Princeton SCEA Class of 2020 Applicant Thread

Hey, new to this, has anyone noticed the status changed this morning to…
The checklist information is currently not available. We notified you via the email address you listed on the Common Application if your application is complete. Early action decisions will be available Mid-December.

@fretfulmother Just rejection - no deferred. My friend thought because of his low SAT score ( 2100 ), he received decision sooner than others.

@greeny8 yeah mine has that as well. Hopefully it’s a good sign!!

@meaa7130 I’m stressing it means they are so backed up we may not find out till the end of next week.

The 17th is my 18th birthday so i sincerely hope they don’t come out then!!! Being rejected from your dream school on your 18th bday is not a good present

I wasn’t rejected. @fretfulmother I still haven’t received anything. I’m waiting with everyone else.

@APrincetonian I know, I just copied you in my questioning of that new poster with the alleged friend’s rejection, now deferral. I included you because you also followed up with him/her.

GOOD LORD what is this madness??? The 18th??? I don’t think I can handle it. Also regarding @azwu331 's question about how we’ll check decisions, I saw someone on the Harvard thread saying they’ll turn all the lights off and play the Moonlight Sonata in the background. That sounds like a pretty great plan, if you ask me.

I think everyone probably has this now in tracker; if not post something else that you have “We notified you via the email address you listed on the Common Application if your application is complete. Early action decisions will be available Mid-December.”

has anyone actually received an email from princeton stating that their application is complete??

Just called again. I was told “some time by the end of next week.” This sucks.

When will we find out a more specific decision date than the ever-vague “mid-December?”

I’m guessing Friday.

seems like announcing decisions on a Friday at 5 is the most humane time

@meaa7130 My portal also says that, but I have not received the email that they said they sent out. Have you received your email?

Then I’ll get the whole weekend and Christmas holidays to cry. Oh joy.

@52balletvieta no I haven’t received any email. I think once they finalize the date, then they’ll send out emails.

wow next week Friday? part of me is glad that I don’t have to go back to school since it’s winter break… (so I can mope about my deferral or rejection) but part of me is getting impatient because I just want to get this over withT.T ahhh

How does Princeton calculate GPA. I read that 11000 of 14000 applicants overall (scea and rd) have a 4.0. Does that mean that they never got a B in their entire life, or is that just weighted. Also, does Princeton only count core courses, cause I’m fretting over the B+ i got in physical education freshman year. Otherwise, I would have a 4.0

@meaa7130 Were you able to get any conclusive information from the poll you took about the confirmation email?