<p>If I knew the wait was this intense, I would not have applied. I probably should have just done uchi early or harvard because those would have SO eased the tension. (sarcasm) But alas I chose princeton, my top choice.</p>
<p>I wished I applied RD so I didn’t have to endure this wait! It would be better getting the Princeton decision along with all of my other college decisions. That way, the likely rejection I’ll get wouldn’t be as annoying because I’d have other acceptances to be happy about. :)</p>
<p>But from what I’ve heard, doing EA shows your interest and therefore increases your chances. For this reason, I’m glad I did EA. But this wait really is gruesome. :P</p>
<p>Hey everyone! I’ve been following this forum for several months (I can’t tell you how many times I’ve googled “College Confidential Princeton University SCEA 2017”) and finally decided to post! I’m really glad that I’m feeling the same way as you all; I’ve been going through intense cycles of depression and excitement in anticipation of the decision. Princeton has been my dream school for as long as I can remember but unfortunately my stats pale in comparison to all of yours! I realize that admission is unlikely but keeping my fingers crossed nevertheless! :)</p>
<p>13Blazer, I go through those cycles as well. 
I wish you the best of luck. :)</p>
<p>It’s weird, but I feel like I’m getting irrationally hopeful for super dumb reasons…reasons like my Chances thread got a better response than I anticipated haha. I know it’s incredibly silly I need to remind myself that I probably WON’T see the orange tiger when I scroll down… (they display an orange tiger graphic onscreen, apparently)</p>
<p>@13Blazer
That’s is exactly what I have been doing! I have been trying to post, but I forgot my password, but today I remembered it and decided to reply. I have googled this thread way too many times, it is kinda ridiculous. </p>
<p>Thank you everyone who replied to my post. It really helped. Good luck to you all!</p>
<p>@Princessk21 I am just interested, but what do you thinks sets you apart from everyone else? I am just curious lol</p>
<p>@Ivyinspired
I don’t know that Princessk21 was saying that they necessarily would get in or thought they were better than everyone else; only that they wanted to be optimistic - and hey, a little hope never hurt anyone :)</p>
<p>Yeah, I understand that they aren’t guaranteed admission, but she did say that she was unique from all other applicants. I just wanted to know what makes her unique. That is all! :)</p>
<p>I have a question. I just want to know what you guys think. If there is an applicant and this person has everything that Princeton looks for. Academic wise, their background, their passion, but has really low scores. Do you think that will hesitate them to reject said applicant? I feel like scores aren’t the most important thing, but if they are below average for the school by a lot will that be the end of it for the applicant? Or is there still hope?</p>
<p>I’ve been wondering the same thing too! My GPA is well above average at my school and my SAT scored are slightly above average at my school but abysmal compared to other Princeton applicants. My interviewer said not to stress about scores but I still am! :/</p>
<p>@Ivyinspired, there is ALWAYS hope! I don’t mean to sound hackneyed, but everyone has a chance no matter what problems they might find with your scores. I have unfortunately low scores (32 ACT, 2140 SAT, 770 US Hist., 730 Lit., 710 Math IC; white/male/unhooked) but having low scores doesn’t mean that one should abandon hope. Remember that they read the ENTIRE application at least twice, which means that one’s strictly hypothetical passion and academics will surely make up for any shortcomings in SAT or ACT scores. Good luck! In the words of Bob Marley, “Don’t worry about a thing, 'cause every little thing is gonna be alright.” Only about 41 hours left!</p>
<p>@13Blazer yeah…same. interviewer said that scores aren’t the most important thing, but everyone makes such a big deal about it that you become self-conscious about your scores. I have a high GPA, all IB classes, but my scores cannot compare to the rest of the applicants! </p>
<p>@AnoonymousAnomaly Thank you!! You made me smile 
I have been thinking about my scores since the summer. Your scores are not bad!! At least in comparison to mine it is amazing, actually. I have never been a good tester. I just hope Princeton realizes that if I really set myself time to study for the tests I could have scores like everyone else. Unfortunately, I am such a busy person that I have no time to study for these tests. I don’t want to say mine, but they are just really low. I feel embarrassed. 
There I go again. I will keep your words in mind. Thanks again :)</p>
<p>@ivy, I feel like everyone has one section of a college app that they feel could use improvement. We’re not perfect, but regardless of how close we are we still try endlessly to reach perfection. </p>
<p>Personally, I think my physics subject test will be my downfall. Since I’m applying to engineering, I had to take the physics subject test with only a month of ap physics prep and some mainly useless self study. Anyways, I only have a 680. All the other aspects of my app are in range, so I’m hoping that they can overlook one hourlong test that ended up being subpar. The SATs don’t define you; you’ll go somewhere great whether it be princeton or somewhere else.</p>
<p>But hopefully it’ll be Princeton=)</p>
<p>@natalilyc Thanks! I wish you the best of luck too! You have great advice. I have been repeating to myself that these tests don’t define me in anyway, but it is just so tempting to underestimate yourself when you compare yourself to others. I hope the rest of my application makes up for my low scores. The same goes for you too! :)</p>
<p>yay for us low stats people :)</p>
<p>I know that some of us were wondering what the likelihood of being accepted/deferred/rejected is. While there is no magic number, here are some statistics for other Single Choice Early Action or Restricted Early Action schools like Princeton. There will be both actual numbers and, in parenthesis, pertentages of students in each category.</p>
<p>HARVARD
Total Applicants: 4,856
Accepted - 895 (18.43%)
Deferred - 3,196 (65.82%)
Rejected - 651 (13.41%)
(16% more students were admitted in SCEA this year than last)</p>
<p>YALE
Total Applicants: 4,520
Accepted - 649 (14.36%)
Deferred - 2,529 (55.95%)
Rejected - 1,302 (28.81)
(9% fewer students were admitted in SCEA this year than last)</p>
<p>STANFORD
Total Applicants: 6,103
Accepted - 725 (11.88%)
Deferred - 572 (9.37%)
Rejected - 4,806 (78.75%)
(7.5% fewer students were admitted in SCEA this year than last)</p>
<p>This data doesn’t tell you everything, but it tells you a lot. First, Harvard raised the number of students it admitted SCEA, which is a good thing for Princeton applicants. If you’ve been following the news, Both Harvard and Princeton just reinstated SCEA last year, so hopefully the schools will mirror one another in terms of increasing admission early on. This trend could also explain the fall in admission for both Stanford and Yale: even though these schools lowered their admission rates, this is probably because the super-qualified students couldn’t send their apps to Harvard or Princeton in 2010, so they sent them to the identical (in terms of Single Choice Early Action) schools that kept SCEA. Now that H&P have brought SCEA back, the highly qualified students are going back to them, so S&Y just don’t have as good of applicants as they did last year, so their admission rates fall. Notice the proportion in which S&Y fell (combined -16.5%) is almost the same as the proportion of students H accepted compared to last year (+16%). Of course, this isn’t exactly proof, but it is likely that MIT EA applications fell slightly too as more qualified applicants (read: us) picked H&P this year.</p>
<p>To note an interesting bit of information, Stanford rejected a HUGE number of SCEA applicants. They expect between 29 and 30 thousand applicants in regular decisions, and it’s clear that they sacrificed their SCEA admissions to let more of those regular decision applicants in. So, if any of us get rejected from Princeton, our chances this spring at Stanford just rose a little bit! Food for thought…</p>
<p>Of course, the data could be wrong or my analysis could be wrong. I hope everyone remembers that Princeton over-enrolled last year, and about ~38 fewer students will be admitted this year because of it. However, there is a decent possibility (if Princeton follows Harvard’s lead) that those accepts will be subtracted from Regular decision even while SCEA accepts grow. We can always hope, right?</p>
<p>Interesting stats. Although I personally disagree with some of the analysis, you have presented an interesting point of view.</p>
<p>In their report, the admin board at Princeton stated that they’ll compensate for the over enrolment by reducing the number of applicant over the next three years, not just in our year. So thats good for us.</p>
<p>And while Stanford rejected a large number of applicants, they kept 9.37%, which would be the pool they would have chosen for re-evaluation during RD. So they just ended the misery quickly for most people. Mixed emotions about this one - would one rather get deferred, or rejected? In Stanford’s case, one can be the sure that the 500-odd people deferred have a very good chance of making it through. </p>
<p>Also, based on the trend, SCEA acceptance rate should remain about the same, or maybe decrease by about 5% - due to over enrolment and due to increase in the number of applicants. </p>
<p>But like the AA states, the data, my analysis, or both could be wrong.</p>
<p>Hope for the best, prepare for the worst, mes amis.</p>
<p>Also interesting to note that Harvard had an approximate 15% increase in number of early applicants this year compared to last year. Princeton had a 10% increase.
[Early</a> Applications Numbers Soar | News | The Harvard Crimson](<a href=“http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2012/11/29/early-action-2017-harvard/]Early”>Early Applications Numbers Soar | News | The Harvard Crimson)</p>
<p>And with stats, I don’t know if your high schools use the naviance system but my school’s accepted SAT average was a 2245 and there was even someone with a 1700 who got accepted (this is over a 2 year span with data from 40 accepted students). So don’t worry about SAT scores too much I think it’s more about grades, ECs and things that make you stand out :)</p>
<p>Good luck everyone!!! I’m traveling so it’ll be 5am my time when decisions come out… not sure I’ll be able to sleep!</p>
<p>Yesterday I had a dream. I was at the beach, enjoying the clear, pristine water as the sun went down and the sky burned alive in orange, red, and pink. And then my moment of relaxation ended: I found myself checking for the decison, over and over. Psychologically, it is interesting to see how this takes over our minds and our subconscious. </p>
<p>One day left guys!</p>
<p>Hey so my username wasn’t very anonymous anymore, so I had it changed. This is actually natalilyc, just to avoid confusing anyone=)</p>
<p>Anyways, tomorrow’s the big day! I have a dentist appointment at 310, so I’ll be constantly checking my phone. I hope my dentist doesn’t mind if I flip out while he’s cleaning my teeth.</p>
<p>^ haha try not biting your dentist’s hands is when you see your decision!</p>