<p>^To be honest, Berkeley engineering may have more of an edge than Princeton Engineering. And internships/research is more in the tech sector in CA. And you would be saving tons of money assuming you are CA resident. But good luck with whatever comes your way.</p>
<p>Also as a side, sending letters with awards is fine…but at this point, the admission office is more interested in what YOU bring to the campus and how it will enrich the community.</p>
<p>^lol yeah my letter explained that very, very thoroughly</p>
<p>anyway at this point i’m 90% leaning berkeley. i’m tired of waiting. plus, apart from professional reasons as you mentioned, i can graduate berkeley in 3 years because i loaded up and have 18 ap course credits; 3.5 years (with a really chill senior semester where i get to work with a company because of IEOR 180) if i want to tack on finance related courses and make my time at berkeley the equivalent of ORFE at princeton. strongly considering the 3 years route followed by a few years of work then an MBA. or going straight to a masters in product design or MSE at stanford or…dun dun dun, a masters in ORFE at princeton…that would be sort of hilarious</p>
<p>^great plan !</p>
<p>Still nothing…</p>
<p>^Intengineering called the admissions office the other day and Princeton said it closed its waitlist. I later received a letter in the mail stating the same thing. Sorry. Where will you be heading to in the fall?</p>
<p>@OREngineering - sorry to hear that the waitlist closed. I wish you all the best at Berkeley!!</p>
<p>It’s kind of academic now, but the Philadelphia Inquirer had a story today about wait lists, with a number of quotes from Janet Rapelye. Princeton apparently made offers to 33 waitlisted students this year, to fill 25 slots; that was a significant increase from recent years. (It also goes to show how super-qualified waitlisted students are, if more than 25% of those offered admission had a better option than Princeton!)</p>
<p>[A</a> not-too-big, not-too-small year for college waiting lists](<a href=“http://www.philly.com/philly/education/20130703_A_not-too-big__not-too-small_year_for_college_waiting_lists.html]A”>A not-too-big, not-too-small year for college waiting lists)</p>