It’s also happened in other years’ threads. @khanam I assume that admissions and financial aid have to work together near the end so the financial aid people can know who to make aid packets for. I don’t think they would want to sit there and calculate aid for 40,000 people when only 2,000 are going to get in.
@Californian10 No, only a “Missing Tax Document” email sent in mid-late March has shown this correlation. It’s only a sign if you haven’t sent the tax documents and you get an email in mid-late March. If you already sent them or you didn’t apply for financial aid then you shouldn’t expect to receive an email and it isn’t an indication that you’ve been rejected.
@Nedcone Unfortunately, I’m thinking that might be true. I didn’t send any tax forms and never received an email about them being missing, so I’m assuming they don’t care because I was rejected. It’s sad to think about, but might as well prepare for it now.
Lol, being an international applicant with a financial year pattern being different from the American system, they did not ask us for tax documents. Instead, they said that the PFAA was enough. Having said that, although there seems to be a visible correlation, I think we should not think about it too much right now, as it might just lead to unnecessary frustration and sadness amongst at least a few of us.
And btw, I wrote my Princeton essay by using my own quote, although the culture option would have been good as well. I related the quote to an incident in which we had a musical performance to be given in front of our school, but our lead guitarist suddenly went down with fever. Then certain events transpired, which ended with me having to compose a song by myself just one day before the performance, and taking up the role of the lead guitarist. (I was earlier just the singer, or sometimes the one on rhythm guitar)
And we won the best performance of the year award for it.
Although I am not sure if the essay was good enough for Princeton, it was fun to write about!
I think there is not a good essay at all. They just want to see whether you are a best fit or not, and I think they can understand it based on every sentence you wrote on your application
@Monster1997 Well yeah, I guess, but I am really not so sure of my writing was that great. :)) I thought my Stanford essays were stellar, but then boom came the rejection. Although Stanford isn’t need-blind to international applicants ( and I needed a LOT of aid), as I don’t know the reasons for the rejection, it would be wrong to peg it down to only that.
Nevertheless, I enjoyed writing all those essays, and will certainly remain ever so slightly hopeful for an acceptance letter from Princeton and just accept whatever life throws at me.
@ksharm01 There’s no possibility of your alumni interviewer learning beforehand. Indeed, he or she won’t know for several days after Mar 31 to ensure that the students get to receive the decision by from PTon rather than be notified by a happy interviewer should the answer be YES.
While the alumni role isn’t minor, PTon wants students to hear directly from them – thus the dead time before the alumni receive the results of interviewees.
While waiting for the results to come out, I tried a random quiz on which Ivy I should attend, and I got Princeton hahahha hopefully that is true for me on March 31
@Anonymoose3
I picked the “service quote” topic: #3. “Princeton in the Nation’s Service” was the title of a speech given by Woodrow Wilson on the 150th anniversary of the University. It became the unofficial Princeton motto and was expanded for the University’s 250th anniversary to “Princeton in the nation’s service and in the service of all nations.” Woodrow Wilson, Princeton Class of 1879, served on the faculty and was Princeton’s president from 1902–1910.
Having said that, although there seems to be a visible correlation, I think we should not think about it too much right now, as it might just lead to unnecessary frustration and sadness amongst at least a few of us.
and just accept whatever life throws at me. 
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