I’m pretty sure the glitch is just related to the URL used. Try logging into https://apply.princeton.edu/account/login
And see if anything different happens. This might actually be a bad sign, since if they’re redirecting anyone still logging into the Princeton application to the admitted students page, it may mean that the waitlist is already closed, and they just haven’t gotten around to notifying us…
My mom received a call from someone in Princeton (they thought it was my number). They said they couldn’t discuss anything to her. Is this good news?
Update I got in!
Wow!! Congratulations. Others? Did they give you a deadline to accept?
I have to respond by May 30
Congratulations!
@EverythingISBlue - Great news. Where were you committed to prior to coming off the waitlist?
Got a call during school saying I was accepted! Now I’m between Northwestern and Princeton so have a lot of thinking to do
@NocChar - Wow - 2 incredible schools! congratulations. What do you want to study?
@proudpapa1 Northeastern for computer science
@EverythingIsBlue @NocChar Did your Princeton applicant portals already update with the new information?
@ke7anlannister No, when I was called they said the portal would should be updated by tomorrow around 5pm (EST)
Journalism at Northwestern and Sociology at Princeton!
My daughter got the call mid-day Monday. They told her that her portal should update, including her FA offering, at some point on Tuesday. They did not suggest when a decision has to be made by on the call. She had chosen USC (and committed there) over Rice, Emory, UTexas and a few more… primarily because she plans to study film production. USC is widely considered #1 for film. Princeton is an amazing school though, so she now clearly has a tough decision ahead of her. She was also wait-listed at Vandy and Duke. Good luck to others waiting…
Congrats to those recently admitted! Sounds like you all have good choices to consider. (NU Medill! USC Film! NE Comp Sci!) Are you all getting calls mid-day on your cell phones or via your school counselors? And where are you from? Just curious.
@curious2knowit In my daughter’s case, they called her cell phone directly mid-day & left a VM. She then called back after school and got the news. We live in FL.
@WWWard your D has a tough decision. Doesn’t get any better for film than USC. But nice to have choices. Good luck!
Thanks, @curious2knowit Indeed… a very tough choice. It is really a choice between a college considered #1 overall (Princeton) vs a college that is #1 for what she wants to pursue (USC). Had she gotten into Yale or Brown, I suspect that the decision would have been easier - as they are stronger in that area. But as I understand it, Princeton is rather lacking in film/cinema or media studies… offering only a certificate program. So she would even have to select a new major to attend Princeton. She graduated last night, so we did not have much time to discuss it. Instead, that tough decision will likely come today or in the next few days…
@WWWard What does she want to do after UG? Does she want to work in the industry in production? If so, go to USC. If she went to Princeton I would suggest concentrating in something writing related and look to go to Graduate Film School.
Congrats, @WWWard!
Just to make your D’s decision a little harder, please make her aware that there is an established pipeline between Princeton and Hollywood. Every few years it seems like there is an article in the Princeton Alumni Weekly about what’s going on with Tigers on the left coast. I know a robust group from my class and the classes above and below me. Here are a few links I found:
http://www.princetonsocal.org/pih/