<p>Yeah you TOTS dont want to hear where you’ll be spending four years, 220 weeks of your life. I sugget rescinding your application. And Im not just saying this to be mean, it’s sound advice. There are people at my school who have each earned a minimum of: Nobel Peace Prize, McArthur (Super) Genius Award, and were Olympians at the age of 10. Strategically, its just not a smart move for you guys to be up against them, they essentially make up their own species of human</p>
<p>What exactly was the point of that comment?</p>
<p>autumn123 what even . . .</p>
<p>Can we just go back to how we’re all excited for Princeton and how we’re obsessing over the fact that results come out in a week? Yes? Yes.</p>
<p>YAAAY PRINCETON! Good luck, everyone. :)</p>
<p>If I’m a white guy (most would say nerdy) that plays piano, is good at math, 4.0/2400, and I do very stereotypically boring things like debate and Science Olympiad, does that work out badly for me? I know my essays and recommendation letters were amazing, but I feel like I fit the mold as the typical, boring applicant.</p>
<p>One week! I’m so excited.</p>
<p>^ CCmakesmelol you sound amazing person, not boring at all! If Princeton thinks less, then its its loss. Really, I cannot believe that you will not do something amazing with your life just from that paragraph.</p>
<p>I really just want to stop thinking about admissions for the next week. I filled up my weekend so I can stay busy. I am really hoping to remind myself how happy I can be, with or without a Princeton. Im pretty sure I will be deferred (maybe even rejected, after reading some of Columbia’s stats), but life will go on. :)</p>
<p>Thanks 
Princeton is my dream school, but I’ve learned that obsessing over it is unproductive and that it won’t be the end of the world if I don’t get in. Some people on this thread should realize that ;)</p>
<p>Also everyone please avoid awkward interactions with fellow classmate applicants after decision day.</p>
<p>CCmakesmelol: I know there are people who plan to stay home that day just to avoid the awkward confrontations.</p>
<p>Im a white female with As and some Bs from New Jersey. I plan to major in chemistry and have done a few things in that field. One of my biggest things is that I am a dual citizen and I have work experience in another country in a large banking corporation. One of my biggest hobbies is creating films and I am so nervous about decision day it is not funny. </p>
<p>Senior year is really tough, maybe its just my teacher but AP physics is really difficult in comparison to AP Chem or AP Calc BC (both of which I managed fives on). Anyone else having trouble with physics?</p>
<p>I took APC Physics last year with BC Calc- it was the hardest class, but the AP test was a lot easier. BC test was a joke.</p>
<p>whoever said senior year would be easy… oh boy. This has been the hardest semester of my life! Can’t wait until it is over on the 21st. </p>
<p>and are you taking AP Physics B or C @CCmakesmelol? I took physics B sophomore year and got a 5, but I tried C and… let’s just say it’s been difficult!</p>
<p>I took C as a junior last year, B is apparently ridiculously easy.</p>
<p>Does NMSF help if you’re in a super competitive state like NJ?</p>
<p>I really don’t understand how everyone did so well on the PSAT…I did so miserably on it, yet did well on the real SAT/ACT…</p>
<p>I think National Merit is a plus for any application, but we should consider that many of the candidates being considered for admission have this distinction also.</p>
<p>How do you guys think supplements will affect an application? I’ve heard the lecture about how only “exceptional” materials should be included, so I understand that side of the argument. But if admissions is impressed by a supplement (in my case, for classical voice), how much value do you think that holds for an applicant?</p>
<p>Yes, NMSF is very very common among applicants.</p>
<p>Also, I think music supplements don’t hold enough weight for a make or break, but are part of a well-balanced application. Unfortunately, however, having a music supplement is a staple for almost every applicant that I know; it’s almost become the norm.</p>
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Indeed, it’s so common that I didn’t even bother listing it, though I think my couselor might have metioned it in his rec.</p>
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That’s just plain ********. The reason it’s a supplement is that it’s not required. The majority of applicants have not attained sufficient skill in music to justify a supplement.</p>
<p>And this perspective is from a school where 15 people got into Princeton last year. Most of them were <em>not</em> musical.</p>
<p>Well for legit states like NJ and MA, with cut-offs being higher than any other state’s, (around 223/224), only about 320 kids in each state get NMSF, so if you’re applying from a super competitive NJ pool wouldn’t having this honor be helpful?</p>
<p>I’ve always seen National Merit as extra padding in the test scores part of your app (along with AP Scholars, SAT II’s etc). I don’t think it can be a game changer by any means.</p>
<p>@decillion
That’s actually a very good point. I agree.</p>
<p>What kind of SAT IIs do you need to be competitive in the Princeton pool? I have two 750s+ and a 730, but no 800s.</p>