<p>Okayy so if you were waitlisted for Princeton, would you still attend? Or would you go to another school, and if so, what other school?</p>
<p>It depends on where else I would be accepted, but I’d still remain on the waitlist probably</p>
<p>Need more info; if I was accepted to Harvard and Yale I would forget about Princeton. If I got into nowhere nearly as good I would wait</p>
<p>^ I agree with everyone else. If I got into Brown or Amherst, I wouldn’t take a spot on the waitlist. But, if I only got into “meh” schools, I would FORSURE stay on the waitlist.</p>
<p>Naw, it’s my dream school, I’d stay on the list till the bitter end!</p>
<p>I’m not sure about that, Handala92. Atleast as far as acceptances go.</p>
<p>I kinda expected colleges to not accept so many people who would need financial aid, cause like colleges are trying to stay somewhat profitable, you know?</p>
<p>I don’t see that happening as drastically as I imagined it would.</p>
<p>I don’t understand why a deferral or waitlist would impact anything. I don’t mind being told that I’m qualified but not the very top by an insitution such as Princeton. It’s not the same thing as being a second-choice to a girl or boy. If I get in then sure I’ll go. Of course, if they drag it out to next year or something I would have had to commit to another school by then.</p>
<p>I’m confused though, so if you are waitlisted, do you still stay on the waitlist and reply to the school that you were accepted to and say that you are going? What if you are denied?</p>
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<p>In Princeton’s case and with it’s peer colleges, (ie. Harvard, Yale…) where there is a massive endowment, I honestly think that when they say they are need-blind, they ARE indeed need-blind.</p>
<p>In recent times, I’ve see many cases where Princeton’s financial aid package was by FAR the most generous. Princeton is trying to attract top students, not necessarily wealthy ones. It probably even looks upon “diamonds in the rough” students more favourably. (Great applicant + low socio-economic status = tip factor).</p>
<p>I don’t think that there is a conspiracy to keep low income students out.</p>
<p>If anything, Princeton is going out of its way to be extra generous in terms of financial aid.</p>
<p>From Princeton common datasets</p>
<p>Year # placed on WL; # accepting WL spot; admitted from WL
2009 1332; 937; 60
2008 1526; 1061; 148
2007 792; 483; 47</p>
<p>I don’t think I’ll even get on the waitlist, but if I were given a spot, heck yes I’d stay on it. I wouldn’t go, but I’d want to see if they would let me in.</p>
<p>Why would anyone decline a spot on the waitlist? What am I missing here?</p>
<p>the people who would decline a spot on the waitlist are basically saying that they have been admitted into schools higher on their list than princeton, and by giving up their spot on the waitlist, it gives other pton hopefuls a better shot at making it into princeton.</p>
<p>@kitkatkatie
Why would you stay on the waitlist if you aren’t even going to go if accepted?
Isn’t that very selfish?</p>
<p>So, getting a waitlist spot does not really bode well for acceptance… Thanks for those stats standrews.</p>