major Awards: Third Place WV State Math Field Day.

Subjective:

  • [</em>] Extracurriculars: Student Government (Senior Class Secretary), Mu Alpha Theta Math Honor Society (President), National Honor Society (Vice President), Math Honorary Club, Science Bowl, Cross Country (3 Varsity letters), Track and Field (1 Varsity letter), MHS Frisbee Club (Founder and President), Community League Basketball (Captain), Community League Frisbee (Captain).
    [<em>] Job/Work Experience: <na>
    [</na></em>] Volunteer/Community service: Middle school tutoring, helping in a nursing home.
    [<em>] Summer Activities: Governor’s Honors Academy for 3 weeks in 2011, a smattering of one-week camps.
    [</em>] Essays: I took the essays very seriously.
    [<em>] Teacher Recommendations: ???
    [</em>] Counselor Rec: ???
    [<em>] Additional Rec: <na>
    [</na></em>] Interview: Yes.

Other

  • [<em>] State (if domestic applicant): West Virginia.
    [</em>] School Type: Public.
    [<em>] Ethnicity: White.
    [</em>] Gender: Male.
    [<em>] Income Bracket: $120 - 140k.
    [</em>] Hooks: Class Secretary, underrepresented region.

Reflection

  • [<em>] Strengths: Application essays.
    [</em>] Weaknesses: Music, foreign languages.
    [<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Low probability.
    [</em>] Where were you accepted: Brown, Olin, Tufts, Johns Hopkins, Vanderbilt, UVA (Honors), Virginia Tech (Honors), WVU.
    [<em>] Where were you waitlisted: Harvard, Princeton, Columbia, Duke, Lehigh.
    [</em>] Where were you rejected: Yale, Cornell, Penn.

General Comments:

[ul]
[<em>] I am pleased to be going to Brown University in the Fall of 2012.
[</em>] There seems to be quite a bit of randomness in the evaluation process at schools where the acceptance rates are very low.<br>
[li] I took all of the application essays very seriously because my lowest SAT score was in writing. Brown’s app was the one with the most essays which might be why Brown was the only Ivy (out of the seven that I applied to) that accepted me.[/li][/ul]</not></p>

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<p>read some insane stats today! congrats all you guys!!! :D</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800 770 800 (no superscore, though taken twice)
[</em>] SAT II: US History 750 Literature 730
[<em>] Unweighted GPA: ~97/100
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: N/A
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None (other than some academic distinction awards within my school)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: Theatre, Model UN, School Newspaper, Bookstore at School Charity Festival and some other things
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Worked at local theater festival (summer)
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Same as above (summer)
[</em>] Summer Activities: Same as above + Phillips Exeter Academy Summer Session
[<em>] Essays: Common app was outstanding. My Princeton supplement was also very strong, and I kind of turned it into a “Why Princeton?” through some other things I said
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Good.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Probably one of the best she has ever written.
[</em>] Additional Rec: Submitted my Exeter summer session professors’ comments. They were VERY positive.
[li] Interview: OK. Nothing too special.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): Greece
[</em>] School Type: Private, but had to submit 9th grade grades from public school
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: Around 100.000 Euros
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Not traditionally a hook, but I did have a “story” to tell in common app essay</p>

<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: SAT scores (800 CR and Wr even though not a native speaker)
[</em>] Weaknesses: Lack of awards, not as much leadership,
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted: Essays + Counselor & PEA recs + SAT scores
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted @ Georgetown, Vassar, UChicago, Columbia, WashU, Northwestern. Waitlisted @ Harvard, Swarthmore</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments: Having now spent 3 months on campus, I can safely say that admissions criteria go well beyond what the average CC user is trying to meet.</p>

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<p>If I applied tonight literally 3 minutes too late will my application still be accepted??</p>

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<p>Yes. At least, that’s how I understand it.</p>

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<p>Did you get into Harvard,Stanford,or Harvey mudd?</p>