<p>Yes. They usually are.
But we are in a different pool of candidates.
Though to be honest, i could have gotten in academically as well, so i dont know how that will be treated.</p>
<p>I wonder how many spots there are for non-athletes in the SCEA pool…</p>
<p>You guys need to seriously stop worrying about the SCEA pool and athletes.
It doesn’t matter.
We are two separate pools.</p>
<p>@fhplayer I’m wondering the same thing.</p>
<p>@ptonprep but even if we are in “separate pools,” the number of spots is limited, and one more recruited athlete means one less spot for us non-athletes. It’s just worrisome.</p>
<p>The entire point of pools is that one increase in number does not affect the other pool.
Princeton can take as many kids as they want in theory.
You guys need to stop worrying.</p>
<p>^Um, no, they can’t. It’s true that recruited athletes aren’t being compared to us, but there are still a limited number of spots. Athletes make up ~15% of the class. Let’s say ~40% of the class is made up of SCEA admits… That means ~35% of SCEA spots go to athletes. So… there’s still 65% 
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<p>Hey now, go easy on ptonprep, he’s being recruited by Princeton for his track skills, not his simple fraction skills ;)</p>
<p>The reason why financial aid forms are submitted on the same deadline as the application is so admitted students can get their financial aid packages at the same time as their acceptances. It has nothing to do with the actual admission process.</p>
<p>@ptonprep, can you type out any important info from your letter?</p>
<p>Grace, I see what you mean. But even that number is scary. Before, I thought we were looking at ~750 spots, but after considering athletes, it’s probably more like ~475 spots, wouldn’t you say?</p>
<p>of course CCmakesmelol
Simply because I’m ranked 10th in my class out of 641 means that my fractions are not that good.
Anyway, my letter is confidential and private. But I can tell you that all that is really on there is a commitment for the college to admit me under certain conditions, (i.e that I apply, maintain my position in track, etc etc.).
I was really unaware of athletes being considered that strongly into the pool.
Speaking to some of my friends, I had heard that not many athletes were being accepted into Princeton. Definitely less than 15% of the total class.</p>
<p>Just curious - when precisely did you guys get your notification emails? A couple of my friends and I think that there might be a correlation between acceptances and email receiving times. (just a hunch)</p>
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I received mine at 5:36pm, but highly doubt there is any such correlation. Sounds like grasping at straws for some sign before Thursday. Just wait another 40 hours!</p>
<p>Hmm its probably just nothing, but so far i’ve seen strong evidence of two email reception “times.” (albeit the fact that they are indeed 3 minutes apart). i guess its best to just wait those 40 hours :)</p>
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What have you seen?</p>
<p>On another note, does anyone know if we’ll also be able to see our financial aid offers online? This is a very important factor for me (determing whether I apply elsewhere RD), but I won’t be able to get my mail until January.</p>
<p>I’ve seen 5:38, 5:39, and 5:36 as of now.</p>
<p>I got mine at 5:38 too.</p>
<p>Your idea seems a bit far fetched, but makes sense at the same time. If they had the applicants split in to 3 ‘categories’ (accept, defer, reject), there may exist a bit of a delay between the automated messaging. :x</p>
<p>For reference, 5:36.</p>
<p>I don’t think times matter.</p>
<p>I fear we may have gone overboard in our attempts to grasp at most likely nonexistent signs/correlations… Haha, I kid, but what’s done is done and there’s nothing we can do about it now!</p>