Official Princeton University Class of 2016 Results

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<p>Hey, this is popping up everywhere else, so why not just add it here too? </p>

<p>Good luck everybody!</p>

<p>Copy and paste the stuff that's below. Make sure that you take out all of the spaces so that it shows up like it's supposed to!</p>

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[quote]
CHOOSE ONE:
[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted*[/color][/size]
[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Waitlisted[/color][/size]
[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected*[/color][/size]</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:[list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II:
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[list]
[ ] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview:
[ /list][ b]Other*
[ ] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *]Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ b]Reflection*
[ ] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ b]General Comments:*

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<p>bump bump bump</p>

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<p>Should we post here if we got deferred?</p>

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<p>yes, this is the thread for all 3 categories. by the way, does anyone know what percentage of applicants got deferred?</p>

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<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800 CR, 800 M, 800 W
[</em>] SAT II: 800 Lit, 800 Math 2, 770 US History
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9 (but not accurate, since my school doesn’t work this way)
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): not ranked
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Computer Science 5, Stats 5, English Lit. 5, Government 5, World History 4
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): French B SL 6
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: IB Maths HL, IB English A1 HL, IB History HL, IB Economics HL, IB Physics SL
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Major Scholarships?
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debate Captain, Student Council Secretary, Computer Science Club President
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: general manager for investment fund, owner/president of technology company, programming intern for local startup
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Limited
[<em>] Summer Activities: NOLS course. lots of hiking.
[</em>] Essays: I thought they were good, but guess not.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Not great.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Probably okay.
[<em>] Additional Rec: Probably great.
[</em>] Interview: Mediocre (staff was good, alum wasn’t)
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Vermont
[</em>] School Type: Boarding
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>]Income Bracket: $20-30k
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: test scores, business,
[</em>] Weaknesses: recommendations, grades, “character”
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Poor recommendations
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Nowhere yet.
[/ul]General Comments:
I’m rather upset/surprised, since people from my school regularly go to top schools and I have some of the best scores and activities of anyone. Whatever. We’ll see in the spring.</p>

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<p>[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Waitlisted**[/color][/size]</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:[list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):2250 (800 W, 650 M, 800 CR)
[ *] ACT:NA
[ *] SAT II: 700 Biology M, 670 Math Level I, 750 World History, 800 Spanish
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8-ish, my school only does weighted and it’s 4.17
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): NA
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Psychology (5), Human Geography (5), Spanish Language (5), French Language (4), US History (5)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: Anatomy and Physiology, Puerto Rican History, AP Calculus AB, AP English Lit, AP Spanish Lit, AP European History
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nothing really, besides the Merit ones
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Community Service Club (VP 10th, Pres 11th and 12th), United Way Student Club (Treasurer 12th), Film Club (VP in 11th), Model UN (since 8th, many awards), NHS, Club H2O
[ *] Job/Work Experience: None :confused:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Habitat for Humanity, United Way, many local charities, summer activities
[ *] Summer Activities: CTY LaFayette College (2009), The Oxford Tradition (2010), EPI Galapagos (2010), CTY Civic Leadership Institute in Baltimore (2011)
[ *] Essays: My counselors really liked them, and I certainly put my heart into writing them, but maybe I was a bit too political in the supplementary essay…
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Both were probably excellent, one was from my Model UN moderator with whom I’ve taken AP Human Geo and one was from my Biology teacher with whom I traveled to the Galapagos
[ *] Counselor Rec: Excellent
[ ] Additional Rec: None, guess I’ll have to see if I can still send one of these (seriously, can I?)
[ ] Interview: The women in charge of the local interviews committee told my father that it went fantastic.
[ /list][ b]Other
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): Puerto Rico
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Private
[ *] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[ *] Gender: Female
[ ]Income Bracket: 250,000 +
[ ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM?
[ b]Reflection
[ *] Strengths: Essays?
[ *] Weaknesses: Extra curricular activities, lack of work experience, SAT, GPA, rigor
[ ] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Come on, do you really think these are Princeton credentials? I’m actually very surprised at this outcome.
[ ] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rejected at Oxford
[ b]General Comments: Like I said, I was very much expecting to be outright rejected so this has come as a very pleasant surprise for me. Unfortunately, my grades went down these last two months, so any chance I had has pretty much been squashed. Congratulations to everybody that was accepted and good luck to the rest that were deferred. For those that were rejected, remember that this is only the start of the college process and that come March you will be accepted into a good college for sure.</p>

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<p>Um, sorry about that.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2360 (800 CR/800 W/760 M)
[</em>] SAT II: 790 US, 780 Lit, 730 Bio
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.28 UW
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/115
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,4 (Small, rural school so a lot of these are self-study)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: I had exhausted the AP options at my school by junior year, so the majority of my classes are AP Independent Studies (I worked with my principal and superintendent to refine and implement a never-before-used clause in the school handbook allowing independent study)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): TONS of Decathlon stuff, TONS of Academic Sports League Stuff, Riverset Star Student, HOBY, National AP Scholar (Nothing major)</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[list]
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):[/li]Academic Decathlon (Captain; MVP; Ranked 3rd in Nation in Division; Led team to first state championship)
Peer Mentoring (Founder & President)
National Honors Society (Chapter’s President)
Candystriping (Leader of DEAR Project)
Student Council (Treasurer)
Senior Class Officer (Treasurer)
Track & Field (Varsity)
Concert Band (First Flute)
Quiz Team (Co-Captain)
Absentee Book Club (Founder & Organizer of System of Book & Thought Exchange Within Members of Community)
Assistant Coach of Pentathlon
DemiDec (Betatester)</p>

<p>[<em>] Summer Activities: HOBY, Harvard SSP (“A” in both courses - Econ & Lit), Mowing Lawns, Reading lots of books <3
[</em>] Essays: I really liked them…the Common App essay was on the role my rural background had on my desire to succeed, the supplement was a very analytical look at empathy & was based around candystriping.<br>
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: One was amazing (made me cry, and I’m sure was very important to my acceptance), Did not read the other but I imagine it was pretty standard
[</em>] Counselor Rec: My counselor is the sweetest lady ever…I’m sure it was good haha if it was legible (her handwriting is really something else, and she disdains the computer)
[li] Interview: I loved my interviewer and felt that I expressed my love of Princeton very well (although, who doesn’t love Princeton?)</p>[/li]
<p>[ /list][ b]Other**
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[</em>] School Type: Very Rural, Very Small, Very Title I
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>]Income Bracket: $100,000ish
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Rural Area…I succeeded in the context of my school and made use of every opportunity (and fought for more). I know that’s not technically a hook, but I do think it was crucial to my acceptance. </p>

<p>Reflection
[<em>] Strengths: See Hook. Was very involved in my community, not just through my ECs, but through some pretty unique projects. For example, I wrote up an economic proposal for my town, and I raised more than $12K for school student groups after our state cut the education budget.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Don’t think I had a specific weak area, but I lack a WOW factor.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: See strengths.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Nowhere yet! Will probably apply to UChicago and Harvard, but I’m pretty much set on Princeton
General Comments: I LOVE LIFE!
To all future applicants: Know that you can succeed regardless of your background…just be proactive, be hardworking, and don’t doubt what you’re capable of accomplishing (and by that, I don’t mean what schools you’re capable of getting accepted to)</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2360 (800 CR/800 W/760 M)
[</em>] SAT II: 790 US, 780 Lit, 730 Bio
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.28 UW
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/115
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,4 (Small, rural school so a lot of these are self-study)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: I had exhausted the AP options at my school by junior year, so the majority of my classes are AP Independent Studies (I worked with my principal and superintendent to refine and implement a never-before-used clause in the school handbook allowing independent study)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): TONS of Decathlon stuff, TONS of Academic Sports League Stuff, Riverset Star Student, HOBY, National AP Scholar (Nothing major)</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[list]
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):[/li]Academic Decathlon (Captain; MVP; Ranked 3rd in Nation in Division; Led team to first state championship)
Peer Mentoring (Founder & President)
National Honors Society (Chapter’s President)
Candystriping (Leader of DEAR Project)
Student Council (Treasurer)
Senior Class Officer (Treasurer)
Track & Field (Varsity)
Concert Band (First Flute)
Quiz Team (Co-Captain)
Absentee Book Club (Founder & Organizer of System of Book & Thought Exchange Within Members of Community)
Assistant Coach of Pentathlon
DemiDec (Betatester)</p>

<p>[<em>] Summer Activities: HOBY, Harvard SSP (“A” in both courses - Econ & Lit), Mowing Lawns, Reading lots of books <3
[</em>] Essays: I really liked them…the Common App essay was on the role my rural background had on my desire to succeed, the supplement was a very analytical look at empathy & was based around candystriping.<br>
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: One was amazing (made me cry, and I’m sure was very important to my acceptance), Did not read the other but I imagine it was pretty standard
[</em>] Counselor Rec: My counselor is the sweetest lady ever…I’m sure it was good haha if it was legible (her handwriting is really something else, and she disdains the computer)
[li] Interview: I loved my interviewer and felt that I expressed my love of Princeton very well (although, who doesn’t love Princeton?)</p>[/li]
<p>[ /list][ b]Other**
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[</em>] School Type: Very Rural, Very Small, Very Title I
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>]Income Bracket: $100,000ish
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Rural Area…I succeeded in the context of my school and made use of every opportunity (and fought for more). I know that’s not technically a hook, but I do think it was crucial to my acceptance. </p>

<p>Reflection
[<em>] Strengths: See Hook. Was very involved in my community, not just through my ECs, but through some pretty unique projects. For example, I wrote up an economic proposal for my town, and I raised more than $12K for school student groups after our state cut the education budget.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Don’t think I had a specific weak area, but I lack a WOW factor.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: See strengths.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Nowhere yet! Will probably apply to UChicago and Harvard, but I’m pretty much set on Princeton
General Comments: I LOVE LIFE!
To all future applicants: Know that you can succeed regardless of your background…just be proactive, be hardworking, and don’t doubt what you’re capable of accomplishing (and by that, I don’t mean what schools you’re capable of getting accepted to)</p>

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<p>Sorry for the double post!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2300 (800 M, 730 CR, 770 W, 12 E)
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] SAT II: 770 Chemistry, 750 Spanish, 730 Lit
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): At least top 5%, not reported
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calculus BC (5), Calculus AB Subscore (5), Chemistry (5), Environmental Science (5), Psychology (5), English Language (5), Human Geography (5), Spanish Language (4)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Biology, AP English Literature, AP Art History, AP European History, Multivariable Calculus.
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None, other than NMSF, AP Scholar stuff, school stuff, extracurricular related stuff.</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): National + state recognition for public speaking, president of speech, multiple editor-in-chief positions, strong focus on writing related activities, national/state accomplishments for publications, varsity sport, piano competitions, etc. Hard to detail on this online form, but I made sure my accomplishments, passion, and leadership & ambition were evident in resume.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Held a job during summer and fall of junior year.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 650+ hours at local volunteer organization
[</em>] Summer Activities: NJGSS, journalism institute, speech institute.
[<em>] Essays: Common App Essay was excellent, unique, showed my interests, and was well written. Short EC essay was well written, interesting, excellent, etc.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Both were excellent, very reflective of personal strengths.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Excellent.
[</em>] Interview: Excellent, wanted me to get in. </p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Not URM
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>]Income Bracket: Applied for financial aid
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None [/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection [ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Interesting ECs and good demonstration of commitment/passion in activities people of my demographic don’t normally participate in, strength in humanities in addition to just sciences.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Demographics, no huge hooks.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Don’t care, just super thrilled. [/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>General Comments: Good luck everyone! You will get in where you are meant to get in.</p>

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<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):2340 (790CR 780M 770W)
SAT II: Math2 800 Chem 780 US History 770
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9 UW
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 1-3%
AP (place score in parenthesis): BC calc 5 AB subscore 5 Chem 5 USH 5 Eng lang 4 (self-studied)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Stats, AP Physics C, AP Bio, AP Lit, AP Euro, Art
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Cum Laude Society, AP Scholar with Honor, French Honors Society, Princeton Book Award, President’s Volunteer Service Award (2 years in a row)
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): MIT Women’s Technology Program, Karate (black belt, instructor, demonstrations, specialty is the short bo), Academic Magazine (Associate Editor), Literary Magazine, Quiz Bowl
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: Lifeworks International in China and Thailand 100+ hours each, Animal Shelter 2-3 hours/week, Medical Center
Summer Activities: MIT WTP, Lifeworks International, teach karate camp/kids classes, karate private and regular classes
Essays:
Teacher Recommendation: should be good
Counselor Rec: also good
Additional Rec: supplement from MIT WTP
Interview: went well
State (if domestic applicant): NJ
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: private
Ethnicity: white
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: <$100,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation
Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I was very lucky.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted Rutgers SAS Honors Program
General Comments: I am very happy to be accepted. Congratulations to everyone who was accepted. There were a lot of great people deferred/rejected…you will end up at a great school that you love. Best of luck!</p>

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<p>**Decision: DEFERRED **
Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2380 (800 CR 800 M 780 W)
[</em>] ACT: 34 (not submitted)
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math IIC 800 Chem 800 Physics
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10% weighted
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): 7 IB Chem, 6 IB Spanish B
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Full IB (6 courses)
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AIMEx2 (if that counts as a major award. not sure lol), USNCO Qualifier, Mandelbrot Regional Winner, National Merit. A decent amount of regional debate awards, piano awards, MUN awards, and member of a 4th in the nation we the people congressional hearings team
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Way too lazy to list it out. Leadership positions were NOT lacking though. They ranged from math/science to debate/forensics and piano/music
[<em>]Job/Work Experience: Internship at a software company (summer of 2011)
[</em>]Volunteer/Community service: 150 hours total, 100 hours at a non-profit museum, 50 hours at a computer charity project
[<em>]Summer Activities: Whitman WNDI, EPGY, Internship
[</em>]Essays: Decent. Although now I’m starting to second guess them
[<em>]Teacher Recommendation: One godly, one generic/alright
[</em>]Counselor Rec: Decent I guess. First name basis! And she had to write one for National Merit, so she took her time with it
[<em>]Additional Rec: Probably talked about all the cool stuff I’ve done for the school
[</em>]Interview: Went well. He said he would ‘recommend’ me highly (whatever that means)
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]State (if domestic applicant): Not very represented
[</em>]Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>]School Type: Public
[</em>]Ethnicity: Asian (what else?)
[<em>]Gender: M
[</em>]Income Bracket: a lot (didn’t apply for financial aid)
[<em>]Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None at all! Pretty sure I have several anti-hooks…
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>]Strengths: Scores, awards to an extent, extracurriculars, and that whole “making your community a better place” thing
[<em>]Weaknesses: awards to an extent (not enough clearly), essays could have been better (might just be me second guessing still), could have had more community service hours, etc. Also I am the most stereotypical asian applicant ever and probably come at a dime a dozen
[</em>]Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: See weaknesses
[li]Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: This is SCEA…[/li][/ul]**General Comments: Expected a deferral or a rejection, took a few hours to get over it though… CONGRATS TO EVERYONE WHO GOT IN! And shout out to those from my school who are going to stalk this post, read it, and make fun of me tomorrow. Also trying to determine if there’s anything blatantly wrong with my application **</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2400
[</em>] ACT: none
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math2, 800 Chinese Listening, 780 Chem
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Only deciles, Top 10%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): CompSci A (5), Chinese (5), BC Calc (5), APC Physics Mech (5), APC Physics E&M (5), APUSH (5), Music Theory (5), French (3…)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): -
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Econ, AP Chem, AP English, AP Psych, Math 51 (Linear Algebra and Multivariable Calculus) at Stanford
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit…? Lol.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Basketball 9-11 (MVP, Coach’s Award), AAU Basketball Club, Youth Community Service / Interact Club (Underclassmen Representative, Co-President, Executive Board Member, President’s award), 12 years classical piano (DipRSM last spring, all ABRSM exams, some USOMC wins, etc.)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: NASA Ames Research Intern (graphene experimentation and synthesis, piezoelectric wind harvester design optimization)
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Too much. All from club (Stanford Relay For Life, Family Giving Tree, Veteran’s Hospital, general East Palo Alto volunteering, etc etc)
[<em>] Summer Activities: NASA stuff, Business intern at my music school
[</em>] Essays: Solid, interesting, but nothing extraordinary.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: One formulaic at best, another out of this world
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Possibly great, probably just solid.
[<em>] Additional Rec: Great rec from music teacher.
[</em>] Interview: 6.9/10 :wink: Nice guy, we hit it off, but he wasn’t in love with me</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian-American (Chinese)
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>]Income Bracket: No financial aid for me
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Asian-American male applying for engineering, right? :confused:
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: I think my essays and rec letters reflected how social and outgoing I am as opposed to a little Asian number-churning machine.
[<em>] Weaknesses: See hook
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Honestly? That nice little number at the top.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: See me in 3.5 months.[/li][/ul]
General Comments: Well, 5/5 from my school. Can’t say much.</p>

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<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2330 single time score (750M, 780CR, 800W)
[</em>] SAT II: 740 USH, 740 Bio
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 94.18 => 3.77
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 7/625
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 (USH, Bio, Lang), 4 (Psych, didn’t take class)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 5 APs
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NONE!!!
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 3 yrs Academic Team (Captain/Speaker), 3 yrs Cross Country, 3 yrs Spring Track, 2 yrs Bio Team, 2 yrs Math Team, 1 yr Spanish Honor Society
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: NONE!!!
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Library, Bank, Medical Center
[<em>] Summer Activities: took Chem over the summer, volunteered at the Library, other than this, NONE!!!
[</em>] Essays: Common App- 9/10, Supplement- 9/10, Summers Essay- 3/10, I haven’t done much over the summers and I answered in bullets rather than essay format.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Spanish teacher- 9/10, Language teacher- 6/10
[</em>] Counselor Rec: 10/10
[<em>] Interview: 8/10 Very good! She did track in High School too!
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[<em>] School Type: Public, Somerset County
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian (Indian)
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>]Income Bracket: $225,000
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): NONE!!!
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Common App/Supplement Essay, SAT, Spanish teacher and Councelor Reccomendation, Interview
[<em>] Weaknesses: Summers Essay, Unweighted GPA 3.77, SAT2’s (only 2 740’s), lack of depth or impressiveness in extracurriculars
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: see weaknesses
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted to Rutgers, TCNJ, NJIT, and will apply to Caltech, UPenn, Columbia, Harvard, Yale, Cornell, and Brown PLME.[/li] [/ul]General Comments: Eh, for a slacker like me who until the summer before senior year thought I’d just go to my state school on a full scholarship, I guess I did better than I thought, having applied on such short notice. I really thought I’d be rejected with my weak extracurriculars. A hope of acceptance still remained, though, maybe because I thought I had gotten a boost from applying SCEA. Overall, kinda sad because a deferral for me means a rejection; my senior grades suck. Oh well, regular decision it is. In the end, the universe tends to unfold as it should (reference to Harold & Kumar).</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2090 (720 M, 680 CR, 690 W)
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: 700 Math II, 690 Chemistry
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/320
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5s on US History, World History, AB Calculus, & Psychology
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: BC Calc, AP Spanish, Physics, AP Gov’t, AP Literature, Photography, AP Chemistry
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Photography mini-business, Mu Alpha Theta, NHS, Spanish Honor Society, Spanish Club, Guitar Club
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: 1 year at Bertuccis, 1 year at Safeway
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered at local library, school events, and tutored
[<em>] Summer Activities: Photography, volunteered, played some Call of Duty, went to beach and amusement parks :slight_smile:
[</em>] Essays: I put my heart and soul into my essays
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: My teacher’s loved me
[</em>] Counselor Rec: He loved me also :slight_smile:
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[</em>] Interview: I asked A LOT of questions[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Virginia
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type:
[</em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>]Income Bracket:
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM & 1st Gen. [/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Personality, recs, and GPA
[li] Weaknesses: Decent SAT (only took once) and SAT IIs (I didn’t want to waste my time retaking and retaking one dumb test that I feel doesn’t show who I really am)</p>[/li]
<p>[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Because I tried to present myself as the person I truly was, a happy go-lucky optimistic person. Plus being Hispanic and 1st Gen helped
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I applied early to UVA (won’t hear back till Jan. 31)[/ul]</p>

<p>General Comments: A lower than average SAT score does not make the person. I think Princeton noticed that I’m a fun guy to be around and am very different. I might try hard but what really gives me an edge is my creativity, people-talking ability, and enthusiasm. Don’t be discouraged.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2400 (single sitting)
[</em>] SAT II: US History(800), Math II(800), Chemistry(790)
[<em>] Unweighted GPA: 96.7/100
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History(4), Chemistry(5), English Language(5), American Government(5)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, AP Calculus BC, AP Statistics, AP Economics, AP Literature and Composition, Advanced Biology, Band, and Gym(being in gym senior year really isn’t as bad as people make it out to be)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): I don’t think that I’ve done anything that counts as “major”…</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debate Team (founder/captain), Math League(captain), Scholar’s Bowl, Varsity Tennis (captain, state champs), Music (Principal Saxophonist in All-State Band, Associate Principal in All New England Band; All-State Scholarships for Piano and Saxophone), NHS
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: I teach music, tennis, and English
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: I play music for people at a retirement home every year around Christmas. I also volunteer through NHS
[</em>] Summer Activities: I went to SAAST at Penn this past summer, and have attended Governor’s Institute of Vermont camps at the University of Vermont for the past two summers.
[<em>] Essays: I thought that they were pretty good when I sent them, but they seemed to get worse every time I looked at them haha
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: No idea
[<em>] Counselor Rec: No idea
[</em>] Additional Rec: I got one from my tennis coach. He really likes me, so that one should’ve been pretty good.
[li] Interview: Went pretty well. The guy talked a lot more about himself than anything else.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Vermont
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): I am an Australian citizen, but I have a Green Card and go to school in the US
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>]Income Bracket: 100k to 140k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection:[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: I’ve got some good musical accolades (when considered regionally). I thought that my essays were pretty good (at least when I originally sent them). I also got high standardized test score and have a pretty high GPA. Being from Vermont (a sparsely populated state) probably didn’t hurt either.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Being Asian haha. I really haven’t done anything profound…
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Honestly… I’m not sure
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted by the University of Vermont. I’ll probably apply to a few more schools before I call it quits on this whole college application thing![/ul]</p>

<p>General Comments: Some of you might be looking at what’s written above and thinking, “How the heck did this kid get in?!?” I’m don’t really know either. But hey, I’m not complaining!</p>

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<p>[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Deferred**[/color][/size]</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:**[list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2220 (760 Math, 760 Writing, 700 Reading)
[ *] ACT:34 single sitting, 35 Superscore (36 Math, 36 Writing, 34 Reading, 35 Science)
[ *] SAT II: 770 Math II, 750 US History, 730 Literature
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 8/1015
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Chem, AP Lit, AP Gov, AP Econ, Honors Physics, AP Calc AB
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:**[list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): President Psychology Club, President Physics Club, Vice President Book Club, Senior Representative Key Club
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Internship at a microchip company, internship as a sales associate at a fashion boutique, worked for a local skateboard shop as a filmer, sales associate, and site coordinator
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Downey Fresh Air Coalition (Secretary) - Passed our city’s first public health law which banned smoking in parks, Volunteered at a Therapeutic Horse Riding Center for disabled individuals, Volunteered at a center for misled youth, etc…
[ *] Summer Activities: Economics course at UCLA and more…
[ *] Essays: Great
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Only read one and I liked it
[ *] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read, generic
[ *] Interview: Great.</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Other**
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[ *] School Type: Large (LOW-RANKED!) public school
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *]Income Bracket: $300,000+
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation college</p>

<p>[ b]Reflection**
[ *] Strengths: essay?
[ *] Weaknesses: gpa, scores, recs, and quality of extracurriculars
[ ] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: ^
[ ] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Nowhere
[ b]General Comments: Was expected</p>

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<p>[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Deferred**[/color][/size]</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:**[list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2250- 800 CR 690 M 760 W
[ *] ACT:34
[ *] SAT II: 780 Chem 730 Math IC
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): out of 100: 96.8
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): only deciles- top 10%
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): none available at school
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): none available at school
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: English, Philosophy, World History, Physics, Chemistry, Advanced Functions, Calculus and Vectors, Modern Hebrew, Religious Studies
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Top 5 Score on Avogadro Chemistry Exam, Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award.</p>

<p>Too lazy to write the subjective out but it was all good, interview was unbelievable. I play a ton of sports. Varsity Hockey (4 yrs Assistant Captain) Varsity Alpine Skiing (3 yrs MVP) Varsity Golf (2 yrs) Varsity Track and Field (2 yrs). President of Model UN, various awards from that. Various DECA awards, Started charity organization that has grown from 7 members to 600 in 3 years, to date it has raised over 75000 dollars for the UJA. I thought my essays were unique and well written. I’m disappointed but I was expecting it, really hoping to get in later on. Congrats to all of those who were accepted I’m reading your stuff over and you all deserve it. Same goes for the deferred/ rejected. Everyone is so amazing. It is an accomplishment just to have the scores, grades, ECs, etc… to even realistically consider a school like Princeton so be proud of that. We will all end up somewhere that is right for us.</p>

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<p>Shoot. I just realized that the template that I had originally copy and pasted has some problems. Here’s a better version. Hopefully, enough of you will see it to use it:</p>

<p>CHOOSE ONE:
[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted**[/color][/size]
[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Deferred**[/color][/size]
[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected**[/color][/size]</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:**[list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II:
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:**[list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview:</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Other**[list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *]Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Reflection**[list]
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]General Comments:**</p>