<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 IIs: 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 goodI know both teachers extremely well
Counselor Rec: n/a (I really dont know at all)
Hook (if any): Art (<a href="http://artattack.to/display.php?artist=1000001376%5B/url%5D)/lots">http://artattack.to/display.php?artist=1000001376)/lots</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 Princetons need-blind admissions policy, lol.</p>
<p>barski222</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred
Stats:
* SAT I: 1550 (750v / 800m)
* SAT IIs: 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>