Does Princeton have regional subcommittee admission officers like Harvard as well?
Yes, Princeton’s admissions office assigns officers to certain geographical regions (I recall from the info session). Here is a good overview of the overall applicant reading process explained by Dean Rapelye: http://thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/26/guidance-office-princeton-answers-3/
Thank you so much @iAmMe77 !
I was told by a Princeton admissions officer that they do not have regional officers. I’ve wondered if maybe they actually do, but want to keep this information secret in order to deflect requests for contact information from applicants seeking to curry favor with their regional rep.
^I’ve heard they do have them. Why would they say that they didn’t?
@codemachine - Where did you hear what you heard? I was inclined to believe that they don’t, because my source was a Princeton admissions officer. As noted above, I’m not sure I believe them.
Why might they say they don’t if they do? As I speculated above, one possible reason would be to deflect requests for contact information from applicants seeking to curry favor with their regional rep.
A few weeks ago I had emailed an adcom about events in my area (I’m from NJ) and they said to speak with the regional counselor in my sector or something.
Maybe regional counselors and regional admission officer are different people… (?)
Potentially. It just also doesn’t make sense that other Ivies and Ivy equivalents would have them and Princeton (where the Ivy League is headquartered, by the way) would not.
When I went to the info session at Princeton, before I asked the admissions officer a 1 on 1 question at the end of the session, I told her which high school I attended (which is in southern NJ). She then told me that she was in charge of southern NJ and very familiar with my school.
There is no way Princeton doesn’t have regional admissions officers- how else would the office divide up the first reading of applications? It would be an administrative/organizational nightmare if high schools across the country were just randomly assigned to each officer. So, while Princeton doesn’t make their regional officers public (unlike USC, for example), they most definitely assign a geographic region to their officers.
What do you mean by this statement, @codemachine?
http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/information/directory/directions
And if you look at the “Ivy League” Wikipedia article, it states Princeton as the headquarters).
It refers to the headquarters of the athletic conference. That’s all