Official Princeton University Class of 2015 RD Results Thread

chocho777 · March 30, 2011, 8:00pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 770M 770R 730W
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: 750 Math II 720 U.S. History 660 Literature
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/268
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 U.S.H., 5 Calculus AB, 5 English Language, 5 Euro, 3 Spanish Language
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP: Physics B, Biology, Chemistry, Calculus BC, Statistics, English Literature
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): A.P. Scholar with Distinction, National Merit Commended Student
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Chess Club, Red Cross Club, Varsity Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country, California Scholarship Federation, National Honor Society, Founder/President of Academic Booster Club Plus (raised over $200,000), etc.
[] Job/Work Experience: About 10 hours per week at two different jobs.
[] Volunteer/Community service: Hundreds of hours in conjunction with the Homeless Education Liaison Program and the local Kiwanis Club
[] Summer Activities: Boys’ State, West Point Summer Leaders’ Seminar, etc.
[] Essays: Good
[] Teacher Recommendation: Good
[] Counselor Rec: Bad
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[] Interview: Good
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): California
[] Country (if international applicant): U.S.
[] School Type: Small Public (Never sends kids to Ivies)
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: ,$60,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: G.P.A./Rank
[] Weaknesses: A lot
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m not extraordinary enough.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rejected at Harvard, Princeton, Dartmouth, and UPenn (Wharton), Waitlisted at UChicago, Accepted at Georgetown EA, Swarthmore (Early Write).[/li][/ul]General Comments: This sucks. My friend is going on a likely and he got a 1910 on the SAT and has sub-par grades, but he can run. Worst day of my life.

clouder · March 30, 2011, 8:02pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 720 CR, 800 M, 800 W
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 2320 one sitting
[] ACT (breakdown): n/a
[] ACT superscore (breakdown): n/a
[] SAT II: 730 Math II, 740 US
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
[] Weighted GPA: 3.95
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): bad. top 10%
[] Senior Year Course Load: Most Demanding
[] Number of other applicants in your school: 15?
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): no[/ul][/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): co-pres, officer, art, music, etc, blah blah
[] Volunteer/Community service: +300 hours [/ul]

Other:[ul]
[li] Ethnicity: Asian <–<—<—<–<—[/li]
Reflection[list]
[li] What would you have done differently?: participated in more competitions [/ul][/li]
[/list]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Congrats to everyone!
Briefly explain why you applied to Princeton (This may very roughly show who really had an interest and if there is some correlation with acceptance): I don’t think there’s a correlation, but I def. showed some interest. Eh, it’s ok. I got in elsewhere

JackieONXCTF · March 30, 2011, 8:03pm

By the way, my comment was to Silver Turtle…

silverturtle · March 30, 2011, 8:07pm

Thanks. I’ll probably claim my spot on the waitlist. Notifications are usually in May and June.

JackieONXCTF · March 30, 2011, 8:09pm

Wow, can’t believe you got rejected. Hope you get into Cornell, good luck! 
I run too and I like how you mentioned the water purification system you were working on. Princeton is definitely making a mistake!

JackieONXCTF · March 30, 2011, 8:12pm

"Thanks. I’ll probably claim my spot on the waitlist. Notifications are usually in May and June. "

Let me know! I hope everything works out. I am waiting for my reply from Princeton because I forgot my password and the email isn’t coming through. Ah! Haha.

banachtarski · March 30, 2011, 8:14pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2270: R: 800 M: 740 W: 730 (1 sitting)
ACT: Composite 36 (2 sittings)
SAT II: Lit: 670 Math II: 800 US Hist: 760
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.86
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): Stats 5, APUSH 4, Music Theory 5, U.S. Gov 5, Calc AB 5 BC 4, APCP 5, Psych 4, Micro 4, Macro 4, Human Geo 5, Lang/Comp 4
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: Spanish 5, Spanish 6, AP Euro, AP Bio, AP Physics, AP Lit/Comp, Orchestra, AP Lunch
Minor Awards: Nat’l Merit Finalist, National AP Scholar

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Minnesota All-State Orchestra violist 2 years (principal one year), Minnesota Youth Symphony, Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphony (principal), school Chamber Orchestra (principal), Quiz Bowl: qual’d for nat’s
Job/Work Experience: Dairy Queen over the summer, Kumon 1.5 years
Volunteer/Community service: mowed some lawns…
Summer Activities: All-State Orchestra camps, various chamber music festivals
Essays: get progressively worse with each reading
Teacher Recommendation: good/great/great?
Counselor Rec: no idea
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: N/A

Other
State (if domestic applicant): MN
Country (if international applicant): US of A
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Korean
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: >$60,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): brother is currently a sophomore

Reflection
Strengths: scores, activity concentration (= passion)
Weaknesses: GPA? some recs? essays…
Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Honestly, who can say?
Where else were you accepted/rejected/waitlisted: waitlist at WUSTL, rejected at UChicago
General Comments: Life is absurd.

brownman23 · March 30, 2011, 8:19pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2290 superscore <a href=“720%20CR,%20770%20M,%20800%20W”>i</a>*
[li] ACT: 35 C <a href=“35%20E,%2036%20M,%2036%20R,%2033%20S,%209%20Essay”>i</a>[/li][li] SAT II: 800 MathII, 780 Chem, 770 USH, 740 Bio-M[/li][] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.93
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 7/335 (Lowered to 9 after mid-year)
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 <a href=“Bio,%20Chem,%20Calc%20BC,%20AB%20subscore,%20USH”>i</a>
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): school doesn’t have IB program
[] Senior Year Course Load: 5 AP classes, Hon Span 5 (no AP available), hardest possible
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMSF —> NMF?, none really[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): [list]
[li] Math Club (Captain)[/li][] Recycling Club (Secretary)
[] Computer Club (Treasurer)
[] Varsity Track & Field
[] Chess Club
[] Amnesty International
[] Research at university[/ul]
[li] Job/Work Experience: Summer Research Internship[/li][] Volunteer/Community service: Hospital and Religious – 530 total hours
[] Summer Activities: Research Internship
[] Essays:[ul]
[] CommonApp - Decent, it was about how/why I love science. 
[] Supplements – [/ul]
[] Teacher Recommendation: Never read, but should’ve been good
[] Counselor Rec: Never read, but had to be general…new counselor this year
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[] Interview:

[/list]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Biochemistry
[] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Medium sized, sends a few to Ivy’s and top colleges
[] Ethnicity: Indian (Asian)
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: EFC was $5000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths:
[] Weaknesses:
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[list]
[] Accepted – Johns Hopkins
[] Waitlisted – WUSTL, Rice, Duke, Dartmouth
[] Rejected – Stanford (REA), Yale, Princeton
[] Still waiting on Harvard, but probably rejection[/ul]

[/list]General Comments:

JackieONXCTF · March 30, 2011, 8:20pm

My last response was to PioneerJones.

impetuous · March 30, 2011, 8:25pm

Decision: Rejected

probably going to Brown, but I loved Princeton. oh well nothing i can do now. congrats to all those accepted! :)

schrodingerscat · March 30, 2011, 8:26pm

ACCEPTED.

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): ~2300
ACT:
SAT II: 800s in maths and physics; 770 in French with listening
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): I’m not American, but I graduated with the highest possible rank in my country.
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1
AP (place score in parenthesis): /
IB (place score in parenthesis)
Senior Year Course Load: Maths, English, French, Chemistry, University Physics (at the 2nd best university in my country)
Major Awards: IPhO award, competed at another olympiad, national/state level prizes in writing and french…

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Principal/concertmaster positions in a lot of statewide youth orchestras, leadership positions at school for music, represented the country at an international leadership conference, did debating, founded/captained the science club, helped prepare students for the olympiad exams…
Volunteer/Community service: Some major concerts and other things.
Essays: Must’ve worked.
Teacher Recommendation: Lovely teachers, but I’m not sure how used they were to American applications…
Counselor Rec: Likewise
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: Amazing. I loved every minute of it. 2 hours long; wished I could have talked to him for longer.

Other
State (if domestic applicant): MN
Country (if international applicant): Australia!
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: /
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: /
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Female who did IPhO and music/french/writing in addition to science?

Reflection
Strengths: IPhO, female, the fact that I got the top possible graduating score in my country, music…
Weaknesses: SATs, completely unfamiliar with the system, common app truncated all of my answers and I didn’t realise because I was really stressed at the time…
Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: I’m just shocked/honoured. Never thought this would happen.
Where else were you accepted/rejected/waitlisted: I hope this doesn’t sound bad, but I only applied for HYP in the US, and I got into all three (I was expecting three rejections!). I reasoned that they were the only universities that I liked more than I liked the university that I’m at in Australia (we start semester 6 months earlier), but I got full scholarships to every university here.
General Comments: I feel so honoured. I hope I’ll get enough finances to go though!

Idiosyncra3y · March 30, 2011, 8:43pm

REJECTED

But no worries - had Yale SCEA in the bag and would probably have gone there anyway :)

Congrats to everyone btw

mom4times · March 30, 2011, 8:47pm

My child was rejected today…same stats. Could you perhaps be of a race and gender that has historically been the majority? Or maybe you are not from California.

anyalm · March 30, 2011, 8:51pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 670 M 800 CR 790 W
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): Same except 690 for math
[] ACT (breakdown): n/a
[] ACT superscore (breakdown): n/a
[] SAT II: 720Math 1, 750 Lit, 760 Bio
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[] Weighted GPA: n/a
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): none, but definitely top 2
[] AP (place score in parentheses): n/a
[] IB (place score in parentheses): Full course load, not sure about predicted
[] Senior Year Course Load: Full IB
[] Number of other applicants in your school: Another one, he got in too!
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):None [/ul][/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Literary Society founder, Student Government secretary, National Honour Society, 5 years ballet, 13 years piano, nothing particular special
[] Job/Work Experience: n/a
[li] Volunteer/Community service: NHS, tutoring [/ul][/li]
Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best): [ul]
[] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[li] Common App Main: I really liked it, it was about this writing project I did to finish a novel in a month. 8/10[/li][] EC Short Answer: This was the two summers? I talked about a Summer program I did at Brown (where I got rejected) and my EE, and a summer I spent with my family.
[]A few details questions:[noparse]
[noparse][]Your Voice Extended essay: I loved it! It was about the daughter of my godmother who died, and about how we spent a few weeks with her the year before her death. 9/10
[] Engineering Essay (if applicable): n/a
[] Other:
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: One was sure to be excellent 10/10
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: The other was probably also good, just not as gushing. 8/10
[] Counselor Rec: Decent, I’m sure. 7/10
[] Additional Rec: n/a
[] Interview: I loved it!!! We talked for ages. 10/10
[] Art Supplement: I think I sent in this poem I did while at Summer school. I really liked it. 8/10[/ul]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: December 21
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant): Jamaica
[] School Type: Small private
[] Ethnicity: Black (Caribbean) is what I put on the app. Which is what I am. Sort of.
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: Prefer not to answer (not really sure)
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I guess the URM status, but I think that might go away if you’re international…[/ul]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Essays, writing!
[] Weaknesses: Math SAT score.
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I have a real correlation between my SAT scores, my interest in English/Writing, my poem, Literary Society…I just think I showed a lot of interest here.
[] Where else have you been accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted: UChicago, Dartmouth, UMich, McGill, UToronto. Rejected: Harvard, Yale, Brown. Waitlisted: Vassar. Still waiting on Williams!
[li] What would you have done differently?: I think my financial aid isn’t a real reflection of how much my parents earn (they really can’t quite afford it now), and so I hope to appeal the package. That’s not doing it differently, I guess, but it is something I’m doing in the future![/ul][/li]
[/list]Other Factors:
**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: SO GLAD I GOT IN! Brown was my first choice, but I had little hope for funding there and was rejected. Getting into Princeton smoothed that over and makes me feel so much better about myself and what I’m capable of. **
**Briefly explain why you applied to Princeton (This may very roughly show who really had an interest and if there is some correlation with acceptance): I applied to Princeton because of the certificate programme which allowed you to do a degree in one major and take several certificates in others. And Toni Morrison teaches there :D. That’s what makes it different from the other ivies, but there were several other reasons! **

jr5570 · March 30, 2011, 9:04pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[list]
SAT I (breakdown): 2340 (800 CR, 790 W, 750 M) Single Sitting
SAT II: 750 Lit, 730 Math Level II
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA: like 4.2. My School has very few weighted classes.
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10 Percent
AP (place score in parentheses): 5 on AP Calc AB, 4 on AP Bio
IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Chemistry, Biochemistry, Biotechnology, AP English Lit (Self-Study), AP Physics C Mechanics (self-study)
Number of other applicants in your school: One other i think.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):Nothing Major

Subjective:[list]
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Violin/Fiddle for 14 years. Numerous regional and state-wide awards, nationally ranked at one point and have also traveled to conferences for the past 7 years and toured Russia, Mock Trial (Lead Attorney), Outside Orchestra (1st Violin), Peer Tutoring, Cross Country (Varsity), NHS
Job/Work Experience: Peer Tutoring, Paid Internship on new language-immersion Charter school
Volunteer/Community service:Peer tutoring

**Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):
Essays (Include Subjects):
Common App Main: Journey through fiddling (8ish or 9ish)
EC Short Answer: Mock Trial (7?)
“A few details” questions:
“Your Voice” Extended essay: How I changed through Harvard SSP lolol (9ish I guess… risky)
Teacher Recommendation #1: English Teacher/mock trial coach. She likes me a lot but I didn’t read it.
Teacher Recommendation #2: AP Calc teacher.
Counselor Rec: Pretty good i’d imagine. Didn’t read it either.
Additional Rec: Dean of my school who’s also a Princeton Alum. Very good I think.
Interview: One of my best, easily.
Art Supplement:Yep! Fiddling. I think it helped.

Other
Date Submitted App: Late October
State (if domestic applicant): CO
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Charter, not terribly competitive.
Ethnicity: Didn’t list, but White.
Gender: M
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):None

Reflection
Strengths: Scores, Grades, Essays
Weaknesses: No leadership, lack of APs, not that many ECs.
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: See strengths? Where else have you been accepted/deferred/rejected:
Accepted: Princeton, Brown, Amherst (Early Write), Swarthmore, Wesleyan (Early Write), JHU (Hodson Trust), McGill, Brandeis, CU Boulder
Waitlisted: Harvard, Pomona, Pitzer (lol)
Rejected: Stanford
What would you have done differently?: Nothing I guess!

Other Factors:
**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:[
Briefly explain why you applied to Princeton: I genuinely believe that Princeton offers the best Undergraduate education in the country. Hands down. And the campus is unbelievable!

VAMom2015 · March 30, 2011, 9:07pm

Decision: Accepted

This is for my DS!!! So amazing!!!

physicsnut1 · March 30, 2011, 9:10pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2300 (800-M, 750-W, 750-CR)
[] ACT: 35
[] SAT II: 800 (USH), 770 (Spanish)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/226
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH, AP Language, AP Stats (5,5,5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): Not offered
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Just some local stuff
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Boy Scouts - Eagle Scout, 46 merit badges, five Eagle Scout palms, Interpreter Strips, World Conservation Award, Senior Patrol Leader, Patrol Leader, Order of the Arrow Vice Chief, etc.
Service Club: (President) Four years
Shakespeare CLub (President, Co-founder) Three Years
[] Job/Work Experience: tutor (Math, Physics, Spanish, French)
[] Volunteer/Community service: American Red Cross, Public Library, Lots through Boy Scouts, Eagle Project, Service Club, etc.
[] Summer Activities: 250 mile backpacking trip, some tutoring
[] Essays: Started really early, and I liked them
[] Teacher Recommendation: Good
[] Counselor Rec: Good
[] Additional Rec: None
[] Interview: Phone - so okay. Not the best.
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: <20,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation, applied with Questbridge[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: GPA, scores, Questbridge
[] Weaknesses: ECs maybe a little scattered? Though I love everything that I do…
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/ul] Accepted: Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Dartmouth, Brown. Rejected: Stanford
General Comments: Congrats to the acceptees!!! :D

20more · March 30, 2011, 9:26pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I: 2380 800-780-800
[] ACT: 35
[] SAT II: 800-800-780
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[] AP: School does not offer but all 5s
[] Senior Year Course Load: Very Challenging
[] Major Awards: NMF, AIME That is it
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: Good
[] Teacher Recommendation: Did not see
[] Counselor Rec: Did not see
[] Interview:
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State: Midwest
[] School Type: One of the best
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Middle Class
[] Hooks: Not even close
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: None
[] Weaknesses: Everything
[/ul]General Comments: Rejected from HYP and Waitlisted from Dartmouth, Penn in 10 Minutes. Wow!!!

PioneerJones · March 30, 2011, 9:30pm

Thank you very much :). It’s actually that water purification plan that got me a likely letter to Cornell. I don’t know if I can afford Cornell until I get finaid reports back, but Cornell already has an engineering student group that does something similar to what I wrote my essay about. It’s hard to be upset with a rejection (especially to Princeton) when I’m fortunate enough to have so many good options.

lake42ks · March 30, 2011, 9:39pm

Some tough rejections for this region.

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