<p>So my father works at Princeton University, he isn't a professor or anything, he is a parking enforcer. My GPA is a 3.64 and my SAT is a 1900. I take all college prep, honors, and so courses. I'm very involved in and outside of school. Varsity track runner since my freshman year. Also, we are good friends with the Vice-president of Princeton University. I was just wondering if my father benefits me and what do you think my chances are of acceptance?</p>
<p>Pretty hard to say. I doubt your father alone will benefit you in any way but you may get some leeway of the vice president helps you.</p>
<p>Based on your stats though I would say your chances are extremely low.</p>
<p>You couldn’t get into Princeton with current stats if you were their president’s child.</p>
<p>getting a recommendation letter or something of the sort from the VP would definitely help a LOT, your father working there probably wouldn’t help much though.
you’ll need to raise your sat score though!</p>
<p>^ highly disagree. Rec letter from VP? seriously? It would say: “I know this kid’s dad. I like him. I think I might like the kid. Please admit him even though I’ve never taught him or interacted with him in a meaningful way.”</p>
<p>Worse than worthless. And the VP won’t do it either if he/she is worth his/her salt.</p>
<p>Faculty and some highly coveted employees may get kids’ preferential treatment. But your dad’s role isn’t one of these. Unfortunately, your GPA and test score places you well outside the viable range too. Regardless, you’ve accomplished a good amount and should have some nice options come Senior year. Best of luck to you JGAR.</p>
<p>I’m afraid you’re barking up the wrong tree. You have good grades and good SATs. A lot of colleges and universities will be happy to offer you admission. But Princeton won’t be one of them.</p>
<p>Your dad’s employment isn’t going to do the trick. Princeton is turning down the children of alumni who have grades and test scores that are higher. And I don’t have any confidence that this vice president of the university can say anything that will carry a lot of weight with the admissions committee. They want to hear from somebody who’s taught you in an academic setting or supervised your work, because these people can talk about your intelligence, diligence, attention to detail, etc. But if this person can’t say much more than, “I know jgar22, and I think jgar22 is a great person,” it’s not going to do any good.</p>
<p>(x-post with T26E4 above)</p>
<p>Thanks guys, my dad has been working there long enough. So no matter where I go they will still take care of tuition.</p>
<p>Go with your dad when he as that meeting with the benefits officer about your tuition benefits. In addition to finding out the specifics of your benefit (is it a set amount, is it a percentage, is it just tuition and fees or are housing and meals covered), that person may be able to tell you where other staff kids are studying. That might give you a few more ideas for your list.</p>
<p>Good luck with everything!</p>
<p>Have a detailed conversation with your dad, and make sure he has spoken with Human Resources about tuition benefits. We know a 30 year + Princeton employee whose tuition benefit was a fixed amount, substantially below full tuition at Princeton or anywhere else. check the details.</p>
<p>Thanks everyone, I forgot to say I’m also being recruited for track.</p>
<p>I doubt those numbers would do it even if being recruited for a low profile sport in the Ivy league. Unless your track times are so strong as to make you national championship or Olympian potential, Princeton is going to be a super reach. Once you start getting invited for “official visits”, you’ll be in a better position to see if your recruitment will be the hook you need to jump selectivity levels.</p>
<p>If he’s good enough I believe him when he says princeton is trying to recruit him. One of my classmates was offered admission to princeton University if he could get a decent ACT score, and we’re talking in the mid 20s. That being said, he was an amazing football player and a great guy with a good GPA. </p>
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