<p>if he/she is in seoul, south korea as her username suggests, then it would have been midnight there at the time she posted above</p>
<p>Thanks, everyone! The Assistant Director of Admissions called the first time 11PM (in my time in Seoul Korea… so it was around 10AM in NJ, I think?), but I missed the call. She called again exactly an hour later to break me the news :)</p>
<p>I’m Asian/Korean female and valedictorian, planning to major in economics. My ECs are pretty typical - but I did show my huge passion for creating writing and musicals in my application. I’m also from a military family and go to a DoDDS school.</p>
<p>And as for any letters that I sent to Princeton, I sent one during the first ten days of May. It probably reached there about two weeks later because I’m international. It was one-paged, rather concise, and I sent it once.</p>
<p>I hope this helps!</p>
<p>Thanks for the thorough answer! You sound like a really interesting person with a compelling background story, no wonder they took you off the waitlist!</p>
<p>Well, guys. I somehow managed to get accepted off the waitlist. I gotta say, I’m really surprised considering I didn’t send any extra info. Honestly, I don’t know how I got in. Still debating though… We’ll see with the financial aid!</p>
<p>silveralpaca CONGRATS too!!!</p>
<p>Seoul123 CONGRATS again!</p>
<p>-- go girl power!! :-)</p>
<p>do you guys think they will let more people off?</p>
<p>chlory: I’m honestly not sure. But unless you get an email, I don’t think they’ve closed the waitlist yet! They literally called my counselors this morning to ask for some last minute info before they made decisions! </p>
<p>Good luck to everyone else!!!</p>
<p>I’m flattered, ORE!</p>
<p>I sincerely wish all of you luck.</p>
<p>silveralpaca123 – If i may ask, which other school are you “still debating” about Vs Princeton? I assume you had your deposit in somewhere else already and have been getting all set for that so i undertsnd how it can now be a tough choice to switch gears! </p>
<p>I am sure it will all work out perfectly! Still it is an exciting position to be in now CONGRATS :-)</p>
<p>haha wow definitely girl power (asian girl power too)</p>
<p>silveralpaca: What was the last minute info they asked your counselors?</p>
<p>PrincetonHappy: I’m debating against Carleton. Although I’m sure that I’ll have better academic opportunities at Princeton, I’m just wondering how I’ll fit in socially, as a middle-class Asian girl from the Midwest, you know? But as of an hour ago (after a lovely call from a friend’s mom, a P-ton alum), I’m leaning Princeton!</p>
<p>ORE: They just asked about my final report from my counselor. It wasn’t anything life-changing, but apparently my counselor gushed about me, so that might have helped!</p>
<p>Oh, like grades and stuff? Or was it basically like a verbal recommendation on qualitative stuff? Did your final semester at school end already?</p>
<p>You know how schools require a final report after your last semester? It was basically that. I don’t know what even goes in the report, but that was it. Today was actually the last day of school, so kind of?</p>
<p>The reason why she said those lovely things about me was because she was stalling and couldn’t get the computer to load, though I like to think that she would have said nice things about me anyhow :)</p>
<p>Ahh I see. Wow Princeton hit the dot on that one with you knowing it was the last day of school!</p>
<p>Just to add onto silveralpaca - I met up with my counselor just hours ago, and she admitted that Princeton requested my final transcript earlier in the week (through email, I believe); she kept it a secret because she didn’t want to get my hopes up. I hope this info helps.</p>
<p>So it seems these trickling few acceptances off the wait list are due to that mini “summer melt” in that a handful of accepted people are deferring or the like, right?</p>
<p>yes that is correct</p>
<p>I got off the waitlist too :’) they called me earlier today around noon! I applied SCEA and was deferred, and then Wait List</p>
<p>Congrats! From your previous posts, you’re an international student right? You’re going to have a great time in the states for sure!</p>
<p>Also, did you send in any letters/updates? If so, when and how many?</p>