<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Most amazing moment of my life…</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2400
[</em>] SAT II: 800s on Physics, Chemistry, and Math IIC
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5’s on AP Psych, AP English language, AP Chemistry, AP Physics, AP Computer Science A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Biology, AP Literature, BC Calc, AP Comp Gov, US Gov, Mando 4
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Not much… Qualified for AIME, National Chemistry Olympiad Finalist
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Habitat for Humanity (President), JV/Var Baseball (4 years), Community League Basketball, Earth Team
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Two science/research internships, one paid, one not. But threw it in work experience anyways. Baseball Umpire.
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Head Coach/Assistant Coach for Middle School basketball teams. Habitat for Humanity volunteer.
[<em>] Summer Activities: Internship, baseball, road trips!
[</em>] Essays: Talked about trying to improve my speaking skills, why I wanted to study engineering at Princeton and my interest in alternative energy/fighting global warming, coaching basketball (common app short), and my dad (for the princeton options essay)
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: It seems like they were pretty good!
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Pretty good!
[<em>] Additional Rec: Had one from a research mentor, no idea how good it was
[</em>] Interview: good, but not as good as some interviews others have had
[/ul]Other
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>]Income Bracket: 300k?
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None!
Reflection
[<em>] Strengths: Test scores, research internships!
[</em>] Weaknesses: Asian! No huge awards!
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Admissions officers was feeling good that day![/li]General Comments:
Don’t know what to think! Still so hard to believe!</p>
<p>So far
Accepted: 9
Deferred: 6
Rejected: 0
60% acceptance rate.</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Objective:
[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2250 (750 CR, 770 M, 730 W)
[</em>] ACT: 32 (32/32/32/33S)
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Chinese, 790 Chemistry, 780 US History, 740 Math II (twice), 730 Physics, 640 Literature (I was sick during lit and physics - May 2011)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.87 UW, 4.38 W
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top decile
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calculus BC (4), Chemistry (4), Chinese (5), English Language (5), English Literature (4), Physics B (4), US History (4), World History (5) (I was sick during all of the tests in which I got a 4 - May 2011)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Greek and Christian Thought, James Joyce Seminar, William Faulkner Seminar, Science Fiction, MV Calc, AP Bio, Biochemistry, AP US Gov, Conflict in the Modern World
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): (no major awards): AP National Scholar, National Merit Commended (missed semi-finalist cutoff by one point)</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]</p>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<p>[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Boy Scouts of America (20 hours/week, 50 weeks/year; Council, Section, and Regional Positions, Eagle Award pending, Triple Crown Award); Violin (10 hours/week, 50 weeks/year youth symphony, played in venues including Davies Symphony Hall, submitted arts supplement); Chinese School (graduated early with 4.0 GPA)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
Internship with County Board of Supervisors (8 hours/week); Boy Scouts of America (4 hours/week)
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: School Award, 500+ hours
[</em>] Summer Activities:
Boy Scout trips (Taiwan, Florida); Boy Scout Summer Camp Staff (96 hours/week, 5 weeks/summer); visiting relatives in Taiwan
[<em>] Essays: meh.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: I honestly have no idea.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: She doesn’t seem to like me.
[</em>] Additional Rec: Did not send one.
[li] Interview: Great.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]</p>
<p>Other</p>
<p>[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): n/a
[<em>] School Type: Catholic
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: 300,000+
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): n/a</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]</p>
<p>Reflection</p>
<p>[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: leadership and and devotion to extracurriculars
[</em>] Weaknesses: (generic) Asian male, test scores (I didn’t explain my illness from May 2011 - messed up SAT IIs and APs)
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: generic Asian male
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: n/a (SCEA)
[/ul]</p>
<p>*edit: I wonder if Princeton is using deferrals as a courtesy rejection, i.e. deferring people that should be rejected… :(</p>
<p>CHOOSE ONE:
Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:**[list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2270
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II: Math II: 750, Physics: 780
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 1 percent
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): One 5, Three 4’s, three 3’s</p>
<p>(I had strong EC’s, but I did not find the cure for cancer. They were kinda ordinary imo)</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Other**[list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity: white
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *]Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Woman Engineer?</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Reflection**[list]
[ *] Strengths: Essays, Recs, grades
[ *] Weaknesses: AP scores, maybe that math II
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I was really lucky?
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Im done with this. :)</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]General Comments:** Relieved. I am glad that I dont have to write any more essays. At the same time, I am unable to fall asleep and I have a final tomorrow…</p>
<p>I am sorry to those who werent as lucky as me. I hope you sitll go to a place you love for college :/</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2330 (M 790 CR 800)
[</em>] SAT II: 800 Latin, 800 US History
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.75/3.8 ish
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): ~5th percentile
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 [Writing], 5 [Vergil], 5 [US History]
[li] Senior Year Course Load: One of the most rigorous available at my school[/li][</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Scholarship; I won several niche National-level awards
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Social Justice Club at school (Founder/President); International Feminist Literary Magazine (Founder/Director); officer position in a large student organization; I do artwork; Improv Comedy
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Worked at local nonprofit for the past two school years, and interned at design firms over the past two summers.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: I also volunteered at the same local nonprofit.
[</em>] Summer Activities: Interned at design firms, visited family/friends.
[<em>] Essays: I liked my common app one (it was about an important experience in my life), but not my supplement one. Although the more I look at them the less I like them.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: One was probably excellent, the other one was probably decent.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Probably decent.
[</em>] Additional Rec: Probably excellent (from my boss/mentor).
[<em>] Interview: It went all right (about 40 minutes in length.) The alumna interviewer was very nice.
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): MA
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Sex: Female
[</em>]Income Bracket: <$60k
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Extracurriculars. Also I submitted an art supplement which I think helped.
[<em>] Weaknesses: Second essay. One of the teacher recs.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Combination of luck and hard work. I believe two of my letters of recommendation were truly stellar. Also, many other competitive kids at my school did not apply to Princeton SCEA.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Will apply to other schools, just not any safeties</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]
General Comments: I’m really grateful to be admitted SCEA! I know a lot of cool people who were deferred admission to their top choices Early Decision/Action. I am humbled. Good luck to everybody!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2250 (800 CR, 760 M, 690 W)
[</em>] SAT II: 800 Physics, 800 Math II
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): my school doesn’t do GPAs…but I guess around a 3.9/4.0 since everything’s between an A+ and an A-.
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 20% in a class of 94 if you don’t count AP courses (which my school doesn’t…)
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Computer Science AB (5), Physics C: Mech and EM (both 5s), English Lit&Comp and Lang&Comp (both 5s), Calculus BC (5), World History (5)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: ISC - English, Environmental Ed, Physics, Chemistry, Math, Visual Art (ISC is an Indian curriculum). AP - Chemistry, Psychology
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none 
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Editorial positions for several newsletters and other journalistic experience; art/layout for a lot of stuff, art exhibitions, physics learning programs; Team Leader for a nationwide “Ethical Leadership Club”, Prefect of the School; Robotics Club and Nature Club…a lot of random stuff but mostly what I did for all my ECs was the art, journalism and tech work.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: our school required some social service every year, so I did that + worked in a team to raise funds for a village school
[<em>] Summer Activities: We received way too many mangos this season from our plantation so I ended up making mango pies in bulk numbers (yum). Also adopted two rabbits.
[</em>] Essays: About linguistics, editing, and engineering. The Princeton supplement one was horrible in my opinion and I could have made the linguistics (commonapp) one sound less like a ramble (I made it so much better for my RD apps…) so not spectacular. I think the linguistics one was really passionate though and a well-written ramble if anything:P
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Awesome 
[</em>] Counselor Rec: I know it was good but I don’t know if it was the best.
[<em>] Interview: Pretty good? REALLY informal. It was pretty long too, ~2 hrs.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): Officially live in Minnesota with my mom
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): I spent the last couple of years with my dad in India
[</em>] School Type: Small private upperclass (by Indian standards) Indian school
[<em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>]Income Bracket: Not high at all. Applied for a lot of aid (and got it too!)
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: I tried to show that I loved learning no matter what in my essay(s). And I’m not a “typical” Asian applicant because as much as I love my science, I love language and art and pies too
[</em>] Weaknesses: Two of my essays were like rambles, I realized after I submitted, and I was also able to make them significantly better for RD. Imperfect grades/SAT, no awards.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m not sure. I’m the first person from my school in a bazillion years to get accepted though! It’s a mystery.[/li]General Comments: Dream come true. I’ve wanted this for forever
[/ul]</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted**[/color][/size]</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2210
[ *] ACT: n/a
[ *] SAT II: 800 Physics, 790 Math 2, 770 Biology, 770 US History
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 (4.35 weighted)
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): not ranked, but top 2%
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5x5s, 1x4
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: 5 APs, 1 theology course
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist, AP Scholar w/ Distinction, National Honor Society, Sociedad Honoraria Hispanica, Quill & Scroll Int. Honor Society for HS Journalists
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): about 13, 3 are leadership
[ *] Job/Work Experience: summer internship in lab at Drexel
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: 30+ hours per year of high school
[ *] Summer Activities: (see work exp)
[ *] Essays: critiqued by paid service
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: yes
[ *] Counselor Rec: yes
[ ] Additional Rec: yes
[ ] Interview: yes
[ /list][ b]Other
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[ *] School Type: Prep
[ *] Ethnicity: white
[ ] Gender: male
[ ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Brother graduated Summa Cum Laude from Princeton
[ b]Reflection
[ *] Strengths: essays, interview
[ *] Weaknesses: accidentally forgot to waive my rights on letters of rec; forgot to send first quarter grades until a week before decisions were out
[ ] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: no idea
[ ] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: not applying anywhere, now
[ b]General Comments: I’ve wanted this for as long as I can remember. It’s amazing knowing it’s actually happened. Congrats to all those accepted, condolences to all rejected, and good luck to those deferred.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2310
[</em>] ACT: 35
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Chemistry
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): N/A
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5’s on AP European History, AP Psychology, and AP Chemistry
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Heavy
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): USNCO High Honors (Top 50 in Nation), 2 x USNCO Semifinalist
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Key Club (Vice President, Project Chair), Chinese Club (Sophomore Representative), TEAM+S
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Nuclear Chemistry research in a university lab, Chemical Engineering research with a faculty member at school
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Chinese School, Library (250+ hrs)
[<em>] Summer Activities: Research, play, college stuff
[</em>] Essays: Spent A LOT of time and effort on; were pretty good
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Must not have been too bad
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Don’t know
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[</em>] Interview: Went well; I was still wanting to chat when he ended it
[/ul]Other</p>
<p>State (if domestic applicant): OK
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian 100%
Gender: F
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
Intended Major: Chemical Engineering (being a girl in engineering helps?) </p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: Essays, awards, recs.
Weaknesses: Everything not my strengths
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My essays? Either that or someone was having a great day in the admissions committee.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
General Comments: I posted this in the hope of helping future students get a feel for Princeton admissions. Honestly, I think my essays really showed them who I was. The key is to write about something important to you, which I did, and I think they really took that into account. Spend a lot of time on your essays, as they are very important. I was worried about my scores (b/c they’re a bit low for Princeton on the Asians side), but ultimately, other factors matter too. Make sure you do what you love and do them well. If you can garner awards in your passion, that’s a plus for you. In the end, let go of all doubts (I know that’s hard) and apply. My counselor told me before I applied that I most likely will not get into any of the top schools, but Princeton was really my first choice, so I applied…and got in. Believe in yourself! That’s the most important. I worked very hard to get where I am now, as I’m sure many admitted students did as well. Also, I cannot express the gratitude I have for College Confidential. CC calmed my fears and made me feel better in times of anxiety. It also was a great resource and I believe that it helped me get in. The rumor that the orange tiger appears if you get in is true. I saw that, scrolled down, and saw the orange “Congratulations” and shrieked and ran out to call my mother. I was in utter shock and cried for about an hour. I still can’t believe I was accepted into my dream school. This is really the best Christmas present I could ever hope for! Congratulations to everyone else and best of luck to everyone who got deferred/rejected. I’m sure you’ll get into a college you love.</p>
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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective: SAT I (breakdown): 2390 (800 CR, 790 M, 800 W, 12 E)
ACT: n/a
SAT II: 800 Chemistry, 800 Math, 800 Bio
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School does not rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calculus BC (5), Calculus AB Subscore (5), Chemistry (5), Environmental Science (5), Computer Science (5), Biology (5), Physics C M (5), Physics C E/M (5), Statistics (5), European History (5), Siemens AP Award
Senior Year Course Load: Number theory, AP English Literature, AP US History, US Government, Multivariable Calculus, Organic Chemistry, AP Latin
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMSF, AP Scholar stuff, Science Olympiad, USABO extracurricular related stuff. JHU CTY SET (study of exceptional talented)</p>
<p>Subjective: Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Summer Activities: Research in 10th and 11th grade in UMich medical school lab and Ivy engineering lab
Essays: Common App Essay was excellent, unique, showed my interests, and was well written. Short EC essays were well written, interesting, excellent, etc.
Teacher Recommendation: Both were excellent, very reflective of personal strengths.
Counselor Rec: Excellent. Research mentor Rec. Excellent.
Interview: Excellent, wanted me to get in. </p>
<p>Other State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Not applying financial aid
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>
<p>Reflection Strengths: Passion for science and engineering, strong academic records.
Weaknesses: Demographics, no hooks.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Dont care, just super thrilled.</p>
<p>General Comments: Good luck everyone! You will get in where you are meant to get in.</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2230 (800 W/ 700 M/ 730 CR)
[</em>] SAT II: Math II - 800, Chemistry - 750
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5’s in BC Calculus, US History, English Lang
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Multivariable Calculus, AP Physics C, AP Chemistry, AP Music Theory, AP European History, AP English Lit, Honors Philosophy
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): State Academic Decathlon award, several regional science fair awards, Commended Scholar, AP Scholar
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): I think that my extracurriculars and leadership roles are amazing. I am not in the mood really to list them so bear with me.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: worked in public library for 6 hours/week for entire junior year
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Two main volunteering projects and a bunch of scattered volunteering hours. These were really meaningful though, where I have the chief leadership role.
[<em>] Summer Activities: NJ Governor’s School, traveling, sports camps
[</em>] Essays: Unusual and I would even say unforgettable.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: 2 Amazing, 1 generic.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Amazing
[<em>] Additional Rec:Amazing
[</em>] Interview: Went really well.
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Garden State
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>]Income Bracket: $80,000-90,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): was not born in the US? Know three languages? Completely fluent in two? Female physics major? Governor’s school?
Reflection
[<em>] Strengths: Very well-rounded, committed leadership, strong passion in the sciences, great recommendations, first in class, original essays that showed clear passion for science
[</em>] Weaknesses: Essays may have been a little <em>too</em> original and difficult to decipher? Not cutesy at all. Low SAT math score? Third teacher rec was generic? I don’t know.
[li] Why you think you were deferred: See above. [/ul][/li]General Comments: Princeton is my absolute dream school. Congrats to everyone who got accepted!</p>
<p>Decision: Acceptedswag</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1600 + 770W
[</em>] SAT II: 800 Math II; 800 Chemistry; 800 Biology E
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Several AP’s, 5 on most, I don’t think these matter that much though
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Honors Physics, AP Computer Science, Independent Study Linear Algebra, AP Spanish, Honors English, History Electives
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Cum Laude, NMSF, Bausch and Lomb Science</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Science Olympiad (Captain); Varsity Rowing (Captain); President of the Senior Class
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Two family businesses run by my brothers and me
[<em>] Summer Activities: Rowing, independent study with my math teacher; interned at University of Cincinnati Aerospace Lab
[</em>] Essays: Like a boss
[<em>] Recommendations: all very good, I’m sure
[</em>] Interview: Went very well, and the interviewer was a parent of one of my friends and on the board of my school</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Ohio
[</em>] School Type: Independent country day
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[li]Income Bracket: Received a lot of aid</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Numbers, teacher recs (one was my advisor/AP chem teacher/science olympiad coach, other was the eccentric math teacher I’ve had for 3/4 years and study with over two summers)
[</em>] Weaknesses: Not a URM female in engineering who wrote an essay about coming out?
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: How much each part of my app was unique but tied in with the rest of it.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments: YES!</p>
<p>accepted! will post stats sometime</p>
<p>I’m not really giving names but I have a weird feeling that some of these posters might be trolls…
But either way - congrats to all those that got in!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted (for my son)</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I: 2320 (800 M, 790 CR, 730 W)
SAT II: 800 Math II; 800 Physics; 730 Literature
GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0/4.84
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5,5,5,5,4 in all math and physics tests</p>
<p>Senior Year Course Load: Optics (physics 406, college),Graduate level Physics research, AP Literature, Dynamical Systems and Real Analysis (graduate level), Arabic 102 (college), Worldviews and Issues, US History (college), AP Chem (self-study)</p>
<p>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Physics Olympiad Semis (twice); AIME (twice) Ranked about 40th in country for chess for age; National Hispanic Scholar; NMSF; Physics Bowl Team 2nd in Country last year</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Lots of music, church worship and service, chess, math/physics competitions, writing a word book
Job/Work Experience: Math teacher/tutor; physics tutor; violin teacher; freelance violinist (work about 15 hours a week)
Summer Activities: Paid violinist for local company; travel baseball; graduate level physics research; music performances and recordings
Essays: Good
Recommendations: Very good
Interview: Son said it was probably his worst interview</p>
<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): Ca
School Type: Homeschool
Ethnicity: 1/2 Puerto Rican, 1/2 Caucasian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Received a lot of aid (income >80k)
Reflection
Strengths: Numbers, teacher recs, diversity and strength of ECs, URM, Submitted an Arts Supplement in violin and athletics (baseball-but not recruited)
Weaknesses: Coursework was lopsided-very top heavy in math and physics and weak in humanities; Not a lot of tests and tests weren’t perfect</p>
<p>Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Overall strength, particularly in math, physics, music</p>
<p>General Comments: Wow!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:</p>
<p>SAT I (breakdown): 2260 (800 M, 800 CR, 660 W)
ACT: did not take
SAT II: 800 Math 2, 800 Chem, 760 US, 740 Spanish w/out listening
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.23 (highest in class 4.25)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school does not report but I know I’m somewhere in the top 5 of 50 students)
AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem, Spanish, US (all 5s)
IB (place score in parenthesis):N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Psych, AP Calc AB, AP Physics C, AP Lit, Asian History, Chamber Choir, Concert Band (Pass/Fail)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nat. Commended, AP Scholar, Nat. Latin Level 1: Summa cum Laude, Nat. Spanish Level 4: Gold</p>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Synchronized swimming for 7.5 yrs - compete on national level, athlete rep and have attended 3 USAS conventions
Varsity Swim Team (probably girls captain this year but I didn’t mention that)
Choir for 3 yrs
Chamber Choir for 2 yrs
Concert Band for 4 yrs (1st flute)
Key Club (Co-president this year)
JETS
School Musicals for 4 yrs (lead my junior year)
Mathletics 2 yrs (Honorable Mentions)
Student Rep to the Board of Trustees
Job/Work Experience: Research Assistant
Volunteer/Community service: 120 hrs as Assistant Lifeguard, 64 as Volunteen, other random hrs.
Summer Activities: volunteer activities mentioned above, research assistant w/Navy last summer, compete at Nationals for synchronized swimming every year
Essays:
CA was alright, but not thrilling (wrote about how my father has changed my perspective on life)
Princeton one was fairly good for “in the service of all nations”
Engineering one was by far my best essay
Teacher Recommendation: Both should have been fairly good
Counselor Rec: Excellent
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: Went alright but I felt like I didn’t highlight my strengths well enough</p>
<p>Other:</p>
<p>State (if domestic applicant): CA
School Type: small, competitive college prep
Ethnicity: White
Gender: F
Income Bracket: getting a bit from FA but nothing close to a free ride
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): female engineer, single-mom family and an absent father
Reflection
Strengths: Grades (all As), Variety of extracurriculars (especially synchro), most of my testing, my family history
Weaknesses: Writing section (almost retook the SAT but my counselor convinced me not to), lack of ridiculous academics and big awards/extracurriculars
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m only applying here and to a few UCs that release decisions in March
General Comments:
I’m so excited to go to Princeton! It’s been my favorite school ever since I visited junior year, and now I’m admitted. Congratulations to everyone else who was admitted, good luck in the next round to all those who were deferred, and good luck with your other schools to all who were rejected.</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Deferred**[/color][/size]</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:**[list]</p>
<p>[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2340 superscored (800 CR, 800 W, 740 M)
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II: 770 US History, 710 Lit
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.87
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 out of 532
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro (5), Human Geography (5), Lang/Comp (5), US History (5), Environmental Science (5), Biology (4), Psychology (self-studied) (4), MacroEcon (4), MicroEcon (4), Chem (3).
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP Lit, AP World, Spanish II, Physical Education (required), AP Gov second semester, AP Art History and AP Psychology online.
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National AP Scholar, National Merit Commended, Interact Merit Award for Outstanding Service as District Governor.</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:**[list]</p>
<p>[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Rotary Interact-- President/Founder (9&10), District Governor (11&12), Founder/Chairman of International Governors’ Consultative Council (12).
Boy Scouts-- Eagle Scout and Den Chief
Academic Decathlon- Co-Captain
Piano (12 years)
NHS
Peer mentoring</p>
<p>[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Interact/Boy Scouts
[ *] Summer Activities: Summer Camp, trip to Singapore, trip to Yosemite, examining my own hypochondria and OCD and attempting to find a cure.
[ *] Essays: First was one was a bit overly misanthropic and forced; I liked the second.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Both good, although they both included some criticism.
[ *] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read, but he said it was very good.
[ ] Additional Rec: From adult Rotary Interact Chair.
[ ] Interview: One of the best days of my life. The guy was really cool; great conversation.
[ /list][ b]Other
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Non-competitive public
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian. I left the box blank, but my parents immigrated so I had to list their countries earlier on the form.
[ *] Gender: Male
[ ]Income Bracket: Fluctuates
[ ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None.
[ b]Reflection
[ *] Strengths: Rank, AP scores, SAT, Interact
[ *] Weaknesses: Unweighted GPA, SAT IIs maybe, lack of depth in ECs past main one, race, math level.
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Wasn’t really any reason to take me early. They can find better versions of me in RD, and if by some chance maybe not, then…
[ *] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Nowhere yet.</p>
<p>[ b]General Comments:** Devastated. This was my whole life.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2340, (770M,770R,800W)
[</em>] SAT II:Math 2: 790, Chemistry: 770, USH: 750, Bio: 750
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9 or 4.0, depending on whether they included that one B+ first quarter senior year
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): USH (5), Chemistry (5), English Language (5)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Spanish, AP English Literature, AP Calculus BC, AP Psychology
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None. </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Chess Club (President, Founder), Debate (Varsity Captain), Honors Chamber Ensemble (Concertmaster, Vice-President), Pit Orchestra, Tri-M, NHS, School magazine, Math League, Science League, Model UN, Computer Club
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: none ._.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Around 150 hours of misc. stuff (required is 50). Violinist for community orchestra.
[</em>] Summer Activities: Research at Columbia University
[<em>] Essays: Labored over them. Common app had 6-7 full rewrites. Submitted engineering essay. Overall, I thought they were average, but seeing the result, probably excellent
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Took Guidance Counselor’s advice and sought recommendations from teachers known for writing good recs. Most likely excellent.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Knew her for <half a year. Rec was based off my answers to a survey, which I labored over (basically wrote short essays for each question)
[</em>] Additional Rec: Research mentor, a professor of Columbia University.
[li] Interview: Mainly about my EC’s. </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>]Income Bracket: Upper-Middle class, too high for financial aid
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First person to go to undergraduate school in this country (lol). No hooks.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Essays and Recs
[</em>] Weaknesses: Lack of “wow factor” EC, major awards, work experience, actual talent
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I don’t know actually. I think they just had room and decided to take me.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rutgers Pharm, CAS. Woohoo!</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments:
I’ve always read these result threads, and its surreal that I’m actually doing one right now. I was in denial for the first 24 hours, but it’s finally starting to sink in. Congratulations to all who were accepted, and a sincere good luck to all those deferred!</p>
<p>I am not comfortable posting my extracurriculars, but I had a clear and specialized passion. Not legacy, athlete, or URM (although captain of two sports team). 3.9 GPA, 2370 SAT (770 Math), and 4 subject tests with 800s and one with 780. (I also had 5 APS with 5s.) I got in, though, because of my teacher recs.
I am so excited to be a TIGER and already enrolled.</p>