<p>@VBdunk Haha I wish but alas I’m just a typical, non-hooked applicant.</p>
<p>@ispmoonlife When did you send your scores? They can take up to 2 weeks to arrive. Also, I doubt a capitalization difference is the reason why Princeton can’t match up your scores with your app. I would wait a few more days before calling/emailing the school.</p>
<p>“The University has received approximately 3,830 early action applications so far this year for the Class of 2019, according to Dean of Admission Janet Rapelye.”</p>
<p>“Rapelye said the ideal size for the Class of 2019 is 1,310 students, and she anticipates that the number of students accepted early this year will be in the same range as that of last year.”</p>
<p><a href=“http://dailyprincetonian.com/news/2014/11/u-receives-3830-early-applications-for-class-of-2019/”>http://dailyprincetonian.com/news/2014/11/u-receives-3830-early-applications-for-class-of-2019/</a></p>
<p>Just thought you guys should know!</p>
<p>Thanks @Ambitious19 that article is gold!</p>
<p>I received my interview notification from the University on the twelfth, and still haven’t gotten word from my interviewer to set up a time. Should I be concerned?</p>
<p>@Ambitious19 thanks for the great article! Do you know what they mean by “rating and reading” the files now?</p>
<p>@ScienceDaddy I wouldn’t worry much - your interviewer probably has a busy schedule. They’ll get around to it eventually.</p>
<p>@ScienceDaddy me too! After I received my notification, I sent an acknowledgement of receipt mail. Since then, I’ve been waiting for a reply, checking my mail every hour or so! I’m really thinking of sending a mail asking why I’ve not yet been interviewed. :-S</p>
<p>“rating and reading” the files - that means they are working on the application process. There are people with title of rater and reader and they play different roles within Admission Office. We don’t really know how the Admission Office is functioning but we know for sure they are now busy in working on these close to 4,000 application files.</p>
<p>Exactly what deerhk88 said. Admissions readers rate everything (test scores, grades, course rigor, teacher recommendations, essays, extracurriculars) on a scale from 1-6, or 1-9, or 1-5 depending on the school, and bring these ratings to committee. </p>
<p>Thanks guys! The waiting is killing me…</p>
<p>lol princeton finally received my app… it turns out my social security number on my app was different from the ssn on my sat… im so stupid </p>
<p>less than 4 weeks left now! who else is nervous?</p>
<p>i’m so nervous agh</p>
<p>Ughh me too 
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<p>The wait is absolutely torturous, but at the same time, I don’t know if I’m ready to have my dreams crushed come mid-December. For the time being, it’s nice to have the privilege of hoping and imagining yourself at the school, despite the agony of not knowing whether or not you’re “in”.</p>
<p>I’m afraid if I get rejected from Princeton, I don’t have a chance at the other top ivys + Stanford. :(</p>
<p>I’m trying my best to keep my expectations low. I saw that last year they chose to defer rather than deny a significant portion of the early applicant pool, do you guys think we’ll get more of the same this year?</p>
<p>@HPClee me too…I think the only reason I might have a shot at Princeton is because I’m doing EA. My school doesn’t have a good track record with Harvard or Stanford and I’m not applying to Yale. @ScienceDaddy I think so, but most deferred people will probably get rejected RD. Sigh.</p>
<p>@ScienceDaddy I agree with hopefulperson. We can expect something similar this year. Admissions officers want to know how strong the regular application pool is before making a final decision on those borderline candidates. Last year, Yale rejected 26% of their applicants during the early round, and that was considered a pretty high rejection rate! I think Princeton only rejected 49 applicants. Ugh it totally destroys the purpose of EARLY action…it is physically and emotionally impossible for me to wait until March to know my final decision 
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<p>Honestly, I’m really glad this forum exists! Everyone at my school is already tired of me venting about college haha </p>
<p>My interviewer hasn’t contacted me yet, even though I got the notification almost six days ago. I contacted Princeton today and they said that they’ll still be scheduling interviews up until mid-December (?), and I didn’t want to push so I left it at that. But almost everyone else I know has already gotten their interview scheduled! Someone even told me that they had to get interviews done by next Wednesday or something, which scares me. </p>
<p>Does anyone know what to do?? </p>
<p>Also random side note, but @ScienceDaddy, I’m liking the Rondo represent on your profile picture! 
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<p>Wait omg just kidding! My interviewer literally just emailed me back two minutes ago saying that she had been sick for the past couple of weeks. Phew. All is well! </p>
<p>Is it possible that my interviewer could’ve called me rather than emailing me? My phone is broken :-/ </p>