Princeton University Class of 2016 SCEA Thread

Colleges and Universities A-Z Princeton University
341

<p>Just made an account, been prowling around for weeks now but I thought it was about time, haha. </p>

<p>Dancingjuicedesu, I’m an international candidate too, from Mexico. I was actually wondering whether anybody knows if that given me some sort of “hook”? Or are international applicants not all that solicited?</p>

<p>I’m actually very worried because my SAT and ACTs are abysmal compared to all other applicants here :S I did get the highest in my school’s history though, a 2000 on the SAT and 30 on the ACT (my language scores are great, math is what kills me); and on average we Mexicans tend to not to do so well on those tests, don’t know why. </p>

<p>I speak four languages though, and wrote my essay on the mexican insecurity which has directly affected me, and on spending two years abroad (I literally went to Switzerland without knowing one speck of German, had all my classes in this language, studied my butt off, learnt it and graduated top of the generation). So I don’t know whether this makes me “interesting”? </p>

<p>God, this is stressful!</p>

342

<p>Yeah good luck too. I’m part of a mixture as you put it, two boys and one girl. What about you?</p>

343

<p>@canada89
I’m from Canada, it’s just that I’m living in Korea right now haha</p>

<p>This wait is excruciatingly painful…</p>

344

<p>I’m a white, middle-class, male from New York. :p</p>

<p>I feel like the lack of international/ethnic appeal will seriously hurt me.</p>

345

<p>I’m a white, middle-class, male from New York…ditto</p>

346

<p>I’m a white, middle-class female in New York lol. We’re all in almost the same boat here.</p>

347

<p>Quite a few colleges have been releasing their decisions early, though, so I have the faint hope that Princeton will do the same.</p>

348

<p>Aaaah I hope so! I can’t take a deep breath and I’m literally counting down the hours, so it would be nice if I could go back to acting like a human sometime soon.</p>

349

<p>Oh I see? Are you one of the boys or the girl?
We’re 3 boys.</p>

350

<p>One of the boys, and the oldest, which is great. My essay seems similar to yours, I related my experiences as a triplet to my experiences on the March of the Living visiting Auschwitz where they experimented on multiple births. Do you think being a triplet is a hook or not really?</p>

351

<p>it’s kind of comforting that people are in the same boat, but at the same time, it just shows how much harder it is hahah. good luck to you guys and to all in general. i can see how talented and brilliant you all are, and i’m sure we’ll all be fine regardless of where we attend.</p>

<p>(aka i’m secretly bugging out and refreshing the application status webpage with my hand trembling with every click)</p>

<p>TRYING TO UPHOLD MY SANITY</p>

352

<p>Any chance they release before the scheduled time? And do we immediately find out when we login to the application tracker, or do we have to then click an additional link?</p>

353

<p>^That is what I want to know. I don’t want to freak out over pressing the “login” button and not have my decision even be posted there -_-</p>

354

<p>@canada I’m the oldest too!!! Your essay sounds super interesting. As long as your academics, ECs, awards, and recs are up to par (which I’m sure is the case), I think you seem to be a really great candidate. My essay took the triplet influence and related it to my desire to “stand out” among groups of people (initially my family, then school, then community). I talked about my school spirit and outgoing attitude in a predominantly laid-back, unconcerned school environment, and then I went on to discuss my community (including my Cajun French background, and the commonness of hunting, fishing, frogging, crabbing, and so forth). Trying to set myself apart here, haha.
And I’m thinking that being a triplet is a hook. (I’m definitely hoping so). I mean, it makes us more memorable and adds to diversity, albeit a different type of diversity, but diversity nonetheless. </p>

<p>@Saugus although I’d love to hope so, I doubt it. (That’s not to say that I don’t hopelessly check the website everyday anyway).</p>

355

<p>White middle class from Wisconsin! Is that a hook or anything?</p>

<p>Haha probably not… Sadly</p>

356

<p>Haha your essay sounds great too. I think all those things are good except for a 690 on the SAT math section, but I did a lot better on the ACT math so I’m hoping that can make up for it and that they consider both of them. I think you might “stand out” more than me, Cajun French sounds a lot better than white Canadian hah. Are any of your siblings applying to Princeton as well?</p>

357

<p>I literally do not know what I’m going to do if I get deferred or rejected…
X_X</p>

358

<p>@decillion me either. I have my heart set on it. And I grow more and more obsessed each day.</p>

<p>@canada well I’m still genetically white, but I at least have that cultural influence that may help me. I don’t know, while I was doing my application I was wracking my brains for anything that was different about me. I tried to give my application a “personality” if that makes sense.</p>

359

<p>And no my siblings are not applying. No one anywhere around me is.</p>

360

<p>I doubt that Princeton will release decisions early. I just feel like it isn’t the sort of thing they would do, especially when they already gave us a time.</p>

<p>I think I will be okay with rejection, but I will bottle up some sadness for a few weeks. I am sorta worried about how my parents will react. My parents both seem really convinced that I will get accepted, but I don’t think they realize just how competitive it is.</p>