The email posted on the Princeton website is: faoffice@princeton.edu and the email that I was contacted with is: pfaa@princeton.edu. I don’t think that means anything though, because that was the email they contacted me with back in October even before I submitted my application.
@Cantiger i have visited–twice. and it was enough to make me fall in love with the school and apply to it early action. i understand that grade deflation is technically no longer a thing, but that doesn’t mean i don’t still hear about it from current students (and fwiw, i also continue to hear about elitism in the social scene). i think it’s okay to hear different opinions on the same school, bc after all, they’re opinions, and the existence of a contrary one doesn’t make the other less true for whoever experienced it. also, as i mentioned before, i’ve been trying to convince myself to fall out of love with a school from which i will most likely receive a negative decision come ivy day, but the reality of it is, if prompted, i could list so many reasons why i love pton. so thank you for your information (and i don’t mean this to come across as dismissive), but i think you’re trying to persuade the wrong person.
@luckydoggy1234 i haven’t, but from what i remember, people on the SCEA thread said that financial aid emails during RD rounds were a positive sign! so if you got one, yay!!
I didn’t get one… 
@eyesight2020 - Glad you’ve visited. My son is a senior BSE at Princeton and describes the school significantly differently than you’ve experienced in your visits. Not trying to persuade but offering some alternative perspective. Best wishes on decision day!
@luckydoggy1234 When you apply to Princeton through Questbridge you’re considered as a Regular Decision Applicant if you get deferred, so maybe that’s why I got one? Also, if you aren’t missing anything or didn’t apply for aid then they would have no reason to send one! They probably just sent one to me because I didn’t update my tax forms
@luckydoggy1234 FiveFactorial is right; QuestBridge works differently. Deferred SCEA applicants should not receive financial aid emails during the RD round, so you shouldn’t worry too much about it. The decision has already been made, so why stress out about it now? Enjoy your senior year and hope for the best on March 31st. Good luck!
@luckydoggy1234 it seems not many have. and of course, there’s always the possibility that they already have all the FA documents needed for your package! try not to stress too much (although that’s more easily said than done, of course!).
@Cantiger oh man, i feel like i’ve made the wrong impression. based on my visits, i, personally, have loved the university. however, after hearing some current students’ opinions, they’ve told me a few less-than-positive things that have caught my attention. nonetheless, i’m glad to hear your son has a different perspective, and thank you for your best wishes!
Although, of course, if any deferred non-QuestBridge SCEA applicant gets a financial aid email, it would be great if you could post it on this thread.
@eyesight2020 Grade deflation might be gone at Princeton, but it’s still not easy to get an A (although not impossible either)! Princeton is still considered one of the hardest Ivies, especially when compared to schools like Harvard and Yale. I personally like the challenge though. Wishing the best of luck to you! 
@eyesight2020 I also want to go to med school, and from what I’ve heard, Princeton isn’t the most helpful. Not only grade deflation, but things like letters of rec are hard to get. But I only heard it from one other person, so don’t be too worried
@eyesight2020 I’ve heard that in Writing Seminar, a mandatory freshman class, only 2 people are allowed to get As. It’s a small class though (around 10-15 people), but that’s still kind of nerve-wracking. :-S
9 more days… we’re now in the final stretch. Single digits!
For all of you guys waiting for the final Princeton judgement, here is a piece I found regarding the admissions experience of an admissions officer. I know that all of you are qualified for admissions to the school, and that it would certainly be awesome to get to know everyone on this thread, but the harsh reality is that Princeton’s deferral acceptance rate hovers around 7%. That’s it… 7%. That means that 93% of us will find out about our rejection on the evening of March 31st. Everything, from the moment we submitted our application in October to this very moment, would be over.
Yet, we shouldn’t see ourselves as worse off than everyone else who was accepted. Here’s an article that I think should be read before decisions are checked on March 31st. It’s written by an MIT officer, but the message undoubtedly can be generalized to adcoms at Princeton, Harvard, Yale, Stanford, or anywhere else that you may have applied to.
Although it seems completely absurd, there is in fact a human aspect behind that 7% acceptance rate.
Good luck to all of you. ~:>
What a great article @azwu331 - thanks for sharing it. It clarifies the process and highlights the great worth of so many extremely qualified candidates who apply to highly selective schools but are not offered admission.
Also, in response to the number of A’s given in writing sem, I believe the practice of limiting A’s has been rescinded along with grade deflation. It’s likely that under the new model, A’s will be given for producing exceptional work without the limitation of any type of “quota” by class.
It’s important to note that writing sem is about giving all students a grounding in good academic writing; it’s not primarily intended to be a creative writing class, even though many of the topics are interesting. Therefore students who view themselves as great writers at the high school level may experience a major adjustment through their writing seminar. Here’s a link with more information: https://writing.princeton.edu/seminars
Thanks for posting that article @azwu331. Even though this thread is going through a lull in activity right now, I just wanted to take a moment to wish everyone good luck for Ivy Day. All of you are amazing and truly deserve to go to Princeton Although I know for sure that I will not get into Princeton (or any other Ivy I applied to judging from my rejections from JHU, UCLA and UCB, and waitlist at UChicago), being part of and reading both the Princeton SCEA and SCEA deferred threads has been strangely comforting in a weird sort of way haha. Congrats to all on this thread for the college acceptances you have already received and, again, good luck on Ivy Day!!!
sorry about your rejections. I just got rejected from stanford so i feel your pain. who knows- Ivy Day could still come out in your favor!
@ballerina1205 Don’t lose hope just yet! The Ivy Leagues are known for their unexpected decisions. I remember last year there was a girl on this forum who got rejected from all of her schools except Harvard.
@azwu331 That reminds me of this youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7r93LEFjpCA You should watch it! It’s kind of long but it’s a really well made video
@FiveFactorial I love that short movie, I’ve watched it every month since I have turned my application in. I like it so much since it relates to the modern cut-throat competition that the Ivies have created
Btw, does anyone know how many deferred students Princeton took for class of 2019?
@FiveFacotial - I love that movie <3
Does anyone know the acceptance rate for deferred students? Just seems like if they didn’t want me the first time they saw the application…
Considering we will be hearing from Princeton within the week, I have been looking for my roads to rejection. I was rejected from Carnegie Mellon, them claiming that the 37,000-strong applicant pool was too much to accept every qualified candidate and it didn’t really help, considering that I view them as a less competitive school than Princeton. However, I remember that I was not prepared for my interview for CMU, and my interview for Princeton was stellar. I’m hoping that I get in to Princeton, but I have backups. Ultimately, I’m just waiting for the 6 month long stress I’ve been feeling to end, but I feel that I could still be anticipatinf an acceptance letter. Good luck to everyone waiting to view their decisions on Thursday.