There was the Common app and then the supp so 2 submitted to princeton
@clueless96 there were 2 150 word prompts, 1 500 word, and a bunch of short answer.
Yeah, I chose prompt #4 for the Princeton essay, and then had the same essay (a shorter version) for the elaborate on activity essay. I’m kicking myself right now, because I think I put one in as a placeholder until I completed the actual essay I was gonna put in. I wanna cry T.T
@clueless96 Yeah, there were several, as other people have noted.
Oh yes. I remember now.
Phew. I just called the admissions office and they said I could send them an email with the correct essay attached and they would still take note of it. I just hope it does enough to make an impact.
To the people who received the financial aid email requesting missing tax forms to be faxed, did you guys follow up with a reply email after faxing the documents?
@schroscat Hey schroscat, I remember you from the Harvard early action thread! I got deferred too 
But anyway, that kinda helped, as I realised that Princeton is my top choice, although Harvard would have been amazing too. But I guess now it depends on if I get accepted at least somewhere…reeling already after a rejection from Caltech. Had no chance there, but still, high hopes! xD Anyway, enough of me rambling, I just wish the results arrive soon so that all this stress can end, one way or the other. I really have big hopes of getting into Princeton, my essays for their prompts were something that even I was astonished about, and I remember my interviewers words of encouragement, “Call me when you get the acceptance letter”.
Oh well, it seems I started rambling again, best of luck everyone!
@blazedragon It’s always good to get things off your chest! After all, we’re all pretty much in the same situation here 
If you need someone to ramble to, then you’ve come to the right place. In case you need something to make you feel better, my college counsellor used to be on the board of admissions at Cornell, and she was telling me this story about a friend of hers who works in admissions at Brown. Her friend told her that they had received an application from a girl in London, and after the girl did her interview the interviewer talked with the admissions committee and told them that if they didn’t accept her, someone else would snatch her up! And surely enough they decided to accept her having not even seen her SAT scores! Now, that’s probably a 1 in 100 million chance, but the fact that your interviewer was that encouraging is surely a good sign. Was he an official representative or an alumnus? Best of luck with all your applications!
@vossari Haha thank you very much! I am glad that you understand, and I guess you’re right, we all are in the same boat here and should support each other. My interviewer was a young alumnus, class of 2006, I guess. So I don’t know if her words would be taken as seriously as a senior interviewer, but thanks for sharing the example! It surely gives hope. Anyway, best of luck to you too for your applications!
By the way, are you from the USA or an international applicant?
Has anyone actually heard of someone with a really bad SAT score get in but they have decent grades and and do community service and all that? By bad SAT scores, I mean like 1500.
@blazedragon Hey, wait, I had the same epiphany, too! Until 12/15, I had thought that it was Harvard or nothing. After my deferral, I realized that there is so much more to college than Harvard. Fingers crossed for the both of us!
Now, here’s the ultimate question: Homework or CC?
How many (%) did Harvard defer?
@MijoChbulkan I know the stats are posted somewhere, but I think around 80%? I think ~15% were accepted, 5% were rejected, and the rest deferred. Let me find the post to verify.
@MijoChbulkan http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2015/12/first-admissions-to-class-of-20/
Here’s the article detailing the stats. I was close; a little over 7% were rejected, around 74% were deferred, etc.
I wonder why they don’t reject more? Seems strange and a little counterproductive
@MijoChbulkan I think the “deferred” kids have the qualifications, and (I would assume), are potential acceptances if the RD pool isn’t as strong. Just my two cents.
The bad thing is that usually regular decision people are super qualified.
@perksofbeingdani When I visited Harvard for their info tour, they said around 10k applicants are completely qualified for the spot. In the end, it’s a matter of picking the lucky 1.6k to be accepted.
@schroscat “qualified” doesn’t mean they’re necessarily competitive for a spot. I mean I think you are probably very smart, but I bet in that 74% there are many who don’t stand a chance to get in, and they know that. I think you can have a 3.5 and an 1800 SAT and be very capable of succeeding at Harvard and elsewhere, but will they get in? no (probably not).