<p>@Ambitious19 I haven’t gotten a chance to ask my sister yet, but I feel like she did it when she had already graduated. She’s also an interviewer, so maybe they get alumni with music degrees/certificates to help them out with supplements.</p>
<p>if i actually get in, i will probably blow up. no joke. that’s how badly i want to get in. ahahahahahaha</p>
<p>@HPClee Either one is fine(although being on a state/national level is obviously better), but you should be good enough to be recruited by Princeton for it to be a hook. A lot of Princeton applicants have played sports in high school, but playing on a certain level puts you above all the rest. </p>
<p>Hey guys, just to check in, I had my interview today. My interviewer was a middle-aged man who did his graduate work at princeton and lives in my town. He was very nice and open with me. He told me that the interview wasn’t a big deal and that all Princeton wanted from him was a paragraph about me and he didn’t even know who would read it. But he said he wanted to help me stand out. As we spoke, he would say things like “Oh, because you said that, I know you’re (adjective) and I know Princeton will like that, so I’m going to write that.” Together we practically outlined the paragraph he was going to write about me. He very kindly told me that he hoped I got in and that he thought I had a good chance because I know I want to go down a specific career path. I am still keeping my expectations for admissions very low, but it was a very positive experience!</p>
<p>FYI, I live in New Jersey, near NYC and about an hour from Princeton.</p>
<p>Also, for anyone nervous about your interview, my interviewer told me that “90% of the interview is showing up”. The important thing is to just go and be polite and act interested. Good luck to all! If anyone has any questions about my interview feel free to ask me.</p>
<p>To any of the California applicants: Have you received an interview notification yet? My friend who got into Princeton SCEA last year said that she received her interview email on 11/16/13. That date is rapidly approaching and I haven’t gotten any notice yet!! :(</p>
<p>Affirmative actions helps whites too. It helps all races but asians, just to different degrees. Please do some research before spouting off things like that.</p>
<p>Although tbh, I do want to know the answer to your question. You can kind of decipher it from the admissions data Princeton posts, but it’s not that close. Just a general sense.</p>
<p>@Ambitious19 Still haven’t received anything from them! I’m near San Francisco, so I assumed there would be plenty of alumni in the area. But I guess we’ll see soon enough!</p>
<p>Does anyone know when decisions are being released for SCEA? I can’t find it on Princeton’s website.</p>
<p>@QwertyLOL around the third Monday of December, right? I’m guessing 15th/16th.</p>
<p>@GirlyGirl1998 I’m not sure if this forum is the right place to be spouting ignorant comments. Look through last year’s SCEA thread. Yes, there were quite a few URMs accepted, maybe with “numbers” lower than your typical Asian/Caucasian acceptees, but many of the CC members who posted their results (and were URMs) did have some pretty amazing extracurriculars to round themselves out. </p>
<p>Either way, I wouldn’t rely on affirmative action (or the lack thereof).</p>
<p>@GirlyGirl1998 What @alliekinz said. Also, affirmative action as it is carried out now actually helps white women as much as, if not more than, people of color. (Disclaimer from a Korean just in case: I have no problem with the concept of affirmative action, only with the current practice.)</p>
<p>@GirlyGirl1998 I find the tone of your question disturbing…you say you aren’t racist but you ask a question about black males not getting in and then declare that you don’t want affirmative action as a white female? Perhaps you left a lot of blanks that the average reader would fill in incorrectly but it feels as though you are somehow implying that either black males only would get in because of affirmative action or that your chances are somehow reduced because of your race and gender. </p>
<p>Let’s perhaps consider it this way instead. Princeton gets nearly 27 000 applicants every year and they offer admission to just under 2 000. So roughly 25 000 applicants are rejected every year. This means that many people of many races and both genders are denied an offer of admission. In other words “most” people - of any race - don’t get in. Period. What you are “up against” is not affirmative action. You are up against a pool of highly talented, accomplished applicants from a wide array of backgrounds who would make wonderful contributions to Princeton or any other school. It might be a good idea to re-evaluate some of your assumptions and do a bit of research.</p>
<p>@GirlyGirl1998 your comment is no offense very ignorant. Most people do not get into Princeton regardless of their race so do not single out black males like myself as if we aren’t competitive applicants. Thank you. </p>
<p>Seriously. Whether or not other URMs apply should not be the reason you apply/don’t apply. This shortsighted thinking will not benefit you in any way. This is slightly unrelated, but last year after decisions were released, I noticed a lot of despicable comments on certain threads directed at URMs. I seriously hope this doesn’t happen again on CC, although it inevitably will. Just remember that everyone accepted has something valuable to contribute to the Princeton community, qualities indiscernible by numbers.</p>
<p>BTW last year, decisions were released on December 16, a Monday. </p>
<p>I’m a black male. Every black male who is applying to Princeton in the first place is applying because they feel themselves competitive, not because of they’re relying on AA. I got a 35 on my ACT, and a 1960 on my SAT. I don’t really think that my scores were handed to me, and I think it is very inconsiderate to imply that black males didn’t work for the score. Only 2000 people get accepted. At a 7% admission rate, Princeton has no room to let in an African American with sub-par stats who cannot put in the work. Competition among blacks is stiff too. It’s not like all of us have 1700 SAT’s going in on an Affirmative Action prayer. </p>
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<p>What does this even mean? Honestly it does not make any sense. I don’t care who you are, if you’re applying to Princeton, it’s because you think you have a shot.</p>
<p>@Ambitious19 @sdiesschh I’m also from NorCal, and I got my interview notification via email two days ago. Still no word from my interviewer to set up a time. Good luck fam! NorCal represent lol </p>
<p>Just had my interview! It was pretty informal, and my interviewer was really very friendly.
Here are some questions your interviewer may ask, so think about these before you go to your interview:
- Why <em>your major</em>?
- Why Princeton?
- What are your future plans?
- Why you?
- Which book/movie/article/song is your favourite and why?
- What are your strengths and weaknesses?
- Tell me about your ECAs.
- Did you ever experience failure? How did you handle it?
- Who influenced you the most/who is your role model?
- Which subject did you like the best in school? Why?
- What other schools are you applying to EARLY? Why?
- Do you have any questions to ask me? *be sure to have atleast 5 good questions prepared.
- What do you see yourself doing 5/10 years from now?
Best of luck!</p>
<p>@GirlyGirl1998 consider yourself lucky that you’re not an asian male. Then talk about complaining about how URM’s are accepted when asians are the ones that get shafted in admissions.</p>
<p>Also, a note, white females are favored upon in admissions more so than any other race except African-Americans and Latinos who benefit from URM. Asians are on the bottom of the ■■■■ list. Stop complaining and consider yourself blessed.</p>
<p>Heck, there’s some evidence that white women might benefit even more than African-Americans and Latinos. Asians, especially males and most especially Chinese males, are at the bottom according to current AA policies. Stop complaining, @GirlyGirl1998, you’re basically at the top of AA.</p>
<p>I understand that race is an important factor taken into consideration during the admissions process, but I’d also sincerely hope that we can avoid a large debate about racism on a website where we help and support each other on college affairs. </p>