Princeton '09 ED Acceptance Listing

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<p>I had some free time, so I decided to create a concise listing for posterity's sake.</p>

<p>There were 3 Acceptances that did not list stats or use Kebree's template.
These were:
SBRebelTiger
Inhaven
Philntex</p>

<p>There were 32 listed Acceptances that used Kebree's template:
These were:</p>

<p>Tsunashima1</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT:1600
SAT IIs:800/800/800
GPA:3.97
Rank:school doesn't rank, but 2/49
Other stats: 126.5 amc12, 5 aime
Subjective:
Essays:decent
Teacher Recs: pretty good
Counselor Rec:not sure
Hook (if any):i'm 11th in the nation in the USACO
Location/Person:
State or Country:nj
School Type: public magnet
Ethnicity:japanese
Gender:male
Other Factors:decent interview</p>

<p>p-townresident
Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 1510
SAT IIs: 800/800/780
GPA: 3.85 UW
Rank: NA
Other stats: NM Semifinalist
Subjective:
Essays: fantastic
Teacher Recs: fantastic
Counselor Rec: fantastic
Hook (if any): 8 classes at PU, sibling alumni
Major ECs: Newspaper, Acting
AB/BSE: AB
Strenth/Weakness:
Location/Person: Princeton
State or Country: NJ
School Type: highly competitve, public, medium size
Ethnicity: white
Gender: male
Why do you think you got deferred/admitted: dunno</p>

<p>Nita767</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:SAT: 1530
SAT IIs: 790/780/750
GPA: 95.4
Rank: N/A
Other stats: National Merit Commended Student, AP Scholar with Honor, ABRSM Piano Grade 8, Merit
Subjective:
Essays: I thought they were fine.
Teacher Recs: Pretty good, they're all great writers.
Counselor Rec: I don't know
Hook (if any):
Major ECs: Piano, Community Service, Research, School Newspaper
AB/BSE: BSE
Strenth/Weakness: Community Service, First generation/ no sports
Location/Person:
State or Country: New York
School Type: Public
Ethnicity:Asian
Gender:Female
Other Factors: Why do you think you got deferred/admitted: I was really shocked b/c there are so many outstanding ppl w/ amazing stats.</p>

<p>Ilcapo235</p>

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED </p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 1530 (M:730/V:800)
SAT IIs: Writing (800) Literature (800) US History (780)
GPA: 96.04%
Rank: 50/420
Other stats: Tons of art awards (gallery shows, AP example of excellence, etc.), Political Campaigns, and much, much more.
Subjective:
Essays: Above Average
Teacher Recs: Above Average
Counselor Rec: Above Average
Hook (if any): Art, Internship, First Generation College, Dual Enrollment
Location/Person:
State or Country: LI, NY
School Type: Large Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male</p>

<p>LordOfTheSocks</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted!</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 1470 (750M 720V)
SAT IIs: 800 Chemistry, 760 Math IIC, 750 Writing
GPA: 102.3/100 pt (weighted)
Rank: 3/517
Other stats: AP Chem- 5; Taking AP English and Biology
Subjective:
Essays: excellent and creative
Teacher Recs: 1 outstanding, 1 pretty good
Counselor Rec: pretty good
Hook (if any): none really, maybe community service
Major ECs: community service (basketball coach, CCD teacher), golf team, other sports, creative writing
AB/BSE: AB
Strenth/Weakness: hmmm...none that I can think of
Location/Person:
State or Country: New Jersey
School Type: Public (not a very good one...)
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female</p>

<p>Slothrop</p>

<p>Decision: accepted</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 1600
SAT IIs: 800 x 5
GPA: 4
Rank: 1
Other stats(AP/IB exam): plenty of college classes, no ap</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: i liked them when i sent them in; in retrospect, they are **** and riddled with solecisms. i sent in too much that said too litle.
Teacher Recs: standard "he's good, works hard" ****
Counselor Rec: i would imagine pretty good
Hook (if any): i started a ***<em>ty dotcom enterprise
Major ECs: piano, bpa, quiz bowl, science olympiad, sadd
AB/BSE: ab
Strenth/Weakness: i don't think much of anything
Course Load (Any college): hardest classes offered at school, tough college courseload (abstract algebra, organic chemistry, modern physics)
Location/Person: spring hills
State or Country: NV
School Type: Public, with money
Ethnicity: azn
Gender: Male
Other Factors:[</em>] Why do you think you got deferred/admitted: i dont know</p>

<p>Londonguy87</p>

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED
Stats:
SAT1: 1450 (730m 720v)
SAT2s:800 french, 720 maths IC, 710 writing
GCSE's: 11 A*s
AS: 5 As (maths, physics, history, latin, french)
A Level: predicted 4 As
School doesn't rank, but probably top 10 out of 180</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: very good
teacher recs: extremely good
counselor rec: extremely good (i think)
Hook: Not sure... probably a combination of things.</p>

<p>Location/person:
Place: London
School type: private
Ethnicity: white (french/lebanese)
gender: male</p>

<p>Other factors: Scholar, prefect, club captain, 4 varsity sports (rugby, soccer, tennis, ski), I can speak 3 languages (english, french, arabic) and I think my interview went pretty well.</p>

<p>Pavalon</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 740V 790M
SAT IIs: 730w 800Phy 800iic
GPA: ~9.6 on a weiard 1-10 scale
Rank: 5% (240) - best school in Romania for Sciences
Other stats(AP/IB exam): no
Subjective:
Essays: decent and sincere, not original/exceptional - maybe boring and clichee
Teacher Recs: 1excellent, 1vgood
Counselor Rec: excellent
Hook (if any): 2 medals at IMO (intl math olympiad), 1st at national math oly for 5 years, other prizes
Hook No.2: First Prize at a univ student contest, where i competed with Princeton alumnae...
Major ECs: math? lots of travelling (haha, that doesn't count, does it?)
AB/BSE: AB
Strenth/Weakness: Math freak, / poor writing skills
Course Load (Any college): nope
Location/Person:
State or Country: Romania
School Type: public
Ethnicity: Romanian
Gender: male
Other Factors:
Why do you think you got deferred/admitted: surely the math medals played a BIG role, i was very afraid about the essays... i had a decent well-roundness for a math freak...</p>

<p>Cball05</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 1570
SAT IIs: 800 Physics, Biology, Writing, Math IIC, 780 US History
GPA: 4.9ish
Rank: N/A, but top 1%
Other stats:
Subjective:
Essays: Good
Teacher Recs: Very good
Counselor Rec: Best possible
Hook (if any): Leadership (Conductor of marching band, Class President), Science (Valedictorian at Governor's School)
Major ECs: Marching Band, Class Gov't, Governor's School, School Board Rep
AB/BSE: BSE (Elec. Engineering)
Strenth/Weakness: see above
Location/Person:
State or Country: Montgomery County, PA
School Type: Large Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Generder
Other Factors:
Why do you think you got deferred/admitted: ECs, and teacher/counselor recs</p>

<p>Dd05</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 1600
SAT IIs: 750w 790iic 800phys
GPA: 4.0
Rank: 1/220
Other stats: AP: 5 Calc BC 5 Gov
Subjective:
Essays: 1 average, 1 decent, 1 pretty good
Teacher Recs: pretty good
Counselor Rec: who know's?
Hook (if any): only if a Republican at Princeton is considered a minority
Major ECs: Basketball + Football Captain (but not recruited), NHS pres., Nat'l Merit semi-finalist
AB/BSE: AB
Strenth/Weakness: ?
Location/Person:
State or Country: Ohio
School Type: public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: male
Other Factors:
Why do you think you got deferred/admitted: they probably flipped a coin</p>

<p>Tiger87</p>

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED!!!!!</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 1510
SAT IIs: 780/740/720
GPA: 4.00 unweighted
Rank: N/A</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: original topics, standard style
Teacher Recs: very good, maybe one amazing one
Counselor Rec: good
Hook (if any): legacy</p>

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<p>Shrek2004</p>

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED!!!!!</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 1520 (800M 720V)
SAT IIs: 770 IIC, 760 Writing, 760 Chemistry
GPA: 3.98 unweighted, 4.8 weighted
Rank: 2 out of 424
Other stats: Dont know what to put for this
Subjective:
Essays: i think they were very good
Teacher Recs: amazing, both said most outstanding student (3 pages for each teacher)
Counselor Rec: amazing, 3 page recommendation
Hook (if any): swimming and violin
Location/Person:
State or Country: Arizona
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Other Factors: President of 7 clubs 1500 hours of community service active in all clubs!</p>

<p>Toga</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 1490: V- 750, M- 740
SAT IIs: 800 Writing/740 Lit/690 Math
GPA: 3.7
Rank: N/A
Other stats: 5 on English, AP Scholar, National Merit Scholar, presidential scholarship, whos who in high school scholarship, sports captain, comm service, all that stuff you guys have.
Subjective: a chill kid, good sense of humor.
Essays: not gonna lie, put in some time
Teacher Recs: great stuff
Counselor Rec: cool lady, positive she talked some smack about me.
Hook (if any): ohh the hook..
Location/Person:
State or Country: NY
School Type: public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Other Factors:
extracurriculars, interview, recs and summers.</p>

<p>Mickstar98</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted!!!</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 1540 (750V, 790M)
SAT IIs: 800 Writing, 800 IIC, 770 Chem
GPA: 4.44 W
Rank: 1/~90
Other stats: six 5's on APs, top rankings in state for math/science
Subjective:
Essays: Great
Teacher Recs: 1 Amazing, 1 Good
Counselor Rec: Amazing
Hook (if any): Location, and I talked to the jazz director in the fall.
Major ECs: Jazz Guitar (All-State, gigs, 4 summer camps), Choir (All-State), Home Studio recording (have released two jazz CDs)
AB/BSE: AB
Strenth/Weakness:
Location/Person:
State or Country: TN
School Type: small private
Ethnicity: white
Gender: male
Other Factors:[li] Why do you think you got deferred/admitted: n/a</p>[/li]
<p>Icono</p>

<p>ACCEPTED!</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 1420
SAT IIs: Math1c 710, Writing 710, Spanish 630
GPA: 4.7
Rank: 1/323
Other stats: CalcAB-5, EngLit-4, EngLang-4 (which exempted me out of the class this year), SpanLang-3 </p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: two awesome, one average, plus a funny optional
Teacher Recs: two good ones
Counselor Rec: above average
Hook (if any): wrestling... i won state last year and plan to wrestle for princeton
Major ECs: wrestling is a full time job</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: TEXAS
School Type: public and ghetto (failed no child left behind)
Ethnicity: white
Gender: male </p>

<p>Other Factors: i am graduating after three years, i took two classes at Rice this semester, i have an older sibling at princeon this year (senior)
Why do you think you got deferred/admitted: your guess is as good as mine</p>

<p>C_j</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted!</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 1480 (800V/ 680 M)
SAT IIs: 800 Writing, 780 Literature, 720 M-Bio, 710 US History, 650 IC
GPA: 4.0 UW, most rigorous courses possible
Rank: Not released, but unofficial ranking of 1/350
Other stats:
Subjective:
Essays: Top notch. I spent two months writing and rewriting them. Writing is my forte and my obsession, so I believe they were way above average.
Teacher Recs: Didn't see them.
Counselor Rec: Didn't see it.
Hook (if any): 1.) Visual arts. I've studied drawing and painting for nine years. I submitted a portfolio that my instructors have told me was good enough to gain acceptances into some elite art schools.
2.) Creative writing. This was my HUGE hook. I've done programs at Duke and Stanford university with professional authors. I also study under Pulitzer finalist Dave Eggers, Pulitzer winner Michael Chabon, and author Vendela Vida. Dave Eggers wrote a recommendation letter to me that was submitted to the creative writing department and he also helped me edit my creative writing portfolio.
Location/Person:
State or Country: San Francisco, CA
School Type: Jesuit College Prep
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Degree(AB/BSE): AB
major strength/weakness: My math scores sucked. But this goes to show that perfect stats are NOT everything. Passion in admissions carries a long way. I made it very clear to the admissions department I wanted to go to Princeton for the writing program, and I let my love of writing and literature carry through my entire application.
Other Factors: Can't think of any.</p>

<p>*Gaussianprime (a.k.a. Cookieson) *</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 1560 (800M,760V)
SAT IIs: 780 Bio, 800 Math IIC, 750 World His., 800 Chem, 780 Writing
GPA: 4.0uw, 9.3w (out of 10)
Rank: 1/346
Other stats: six AP 5s
Subjective:
Essays: Good to great
Teacher Recs: Great
Counselor Rec: Great
Hook (if any): No one from school admitted in at least 10 years, USAMO qualifier, took AP Calc in 8th grade, taken five college math classes, crew
Major ECs: Math Team, Crew, Boy Scouts (Eagle), CYC
AB/BSE: AB
Strength/Weakness: math/-
Location/Person:
State or Country: MA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Other Factors:
Why do you think you got deferred/admitted: Placing top 50 in the USAMO definitely helped.</p>

<p>*Bokonon: *
Decision: Accepted! </p>

<p>Stats:
SAT:1550
SAT IIs: 730 Writing, 740 Lit, 800 IIC
GPA: 94.3333 (IB Diploma Candidate)
Rank: N/A
Other stats: IB Diploma Candidate, National Merit Commended
Subjective:
Essays:Excellent
Teacher Recs:Excellent
Counselor Rec:Excellent
Hook (if any) : Double Legacy
Location/Person:
State or Country: Texas
School Type: Private
Ethnicity:White
Gender:Male
Other Factors: n/a</p>

<p>Jssballet</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 1510 (800 v, 710 m)
SAT IIs: 800, 790, 770
GPA: 3.95 unweighted
Rank: unranked, but top 10% of 86
Other stats(AP/IB exam): AP's: 5, 5, 5, 4
Subjective:
Essays: quite good, I'm a strong writer and my counsellor liked them
Teacher Recs: probably really good based on report card comments, but I didn't read them
Counselor Rec: probably good based on the one I saw for national merit, but again, didn't read it
Hook (if any): 14 years of ballet (national recognition, etc)
Major ECs: Ballet, community service, yearbook
AB/BSE: AB
Strenth/Weakness:
Course Load (Any college): very demanding, a lot of AP's
Location/Person:
State or Country: CA
School Type: private
Ethnicity: white
Gender:female
Other Factors:[li] Why do you think you got deferred/admitted: no clue...ballet, I guess and good essays and teacher recs....</p>[/li]
<p>ValdesVivasMR</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted!!!</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT:1500 (800 M, 700 V)
SAT IIs:770 IIC, 760 Writing, 740 Chemistry
GPA:4.18
Rank:22/492
Other stats:
[ b]Subjective:**
Essays:1 very good, 1 good, 1 above average
Teacher Recs:2 good
Counselor Rec:very good
Hook (if any):URM
[ b]Location/Person:**
State or Country:TX
School Type:Public Suburban
Ethnicity:Hispanic (Mexican)
Gender:Male
Other Factors:French awards</p>

<p>Hobbes344</p>

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 1490 (750V, 740 M)
SAT IIs: sat2c 800, writing 770, lit 700
GPA: 3.83UW
Rank: 8/454
Other stats: NonNEONEONe
Subjective:
Essays: Good
Teacher Recs: One good, one decent
Counselor Rec: Kind trite
Hook (if any): Uhh, Alaska?
Location/Person:
State or Country: AK, USA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Korean
Gender: male
Other Factors:IM SO STOKED</p>

<p>Stonefence</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 1530 (M: 740/V: 790)
SAT IIs: French Reading: 800, US History: 800, Biology E: 790, Wrting: 780, IC: 710
GPA: U3.97/W4.75
Rank: 1/93
Other stats: AP 5’s: French Language, French Literature, Biology, US History; National Merit Semifinalist, some state academic awards, RI Summer Exchange in Belgium, KY Governor’s Scholar
Subjective:
Essays: They were off the wall and hopefully original, sample title: “Uncaged". All of them pointed out my flaws in some way.
Teacher Recs: I never saw them.
Counselor Rec: I never saw it.
Hook (if any): I am a socially and environmentally-conscious Baptist from rural Kentucky who enjoys long-distance running (not recruited) and French Literature.
Major ECs: Captain of the cross country and academic teams, president of school chapter of Roots & Shoots, school district strategic planning, local Democratic Party
Degree(AB/BSE): AB
major strength/weakness: I was extremely honest in my application, I insinuated that I enjoy learning as much as possible.
Location/Person:
State or Country: KY
School Type: Small Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Other Factors:: One of my friends wrote the optional recommendation. I also never had an interview for some reason. I am a very proud and lucky to be a Kentuckian, too.</p>

<p>Ilovemath</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted </p>

<p>Stats:
SAT:1600
SAT IIs: 800, 800, 790
GPA:5.something
Rank: 1/645
Other stats:
Subjective:
Essays: cliched, boring
Teacher Recs: honestly, aren't these all the same for everyone?
Counselor Rec: never read it
Hook (if any): female math/science major, pretty good extracuricular involvement
Location/Person:
State or Country: NJ
School Type: public
Ethnicity: white
Gender:female
Other Factors: My sister goes there. Does that help?</p>

<p>Skatinsunshine05
Decision: Accepted </p>

<p>Stats:
SAT:1600
SAT IIs:800 Chem, 800 Math IIC, 770 Writing, 760 Physics
GPA:4.08
Rank:10/420
Other stats:9 APs, 1 Post-AP, (all 5's but one)
Subjective:
Essays:Good, but I don't usually write well
Teacher Recs:Awesome
Counselor Rec:Excellent
Hook (if any):Girl for Chemical Engineering
Location/Person:
State or Country:Virginia
School Type:Science and Tech Magnet/Public
Ethnicity:Asian (Indian)
Gender:Female
Other Factors:10 years ice skater, $10,000 research grant from MIT</p>

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<p>*Landdogger: *</p>

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED </p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 1300 (650M 650V)
SAT IIs: 690 US His, 670ic, 630 physics, 720 writing
GPA: 4.1ish
Rank: Top 5% (no ranking)
Other stats:
AP US History 4
Subjective:
Essays: Well-written and thorough, very sincere and representative of me
Teacher Recs: read 2/3, very flattering and kind
Counselor Rec: Didn't get a chance to read it
Hook (if any): JAZZ TROMBONE! Had an audition with the jazz professor and it went very well, got to sit in on a class and rehersal. Told me they were looking for trombones!
Location/Person:
State or Country: CT
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Other Factors:
Grandfather and lots of uncle alumae
Strong extra-currics and leadership, etc
Included essay on why I wanted to attend Princeton, it was "moving"</p>

<p>Schwaby</p>

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED
Stats:
SAT: 1560 (780/780)
SAT IIs: (760/760/740)
GPA:4.0 uw; 4.4w
Rank:Top 3%
Other stats(AP/IB exam): 5's on 4 exams. Will take 7 this year
Subjective:
Essays:Very Good
Teacher Recs:Excellent
Counselor Rec:Good
Hook (if any):First Generation applicant; Military Child
Major ECs:Football (Captain), Track, NHS(President), Academic Games (Captain)
AB/BSE: AB
Strength/Weakness: Dunno. I was pretty well rounded.
Course Load (Any college):
Location/Person:
State or Country:U.S.Air Force Base in Germany
School Type:Public
Gender:Male
Other Factors:
Why do you think you got deferred/admitted:
I don't think there were many first generation, captains of the football team applying. Living in 4 different countries, Texas, and Washington during my life didn't hurt either.</p>

<p>*Mahajan2005: *
Decision: Accepted </p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 1600
SAT IIs: (800/800/800)
GPA: 4.0 UW
Rank: 1/482
Other stats:
Subjective:
Essays: I tried hard, but didn't honestly expect them to get me in.
Teacher Recs: Unsure. I like my teachers, so I hope they like me!
Counselor Rec: Same as above. Written by an administrator.
Hook (if any): Travel? Music? Scores? Language? Not sure.
Location/Person:
State or Country: Texas
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: South Asian American (Indian)
Gender: Male
Other Factors:
I was very active in orchestra, as the school orchestra treasurer, concertmaster. I also participated in the regional symphony, and formed my own musical nursing home group that is sponsored partly by a branch of Rotary. I was part of state champion Current Events and Social Studies teams. I placed in National French Exam (nationally, if that makes sense) and in statewide French competition. I was in Stuco and held some minor positions in math and science and chess club as a sophomore. I ran cross country and track. I wrote movie reviews.</p>

<p>*Dizzy[son]: *
Decision: ACCEPTED </p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 1480, 800v, 680m (one sitting)
SAT IIs: 770 literature, 680 match IIc, 560 Latin (was planning to retake this one)
GPA: not sure, but I think 3.8 or 3.9
Rank: school does not rank
Other stats: a bunch of AP tests, but I don't know his scores, Nat'l Merit semi-finalist
Subjective:
Essays: amazing
Teacher Recs:didn't see, but one <em>asked</em> to write his rec, so I suspect they were good to great
Counselor Rec:didn't know there was such a thing, but it would be good to excellent
Hook (if any): recruited athlete -- 25 - 30 hours a week, 51 weeks a year devoted to sport
Location/Person:
State or Country: SoCal
School Type: small private
Ethnicity: caucasian
Gender:male
Other Factors:</p>

<p>He is a gifted poet, which I suspect provided an interesting contrast to his being a recruited athlete. Not a dumb jock.</p>

<p>*Olivia313: *
Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT: 1530 (780V, 750M)</li>
<li>SAT IIs: 800 Writing, 790 IIC, 750 UShist, 740 Biology (M)</li>
<li>GPA: most recent- 4.84</li>
<li>Rank: somewhere in the top 7</li>
<li>Other stats(AP/IB exam): 6 APs last year, 4 this year (last year got 5s in USHist, Bio, EngLang, and CalcAB, 4 in FrenchLang, and 3 in GermanLang)</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Essays: One great, one pretty good, one good</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: chose teachers that loved me as a person</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: had the best collegecounselor ever</li>
<li>Hook (if any): part of the Humanities Symposium, experience with the L.A. Opera and Philharmonic, other music stuff</li>
<li>Major ECs: Los Angeles Children's Chorus, lit.mag. editor, varsity tennis, sword-fighting, voice, piano, volunteering</li>
<li>Strenth/Weakness: </li>
</ul>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<ul>
<li>State or Country: California</li>
<li>School Type: Small Private</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Korean</li>
<li>Gender: Female</li>
</ul>

<p>Chiuee</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 1480 700V/780M
SAT IIs: 720 Chem , 770 Math IIC, 760 Writing
GPA: 4.3
Rank: Top 10%
Other stats: 42/45 Points in the IB Diploma
Subjective:
Essays: Great
Teacher Recs: Great/Good
Counselor Rec: Great
Hook (if any): Recruited Athlete for Crew
Location/Person:
State or Country: Toronto, Canada
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Asian-American
Gender: Male
Other Factors: One of two kids who applied ED to Princeton at my school, each year about 3 or 4 kids end up going there.</p>

<p>eltiguere
Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT:780 V, 730 M
SAT IIs: 800 iic, 800 w, 800 spanish
GPA:4.75 weighted
Rank:16/730
Other stats:nat. merit sf
Subjective:
Essays:great
Teacher Recs: one great, one good
Counselor Rec:i think good (i met her 2 weeks before apps were due)
Hook (if any): Race? Unstable home situation?
Location/Person:
State or Country:Texas
School Type: public magnet, very competitive
Ethnicity:Hispanic
Gender:Male
Degree(AB/BSE):AB
major strength/weakness:
Other Factors: president of several clubs, high rank officer in more clubs, run fast marathons (trained by myself), piano awards, trumpet, very active in church (lots of community work), 5th(nationally) national spanish exam level 4, 3rd(nationally) national french exam level 2 (both in same year), science fair awards, lots of volunteer work in hospitals, aka nothing spectacular</p>

<p>Highberh</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 740 M/800 V
SAT II: 800 Biology (Molecular emphasis), 800 Writing, 800 Math IIC
GPA: 4.2
Rank: top 15%--I'm not sure how precisely my school reports class rank
Other Stats: National Merit Semi-Finalist; AP Scholar with Distinction</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: Kinda lame. But I am hypercritical and abhor soul-searching self-revelatory writing, so I hate them on principle rather than because they are inherently bad.
Teacher Recs: Awesome. I love my teachers and they are much better at talking about me than I am.
Counselor Rec: Quite good I think.
Hook: Parents went there. I hate this fact.</p>

<p>Location/Personal:
State or Country: California
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Anathema (AKA didn't check the box)
Gender: Female
Degree: AB (math or maybe an interdisciplinary major, possibly a certificate in linguistics or intelligent systems)
Major Strength/Weakness: Strength--psychotically obsessed with learning; Weakness: Class rank/GPA (my school is competitive to the point at which GPA ceases to be a good indicator of desire/capacity to learn)</p>

<p>Other Factors: I think I'm the only one from my school who applied early to Princeton.</p>

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<p>Of the 32 listed acceptances:</p>

<p>Average SATI (Mean):1521.56
Median SATI : 1530</p>

<p>Low:1300
High:1600</p>

<p>There were six 1600's.</p>

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<p>Forgive me, but I neglected to list Gianievve as an acceptance that did not list stats.</p>

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<p>MODS: Can we please lock this thread from further posting? :)</p>

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<p>Actually, it really doesn't matter if there is further posting. Future generations can still see the info by looking at the first page.</p>

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<p>Sorry about not posting stats before, if you're still interested</p>

<p>SBRebelTiger:</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT:1540
SAT IIs:800/780/760
GPA:4.02
Rank:school doesn't rank, but 8/225
Other stats: 5's on Chem and Calc AB, plus A's in UVM college math courses
Subjective:
Essays: good, one weird one
Teacher Recs: good
Counselor Rec: not sure
Optional Rec: really good
Hook (if any):being from VT probably helped
Location/Person:
State or Country: vt
School Type: public (pretty strong)
Ethnicity:white
Gender:male
Other Factors: good interview, fewer applicants from area than usual</p>

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<p>Here we go!</p>

<p>Philntex</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT:1370 (730V/640M)
SAT IIs:770/770/640)
GPA:3.9UW/4.2W
Rank:18/393
Other stats: 5's on USH and Eng Lang, National Merit, National Achievement</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: good, I guess; I wrote 4 (3 required, 1 optional)
Teacher Recs: excellent (the one I saw, anyways
Counselor Rec: no idea
Optional Rec: n/a
Hook (if any):multilingual (five languages), musician (submitted score for arts supplement), nationally recognized Young Marine</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: TX
School Type: Public (very strong/competitive)
Ethnicity: Black
Gender: Male
Other Factors: Awesome interview, negative childhood circumstances</p>

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<p>Now we just need inhaven :)</p>

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<p>and me
cevonia</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 1530 (730V/800M)
SAT IIs: 8002C 800W 800Phy 800Fre
GPA: School does not use GPA, but probably around 4.0UW
Rank: School does not rank, but based on final results 4/278
Other stats: IB Bilingual Diploma 44/45</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: Mixed bag. Some went through six or more revisions, others were barely proof read
Teacher Recs: Never saw them, but counsellor said they were good.
Counselor Rec: Never saw it, but she likes me.
Optional Rec: None.
Hook (if any): Nothing outstanding. Maybe gap year in Beijing?
Major ECs: Debate, yearbook, swimming, piano
Strenth/Weakness: No real strengths, weakness: asian male international</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: High School in Singapore, applied from Beijing.
School Type: Private. Fairly competitive.
Ethnicity: Vietnamese
Gender: Male
Other Factors: None in particular. Was rejected last year on RD round, but final grades were much higher.</p>

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<p>I'm new to CC.......Although I have been reading the P-ton CC posts since September. </p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT:1490 (710V/780M)
SAT IIs: 800IIC 800Chinese 800Chem 790USHist 760W
GPA:3.992UW (we don't have waited GPA in our school)
Rank:10/420
Other stats: Taken almost all honors and AP classes in high school. AP Scholar with distinction (6 AP 5s total).
Awards stuff:
Several Awards from Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF)
Siemens Westinghouse Semifinalist.
Science research at a university since freshmen year.
National Assessemt of Math national rankings.
Subjective:
Essays: Pretty good (three plus the optional)
Teacher Recs: Great (Detailing my leadership in school)
Counselor Rec: Average
Optional Rec: Excellent(From my science research mentor)</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: WA
School Type: Public (Average)
Ethnicity: Asian(Chinese)
Gender: Male
Other Factors: Unusual immigration and family circumstances</p>

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<p>holy god shrek 2004 is president of 7 clubs? woww</p>

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<p>shrek owns his school, didn't you know? Wow, I thought everyone did. Yeah, he's about to purchase it and turn it into the Shrek2004 Princeton-Preparatory School...complete with a replicated Blair Arch and everything :D</p>

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<p>haha ::bows:: yea i love extra curriculars...its basically my life</p>

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<p>you can add me to the list...go tigers ;o)
i am quite ashamed by your stats,so i don't feel like posting mine...
but i had a great hook...
i am one of the best recruits ever in one sport.at least coach sad so...;o)
and great essays too ;o) at least in my opinion.</p>

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<p><em>waves to peter</em> Welcome! And don't be ashamed. You're in. That's what matters :) Join the Yahoo! group or the ezBoard, too.</p>

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<p>I figure I'll add mine in here, by way of introduction:</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 1510 - 800 Math, 710 Verbal, ACT: 35 - 36 Math, 36 Reading, 34 English, 35 Science
SAT IIs: 800 Math, 740 Writing, 700 US History
GPA: 4.0 unweighted
Rank: 1/426
Other stats: NM Semifinalist, Participant in UMTYMP (aka really accelerated math), so I just finished Calculus 4.
Subjective:
Essays: I loved them a lot. I'd say amazing.
Teacher Recs: Quite good.
Counselor Rec: Horrible. My counselor takes pleasure out of seeing people fail. No joke.
Hook (if any): I had an absolutely amazing interview - she said, quote, "You remind me so much of my best friend - and that's strange, because I didn't think there was another person like her out there." And the alumni coordinator has actually since given me lots of happy praise for it, so I definitely think the interview helped. I've been taking courses at the University of Minnesota for two years. Plus, I'm a girl who likes and is good at math, and definitely wants to be a math major, and that always helps.
Major ECs: Math, Rowing
AB/BSE: AB
Strength/Weakness: Hmm, that's a hard one.<br>
Location/Person:
State or Country: MN
School Type: Large-ish Public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: Female
Why do you think you got deferred/admitted: I'd say the combination of a stellar interview, expressed interest and contact with rowing, and a darn good application and stats, if I do say so myself, probably all combined. ;)</p>

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<p>my oh my, that ilcapo has the lowest stats of them all....</p>

<p>[weeps in corner]</p>

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<p>What are you talking about? Just the rank again? lol.....</p>