<p>when is the best time to send the email saying you're interested in princeton, blah blah blah, to get off the waitlist</p>
<p>also, people who got off waitlist last year- when did you send it/ what did you mention?</p>
<p>also, people from last year-did the college ever call about your 3rd quarter/ current grades last year?</p>
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<p>Send in the card or email saying that you want to be on the WL immediately.</p>
<p>Then write a more formal letter/email to admissions. The most important thing is to let them know that you are honored to be placed on the waitlist and that you will immediately accept an offer if you are offered a spot because Princeton is absolutely your first choice college (if true). You could add specifics about Princeton in this letter and also list you recent accomplishments.</p>
<p>A lot of people ask if they should call and try to talk to their regional rep. My D did not. She sent her letter simply addressed to Admissions. Also, some people try to call to inquire about any “weakness” in your application. I wouldn’t do this. You probably have no weakness. In fact, you are just one of the unfortunate many who are qualified to be accepted but there are only so many spots. Just write them and stress that Princeton is your first choice.</p>
<p>Send that in and then wait. Only write back to Princeton if you have something notable to add. You do not want to be a pain to your regional rep. It is he or she that will be your advocate if an opening happens. My D did not barrage them with calls or letters. Some kids I know sent in an extra recommendation when they were wl’d. </p>
<p>My D got accepted in May, I think.</p>
<p>The first wave of acceptances usually happens in early May and can continue into summer.</p>
<p>If you haven’t heard anything by June and the waitlist is still active, then write another update letter in June with any additional accomplishments, your final grades, and again stress that Princeton is still your first choice. </p>
<p>Hope that helps and good luck.</p>
<p>Where would one find out who their regional representative is? Or should you send the more formal email/letter just to the admissions office in general? I can’t find a list of Princeton’s regional reps on its website, but I’d prefer to send the letter to an actual name rather than just the admissions office in general. :)</p>
<p>@mrscollege, i just got a card that asked u whether or not u wanted to stay in the waitlist. I marked the box that I wanted to stay in the waitlist. Is that enough?</p>
<p>Also, did your daughter’s counselor call princeton/ did your daughter update princeton with her accomplishments?</p>
<p>ManyMoons, my D could never figure out who her regional rep was and so she sent her letter addressed to simply admissions. But others have had luck calling and asking. I honestly don’t think it matters.</p>
<p>Nooblet, she sent in the card and then followed with a more detailed letter stressing that Princeton was her first choice. And no, she did not involve her guidance counselor. Her school was a big public school and the GCs had no time, but if you have one who can make a call, why not?</p>
<p>@mrscollege
one more thing: when did she send her first email about her love for princeton, and her later emails about her accomplishments/ new accomplishments?</p>
<p>also if you wouldn’t mind sharing, what were your daughters new accomplishments</p>
<p>She mailed in her letter during the first week of April.</p>
<p>The types of accomplishments she listed were things like academic awards or extracurricular honors she won in spring or over Xmas.</p>
<p>cud u tell me what her “academic awards or extracuricular honors” were? They had to be pretty good!</p>
<p>*and you mean she emailed admissions about her awards/ extracurriculars in the first week of april or what?</p>