Princeton '09 ED Deferred 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 5 Deferrals that did not list stats or use Kebree's template.
These were:
E1dj86
Randomgr
Cavalier302
babouche
dvd56x</p>

<p>There were 31 listed Deferrals that used Kebree's template:
These were:</p>

<p>godesiree</p>

<p>Decision: Deferred </p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 1580 (800m, 780v)
SAT IIs: 800 iic, 800 ic, 780 chem, 760 writing, 700 us hist, 700 bio m
GPA: 4.44 weighted [4.6 - A in honors, 5 - A in AP]
Rank: no rank
Other stats: 5s on AP English Lang, Calc BC, US Hist, Comp Sci A
Subjective:
Essays: good
Teacher Recs: 1 good, 1 very good
Counselor Rec: excellent
Hook (if any): Strong music background with math major [championship winning marching band, jazz band, wind ensemble, orchestra, Central Jersey region band & orchestra, (trombone, euphonium, piano)]
Location/Person:
State or Country: NJ
School Type: Large public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male</p>

<p>Spyder2287</p>

<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 1450 (M:740/V:710)
SAT IIs: IIc: 800, Ic 790, Chem 790, Physics 770, Writing 680
GPA: 97%
Rank: 19/576
Other stats: Bunch of science awards...
Subjective:
Essays: average
Teacher Recs: average
Counselor Rec: average
Hook (if any): lot's of sports, sent in cello cd
Location/Person:
State or Country: NJ
School Type: Large Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male</p>

<p>Studyguy346</p>

<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 1570 (M:800/V:770)
SAT IIs: IIc: 800 Writing 800 BioM: 770
GPA: UW: N/A (but it's 4.0) 4.8 (weighted)
Rank: Top 1%
Other stats: play volleyball, lots of community service</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: quirky
Teacher Recs: good
Counselor Rec: good
Hook (if any): dunno
Location/Person:
State or Country: NJ
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian (Indian)
Gender: Male</p>

<p>Petercao3</p>

<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 1520 (800m/720v)
SAT IIs: 800iic, 740 phyz, 730ic, 710 Writing
GPA: my school does not do gpa
Rank: my school does not rank either...
Other stats: none
Subjective:
Essays: Good (had them edited by 3 different teachers...)
Teacher Recs: Decent, one teacher might have been a bit harsh...
Counselor Rec: Excellent, I have a great relationship with my counselor
Hook (if any): none
Location/Person:
State or Country: NJ
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: Male
Other Factors: Very poor interview. I couldn't think very well, so all my answers were terrible.</p>

<p>ForeverZero</p>

<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT:1550 (750 V 800 M)
SAT IIs:800 Bio-M, 790 Chem, 780 IIC, 760 Writing, 660 IC
GPA:n/a (straight A student except for 1 B+ sophomore year)
Rank:school does not give rank, but I estimate top 10 percent
Other stats: National Merit Semifinalist, Bio Olympiad Semifinalist, AP Scholar, Edward J. Bloustein Distinguished Scholar
Subjective:
Essays: I thought they were good
Teacher Recs: one was amazing, the other i dunno
Counselor Rec: at least very good
Hook (if any): apparently not (I thought my piano would be one, but oh well)
Major ECs: a lot of music (classical piano and a cappella), german club pres, editor of foreign language magazine, community service
AB/BSE: unsure
Strenth/Weakness: no sports, i'm Asian (both weaknesses)
Location/Person:
State or Country:NJ
School Type: private
Ethnicity:Asian
Gender:Male
Other Factors:Why do you think you got deferred/admitted:I was stunned. My school is a feeder school, and my stats are higher than most people from my school who were admitted in previous years.</p>

<p>Tropicana oj
Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 1560 (800m, 760v)
SAT IIs: 800 (writing), 800 (math iic), 800 (chem), 800 (phys)
GPA: not sure what the unweighted is.. somewhere close to 4.0
Rank: 1 or 2 of 150ish
Other stats: some small awards, clubs, few science things like gov school and SHP, etc.. nothing too special
Subjective:
Essays: 3 okay ones, 1 bad one
Teacher Recs: 1 decent, 1 bad
Counselor Rec: pretty good
Hook (if any): none
Location/Person:
State or Country: NJ
School Type: public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: male
Other Factors:</p>

<p>Veroni213</p>

<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 1500 (800v (i was 2/2 with that), 700m)
SAT IIs: 800 (writing), 800 (history), 720 (math ic ), 630 (germ- not indicative of my skill)
GPA: 4.1?
Rank: ? out of 48
Other stats: Gold Award, Sprachdiplom I der KMK (trust me it's a big thing), science fair winner, German poetry recitation contest winner (native speaker division even though i'm not native) x-c captain, catholic math league award ap scholar, semi finalist, national french contest two time medal winner, french honor society, some track, 13 years of german school, 13 years of girls scouts ( in which i've been a major over achiever), active within church, work 11 hours a week </p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: well i thought they were all pretty good...
Teacher Recs: 1 decent to good, 1 good to excellent
Counselor Rec: pretty good
Hook (if any): german
Location/Person:
State or Country: NJ
School Type: private
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Other Factors:dean rapelye did come to talk at my school's college night...thought that may have helped..apparently not. oh and i drive 60 plus miles to and from school a day</p>

<p>Kayoshin</p>

<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 1480 (720V 760M)
SAT IIs: 750 Math1, 790 Math2, 800 Physics, 740 Writing
GPA: 3.512
Rank: 18/235-ish
Other stats(AP/IB exam): 4 Comp Science A AP (thats it)
Subjective:
Essays: Really good (i thought so)
Teacher Recs: both really good
Counselor Rec: pretty decent
Hook (if any): never worried or stressed about anything.. ever! handy little ability
Major ECs: Karate, Piano, amateur sketching, Debate
AB/BSE: BSE
Strenth/Weakness: Always shows improvement, determined || Rank, GPA isnt that great, and lack of clear hook
Course Load (Any college): No college courses, but i did take the toughest course-load that my school offered.
Location/Person:
State or Country: NJ
School Type: Public, not that good, but science department is pretty good
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender: Male
Other Factors:[<em>] Why do you think you got deferred/admitted: *shrugs</em></p>

<p>Summerwind</p>

<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 1480
SAT IIs: 770 Writing, 750 US History, 690 Math IIC
GPA: 100.75 weighted
Rank: 1/250
Other stats(AP/IB exam): --
Subjective:
Essays: pretty solid
Teacher Recs: one good, one I have no idea
Counselor Rec: good
Hook (if any): I do a computer statistics program for the basketball team at my school and I've talked to the Princeton coach about doing it for his team there... if that counts.
Major ECs: Travel softball (20+ hours per week, tournaments all over the country), basketball stats, job, beach cleanup volunteer program thing, and then just generic stuff
AB/BSE: AB
Strenth/Weakness: a couple of my ECs, great interview, essays, GPA and rank / Math IIc score, location, no APs (but all honors) until this year and more that I don't feel like thinking about right now
Course Load (Any college): no college, but the most difficult in my school
Location/Person:
State or Country: NJ
School Type: public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female</p>

<p>PrincetonRuby</p>

<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 1410 (760M/650V)
SAT IIs: 730IC, 690USHistory, 620Writing
GPA:102.....I think like a 4.2?
Rank: 3/294
Other stats:
Subjective:
Essays: 1 awesome, 1 great, my mini essays were well written, but lame
Teacher Recs: 1 awesome, 1 great
Counselor Rec: I don't know... it should have been great
Hook (if any): I sent in an art supplement? Okay, fine, I don't have one.
Major ECs: Environmental Awareness Club, tons of community service
AB/BSE: AB
Strength/Weakness: Lack of leadership positions/ strong EC's, SAT II scores, SAT I Verbal... basic lack of hook
Location/Person:
State or Country: New York City
School Type: small catholic school
Ethnicity: Indian (Bangladesh)
Gender: Female
Other Factors:[*] Why do you think you got deferred/admitted: Lack of a hook.</p>

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<p>EncomiumII</p>

<p>Decision: Deferred </p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 1570 (800 M, 770 V)
SAT IIs: 630 Writing, 800 IIC, 790 Physics
GPA: 6.0/6.0
Rank: 1/1037
Other stats: AP- English - 4, Calc - 5
Subjective:
Essays: Not too bad
Teacher Recs: Good I'd assume
Counselor Rec: Good, she knows me well
EC's: Marching band, Jazz band, Physics Olympics, Philosophy Club
Hook (if any): CML Regional Winner, AIME, piano and saxophone
Location/Person:
State or Country: PA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Degree(AB/BSE): BSE
major strength/weakness: weak in identifying sentence errors according to the SAT II board giving me a 630 ;x
Other Factors: athletes at my school may have been recruited instead of me? i really dont know.</p>

<p>Magnum4007</p>

<p>Decision: Deferred </p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 1570 (800 M, 770 V)
SAT IIs: 630 Writing, 800 IIC, 790 Physics
GPA: 6.0/6.0
Rank: 1/1037
Other stats: AP- English - 4, Calc - 5
Subjective:
Essays: Not too bad
Teacher Recs: Good I'd assume
Counselor Rec: Good, she knows me well
EC's: Marching band, Jazz band, Physics Olympics, Philosophy Club
Hook (if any): CML Regional Winner, AIME, piano and saxophone
Location/Person:
State or Country: PA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Degree(AB/BSE): BSE
major strength/weakness: weak in identifying sentence errors according to the SAT II board giving me a 630 ;x
Other Factors: athletes at my school may have been recruited instead of me? i really dont know.</p>

<p>Yaffa77</p>

<p>Decision: Deferred </p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 1540 (800 M, 740 V)
SAT IIs: 800 Writing, 800 US History, 800 Math IIC, 770 Chemistry
GPA: 96
Rank: 2/130
Other stats: AP US History, AP Calculus AB, AP Physics B-5's, ARML, AIME, National Merit Semifinalist, AP Scholar with Distinction
Subjective:
Essays: Pretty Good
Teacher Recs: Pretty Good
Counselor Rec: Pretty Good
EC's: Lots of piano stuff-competitions, festivals, etc, varsity swimming, math team, community service
Hook (if any): Well, I thought being a Russian Pianist from Maine might help-guess not.
Location/Person:
State or Country: Maine
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Degree(AB/BSE): AB
major strength/weakness: Who knows.....
Other Factors: N/A</p>

<p>Tebro</p>

<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT:1520 (760 M, 760 V)
SAT IIs: 800 Wr, 800 Chinese, 780 Lit, 780 IIC, 770 Math IIC, 750 Bio, 740 USHist
GPA: top 10%
Rank: n/a
Other stats: 5's on AP Bio, APUSH </p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: Lovely piece of work
Teacher Recs: I'd say great and good
Counselor Rec: Pretty good
Hook (if any): check out <a href="http://www.geocities.com/del_tebro/index.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.geocities.com/del_tebro/index.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: MA, USA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: Female
Other Factors: I guess not.</p>

<p>Supermtt37</p>

<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 800 M 760 V
SAT IIs: 800 iic, 800 chem, 780 verbal, 770 bio, 750 ushist
GPA: i think 4.478 weighted but i could be wrong
Rank: no rank
Other stats:
Subjective
Essays: not like completely amazing, but i think they were really good... showed different aspects of me
Teacher Recs: 1 really good/ 1 pretty good
Counselor Rec: really good
Hook (if any): i do a ton of science stuff... governors school, highly ranked in NJ for sci, internship at AT&T and had an amazing rec from my mentor from that, etc.
Location/Person:
State or Country: NJ
School Type: Large Competitive Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Other Factors: ?? everyone from my school was deferred and we were all really strong applicants/ it was surprising</p>

<p>Icymoon</p>

<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 1510
SAT IIs: 800, 750, 730
GPA: 3.8 UW
Rank:
Other stats: APs- 5 on Physics B, Physics C, Calc AB and 4 on European History, Spanish Language
Subjective:
Essays: very good
Teacher Recs: History Teacher - excellent, Math Teacher - should be good
Counselor Rec: not that great, this is the first time my counselor is doing this
Hook (if any): arts (theatre, piano)
Location/Person:
State or Country: Southern California
School Type: Public, very competitive school
Ethnicity: Asian (Chinese)
Gender: Female
Other Factors: okay/pretty good interview, IB diploma candidate</p>

<p>Flavian</p>

<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 780m/690v (1470)
SAT IIs: 800/790/710(us hist)/650(writing)
GPA: 3.96 W (~3.85 uw - not given on transcript)
Rank: 4%
Other stats: APs: 5/5/5/5/4/4
Subjective:
Essays: bad, avg, avg
Teacher Recs: excellent, avg
Counselor Rec: excellent
ECs: 4 presidents
Hook (if any): none
AB/BSE: BSE
Strengths/weaknesses: no work exp.
Location/Person:
State or Country: VA
School Type: public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: M
Other Factors: n/a</p>

<p>Phantom</p>

<p>Decision: Deferred!</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 1530
SAT IIs: 800 US, 770 Wr, 760 Bio
GPA:4.55 weighted, 3.99 unweighted
Rank: no rank -- top 10%
Other stats: AP 5's : Bio, Comp Sci A, Euro, USH, Psych; 4: Chem
Subjective:
Essays: I thought all 3 were very good and original (and I've been told that many times too). If not, I know that they represented my voice and my writing skills and I was very pleased with them. No regrets there.
Teacher Recs: Most likely one strong one, one good one.
Counselor Rec: Should've been pretty good.
Hook (if any): nada; I'm also Asian which may've hurt.
Location/Person:
State or Country: NY
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Other Factors:
Many leadership positions for school activities. A lot of community service. I think I got deferred because everyone else has what I described above.</p>

<p>Silmon77</p>

<p>Decision: Deferred </p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 790v 740m
SAT IIs: 760 IIc, 760 Chem, 740 Writing, 780 US History
GPA:3.94 uw
Rank: 7/665
Other stats:
Subjective:
Essays: i thought they were pretty good, but who knows...
Teacher Recs: dunno
Counselor Rec: dunno
Hook (if any): i was bse from az
Major ECs: Youth In Government, Competition Government, Math Club, Ping Pong Club, tennis, piano
AB/BSE: BSE
Strenth/Weakness: ECs were not very strong, math/science test scores could be slightly better
Location/Person:
State or Country: Arizona
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian Indian
Gender: Male
Other Factors:[list][li] Why do you think you got deferred/admitted: I didnt have very strong community service/leadership/awards compared to others</p>[/li]
<p>Gracilisae</p>

<p>Decision: Deferred <em>big sigh</em></p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 1490 – 800 verbal, 690 math
SAT IIs: 780 math IIC, 800 writing, 740 u.s. history
GPA: 4.1 weighted, probably 4 or 3.95 unweighted
Rank: my school does not rank, but I’d probably be in the top 5%, if not higher
Other stats: AP’s – 5 U.S. Hist, 5 AP Lang… taking four more APs this year
Subjective:
Essays: I thought these were excellent... Both my short essays and my long one were examples of what I thought was my best writing
Teacher Recs: I know one was EXCELLENT – my teacher read it to me, about how I was the best student he’s ever had in his career. The other two were also very good, but not as outstanding as the others. They also all marked me as “top few in career” with one “top 5% of the year” that I know of from one teacher.
Counselor Rec: I don’t know but I’d assume it was pretty good, since I have a pretty close relationship with my counselor as far as relationships go at my school, where counselors don’t know some students’ names – I’ve gone to talk to him a lot about academic things over the past four years.
Hook (if any): My interest in writing….
Major ECs: Cross-country captain, managing editor of nationally-known school newspaper, varsity XC and track, written submissions editor of literary magazine, LIT last year (and 3 years participation prior to that) of a Girl Scout service group that is the “Govenors’ Honor Guard” on Mackinac Island for a week each summer (raise and lower the flags, stand duty, etc.), Regional Planning board for the Metro Detroit Girl Scout Council… a lot of other things as well
AB/BSE: AB
Strenth/Weakness: I thought my strength was my interest in learning (clearly emphasized in my essays), my writing, my range of interests but my weakness was definitely math (if you can call A-s and As vs. A+s weak... oh well *tries to stop being bitter *)
Location/Person:
State or Country: Michigan
School Type: medium sized public, well-known for its academic excellence, has been on national best schools list
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Other Factors:
Why do you think you got deferred/admitted: I think my math SAT I score hurt me, but I thought by bringing my SAT IIc up to 780 it showed that my math skills greatly improved in the past few months (as I went into Calculus). Also 2 other girls from my school applied ED, both which were very qualified - one is both a legacy and (I think) a recruited rower... I didn't think applicants from schools were compared to each other for "slots" but who knows...</p>

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<p>Viogirl09</p>

<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 1440
SAT IIs: 760/740/740
GPA: 4.0 UW
Rank: 1/403
Other stats(AP/IB exam): AP Span Lang. 5 AP US History 5 AP European History 4
Subjective:
Essays: Very Good
Teacher Recs: Very Good
Counselor Rec: Mediocre
Hook (if any): I'm Bulgarian. Came to the US when I was four, fluent in Bulgarian, parents are not well educated
Major ECs: Debate, Orchestra, Spanish Club, Model UN
Strength/Weakness: Weakness: Test scores maybe?
Course Load (Any college): Most rigorous at my high school
State or Country: Washington
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female</p>

<p>Legendofmax
Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT IIs: 800/800/760
GPA: 4.0
Rank: 1/425
Other stats: Honor School, Full IB Program, IB Math Studies: 7
Subjective:
Essays: Above average
Teacher Recs: One great, one subaverage but not bad
Counselor Rec: Average
Hook (if any): Computer abilities
Location/Person:
State or Country: Oregon
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Other Factors: Rubik's Cube Unofficial World Record</p>

<p>Z00b</p>

<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT I: 1560 (800v 760m)
SAT IIs: 800/770/760
GPA: 4.0 UW
Rank: 1/439
Other stats: IB diploma, NM-Semi, Harvard Book, 2 AP self-study 5's
Subjective:
Essays: who knows
Teacher Recs: didn't see
Counselor Rec: didn't see
Major ECs: Debate, paper, lacrosse
Location/Person:
State or Country: Oregon
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Brown
Gender: Male
Other Factors: n/a</p>

<p>Justlikethis</p>

<p>Decision: Deferred
Stats:
SAT: 1460
SAT IIs: 800/790/700
GPA: 3.4
Rank: N/A
Other stats: 15 total aps, 5 fives, 1 four junior year
Subjective:
Essays: okay
Teacher Recs: excellent
Counselor Rec: more excellent
Hook (if any): na
Major ECs: chairman of sweetheart contest, bunch of academic crap
AB/BSE: AB, math
Strenth/Weakness: eh... everything
Course Load (Any college): couple college courses, horrendously hard schedule
Location/Person:
State or Country: ohio
School Type: public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: male</p>

<p>*Kebree: *
Decision: Deferred
Stats:
SAT I: 1520 (800v / 720m)
SAT II’s: 800 writing / 800 world history / 740 literature
GPA: 4.3 / 4.3 scale
Rank: 1/1 <—haha
Other stats: 221 PSAT index; applied to Princeton for A.B.
Subjective:
Essays: I thought they were good. They were certainly unusual—> I put scans of paintings and other pictures in them.
Teacher Recs: very good—I know both teachers extremely well
Counselor Rec: n/a (I really don’t know at all)
Hook (if any): Art (<a href="http://artattack.to/display.php?artist=1000001376%5B/url%5D)/lots"&gt;http://artattack.to/display.php?artist=1000001376)/lots&lt;/a> of international travel/spending 2nd semester of senior year painting & doing independent study in Europe
Location/Person:
State or Country: KY
School Type: private (10th & 11th grades)/homeschooled w/university courses (12th grade)
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Other Factors:
Unusual education could have worked against me
Odd fact: I got no interview (this was strange since I live in an area with a good-sized alumni association)
I did not confirm the legitimacy of Princeton’s need-blind admissions policy, lol.</p>

<p>barski222</p>

<p>Decision: Deferred
Stats:
* SAT I: 1550 (750v / 800m)
* SAT II’s: 720 writing / 710 US history / 790 literature
* GPA: 4.65
* Rank: Top 5% of 300 students (school doesn't rank, just decile)</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Essays: 1 good, 1 very good, 1 great</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: Extremely good </li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Extremley good (for a new counselor)</li>
<li>Hook (if any): Filmmaking/reel (won grant and produced short for national PBS, credited production manager/research/cameraman on 2 major feature documentaries (1 on breast cancer, 1 on Chagas, a south american disease), lots of advanced work experience and interships. Amazing rec from film mentor/employer.</li>
</ul>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<ul>
<li>State or Country: VA</li>
<li>School Type: Public (VERY competitive)</li>
<li>Ethnicity: White</li>
<li>Gender: Male</li>
</ul>

<p>Other Factors:
* College Board messed up and did not send SATs, complaint resulted in complementary rush report, BUT didn't recieve "2nd Confirmation" some of you mentioned. Was this a postcard similar to the "We recieved your application" note?
*Pres of NHS, Pres of Honor Council (like at many colleges, deals with lying/cheating/stealing), Editor in Chief of School Newspaper, Captain Academic Team, Varsity Tennis, lots of EC activities inc. Humanities GovSchool.
*Asked for financial aid
*1 AP last year (only 1 avaliable), 5 this year (all possible), BUT schools classes are NOTORIOUSLY difficult (took all honors).</p>

<p>Why do you think you got deferred/admitted: Not sure, I'm looking into it. Obviously I'm not at the top of their list of applications but I'm curious as to whether they ever GOT my test scores. Perhaps a bit too much of a focus on film. Not sure if essays were as good as they could have been. Not too many APs (though took all avaliable).</p>

<p>*Jarman: *
Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 1530 (770V, 760M)
SAT IIs: 800 M.Bio, 760 IIC, 730 UShist, 730 IC, 690 Writing
GPA: 96.75
Rank: 2/27
Other stats(AP/IB exam): 5 UShist, 5 Bio
Subjective:
Essays: I generally believe myself to be a bad writer, but I did like one of my essays a lot.
Teacher Recs: Good, i hope; I didn't read them.
Counselor Rec: same
Hook (if any): Eagle Scout and a recommendation that i got from a past employer that was very good and interesting (i worked for him in London for a month).
Major ECs: Model UN, Yearbook
AB/BSE: AB
Strenth/Weakness: essay/SATII writing
Location/Person:
State or Country: Georgia (the state)
School Type: Small Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Other Factors:[li] Why do you think you got deferred/admitted: I hope that I will be able to answer this before late January (when i plan to send in additional information)</p>[/li]
<p>rm1987
Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 1460 <760 (M) 700 (V)
SAT IIs:790 (Math IIC), 770 (Physics), 700(Writing)
GPA: n/a
Rank: 3/~420
Other stats:
Subjective:
Essays: Pretty OK i guess
Teacher Recs: 2 of them were outstanding, i didnt get to see the other two (YES i sent four)
Counselor Rec: Outstanding
Hook (if any): NONE
Location/Person:
State or Country: Oman
School Type:Very large Private/ Community School
Ethnicity:Asian (Indian)
Gender:Male
Other Factors:
i'm not really into any sport.. so my ECs have almost no sports.. maybe it factored in my deferral</p>

<p>FZERO
Decision: DEFERRED </p>

<p>Stats:
SAT:1510 (M760, V750)
SAT IIs: 800, 790, 780
GPA: 4.0 Unweighted
Rank: Unranked; est. 1%
Other stats: IB diploma, IB French:6, bunch of math/science awards, 7th in provincial essay contest, bunch of top/outstanding student awards.
Subjective:
Essays: In hindsight, one good, one average, one self-aggrandizing and moronic
Teacher Recs: one excellent, one dunno
Counselor Rec: didn't see, no idea how good
Hook (if any): Art. Sent in art portfolio, wrote essay on it, etc. Gallery shows, good ref. letter.
Major ECs:ART, peer counselling, community, webteam, magazine chief editor, youth philosopher's cafe founder, debater, karate bronze medalist.
AB/BSE: AB
Strenth/Weakness: I'm really well rounded, but I'm from Canada, which prob. works against me. I think one of my short essays sucked in hindsight, and I applied for financial aid (prob. not good idea since I'm international).
Location/Person:
State or Country:BC, Canada
School Type:Public
Ethnicity:Asian
Gender:Male
Other Factors: Why do you think you got deferred/admitted: Well, it seems like Princeton's not taking many art people this year. Art seems to not be a hook there anymore. Neither is IB diploma, so there goes the only two cards I held. My crappy essay probably cancelled out my good one, and applying internationally, being Asian, and not having any good hooks probably killed me.</p>

<p>Mercurysquad</p>

<p>Decision: Deferred </p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 650M / 600V - took the ACT in dec to compensate
SAT IIs: 710/730/640
GPA: no GPA
Rank: Top 10%
Other stats: nothing major, except for a 99V/91M (=1540) on the AAT* and a 99 each in english and computer science AAT Subject test*
Subjective:
Essays: quite long but great otherwise (simple language)
Teacher Recs: excellent (incl. best in career rating)
Counselor Rec: mediocre (school policy to mark everyone "above avg")
Hook (if any): self-taugh musician (sent cd), midi sequencer (professional level), lots of programming n stuff (national and intl awards et al)
Location/Person:
State or Country: India
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Asian (Indian)
Gender: Male
Degree(AB/BSE): BSE (Comp.Engg., cert in AI & Robotics)
major strength/weakness: Strength - see hooks, weakness - crap scores
Other Factors: I think the counselor rec and sat scores were the only factors holding me back... coz everything else was great IMHO</p>

<p>*Academic Aptitude Test, its like the SAT I and II but is tougher (for students in indian education system)</p>

<p>Joey310220</p>

<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 1510
SAT IIs: 690 Biology, 680 Writing, 690 Math IIC
GPA: 4.0/4.0
Rank: top 1%
Other stats:
Subjective:
Essays: one was pretty good, the others avg.
Teacher Recs: Very good
Counselor Rec: very good
Hook (if any): not too sure, don't think i have one
Major ECs: NHS Pres., FBLA Pres., French club Pres., Yearbook Editor-in-chief, Newspaper Editor, National Art Honor Society
AB/BSE: AB (English)
Location/Person:
State or Country: NJ
School Type: Small Public
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender: Female</p>

[Schwaby]

<p>Of the 30 listed Deferrals:
(legendofmax did not report a SATI score)</p>

<p>Average SATI (Mean): 1505.517
Median SATI : 1520</p>

<p>Low:1250
High:1580</p>

[astrix]

<p>I got deferred as well. That takes the count to 37. Can't do stats right now.</p>

[jpsi]

<p>RandomGR got deferred??????
I thought that n of international olympiads, and high SAT scores are absolutely enough. It is an odd system.</p>

[astrix]

<p>What was your outcome jpsi?</p>

[mercurysquad]

<p>LMAO my SAT I is the lowest :D oh well.... just waitin for ACT results...</p>

[jpsi]

<p>I got deferred :). What did you predict ;).</p>

[zoudini]

<p>i was deferred as well ill post stats using the template if ud like on the official decisions</p>

[astrix]

<p>so to update the stat-less deferrals:</p>

<p>E1dj86
Randomgr
Cavalier302
babouche
dvd56x
astrix
jpsi
zoudini</p>

[EncomiumII]

<p>schwaby, huh? those aren't my stats?</p>

[gracilisae]

<p>Thanks for pulling this together, Schwaby. It's interesting to compare the stats. Best of luck to all of us!</p>

[akashbansal]

<p>hey,did u notice that most of the deferees came from schools which didnt rank?</p>

[calidan]

<p>You know what would be interesting? Doing this for the accepted students too, and then comparing average SATs, etc.</p>

[Schwaby]

<p>Whoa, you're right enco. Geez, sorry about that. I think I bumped down the name order while i was pasting or something. Your stats are really magnum's.</p>

<p>Here's EncomiumII's listing:</p>

<p>Decision: Deferred </p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 1560
SAT IIs:800/790/780/770
GPA:4.0
Rank:1/440
Other stats:
Subjective:
Essays: good
Teacher Recs: good
Counselor Rec: good
Hook (if any):none
Location/Person:
State or Country: new england
School Type: public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: male</p>

[Schwaby]

<p>Calidan:</p>

<p>It's all been done.
Check out the Princeton '09 ED Acceptance Listing at
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=18386%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=18386&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

[babouche]

<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 1430
SAT IIs: 690 Phys 650 Writing, 760 Math IIC
GPA: 3.5 un-weighted
Rank: top 15%
Other stats: research genetics in Russia
Subjective:
Essays: Good, I guess
Teacher Recs: Very good
Counselor Rec: very good
Hook (if any): President Sakespeare Club (many plays)
Major ECs: 6 AP
AB/BSE: BSE
Location/Person:
State or Country: NY
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Latina
Gender: Female</p>

[MommyPain]

<p>Deferred: Whatscooking (my d)</p>

<p>SATS V: 680, M740
IIs: Bio 710, US History 710; writing 640
Rank: 25/250
Top 10%
Honors and APs: 14 altogether
Weighted GPA 4.1
Unweighted 3.6
Essays: Original and very good (OK, I am Mom, but they were good)
Recs: Saw two, EXCELLENT; did not see GC, but it had to have been great
ECs: Soccer (club, school, state awards) Track (state awards); NHS, Bloustein Scholar, didn't make National Merit but I was in 95% (I think it was missed by 1%); 150 hours volunteer at community food bank; Class officer
Hook: Corresponding with Pton coach; my name was submitted to admission office)
White, Female from New Jersey (NJ....why couldn't we have moved someplace obscure)</p>

<p>Oh well........in the week leading up to the dreaded Saturday of deferrment, she received two e-mails very BIG school coaches......so she rushed out
apps...............but still wants to go to Pton.</p>

[gaitz86]

<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT I: 1580 (780v 800m)
SAT IIs: 800 Math IIC / 780 Chemistry / 790 Physics / 750 Biology / 780 Writing
GPA: 3.97 UW
Rank: top 10%(as specific as it gets)
Other stats: No APs couldn't take them for a reason. 6 math and science national awards
Essays: good
Teacher Recs: Excellent
Counselor Rec: not sure but not that good(this was the problem probably)
Hooks: My brother's a Princeton undergraduate if that counts. Otherwis none
Major ECs: Founded a tutoring club for underpriviliged children, went to Bangladesh as a UNESCO member to help out the rural areas... etc.
State or Country: South Korea
School: The best in Korea. But only has 50 students going abroad this year. Really competitive(The average SAT I is over 1500! everyone's crazy! That might include me though).
Ethnicity: Asian(Korean)
Gender: Male
Other Factors: Well, my counselor didn't like me. I started to get ready for going to an American school too late( I started the day I took the PSAT last year which would make it about a year now). I got really ugly scores on that PSAT of course( I think it was 180, PSAT to SAT I was 1200). I hadn't studied English for 10 years until then so I had enough trouble with my SATs that I couldn't dream of taking any APs. Plus, my school doesn't have AP courses so I was left without choice. My counselor told me that Princeton said it wasn't sure about my abilities cuz I've been studying for only a year now. I can't study two or three years before my counselor updates the recommendations in a couple days so I can say I'm doomed. </p>

<p>Princeton is definately still my first choice but I gotta be realistic and seriously get prepared for other schools. Good luck for everyone else who has gotten deferred! I'm sure Princeton and a bunch of other great schools will accept you all for RD :)
Oh, yeah, and I've still haven't got my deferral letter. Do any of you know why? Everyone else here got them on the 13th.</p>