Official Princeton University 2017 SCEA Results

Und3rC0ver · December 18, 2012, 5:00pm

Decision: Deferred

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2300 (800CR, 800M, 700W)
[] ACT: Didn’t Take
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Chem, 790 Physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/220
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 Lit, 5 Chem, 5 Physics B, 5 Euro, 5 US
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lang, AP Bio, AP Calc BC, AP Psych, Honors French, Honors Engineering
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): #None
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Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): State Champion Golf Team, Varsity Tennis (Captain), Musicals (good roles), NHS (Speaker), Mu Alpha Theta (Pres)
[] Job/Work Experience: Internship at Fortune 500 company (12th), and at Laboratory (11th)
[] Volunteer/Community service: NHS
[] Summer Activities: See internships, golf, tennis
[] Essays: Common APP: Very Good
Supplement: Decent
[] Teacher Recommendation: AP Lit very good, AP Physics B decent
[] Counselor Rec: Very Strong
[] Additional Rec: Very Strong
[] Interview: Interviewer told me I’d get in to my face X/
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Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): MA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Indian (so F me right)
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: >300,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
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Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Grades, SAT Score, Rank, Essays, RECs, Strength of Schedule
[] Weaknesses: Asian Male, No National level EC’s.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Girl in my school had better ECs + legacy and Princeton wouldn’t take more than one.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Currently in nowhere sadly.[/li][/ul]
**General Comments: Whatever happens will happen. I gave it my all, but my all wasn’t good enough. Congratulations to the 18% and for us deferees, we’ll find somewhere to go, even if it ain’t Princeton. They don’t know what they’re missing out on! **

bekahshoemake · December 18, 2012, 5:03pm

**Decision: Accepted **

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2300 (800 cr, 780 w, 720 m)
[] ACT: 34 composite
[] SAT II: 800 lit, 770 us, 760 math 2
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8-9ish
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10 out of 400ish
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): English Language (5), Calc BC (4/5), US (5), Physics B (3)
[] Senior Year Course Load: Honors Acting, NCSSM Online, AP Bio, French 4 Honors, AP Euro, AP Lit, AP Gov
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMSF, AP Scholar with something or other, some regional writing stuff
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Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Spring Musical (Stage Manager, Student Director, general in charge person of more than 100 cast members), Varsity Golf (Captain), Helping Hands service club (Co-VP), other smaller stuff
[] Job/Work Experience: Intern with lawyer over the summer
[] Volunteer/Community service: Wednesday night church group leader for 5-8 year olds
[] Summer Activities: Summer Ventures in Science and Math (11), Internship, Victorian Lit class at NCSSM
[] Essays: I really liked them, Commonapp made my English teacher cry and Pton supp was about a Whitman poem
[] Teacher Recommendation: Both fab, one from APUSH teacher/golf coach who loves me and the other from my English Lit teacher
[] Counselor Rec: Probably good, I don’t know her very well but she seems impressed by me
[] Additional Rec: did not send
[] Interview: Phone interview, we connected really well, lasted about an hour
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Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): NC
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Medium-big public (1500ish) in the middle of NOWHERE
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket: >120,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): adoptive big sister? kid of teen parents? No traditional hooks, but an interesting story.
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Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: My SAT is waaaay higher than anyone in my part of the world, sincere passion for theatre, interesting story
[] Weaknesses: Bad grade in an online summer class, IT’S FREAKING PRINCETON
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I have absolutely no idea
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: nowhere yet!
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General Comments:
I am so incredibly thankful and I really don’t believe this is happening. I was absolutely certain I would be deferred, so I’m still definitely in shock. In the words of Queen: IS THIS THE REAL LIFE? OR IS THIS JUST FANTASY?

thekd95 · December 18, 2012, 5:09pm

Accepted. Will post stats soon!

B52swi · December 18, 2012, 5:09pm

Decision: Deferred

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 800 CR, 670 M, 700 W (2170/1470)
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: 760 (USH) 770 (LIT) 780 (CHEM)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/199
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Comp (5) USH (5) Psych (5) Chem (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): I took IB chem and b Physics I but they’re only quasi- IBs, no test
[] Senior Year Course Load: 5 APs (comparative gov, english lit, AB calc, Physics B, European History) and Ecology
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Commended National Merit, AP Scholar with Honor
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Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): XC (captain, 12), Indoor and Outdoor track, NHS (Historian), Mu Alpha Theta, Virginia Aerospace Science and Technology Scholar
[] Job/Work Experience: I have a paid internship at the National Institute of Aerospace, worked one summer at a fast food restaraunt
[] Volunteer/Community service: enough, nothing special
[] Summer Activities: Academic type camp at Boston U, 1 of 12 students picked to intern at NASA/NIA in the state of VA for a summer
[] Essays: I thought they were good but who knows? I got them edited and comments included “you sure can write!” and “I wish I could write like you” so I was confident (but they’re my friends and teachers so really are they objective?)
[] Teacher Recommendation: It got me hired by a engineer who has never before hired a high school student
[] Counselor Rec: very perfunctory I’m sure
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: Felt kind of awkward, but the gentleman was nice, he e-mailed me afterwards
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Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Virginia
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Small Rural Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: The top one, or one down (not too sure?)
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Not really a “hook” but I’m a military kid so I’ve attended 9 schools over 12 grades
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Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Internship, Recommendation, Essays
[] Weaknesses: I had one B in 8th grade Spanish I was really hung up on hahaha, Math SAT for sure, extra-curriculars apart from the internships were weak, next to no leadership
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I honestly can’t pretend to know one way or another but everything I put in my weaknesses bullet!
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I haven’t heard back from most of them but I was accepted to LSU and the LSU Honors program with a $52,000 scholarship[/li][/ul]
General Comments: Pretty dissapointed that there is no closure but happy to have another shot at the process. Although, thinking on it, I probably won’t be accepted RD because another girl in my class is applying RD and she is ranked 1st (I’m 4th) and our school is tiny so if anyone is getting in it’s her.

ivymania · December 18, 2012, 5:16pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2400
[] ACT: 35
[] SAT II (if submitted): 780, 800
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/700
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 15 APsall fives.
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): No IB at my school.
[] Senior Year Course Load: Taking full blocks. All APs. Haha no senioritis for me.
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Lots and lots of national/international ones
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): President/Officer/Chief/Leader/Team Captain of almost every single club, organization, and sport at my school. Founded a club as well.
[] Job/Work Experience: None.
[] Volunteer/Community service: Hundreds of hours.
[] Essays: StellarI thought.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Didnt see. Probably stellar.
[] Counselor Rec: Didnt see. Probably stellar.
[] Additional Rec: None.
[] Interview: Bland. But, I felt like my interest in the school definitely showed.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[] Intended Major: Econ/Woody Woo
[] State (if domestic applicant): underrepresented state.
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Pretty high
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None. Both my parents have PhDs. Im Asian. Im a boy.
[/ul][ b]Reflection**[ul]
[] Strengths: Everything Haha
[] Weaknesses: Need to relax (?)
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/li][/ul]General Comments:
Wow. I am so blessed. Ive worked so hard all seventeen years of my life, and I owe this accomplishment to so many people.

finnwoelm · December 18, 2012, 5:17pm

**Decision: Accepted **
Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): never taken
[] ACT: 31
[] SAT II: Physics (800), Math 2 (800)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: demanding
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Received a scholarship award from Study Association of Germany
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Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[] Job/Work Experience: see my volunteering experiences below
[] Volunteer/Community service: 1 year of federal volunteer service in Germany (ecological), 1 year of federal volunteer service in Ghana (development cooperation)
[] Summer Activities: preparing for my volunteer services
[] Essays: wrote an essay about how I think politicians should stop fighting each other and try to work together instead and one essay about how I founded a debating group with a friend of mine to discuss the world and its problems
[] Teacher Recommendation: very much in my favor
[] Counselor Rec: positive
[] Additional Rec: did not submit
[] Interview: via Skype, was not feeling to confident afterwards because our conversation was not flowing, but short moments of silence kept interrupting the interview
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Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): –
[] Country (if international applicant): Germany
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 60,000 USD
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I applied for the second time around (was waitlisted for the Class of 2016)
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Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: very motivated, did not give up trying
[] Weaknesses: not as outstanding as many of those great kids out there!
[] Why you think you were accepted: Personally, I am really in love with my essay, but I believe that applying for the second time round showed them that I really wanted to go here!
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: no where[/li][/ul]
General Comments:
Woaah I can’t believe it!!! THANKS!

wintizzle · December 18, 2012, 5:18pm

Decision: Deferred

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 800 800 800
[] SAT II: Physics 800, Math Level 2 800, Literature 780
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): N/A
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top decile
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): Predicted 42
English A1 HL (7), Math HL (7), Physics HL (7), Chemistry HL (5)
French B SL (7), Business and Management SL (6)
Theory of Knowledge (A), Extended Essay (A)
[] Senior Year Course Load: It’s either IB or A-levels. I’m doing 4 HL’s, the most my school can offer.
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 1st Place (National Honors Award) for Poetry, Gold Medal of National Math Olympiad, and Various school awards, including best IB student (boy).
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Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Choir (captain), Quiz team (captain), Bridge team (1st couple), Drama, School and House Prefect, Translation of Tolkien, self-taught Classical Chinese.
[] Job/Work Experience: Not much, some SAT tutoring.
[] Volunteer/Community service: Member of Interact, organized fundraisers for a charity that helps kids with cancer. “25 Hour Project”: renovating the library of a rural primary school.
[] Summer Activities: The Chinese translation of Tolkien’s “The Silmarillion”.
[] Essays: Common App essay is about how I overcame the challenge of playing King Herod in the school play Jesus Christ Superstar. Supplement essay is on cultural blend as a Chinese in Africa. Emphases: embracing the sporting spirit, thoughts about folk music.
[] Teacher Recommendation: One is splendid, the other is average.
[] Counselor Rec: Not sure, pretty standard I suppose.
[] Interview: Quite good. My interviewer was a little late, and I didn’t get much chance to talk about why Princeton is my first choice.
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Other[ul]
[] Country (if international applicant): High school in Harare, Zimbabwe
[] School Type: Independent
[] Ethnicity: Chinese citizen
[] Gender: Male
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Diverse background probably?
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Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: SAT scores, unique background, one good rec letter.
[] Weaknesses: Not up-to-scratch predictions. Transcript may be a bit weak too, but the grading system at my school is rather arbitrary and admissions officers should know this.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Pton wants to see final IB scores. The predictions at my school haven’t been very accurate in the past years. Also I have a wide range of academic interests, and my future plans doesn’t agree. That might seem a bit “unfocused” but I don’t know if this is a strength or weakness.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Nowhere so far.
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General Comments:
A bit disappointed, but not unexpected. Congrats to everyone who got in!

monicalynn1995 · December 18, 2012, 5:19pm

Decision: Deferred

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2200; 800M 660W 740R
ACT: N/A
SAT II: 780 math 2, 700 chemistry
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 12 of 453
AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry(3), BC Calculus(5), World History(4), US History(4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Lang, AP Physics, AP French, AP Computer Science, AP Comparative/US Gov, Multivariable Calculus
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Girl Scout Gold Award, AP Scholar with Honor, Excellence in Education Banquet (top 5% of seniors in county)
Subjective: ?
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Dance since age 3, currently dancing 15 hours per week. Girl Scouts for 13 years. Church youth group throughout high school.
Job/Work Experience: Babysitting
Volunteer/Community service: Girl scouts (gold award, various service events), service through NHS at school. WorkCamp, a weeklong church service project (3 times).
Summer Activities: WorkCamp, French governor’s academy (3 week summer program, total immersion french)
Essays: Great for me, but I am not a good writer.
Teacher Recommendation: one good, one fantastic
Counselor Rec: general, should be good
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: good, she seemed to like me. nothing extraordinary though.
Other
State (if domestic applicant): VA
Country (if international applicant): N/A
School Type: public, 2000 students
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 100K +
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Legacy, female in engineering
Reflection
Strengths: service, GPA, legacy
Weaknesses: essays, awards
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: my stats are relatively good, so i would assume it’s because nothing stood out.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted: purdue. waiting to hear back from notre dame, duke, UVA, bucknell, villanova
General Comments: oh well!

BeoX22 · December 18, 2012, 5:34pm

Please don’t be angry at me.

Decision: Deferred

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2090 (CR 760, M 600, W 730)
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: 800 US History, 700 Lit
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Not given our unweighted GPA, 3.46 weighted
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 46
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), Lang and Comp (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Euro, AP Gov, Honors Physics, Spanish III, Probability and Statistics, Independent Study, Gym/Health
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): All sorts of stuff: Top Attorney awards from Princeton Moot Court, Awards of Excellence from Harvard Model Congress, Boy’s State Alternate, Princeton Moot Court Champion, Best Cinematography at Montclaire Film Festival, Audience Choice Award at Kent Place Film Festival.[/li][/ul]

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS, Captain of Debate Team, Officer of Key Club, Officer of Environmental Club, Mock Trial Team, Director of Films for Film Club, Princeton Moot Court, Harvard Model Congress
[] Job/Work Experience: Internship at a law office, mobile disc jockey
[] Volunteer/Community service: Hundreds of hours through various clubs and whatnot
[] Summer Activities: Took a college course, got a 4.0.
[] Essays: Some of the best I’ve ever written.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Pretty damn great. The teachers absolutely who did them absolutely loved me.
[] Counselor Rec: Would be boring, except for that the school lawyer (who hired me at his law office) wrote a supplement to it and was absolutely glowing.
[] Additional Rec: None.
[] Interview: Went extremely well. He gave me a lot of praise, and I got to show off both my maturity and intelligence. He said he was very impressed with me.
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Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): New Jersey
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public, pretty *ty.
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Around $120,000. Both my parents are teachers.
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None.
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Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Essays, interview, letters, some test scores, EC, awards. Pretty much everything that wasn’t a number.
[] Weaknesses: Good god, my GPA and SATs.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My GPA is pretty **, as are my SATs. But I was very upfront and humble, and they probably appreciated that.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Nowhere.[/li][/ul]
General Comments:

I’m actually quite pleased. For all intents and purposes, I should have been rejected immediately.

JDohvoma · December 18, 2012, 5:35pm

Decision: Deferred

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2100: 750 CR, 730 M, 620 W (I really need to improve my writing score)
ACT:
SAT II: English 770, Math I 720, Chemistry 720
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7 (ugh :/)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 9%
AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), pysch (3), chem (3), us history (5), english lang and comp (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP Lit, AP Spanish Lang, AP Eco/AP Gov, Pre-AP PreCal, Health Science Rotations
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): HOSA (secretary last year, vice president this year) NHS, NEHS, NSHS (spanish), Volunteer organization, Literary Magazine (Founder, CoEditor in chief), tutoring
Job/Work Experience: 40 hours of work experience from England at a hospital.
Volunteer/Community service: Quite a lot. I am a member of a volunteer organization.
Summer Activities: I did a lot in the past two summers including religious camps, unpaid internship, and volunteering in England and Africa.
Essays: Pretty Decent
Teacher Recommendation: Very Good
Counselor Rec: Very good
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: I think it went very well

Other
State (if domestic applicant): Texas (Live there, but I have a VISA so I am an international applicant)
Country (if international applicant): United Kingdom
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: African
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: ~50k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): No

Reflection
Strengths: Unique extracurriculars, rec letters, essay, viewed in international not domestic pool
Weaknesses: Test scores, GPA
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Weak test scores, weak GPA
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Baylor
General Comments: Honestly surprised and grateful I didn’t get an outright rejection, because I thought I would. Being an international student probably worked to my advantage, because if I had a green card and was evaluated alongside domestic applicants, I would have been denied for sure. Now I have time to improve my SAT and do other stuff to strengthen my app, because just looking at some of the posts here, I can tell that there is stiff competition. Congratulations to everyone that got in because I can tell that you deserved it (:

baddriver · December 18, 2012, 5:36pm

Decision: Deferred

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): did not send
[] ACT: 36
[] SAT II: 800 Math II and 800 Chem
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1%, 2/315ish
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro (5), Chem (5), English Language (5), USH (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Physics B, AP English Literature, AP Spanish, AP US/Comp Gov, honors religion class
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, NMSF, state science fair awards.
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Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Cross-Country and Track (eventually varsity), 4 years, VP of a service club, Chair of a school fundraiser, Girl Scout (with Silver), independent piano study. Nothing too fabulous.
[] Job/Work Experience: Work at ice cream/coffee store ~35 hr/week summer and 7 hr/week school year. Received a significant award here and tried to stress this asset.
[] Volunteer/Community service: Some with GS, the fundraiser, and the service club.
[] Summer Activities: lots of work and running (but injured an on crutches this year-which I mentioned because I was unable to run XC all season)
[] Essays: All interesting ideas/thinking outside the box, but had no specific big experience to talk about in any of them.
[] Teacher Recommendation:One very descriptioney of my personality (maybe weak-sounding) and one more stats-based
[] Counselor Rec: not sure
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: went really well!
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Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant):VA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: large private
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket: 150k+
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
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Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Scores, grades, classes taken. Academically sound.
[] Weaknesses: Nothing too special ec-wise or awards-wise. No hook
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m trying to get in as basically an academics-only admit, and I don’t think that happens that often. Most acceptees seem very focused on one passion, whereas I’m more “well-rounded” (which seems out of vogue in college admissions nowadays)
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: with SCEA could only apply to UVA early, and those decisions haven’t come out yet.[/li] [/ul]
General Comments:
Not to send bitter, but upon reflecting I’m remembering how many schools like to say that they reject however many perfect score kids. Maybe I’m just fated to be a part of that number for pton, who knows?

Hurricane2017 · December 18, 2012, 5:44pm

Decision: Deferred

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t take.
[] ACT: 34 (single sitting w/ 10 on writing)
[] SAT II: Math II- 780, Math I~ 750, Literature~ 730
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): ~15/400
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): Tests not for several months.
[] Senior Year Course Load: Fairly heavy; several IB classes and a few major-related ones.
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None that are major per say, except for National Merit commended.
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Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): A unique law program for youth (6 years; now the leader), debate, varsity lacrosse, soccer, etc.
[] Job/Work Experience: Lifeguard, other min. wage jobs
[] Volunteer/Community service: Community law program, tutoring, etc.
[] Summer Activities: Job, sports, programming, community service, mission trip, etc.
[] Essays: Had them proofread by my brother and I thought they were awesome, but obviously don’t know for sure.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Never saw them at all.
[] Counselor Rec: I actually know my counselor personally and I think she has a good impression of me, but didn’t see the actual rec.
[] Additional Rec: Nope.
[] Interview: It was okay I guess… I had some sort of allergic reaction the day of and my interviewer had somewhere to be after half an hour, but it wasn’t too bad. Then again, I’m not too sure what the alum thought of it; could’ve gone either way.
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Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): MO
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: ~100k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I’d like to say my unique interest in computers and law, but probably no actual hook (hence the deferral).
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Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Essays, unique law community service, fairly nice set of extracurriculars, neat interest in computers and law, ACT scores (several 34s; almost 36 superscored)…
[] Weaknesses: Class rank, didn’t take all IB classes, could’ve had higher test scores…
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My academics (rank/test scores) weren’t perfect and I didn’t have an amazing hook to make up for it.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Several public schools w/ scholarships, about to start my apps to other prestigious ones.[/li][/ul]
General Comments:
Lately I’ve noticed how my class rank really does pale in comparison to many of the other applicants’. This is because I chose to take major-related classes (with less weight; class rank determined by weighted GPA) instead of going with all IB, which may also have been a reason that I was deferred. I’ll be working hard to be an “active” deferred applicant in the hopes that I could eventually be accepted. At the same time, I don’t think it’s good to hold out hope for just one school and will be working hard on more apps in the next two weeks (as I imagine many of you will be as well). Anyways, congrats to those accepted!

Danielyp17 · December 18, 2012, 6:11pm

Decision: Deferred

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 670 CR, 690 W, 800 M
[] ACT: Didn’t take
[] SAT II: 800 Math level 2, 800 Chem, 800 Physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): no GPA (didn’t send)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/~300
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): All 5’s in (AP Computer Science A, AP Physics B, AP Chemistry, AP Calculus BC)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): no IB
[] Senior Year Course Load: Heavy, one course at University of Toronto
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): USAMO x2, APMO x2, CMO x2, Made top 12 in Canada and was considered for the International Mathematical Olympiad Team. National Champion for the Euclid Math Contest (Waterloo) etc…
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Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Choir for 4 years, bass section leader. Math Club Head, Chess Club Head, Toronto Math Circles for 4 years, and more but not really significant enough to change the admission decision.
[] Job/Work Experience: Research Internship with a professor for 6 months (yet still going)
[] Volunteer/Community service: Tutoring, have 350 hours
[] Summer Activities: ROSS Math Program 2011, HCSSiM 2010
[] Essays: Good I thought
[] Teacher Recommendation: Read it, very unique
[] Counselor Rec: Very generic, but still full of nice comments
[] Additional Rec: none
[] Interview: Went on for 30 minutes, it was excellent.
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Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant): Canada
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: $80,000 - 100,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Really strong in mathematics, not just asian smart, but was the the best in Canada to apply to Princeton this year…
[] Weaknesses: SAT’s english section
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Princeton picked 60 international students…holy sheet so little.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Nowhere yet.[/li][/ul]
General Comments: They should have picked more…

juggler · December 18, 2012, 6:15pm

**Decision: Accepted **

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2400
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: 800 Math 2, 800 Chemistry, 800 US History
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.000/4.743
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%; I believe Top GPA
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5’s on 13 AP’s
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: Multivariable Calculus H, AP Physics C, AP Psychology, Data Structures, Organic Chemistry (semester), Art 2 (semester), school religion classes
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NFL National Finalist, TOC Qualifier, Siemens Semifinalist, NMSF, National AP Scholar, See EC’s
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
–Speech and Debate: Debate Captain (11-12), Top 6 in Nation in speech event (11), Top 3 CA - Speech/Policy Debate (11), TOC Qualifier in Policy Debate - 2 Bids (12)
–Science Research: Siemens Semifinalist (12), Presenter at National Conference (12)
–City Teen Advisory Committee: President (12), VP (11), Secretary (10); Teen Volunteer of the Year (10, 11)
–Boy Scouts: Eagle Scout (11), STEM-Nova Silver Medal (11)
–Music: Indian Violin, Piano (Adv. Level, CM - 11) (9-12 both)
–Newspaper: Business Editor (11-12)
[] Job/Work Experience: Scorekeeper, local basketball league (10-12)
[] Volunteer/Community service: see above
[] Summer Activities: astronomy/physics internship at local university (before 12), debate camp (10, 11, 12)
[] Essays: Impossible to rate my own essays; happy with them, read through them a lot, had them checked by many people.
Common App: My journey in speech.
Extracurricular: Research
Supplement: Indian violin as a vehicle for cultural discovery
[] Teacher Recommendation: didn’t read either
APUSH teacher: speech and debate coach, great
AP Chem teacher: really, really nice person, liked me a lot, probably good
[] Counselor Rec: not sure, apparently fine
[] Additional Rec:
–Lab professor: we got along super well, fantastic person, I’m sure it was good
–Scout leader/Eagle project advisor: phenomenal recommendation (read it)
[] Interview: went well! We talked about undergraduate research at Princeton, I really enjoyed it.
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): NorCal
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Catholic
[] Ethnicity: S. Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: not poor or rich
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None other than above.
[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Scores, GPA, EC’s were nationally competitive.
[] Weaknesses: Essays comparatively, maybe recs?
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: It’s the entire package; it’s hard to pinpoint any single thing. Maybe when I get the admissions packet, I’ll find out?
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Haven’t heard from anywhere else yet.[/li][/ul]
General Comments: It hasn’t really sunk in yet. I’m just feeling incredibly relieved, more than anything else. To everyone who didn’t get the news they were hoping for: I’m really sorry, but know that that perfect school is still waiting for you. Everything happens for the best.
I’ll see the rest of you at admit weekend!

thekd95 · December 18, 2012, 6:27pm

**Decision: Accepted **

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2290 (CR 740, M 760, W 790)
[] ACT: Didn’t take.
[] SAT II: Math II 760, Chem 800
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/414
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Not offered.
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): Non-IB.
[] Senior Year Course Load: Most Rigorous
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Times of India Scholarship (out of an applicant pool of 45,0000), Runners-up at the NASA Asian Region Space Settlement Design Competition, Project Citizen
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: Wasn’t confident, but had a feeling that I had a good shot.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Both teachers really like me.
[] Counselor Rec: Been in touch with my GC since a while, so the reco was pretty descriptive.
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: Went really well. Time flew.
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant): India
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: Indian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Applied for aid.
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: GPA, ECs, Essays
[] Weaknesses: No hooks.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’ve made the best of the opportunities provided to me. Tried to portray myself as genuinely as possible.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Haven’t applied anywhere else yet.[/li][/ul]
General Comments:
I’m super excited! And relieved. Didn’t think I’d make it, but have redoubled hope in everything.

To those who made it - Congratulations! Look forward to connecting with you all.
To those who didn’t - Being a part of this process, I can understand the investment each one of us has made. And don’t worry, it will definitely pay off.

Still can’t believe it!

MeeeeeV · December 18, 2012, 6:31pm

Decision: Deferred

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2170 (700 M, 700 CR, 770 W, 9 essay)
[] ACT: 35 (36 E, 33 M, 34 R, 36 S, 8 essay)
[] SAT II: U.S. History 770, Physics 750, Math IIC 710
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 UW, 4.263 W
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/643
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 Chemistry, 5 Calc AB, 5 U.S. History, 5 Physics B, 5 Lang/Comp
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: Journalism, Philosophy, AP Lit/Comp, AP Statistics, AP Government, AP Micro/macroeconomics, AP Psychology
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction, county science fair 2nd place
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Yearbook (assistant editor), newspaper (news editor), film production, CSF (historian), county science fair (2nd place 2012), French Club (treasurer)
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service: Peer math tutor, city library assistant
[] Summer Activities: city library assistant, started writing a novel
[] Essays: I can never judge my own work, but they’re at least good.
[] Teacher Recommendation: One’s great (didn’t read), one’s generic (so I sent in an additional red, see below)
[] Counselor Rec: Probably generic. Never met my counselor in my life since she’s new this year.
[] Additional Rec: I asked my AP Psych/AP Gov teacher for a recommendation (because I want to major in Psych) and it was amazing and made me squeal and cry simultaneously.
[] Interview: About an hour long. Talked about my inspirations for wanting to be a writer.
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Large, public, 3000+ kids
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: >100,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nope
[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: ACT, AP scores
[] Weaknesses: extracurriculars
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I don’t stand out
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: N/a[/li][/ul]
General Comments: I found out in Government class, lol. Sitting in a corner of the classroom and my friends were staring at me. I waited for the longest time for the waiting queue to stop. Then I didn’t see a tiger, so… Congratulations to everyone who got in though!

zlevine616 · December 18, 2012, 6:45pm

Decision: Deferred

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2080 (700 Math, 690 CR, 690 Writing)
ACT: ~
SAT II: 780 (Bio), 710 (Math I), 690 (Lit)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2 / ~420
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 (Bio)
IB (place score in parenthesis): ~
Senior Year Course Load: AP Chem, AP Calc AB/BC, Honors LA, Honors Anatomy & Physiology, Teen PEP (Peer Leadership Class)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Heavily involved in community theater (nominated for a state-wide award for excellence in the performing arts), Drama Club (Vice Pres), Senior Class (Vice Pres), Tri-M, NHS, Science League, Men’s Choir, A Capella Group
Job/Work Experience: Lifeguard
Volunteer/Community service: I tutor children in reading and writing in Hebrew at my temple each week. Hurricane relief for Irene and Sandy
Summer Activities: Lifeguarding. Over the past two summers I have performed in community theater shows. Also, I attended AMA (American Music Abroad), a program in which I toured Europe for three weeks singing with a chamber choir. Finally, I participated in New Jersey Boy’s State.
Essays: Both very strong. Common App was about my experience of touring a concentration camp. I connected it to my religion (Judaism.) My supplement was about my mom; she has a rare neurological disorder. I talked about how my mom has inspired me to attend medical school so that I may research her disease.
Teacher Recommendation: Two very strong recommendations, one was from a Mcgill Alumni that has taught at Princeton University.
Counselor Rec: Was not able to read it. I’m sure it wasn’t uber impressive.
Additional Rec: From a director I have worked with. Pretty strong.
Interview: I thought it went pretty well! The interviewer and I talked for about an hour, and she said that she thought I would be a very good candidate for the University.

Other
State (if domestic applicant): New Jersey
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Middle Class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None.

<ul>
<li>In addition to the application I sent in the optional arts form for classical voice. I have been studying voice for the past 8 years, and I was able to have a live audition with the head of the music department. He seemed fairly impressed. </li>
</ul>

Reflection
Strengths: Class Rank, Essays, Optional Arts Form, Letters of Rec
Weaknesses: Academic rigor? SAT Score. No major awards.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I indicated that I want to pursue biology as a major, but I haven’t done any independent research up to this point. Also, I could have taken more AP classes. There’s no way to tell with these things
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rutgers (Honors Program)

hollyandphoenix · December 18, 2012, 6:54pm

**Decision: Accepted **

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2330 (CR 740, M 800, W 790)
[] ACT: 33 (didn’t submit)
[] SAT II: English Lit 740, World History 760
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3 of 300
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History 5, English Lang. 5, Biology 4, US History 4, Euro History 4, Comp Sci 3, Physics B 3
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: Wind Ensemble, AP Calc AB, AP Gov, AP Macroeconomics, AP English Lit., AP Spanish Lang, AP Stats, AP Psychology
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended, National Hispanic Merit Scholar, AP Scholar with Distinction
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS (Treasurer), Marching Band, Wind Ensemble, Spanish Honor Society, Habitat for Humanity (Vice Pres.)
[] Job/Work Experience: Pool Cashier, Grocery Store Cashier
[] Volunteer/Community service: Hospital Volunteer, 3 mission trips, NHS, Band-related stuff, PTA, etc. 80+ hours
[] Summer Activities: Work and band
[] Essays: They were original and I think the quality was okay
[] Teacher Recommendation: Pretty good
[] Counselor Rec: Pretty good
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[] Interview: Excellent
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Texas
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: about 90,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM
[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Test scores, being Hispanic, essays
[] Weaknesses: No major awards, grades could be higher
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: URM status
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to UT Austin, no word yet back from anywhere else[/li][/ul]
General Comments:
Good luck to all those deferred!

alphawolf23 · December 18, 2012, 7:06pm

**Decision: Accepted **

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2270 Superscore (CR 740, M 770, W 760)- 2220 on each of two sittings
[] ACT:N/A
[] SAT II:800 Math Level 2, 780 Chemistry, 750 US History
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):3/380 or so
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5s on Calc AB, Language and Comp, Chem, APUSH and 4s on World and European History
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load:Honors Concert Band, AP Calculus BC, AP Literature, AP Gov, AP Econ, AP Psych, Physics, Health
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):National Gold and Silver Medalist at Science Olypmiad (team placed 2nd)
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Club and HS Soccer (captain of both), Science Olympiad, trumpet, volleyball etc…
[] Job/Work Experience:N/A
[] Volunteer/Community service:Society for the Blind, Volunteer Coach at Science Olypmiad/Science Bowl for my middle school
[] Summer Activities:not too much, lots of reading and soccer and other stuff
[] Essays: very good (I hope), spent lots of time on them
[] Teacher Recommendation:incredible one from my English teacher, good ones from math and chem teachers
[] Counselor Rec:who knows? probably generic, although i help her son in soccer
[] Additional Rec:Science Olympiad coach, teacher at Middle School
[] Interview: Decent, although very short and scripted
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant):California!
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type:Public
[] Ethnicity:Hispanic
[] Gender:Male
[] Income Bracket:100,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):URM
[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths:?
[] Weaknesses:?
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:?
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:?[/li] [/ul]
General Comments: I’m just happy I got in! I don’t know what my strong and weak points are, nor do I care. Good luck to all the deferred students

giantsfan321 · December 18, 2012, 7:16pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): -
ACT: 35
SAT II: 780, 780
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2 out of 375
AP (place score in parenthesis): Spanish (4) APUSH (5) Micro/Macro (5,5) Psych (5) AB Calc (5) English Lang (5) Bio (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Human geo, AP English lit, AP Physics B, AP Art Hist, AP Calc BC
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): opera singer, oboe, track & field, cross country, church choir
Job/Work Experience: farm hand at my family’s farm
Volunteer/Community service: volunteer at art museum, water analyst
Summer Activities: Seacamp in Florida Keys, movie making
Essays: very good
Teacher Recommendation: I guess they were good
Counselor Rec: I love him, so good
Additional Rec: -
Interview: Kinda awkward
Other
State (if domestic applicant): Ohio
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public, urban
Ethnicity: White
Gender: M
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Reflection
Strengths: extra curricular, essays, rec letters
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
General Comments:

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