That makes sense! I knew something was off there. I read “accept” instead of “enroll” on the right side of the graphic. Thanks! @MaybeHarvard2022
@writergirl0316 Did the same headscratching about the 1504.
does princeton give likely lettters?
@Lemonade22 no. they only do it for athletes.
I’m going to give my shot at the RD acceptance rate–let me know if you see a flaw in my methodology. According to the university, the school accepted 1,890 students last year into the class of 2021. Assuming that there will be a relatively similar number of admits this year, that leaves 1,890-799=~1,091 spots in the class of 2022 open. Taking into account the deferred applicants from the SCEA round (Princeton is sneaky and didn’t release the number/percentage of SCEA applicants that they deferred, but let’s just look to Yale’s 55% SCEA deferral rate as a possible model because the universities receive very similar number of applications), the Princeton RD acceptance rate should be (1,091 spots left)/(35,386 total applicants-5,402 SCEA applicants + 5,402 * .55 deferred SCEA applicants) *100 = ~3.31% (seems about right). Please let me know if you have a more accurate count of deferred Princeton SCEA applicants. 
Sorry the wait just makes me want to do math
I think the deferral rate was much higher because everyone who didn’t get in seemed to be deferred, at least on College Confidential.
I haven’t seen stats for this year, but historically Princeton defers more kids than Yale. In recent years, the Princeton SCEA deferral rate has been upwards of 75 percent. If this year follows same trend, you can expect more SCEA kids in the RD pool and lower admit rate than your estimate.
@oldschooldad A 75% yield rate in the Princeton 2022 SCEA round means that the RD acceptance rate would be ~3.21%, so still fairly close. I wonder why Princeton defers so many of its SCEA applicants…
Other than giving the applicant the firmest decision possible, there’s really no reason why a school like Princeton wants to outright reject someone EA. Even if they’re 99.9% sure going in the reject pile, the 0.1% possibility of a yes can easily keep an applicant in the RD pool because Princeton sacrifices nothing by having such a high deferral rate. Would it be nicer out of principle to give more concrete decisions? Yes, but being considerate isn’t their obligation.
I commend Stanford for doing what it does early. Even Yale, which defers over half of its applicants, earns some respect for me because they outright reject ~30% early… Princeton literally rejects ~1%.
Every school has its reasons for doing what they’re doing. Stanford has so many applicants that it generally doesn’t want to look at your application twice. On the other hand, MIT doesn’t want to prejudice against RD applicants so it only accepts high-quality URMs, athletic recruits and unquestionably outstanding candidates in the EA phase, deferring everyone else (and probably without seriously looking into their applications). HYP are in-between, with P deferring the most and Y the least.
I had my Princeton interview today in this huge, extremely swanky Samsung office in Chelsea. It obviously had a sizable section for computers by the windows, but also a literal living room area with sofas in the middle and a beautiful, airy kitchen where everything was made out of wood on the opposite side. They had a table set out for the interviewees and interviewers with bagels, spreads, orange juice, etc. There were three rooms where interviews took place, and mine was a cozy little room with just a U-shaped leather couch, a glass table, and a big overhead lamp. My interviewer said an alum donated the whole space for us to use.
The only downside was that they gave us thirty-minute time slots that were pretty rigidly enforced, as to not keep the next assignment waiting (since they followed in immediate succession). The place kind of reminded me of the iCarly set in an odd way.
Hi. Princeton2022 Applicant here! I was wondering about the AP policies of US universities. Should I take the AP tests for all the subjects I know or just for the ones I want to skip the classes in university? For eg, if I want to major in physics, I am taking Physics and Calculus AP tests, but will taking a chemistry AP test be helpful in terms of getting credit? In other words, is taking a chemistry class necessary for a physics major?
I am an international student and this AP stuff is really confusing for me because my school doesn’t offer AP. Thanks for helping!
Unless you are 100% sure you will either get a 4 or 5 on the test and you want to spend $94 on a test that will only be worth 2 credits or less I do not recommend you take it. In general I do not believe that AP credit should transfer to credit at colleges because the education one receives for an AP class is at a totally different level than that of a college. Some people don’t mind this and want to get the credit, even though it’s like nothing. If you want to check which AP tests gives you credit look at this link. https://apstudent.collegeboard.org/creditandplacement/credit-policy-detail?diCode=2672&orgId=4221&name=Princeton%20University&address=Princeton%2C%20NJ
@RaidoPsymentis If you are sure you can get a 5 and willing pay the cost, you should take the AP exams including those self-study ones. It’s not necessarily for the purpose of getting college credits, but simply to show you can handle the subject area well as a high school student. I agree with @dogsarelife, AP classes in high school is going to be different than the ones taught in college, so you may need to take them again later. GL
RaidoPsymentis, we were told that don’t take AP tests thinking you will be able to take fewer classes once at Princeton. You will not want (maybe cant) use them for classes in your direct major, you cannot use them for the required distribution electives. You may able to use them to fulfill a pre-requisite for another course. I’m only taking one out of 5 this spring, mainly just to see how I do!
hey I got a missing financial info email today, does that mean I got in?
@coolguy985 I got the same email and figure that logic is a bit of a reach. If anything at all, it may mean we haven’t been rejected yet this far into the process??? Or maybe their AdComms and financial aid office just don’t communicate great and they do this for all applicants just in case. Glad I’m not the only one who had no idea about the Princeton financial aid though!
I didnt get that email!
@yayaylearner did you turn in your financial info?
bruh i just handed that in this morning i should have waited