Is it bad that I didn’t submit subject tests? I took the act and didn’t get above a 700 on the three I took
Trying to get my son to look at his college class grade now that the class is over and his transcript needs to be mailed out. His professor is one of his recommenders, so I’m hoping he got an A in the class. It seemed he was before his mid-term paper. (The college grades on a scale I’m not familiar with.)
Is everyone going to be swamped with school next week? It’ll be a light week for my son. Told him as soon as he has his scholarship essays done and applications in, he can start on his badly-needed winter break. (Code Geass and Attack on Titan marathons. 
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@azwu331 Did you send in your financial aid application in on time? I looked at the date they had on that Ready Set Go pdf which said the due date was the 15th, so I sent mine on the 14th. I haven’t received a confirmation, but I just assume that’s cause they’re confirming them in the order they came in.
Did everyone out there get an email confirmation once their application was complete? My son did not log on to the applicant tracker until it was too late and checklists were taken down. Just not fully aware of the process. Is it possible that the application was complete but he was not notified, or are chances good that something was missing but he never knew? Has anyone had Princeton contact them for missing pieces?
My mom started crying when I told her that Princeton’s d-day is next Wednesday. Bless her heart, she knows how badly I want this.
@meaa7130 @morrisk Thank you guys so much; I don’t know what I would be doing without you guys.
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Perhaps all this was just a last-minute fear that occurred because so many of my qualified friends were deferred/rejected from their dream schools yesterday. I’ll keep my head up in these last few days; hopefully, my fears will be proven wrong, but if not, I’ll accept my decision and move on. I guess the bright side to this is that it’ll all be over in four days, so the stress of decisions will not last as long. I’ll know the decisions of my friends who applied to Yale when I enter my portal on Wednesday afternoon; as least I’ll find comfort in the fact that I will not be alone, and that my deferral may mean an acceptance for another aspiring applicant. I guess I’ll spend this weekend finishing up my UChicago and Northwestern applicantions and preparing the six or seven RD applications that I will send en masse if I am not accepted.
@mhbryant My son hadn’t logged into his portal until after he’d gotten an email notifying him that his 2nd LoR hadn’t been submitted. In your son’s case, I think no news means everything they needed was there. 
Good luck!
@scienceNerd15 I sent my financial aid application on October 30, two days before the application deadline. I received a tax form and W-2 email on December 2. I haven’t received any confirmation from Princeton yet (I sent the forms on Dec. 2, much like everyone else). I also told my counselor to send my first quarter grades on December 1. She faxed them over that same day, but I do not believe that she has received a confirmation for that either. I really hope that this isn’t a bad sign. 
@52balletvieta I understand your mother’s emotions; college decisions are super stressful, and I can see that you really want an acceptance as well. I’m wishing you the very best on Wednesday!
@52balletvieta and @azwu331 I didn’t even tell my parents when the date is. I don’t want unnecessary stress until Wednesday and pity when I get deferred.
@azwu331 I don’t see it as a bad sign at all. Hub gets the emails for the financial aid and GC/school side of things. He didn’t receive confirmation of sending in the first marking period grades, submitted along with the school report and homeschool supplements, the day after our son submitted the Common App. No confirmation that they received son’s transcripts from the ps he attended either. Just a general “application is now complete” thing once the 2nd LoR was sent. Hub didn’t get email or a confirmation fax after faxing in our W2s and other tax documents.
Honestly and truly, I think no-confirmation for the W2s tends to be the norm and it’s not a negative thing. I’m on team They Wouldn’t Have Asked for Them if Your App Wasn’t Sent to Committee.
@Mel1997 It seems that Princeton encourages all applicants who are financially able to take and report subject tests, as they are RECOMMENDED but not REQUIRED. However if you find that your family is not financially able to pay for the exams, Princeton will certainly not penalize you for it (at least I’d hope not).
@52balletvieta I’m a mom and trying not to be a weepy mess, trying not to think about the things they could write to my son on his acceptance letter based on what he wrote in his essays. This kid has been through hell and back this past year. Someone will take him. He’ll do incredible no matter where he goes, but damn, it’d be wonderful if he could do those things at Princeton. Hub and I already found a local place to get orange and black helium balloons and a “Congratulations!” balloon. Last month we secretly bought orange and black crepe paper just in case. Of course we also have pizza and donut coupons too in case it goes the other way.
Am I the only one who ever so often goes back to the Common App website and reads through my application, fearing for a typo? I’ve seen others on past threads do it, so I was wondering if that’s still a thing 
@meaa7130 I wanted to hold back the decision date as well, but I changed my mind and decided to tell my parents the date. They’ve actually been quite supportive (surprisingly): they told me that the decision has already been made, and that I shouldn’t worry too much about the outcome. Life has so many wonderful opportunities, and Princeton is just one of them. There are so many other schools that I would enjoy going to, and although I’ll be quite disappointed if I don’t get in (I think the biggest pain would be the realization that I won’t know about where I’ll end up until April), moving on probably isn’t going to be as difficult as I currently imagine. I’ve gone through greater obstacles before, and the process of checking the portal isn’t going to take a long time. Sure, it might make a big impact on my future, but so do many other things as well.
As for how they’ll actually react when I receive my decision, I do not know. I know for a fact that they will be a bit disappointed (although they won’t show it) if I don’t get in, but I guess that happens for everybody. I’m just lucky to have parents who aren’t as authoritarian as those of some of the people I know.
@azwu331 I actually think my parents don’t want me to get in They want me to stay close to home, so they won’t mind if I get deferred. And I totally agree. I don’t want to wait until April. I’m not one for patience!
@meaa7130 I also read my Common App a lot as well. I think I’ve read my Princeton Supplement as least a dozen times since I sent in my application. In the end, I realize ideas that would’ve fit perfectly — does that happen frequently with you as well? I always notice potential improvements after I submit but never before.
@azwu331 Yeah! Sometimes I’m just thinking and I’ll be like “oh, I could’ve talked about this in my essay” or “that phrase would’ve been perfect for my short answer!” Lol I think I’m slowly driving myself crazy
@FarscapeFan I love how you are so thoughtful of your child!! I know my parents care very much about the decision but I don’t think that they’ve thought as far as planning out any comfort foods or tissues when I get the decision! haha As of now they’re practicing ping pong.
And thank you @azwu331 Best of luck to you as well!!
Same @meaa7130 My family want me to stay close to home, but in all honesty, if I get rejected or deferred from Princeton I will maybe apply to a few other schools. Otherwise I will just begin my ballet career, get a job, and join a ballet company in Europe (if all goes well).
@meaa7130 Also, I do understand why your parents want you to stay close to home. My parents tell me the same thing! Princeton is rather far from where I live, and they fear that I will lose contact with them once I leave. At least it’s not as far as Stanford (I think that’s a bit far for even me). I honestly don’t know what’ll end up happening if I actually attend a school far from home… I’ve always wondered how out-of-state students deal with homesickness their first semester away. Hopefully it won’t be as bad if I know some of my classmates in advance.