@hrim1014 ^Adding on to what CautiousOptimist said, Princeton always aims for 1,300 students regardless of the graduating class. Now that yield is higher (and because the Class of 2019 was 12 over the target number), the acceptance rate is probably going to go down this year. That’s just what I think though. Couple this with the almost 10% increase in early applicants and yeah… I don’t think the numbers this year will be as nice. We’ll see though. Hopefully you’re correct!
@CautiousOptimist I uploaded numbers of acceptances, not those who enrolled.
@CautiousOptimist Ohhh nevermind, I see what you mean. 
When life seems better but it actually isn’t
I just want the results to come out so I don’t have to write my regular apps o m g
@hrim1014 I realize that, but the number of acceptances is tied to the target class size and yield. In 2011-2012 when they were accepting students to the class of 2016, only 57% of the people offered admission decided to accept it… Over the next few years, more people have chosen to accept Princeton’s offer, such that last year 69% accepted the offer of admission. Unless Princeton has a reason to believe their yield will drop ten percent, there’s no reason to believe they will return to 2012 numbers of admitted students.
If you want some more optimistic data, perhaps check out my edit on the previous post.
Oh wow… I just realized when I was discussing the distribution of SAT scores I claimed my SAT was a 2400… It is definitely not flawless, at a respectable 2240. Whoops, but my edit window has passed. Sorry about that.
Like @azwu331 I was thinking about staying away from this thread (and email for that matter) until decision day, but I realized that you all are such amazing people. We have so much more discussion than the Harvard SCEA thread did, so we should totally continue that trend.
In that light, are there any people you think you’re really going to miss when you go to college (wherever that ends up being)?
@CautiousOptimist lollll when i read that you calculated 22,000 perfect scores, i was like “oh my god…”
@cinnamonwings Do you think everyone who emailed FA asking if they received the Tax forms got back a reply? T.T
@Almondjoy7 I’ll probably miss my family, and one or two friends. A lot of my friends are already in college anyway.
@lolacell I would hope so… of course I haven’t received anything back yet; I just emailed them tonight. >.<
@eyesight2020 yeah that number is more like 5-600. I don’t know how I managed to make that mistake, honestly and now I feel like a fool.
Just like how I’m so self-conscious whenever people ask me where I’m going to college because I always say I want to go to Princeton but there’s just so much uncertainty in admissions like this.
@CautiousOptimist yes, i’m right there with you!! i tried to keep the fact that princeton is my first choice a secret for as long as possible, even (maybe especially?) from my parents.
@eyesight2020 I haven’t told my parents the decision date yet… I probably won’t until I get my result. This is going to be the longest four days of my life.
You guys seem so nice and caring. No receipt email here for the financial forms (oh well). And lots of deferrals/rejections from other schools for people in our lives. I’m so glad I encouraged DS to have a rolling “match/likely” school that he already heard from!
@elk1819 Sorry if this is a late response, but I would like to thank you for your encouragement on Post #1237. I’m so sorry that your best friend was deferred from Penn, but if he is truly how you say he is, it was a tragic mistake by the admissions officers to let him go. I am sure that he will do many great things for the world in the future.
I truly agree with you that one’s character is best judged through his or her interaction with others (you are a resounding success by that measure as well). However, character and personality are often the hardest to express on an application. On this thread, I may be a compassionate person, but in the admissions office, I’m just a piece of paper, much like the 4,200 other applications that were submitted during the SCEA round. I am a friend to the people around me, a teacher to the students I coach, a CC user by the username azwu331 on this thread… but in the eyes of the admissions officers, I may just be Applicant #2947 or Deferral #769. And that is all that they will ever know or care about. To most of you guys, I will only be known as azwu331, and after this thread dispands on Wednesday, everything that ever happened among us will no longer remain in the priority of our minds as we continue our futures.
What adcoms see of me while reading through my application is similar to what people on this forum see when they visit my profile: azwu331, CC User #100430431, joined June 24 9:03 AM, 391 points, 138 visits, 306 posts, 13 threads, 293 replies, registered user, etc.. It’s all numbers and stats, but no clue at all to my qualities and talents as a person. If it weren’t for the essay, we’d all be the same on paper: just a bunch of numbers and test scores.
The dean of admissions, Jean Rapelye, once said that “the best applications come from students who have spent time writing their essays, editing their work, and refining their message.” She specifically mentioned essays and not anything else. She could have easily said “the best applications come from students who receive the highest SAT scores and take the most challenging courses.” But she didn’t. Because numbers and transcripts, unlike people, do not have feelings. They do not have personalities. They are lifeless.
Yet we only have 1300 words to express ourselves in our applications. And those 1300 words will be read by two people who will use it to judge whether or not we make it to committee, whether or not we get in. This is where the subjectivity comes in, and I really hope that the Princeton officers see the same me that you all are seeing. I guess I’ll know on Wednesday.
@Almondjoy7 If for some reason I end up getting accepted, I will miss my family the most. I don’t live close enough to Princeton, so I’ll have to live away from home for the majority of the year. To know that I will never see my parents, my siblings, or my grandparents anymore is something I don’t want to think about until I actually enroll; it’s like bidding farewell to your best friends… except that in this case, they’re not your friends, but the people you’ve lived with for your entire life. You’ll never know what’ll happen when you’re gone, and every time you come back, they’ll have aged. When I leave for college, my siblings will be just starting high school. When I graduate, my parents will no longer have any children living in the house. Time is a ominous force… we may not notice it every day, but it’s always there, slowly eating up our lives and changing the way we live. It is time that brought us here together as we wait for our decisions, but it is also time that will separate all of us in four days.
Regardless of where I end up, I’ll miss you guys as well. But I think that’s a given. 
So guys, long time lurker, finally decided to post something. Something that I believe makes my common app essay really unique is that I discussed the struggles of being gay while going through high school and managing my academics, and the courage it took to come out to my friends and family. Do you guys think that my direct statement of being apart of the LGBT community in one of my essays will help diversify me as a candidate, and thus potentially increase my chances of an acceptance? Thanks for anyone’s opinion and I wish the best of luck to everyone applying! 
hey guys, quick question! Pton has asked me twice already for my FA app. I haven’t gotten round to submitting yet as as my parents are still trying to get the required info. Should I email them to tell them that I’ll submit it asap or should I just let it alone? Would they think I’m uninterested because of my silence? :o
@drummage I’m so glad you decided to join our discussion!
I really think it depends on whether or not other people wrote their essay on the same topic. If you were one of a few people who wrote about being gay then it probably would benefit you but if many people wrote about this then the essay would only really increase your chances of acceptance if your writing was amazing and really distinguished you from the other people writing about this. Honestly, the admissions process is pretty random and so many people get rejected while people with similar stats and essays get accepted.
I wish you good luck too and good luck to everyone else on this thread.
@azwu331 if we may be lucky enough to both get that coveted Orange tiger the first thing I want to do on CC (after notifying friends, family, etc) is PM you, and anyone else who gets in from this thread, and stay in touch. Everyone here has made the wait easier, and knowing that we won’t all make the cut will make Wednesday even harder. But there’s a chance, however small, that Wednesday, and then ivy day in the spring,i sn’t the end.