Can’t believe we know the date officially! Makes everything feel so… real.
Did anyone submit their first quarter grades on their own and still have someone call their gc?
@JasonMath We submitted our son’s first quarter grades, but we homeschool, so we’re required to as his guidance counselor & school.
ETA: Sorry, missed the other half of your question. We didn’t get a call or email for further clarification as some did. As I’ve said in previous posts though, homeschoolers have more to fill out on their school report forms than public and private ones do.
Could the time of the email mean anything?
I’m not sure when to view my decision. The time slot is right after school but right before my ballet rehearsal… Should I wait to view it after ballet? I’m so nervous… gahh either way, I’ll be crying no matter what decision I get.
@52balletvieta same here! I have finals right after the release of the decision … what should I do??! I know I’ll be crying no matter what
By the way, I just wanted to say thank you all for being so encouraging / engaging. This has been a great experience! … and I am SO SO confident that you all will do great in life… we are all hard-workers here. 
You all rock! \m/
@pnguon I have finals the day after too!! I think I’ll probably look at it before i test though… There’s no way I could wait any longer… Any decisions will obstruct my mental and emotional stability haha. A friend of mine got into Stanford tonight which is hiking up my anxiety. I’m so so happy for him though.
@MikeJuhuoski I know that they tell us that the financial aid office is independent from the admissions office, but it just doesn’t make sense for Princeton to send confirmations to some applicants and none to others. We all submitted forms on the same day, so shouldn’t it be more efficient for them to just send confirmations to everyone instead of just a select few? I know that there hasn’t been an experiment done on the matter, but it would be odd if the confirmations they send have no correlation with acceptance, especially when they select only a few to send the confirmation to.
@morrisk I would send them a quick email as well, but that kind of ruins the purpose of this experiment. I want Princeton to contact me without any reminder like they have done with some other applicants. It really does seem odd that they would only notify a few applicants of this confirmation. I know that this is grasping at straws, but looking at everything I’ve received from Princeton, I don’t think I made it past committee. Aside from the email I got asking for my tax forms, I’ve received nothing else from the school. My counselor hasn’t received any updates; in fact, she hasn’t even been contacted yet. My emails have never been confirmed nor replied to. In addition, my school has had a pretty bad year in terms of ivy admits — of the many qualified people who applied, none of them got into early as of yet. One of my friends was deferred from Columbia, another from Brown, and another from Harvard. Maybe this is because HYPSM rarely ever accepts from my school; I feel like I will just continue this disappointing trend next week. 
I don’t think December 16 will be a happy day for me. If my assumptions are correct, I’ll probably come to this thread to comfort myself. You guys are such wonderful people, and I really hope the best for all of you! I’m so glad to have had the opportunity to participate in such a vibrant, amazing community. I will never regret my decision of applying SCEA to Princeton regardless of my decision, as doing otherwise would have prevented me from getting to know all you guys.
To be honest, I always feel uncomfortable whenever I get preferential treatment on this thread. So many people have crossed their fingers and told me that they really hope that I get accepted (more frequently than any other applicant on this thread), and although I am truly grateful for all the warm encouragement I’ve received, I don’t want to be seen as someone who deserves an acceptance more than anyone else on this thread. At the end of the day, I’m just one of the 4,164+ applicants who tries for a spot in Princeton’s Class of 2020. You guys have accomplished much to get this far as well, and to augment my qualifications over those of another student creates a false image that I do not want to be associated with. You guys all deserve admission, and whatever combination of applicants Princeton decides to choose from this thread, it will work out at the very end.
Perhaps I’ll never have the opportunity to meet any of you on campus, but do know that I will be forever thankful for all the experiences and conversations I’ve had on this thread. You’ve given me memories that I will cherish even beyond the moment when our paths diverge on December 16. I hope that the majority of you guys manage to get in, even if I don’t.
@azwu331 don’t be so down on yourself!
I don’t think those email confirmations mean ANYTHING.
Who knows, maybe your application was so good that you made it right thru to “auto accept” - no questions asked!
Stay positive!
@azwu331 I agree with @PantherLair Don’t lose hope!!
@PantherLair @52balletvieta Thank you guys so much! I really appreciate it. >:D<
It would be truly amazing if I went through to “auto accept,” but I honestly don’t think I’m special enough to have gone through such an honorary process. I was talking to one of my friends who applied to Yale today; he was so certain that he would be deferred/rejected that he no longer cares anymore. I wish that I could enter the 16th with the same aloofness that he had, but I know that I won’t be able to do so. Staying positive is something that I want to do, but I also know that it will make a deferral/rejection much worse if it were to come. I really hope that I will not have much homework on the night of the 16th since I probably won’t be able to function properly that day. Unfortunately, though, I have to tutor kids on Wednesday after school, so I won’t be able to know my decision until around 5. The only thing scarier than not knowing about your decision is knowing that the decision is out there waiting for you while you are unable to view it. X_X
@morrisk haha that’s basically what I did and I got a confirmation email too
That is very true @azwu331 . My ballet teacher always says “expect the worst but hope for the best.” I feel like that mindset will be really helpful in dampening the pain of a rejection or deferral.
@grandscheme Yeah, sure. My stats are alright: 3.89 GPA (4.86 W) and 2290 SAT (800 CR, 720 M, 770 W). My school only reports semester grades, and the quarter grades never get recorded, but just released as a progress report. Also, I’m a URM.
For my quarter report, I had all As except for an A- in HL Spanish because a teacher didn’t put in a grade yet (since quarter grades “don’t count” at my school). Also, and I know this may hurt me, I only submitted one subject test to Princeton (750 in Lit) for EA, so maybe they wanted more info on my academic performance?
“the fact that they called about your grades is something to analyze to death!”
Lol is it really though?
@azwu331 Don’t say that! You’re an incredibly qualified applicant who definitely deserves to get in. I think why a lot of us like you so much is that you’re so likeable. All your posts are so helpful and friendly, and you never stop encouraging everyone on this thread. You’ll end up being super successful regardless of what happens on Wednesday because of your amazing personality. Don’t worry be happy mate
This is so exciting and stressful!!! Soon I might need to change my username…
@azwu331 Hey what did you mean by “auto-accept”?? Is this during the preliminary round where an application stands out so much that it doesn’t need to go through committee?
@azwu331 YOU CARE SO MUCH FOR PEOPLE I LOVE IT AND IT WILL TAKE YOU FAR! a great human, with or without Pton (goes for all yall) ~:>
@ALibertarian Thank you for sharing. I expect you are in very good shape.
I did not mean to offend with my comment about analyzing to death. I meant the rest of us could try to dissect it and second guess because we are grasping for hints as we pass the time. I was not suggesting you would or were doing so!
Good luck to you!