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<p>This is weird...to already be considered class of 2012!!!
so i'm applying to:</p>
<p>Harvard (for my typical Pakistani parents with unfulfilled dreams)
Princeton (I LOVE this school...the area, the city...it's all sooo gorgeous!)
Yale (again for my parents)
Johns Hopkins (my brother was born in the hospital...so kind of cool)
Northwestern (close to home)
University of Chicago (close again)
Loyola Chicago (safety)</p>
<p>Well, this thread fizzled and died...</p>
<p>Anyways, if any of you have been on the admissions site recently, they're going to have a priority deadline of sorts- December 15th. Anyone have any thoughts on this? Do you think they're going to place the same weight on this as a sign of interest as they did for ED? Obviously, it can't be equal, but do you think it will add a significant boost? I'm definitely going to get my app in by the earlier deadline. Anyone else?</p>
<p>Here's the link: <a href="http://www.princeton.edu/pr/admissions/u/appl/#when%5B/url%5D">http://www.princeton.edu/pr/admissions/u/appl/#when</a>
Also, if you log onto your CollegeBoard account and look up Princeton's deadlines, this shows up: Priority application deadline: 15-DEC </p>
<p>Interesting...</p>
<p>Umm, I actually think it would be equal. I think they're just setting that date to make sure that they'll get everyone's stuff in on time. I doubt it's anything different... After all, with a Januray 1st deadline, most people would already have sent in their apps (say 90%). They're not going to give preference to such a large number..</p>
<p>i think what they believe by "priority deadline" is where it's preferred you give it by then so they can open up your file when its not as hectic come deadline as the masses try to squeeze in apps at a time. i doubt theres no preferential treatment given if you put it in early, just maybe yur chances of app material gettin in delayed or lost is greater the later you hand it in. </p>
<p>i think.</p>
<p>Yeah, maybe... I'd still like to think it would help, though.</p>
<p>well, if nothing else, it will help with your peace of mind.</p>
<p>they're eliminating ED! yes! fair chance for us poor people</p>
<p>That was actually a while ago, but yes, they are.</p>
<p>Princeton is either my first or second choice, meaning that I don't know whether I would choose Princeton or University of Pennsylvania in the amazing circumstance that I was admitted to both.</p>
<p>01/02 Princeton/Penn
03 Boston College
04 Stanford
05 G-Town
06 Pepperdine</p>
<p>Add me to the group that is glad for ED's elimination!! I am very concerned about money - despite and actually DUE to the fact that my parents have high incomes. I did the Princeton expected-contribution calculator, and the number that came out makes me want to cry.</p>
<p><em>waves</em> Hi :). Princeton's my first choice, and I'm terrified of college admissions in general, so this looked like a good thread. As for why its my first choice...the fact that its only 45 min from NYC (and therefore less than 2 hours to my house), the amazing math department, the beautiful campus...</p>
<p>hello everybody!
I love Princeton, but right now I'm not sure if I'm applying because I had a bad junior year (mainly due to illness). If I do well in the fall, though, I'll definitely go for it!
Heh. I made a list of all colleges I'm considering applying to.. right now it's at 23 schools. yikes! many of them are safeties or meant to appease my parents, but princeton is one of my top choices.</p>
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I'm thinking of applying to Princeton, but I'm actually kind of hesitant. For some reason when I think "Princeton" I think of "prep prep prep prep".... I haven't visited the campus yet (will this early summer) but I can't help thinking that Princeton is a cold, preppy, arrogant, unfriendly place. Most likely I could not be more wrong on this.
Does anyone else feel the same way too?
I'll decide whether I'm actually going to apply or not after I actually visit the place. Campus feel is a HUGE factor for me.
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<p>I feel the same way! I visited Princeton a few months ago, and I got the entire "official tour" by a current student, and you know, everything seemed perfectly in place: the lawns were all manicured to perfection, the charcoal stone buildings stood regally, the students were rushing to class in their J. Crew sweaters and Hermes Birkin bags... but I didn't see much of a campus life while I was there. I'm sure I didn't get to see all aspects of Princeton nor did I speak with many Princeton students, but on a first impression basis, the campus felt kind of cold and distant. I'm not sure if I would fit in with a bunch of legacies who grew up in boarding schools and go home every summer to a beach house in the Hamptons.</p>
<p>We'll see what happens.</p>
<p>Princeton is slightly above Yale as my first choice. We'll just have to wait and see about that whole "being admitted" thing...</p>
<p>ehh...acceptance, acshmeptance.</p>
<p>I hope to see all of you there.</p>
<p>The Princeton respresentatives really need to step up advertising for their school. They kept on advocating its close location to NYC. For god sakes we live in NYC. I think we want to get away form our parents not have them visit us like every weekend. A smarter move would have been to advertise the location near Philly but then again from what I've heard Philly is a dump.</p>
<p>Hi everyone, I'll likely be applying ED to Princeton this year. I've had a tough time trying to decide between the various Ivies but Princeton has got almost a 1/3 admit rate for ED so I thought I'd give it a shot. Good luck!</p>
<p>PRINCETON WILL NOT HAVE ED THIS YEAR.</p>
<p>So, you might want to look into that again.</p>
<p>Stiffcelery, perhaps you had a bad tour guide and I would encourage you to visit campus again and speak with other students. </p>
<p>Its a little odd that you would say that you didnt see much of a campus life while you were there. Princetons campus is normally full of activity during the school year. Its particularly intense because the campus is relatively compact. If you were there when classes were not being held or early in the morning it would likely have been quieter. </p>
<p>Given that your visit to Princeton was so brief and that you say you did not speak with many students, its also a little surprising that you could draw such a strong conclusion about the nature of those students. To describe them as a bunch of legacies who grew up in boarding schools and go home every summer to a beach house in the Hamptons, is not only highly inaccurate but also plays on old stereotypes that have no resemblance to the truth. </p>
<p>In fact, Princeton has a significantly higher percentage of students on financial aid than many of its peers.</p>
<p>Class of 2009 % of Students on Financial Aid (U.S. News & World Report)</p>
<p>55% Princeton
52% Harvard
45% Yale
43% Stanford</p>
<p>It also tends to have more public school students than many of its traditional rivals.</p>
<p>Class of 2010 % of Students From Public Schools</p>
<p>61% Princeton
54.4% Yale</p>
<p>Finally, the percentage of undergraduates who are legacies is almost identical to those percentages at the other schools. Approximately 15% of Yale undergraduates are legacies. Princeton has remained around 14% while Harvard has been about a percentage point lower. The three are nearly indistinguishable. Stanford does not release these figures.</p>
<p>So, you might want to go ignore outdated (and usually vindictive) stereotypes and take a closer look at Princeton. I hope you do.</p>
<p>speechless.</p>
<p>Ethnitcity: Non-Oriental Asian
Citizenship: Political Refugee
Languages: English and my native, and proficiency in Spanish
GPA: 3.7 UW, 4.0W</p>
<p>Leadership:
Key Club: 4 years--11 and 12 Treasurer
Beta Club: 3 years- 12 President
Spanish Honor Society: 2 years- 12 VP
Class Officer: Senior Secretary
Community Service: 150+ Hours</p>
<p>Standardize tests (why I think I didn't get accepted):
SAT: 540, 530, 480
ACT 1: 21
ACT 2: 21
SAT Sujects: 670 US History, 560 Math1, 480 Span</p>
<p>Awards:
QB College Prep Scholarship</p>
<p>Essays:
1) The usual coming to America
2) How I became a better person
3) The "Asian Holocaust" that my parents went through</p>
<p>My scores are pathethic and as much as I study and prep for it, it will pretty much stay the same. So noting that, should I just look some place else?
The reason I'm so pessimistic right now is because I applied through this program called College Match, and I just got rejected. Hear me out please</p>