<p>hello everyone... i have a question about SAT II's... I am one of those applicants who would have (IMO) a much better shot ED than RD at princeton... however, the whole 3 SAT II's thing is hurting me... i can take Lit and USH in October and I should to well enough on those... but World History is not offered until december... and thats the only other one i think i could get a 700+ on... would it benefit me more to apply ED with a ~660 on a math test or to apply RD with a ~760 on World History?</p>
<p>Apply ED. Princeton takes around 50% of it's incoming class ED and it also shows that Princeton is your number one choice. The other reason is a ~760 in World History will not help you if you do similarily well on the US History SAT II. The reason? Princeton specifies that testing requirements include "SAT Subject Tests in three different subject areas." USH and WH are both histories so regardless of if you take the WH exam or not, Princeton WILL take into consideration your Math Level 2 if the four exams you mentioned are the only scores to your credit. Have you considered either a language or science exam for your third one? With math, I suggest the Princeton Review Book for preparation, just practice practice practice.</p>
<p>wow... i am SO glad you told me that... i suppose i could try a science... i would have to brush up...</p>
<p>umm debryc, the ED acceptance rate this year was 27%, and there were only 599 ED admits out of 1792+ for the incoming class. That is far less than 50% of the incoming class, I'm afraid to report.</p>
<p>tokyorevelation: in the past, Princeton's freshman classes have been approximately half ED. The RD admits have to take yield rate into account--students can obviously choose from other places. Princeton's yield rate is something like 68% or something, so they "overadmit" to compensate.
The target class size is something like 1220, and the ~600 ED admits make up about half of that.</p>
<p>american<em>in</em>canada, I'm glad I could help and good luck!</p>
<p>tokyorevelation9, I took the statistics from Princeton's April estimation. Please see <a href="http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2006/04/05/news/15079.shtml%5B/url%5D">http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2006/04/05/news/15079.shtml</a>. Princeton's ACTUAL incoming class (those that accept the admission offer and will make the class of 2010) is around 50% ED. Your statistic is also correct. Princeton ACCEPTS more regular decision applicants than its class size permits, but of course that's because many regular decision applicants decide to matriculate at another university. Thanks, though, for pointing out that my comment was causing confusion!</p>
<p>OH, so now its about matriculation. I apologize. You see, when you said "Princeton takes", this usually refers to acceptances, not matriculations. Yes, you are about correct. But the client in question is concerned about admission, am I wrong? Statistics are confusing for everybody.</p>