<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>]ACT: 34 (w/o writing) 33 (w/ writing)
[</em>]SAT II: 780 US History, 720 World History
[<em>]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.6
[</em>]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/400
[<em>]AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), US Government and Politics (independent studied no credit) (5), United States History (5), English Language (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>]Senior Year Course Load: AP Comparative Politics, AP Microeconomics, AP English Literature, AP Calculus BC, Choir, Orchestra, Electives. AP Euro + AP Psych independent study (no credit)
[<em>]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: Concertmaster, Vocal Music, Cross Country Captain, Lead in Musicals and Plays, A cappella, Independent AP Study Group
[<em>]Job/Work Experience: Various political campaigns (local, state, and national campaign) and all levels of work (intern/volunteer to advisor, webmaster, state coalition chair)
[</em>]Volunteer/Community service: Eagle Scout, NHS, Tutor (not a lot of hours)
[<em>]Summer Activities: Orchestra Camp Counselor, Boys State, Travel, Campaigns
[</em>]Essays: One great political essay showing my purpose and direction for my future. One personal essay showing off my personality and love for theatre.
[<em>]Teacher Recommendation: 2 excellent letters
[</em>]Counselor Rec: Generic and said I was an average kid
[<em>]Additional Rec: None
[</em>]Interview: Excellent. We had politics in common and were both of the same ideology.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>]Intended Major: Political Science
[<em>]State (if domestic applicant): CO
[</em>]School Type: Public
[<em>]Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>]Gender: Male
[<em>]Income Bracket: 100,000
[</em>]Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[<em>]Strengths: Essays, political activism, well-rounded
[</em>]Weaknesses: Counselor recommendation, no hook
[<em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: There’s so many qualified candidates and without a hook and any weak part of the application (Counselor recommendation), it is a crap shoot.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted: University of Denver, George Washington, William & Mary
waitlisted: UVA, Cornell, Harvard
rejected: Duke, Brown, Princeton, Yale
Waiting for: Tufts, Georgetown
[*]General Comments: FUTURE APPLICANTS do what you love! Do not waste your time committing to a bunch of activities you don’t enjoy because you’ve seen the stats, it is getting worse and near impossible to get into these institutions. So if you’re probably not going to get in anyway (don’t take it personally), have fun along the way and learn what you want to do not what someone else wants you to do! For everyone who made it congratulations! You are freaking awesome.</p>
<p>I cannot believe it - it is like some fairytale. Both my sister and I were accepted with almost full tuition…We did not think it would happen as we were just rejected from all the other ivies (except a waitlist at Harvard), and Princeton was our last and distant hope.</p>
<p>I am still in disbelief. The best part is that I get to attend with my sister :D</p>
<p>I can’t believe I made it, I didn’t think I had a chance at all. When I was going through my separation transition classes in the Marines, all the instructors and other Marines looked at me like I was crazy and said Ivy League was above me. </p>
<p>Looking to potentially be the only undergrad veteran next year.</p>
<p>@Philovitist - AB students take 4 courses per semester. BSE students alternate between 4 and 5 courses each semester. However with special permission you may increase your course load in either AB or BSE.</p>
<p>Congratulations on your admission to Princeton, inarguably the most prestigious institution focused on undergraduate education on earth, which will offer you many opportunities and a great education experience unmatched elsewhere. To ensure that, you will need to be aware of one thing, “Honor Code” and related disciplinary processes. This might be the last thing you think about now and there is no good way for you to learn about the nuances of the processes. The university tells you what the “code” is and describes the related processes in general terms, but it does not publicize anything beyond that, for various legit reasons. The most common way to learn about the nitty gritty is when you or your close friends have been implicated and you will find out how horrifying and stressful and devastating the process is for you and your family, and you may find yourself helpless and up against a system that you question the fairness of. You may find your Princeton experience all of sudden turned upside down. Not only that, but also unfavorable consequences of the process will emotionally and materially affect your life long after Princeton. It is too late by then. The best thing to do is not get into that situation. </p>
<p>Princetonian, a student run campus newspaper, did a series in 2009 on honor code and related disciplinary processes that included real stories and experiences of some people involved in the processes. The series appeared on Confidential already in several places. The comments by anonymous readers to the series offer additional anecdotal stories. They might be biased, but were real. They allow you to see, beyond the generic description, how the code and the disciplinary processes work in reality, through examples that show what really happened to people that fell in the tangle and what can happen. Very personal and I think that you all may appreciate the honor code much more after reading them. You might think that this cannot happen to you. It surely does not happen often, but it can happen to you and people that may never have had any intention to do anything wrong. The process does not work like a legal proceeding you thought you knew. It is not “you are innocent till proven guilty without a doubt”. Investigators, prosecutors, and judges are the same people. Plaintiffs have no identity and you cannot question them. Now a caution, read them with a grain of salt. They are not the whole picture, just some perspectives. The purpose is not to scare anyone, but rather to prepare you so that you protect the best Princeton experience.</p>
<p>The “code” and the process have a lot of power to deter violations. The power showed up in those examples of personal experiences in the series (mentioned above). However, the university only gives general descriptions that seem to be distant abstracts to students. I think it would be better if the university does something to let students feel how personal the code/process can be and demonstrate the real deterrent power through some real examples. I thought this would go well with the real purpose of the honor code which is to deter violations and promote academic integrity. </p>
<p>Google “Princetonian Univeristy Justice” and you will find the link titled University Justice - The Daily Princetonian at [url=<a href=“http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/section/universityjustice/]DAILYPRINCETONIAN.COM[/url”>http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/section/universityjustice/]DAILYPRINCETONIAN.COM[/url</a>]. I read the series a number of times before. But, I have not been able to bring it up over the last few days. Every time I clicked the link, I get this “This is somewhat embarrassing, isn’t it?” I wonder why all of sudden they are gone. In fact, I just searched “honor code” at Princetonian and the only article returned is about Harvard proposing honor code. I did this search just last month and there are other articles, some recent, on honor code issues at Princeton. Why did they all disappear???</p>
<p>Just checked “Princetonian - University Justice” link mentioned in the previous post. It is back. Searched “honor code” at Princetonian to find additional articles on this subject.</p>
I got Columbia though</p>
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