Is it over? Any news? Should we still hang on?
Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?
Tomorrow?
How often are you updating your AO? Have you sent more than one LOCI?
@giantoctopus how do you know who is your AO?
I called them. They said they’ve already made offers off of it but don’t plan on closing it until the end of June.
Do you guys think there’s any hope for a second wave?
Not to burst your bubble, but the odds of coming off the waitlist at this point are extremely small. They already picked the kids that fit the profile they want.
Has anyone called the AO recently?
For what it’s worth, in another thread, a student who had turned down Princeton and now regretted the decision reported that he/she recently contacted the university and was told that the class of 2024 is now full. If the university representative was telling the truth, then I would assume that no one else will be accepted from the waitlist.
That makes sense… But in that case why don’t they close the waitlist?
Gap year request deadline is the 15th. I think they are waiting for that
Gap year deadline is 5/15 or 6/15?
When I contacted the admissions office they said that the waitlist has not been used yet, and likely won’t be used. They are keeping it open until the end of June just in case they need to use it.
Isn’t that false though? I had a friend who got off the waitlist and a few people joined the princeton fb group saying they were accepted from the waitlist too.
Someone contacted their Yale AO and Yale said they expect to know how fall will be handled in early/mid July. So I don’t think they’ll officially close the waitlist until July!
Interesting to know that a student who had turned down Princeton for Yale and now regretted:
http://talk.qa.collegeconfidential.com/discussion/comment/22825949
Not sure why they regret it… Princeton is fine school but hopefully people aren’t drawn in by things like rankings… those things are just manipulation of metrics…a place like Princeton plays the numbers manipulation game well.
Again Princeton is great place but not for everyone, our son turned down Princeton this year…few reasons, grade deflating, faculty that in my opinion doesn’t do well by their students ( I refer to an episode this semester where TAs purposefully entrapt students in a cheating scandal in a math class. Check out their school newspaper Daily Princetonian) Why are you trying to scam your students? More so why are your students cheating, would think the professor would take that personally? Maybe she isn’t doing great job teaching the material? Lastly, Princeton’s very poor handling of the new admitted student during this virus. We personally experienced the new dean of admissions giving out incorrect information on certain school policies this year. When attempting to email or call for clarification we found slow and terse email responses and phones that were turned off. Seems weird a place charging 75k per year and have a 24 million endowment can’t keep phones open during pandemic…?
Anyway…not sure why there person has second regrets…it’s not the end all be all. Success is born in the individual, the institution just collects the money every year while you figure that out.
Now the even may not do it in person…just charge same money for online in mom and dad’s basement…great business model, I should get myself a university, great way to get rich.
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Not to pile on but my son was turned off by Princeton this year also. They were the only top tier school he applied to that set up an ‘alumni interview factory’. About 8 alums did the interviews in our area at a local business over a weekend Sat 9-5/Sun 9-3. Applicants chose an appointment on the hour that lasted 45 min w/ 15 min for the alum to take a break in between. And they stopped right at the 45min mark. The kids had to sit in a lobby until they were called. Whether real or imagined, the clear impression it gave him was one of just cranking the interviews out - not much interest in getting to know the applicants. In contrast, he had great personal one on one interviews at other Ivies and top schools.
I do interviews for Princeton, and fortunately that “interview factory” situation isn’t the norm for Princeton. But it shouldn’t be done at all, and I completely understand your son’s reaction.
I interview for another Ivy and I had never seen or heard of this kind of approach. It was very impersonal. The contact email they sent was a form letter and the email address was not from an individual alum. Seemed antithetical to what my alma mater espouses.