Princeton Contacting High Schools

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<p>So I have been reading a lot of posts in which Princeton is contacting either the student, or the high school. In the case of the student, often reported cases are that concerning the receipt of a financial aid email, which in my opinion is not important or correlative of anything.</p>

<p>However, students have reported that their counselors were contacted by Princeton asking for certain things, perhaps grades, AP scores, etc. I think in that case, a decision is being made about you, and it is not something to worry about. However, for those that did not receive any callback - what does that entail in your opinion? Does it mean we are in the reject pile, or in the accept pile? Any other interpretations?</p>

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<p>I haven’t gotten any emails other than PFAA and app confirmation, and my counselor wasn’t contacted either, as far as I’m aware (she probably would’ve let me know). I sent an official AP score report myself (waste of money, lol), and I have no idea if my counselor sent initial senior year grades. I’m hoping I’m in the accept pile, but it’s impossible to tell until Monday.</p>

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<p>Very true. Really not much we can do now besides wait!</p>

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<p>I wouldn’t worry about this. Princeton contacted my school for APs but only because I forgot to include them in the CA.</p>

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<p>@bestday‌ When did they contact you? If recently, does that mean that they are still making decisions?</p>

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<p>Princeton contacted my counselor on 12-8. Not sure what it means. It could mean I’m still in the mix, but I suppose it could be that they want the file to be complete before they defer me to RD.</p>

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<p>@bestday‌ What are your stats?</p>

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<p>If your app is missing something they need, it is only right for them to ask for it, no matter what. </p>

<p>Missing info should be asked for for every student, with no meaning in terms of being admitted or not.</p>

<p>BUT: if they ask for first quarter grades, and your GC does not send them, they might automatically reject, OR they might look at the rest, accept, but put it contingent on a review of your first-quarter grades.</p>

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<p>@rhandco That’s interesting…but by the time the app was sent in (November 1st), the quarter grades weren’t in. They came in a few weeks later. If they didn’t contact counselor for grades, do they have to be sent anyways??</p>

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No, although some high schools may send automatically. Mid-year and final reports, of course, will still need to be sent, and acceptances are contingent on these reports being satisfactory.</p>

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<p>Actually, my son’s ED school says many places “need first-quarter grades” but never asked for them, so we had them sent when one of his EA schools asked for them last week. And the ED decision date is Saturday.</p>

<p>The EA school asked him by email, not his GC, for his first-quarter grades to be sent.</p>

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<p>@rhandco . Your son applied to one ED (Early Decision) school and some EA (Early Action) schools?</p>

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<p>Yes, I don’t think that is an issue, there isn’t a conflict between ED and one or more EAs. He doesn’t understand why everyone doesn’t apply EA to at least one school.</p>

<p>Just to clarify, they aren’t SCEA, they are just EA. And he can decide in April like an RD applicant can, if he wants to wait that long.</p>

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<p>I should have self reported my APs but I didn’t think it was required for the app.</p>

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<p>Stats are 2150, 4.4 uw, 4s and 5s on APs and a decent ballet hook.</p>

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<p>Son is a freshman now at Princeton. Yale contacted his HS GC last year one day prior to RD announcements to ask if he would serously be considering Yale and GC let my son know and they told Yale that he would be attending Princeton. </p>

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<p>Princeton is Restrictive EA. Any other early action or ED would need to be at a public school or international.</p>

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<p>@bestday Are you URM? How do you have a 4.4 UW?? Is it on a 5.0 scale or something…</p>