<p>I was waitlisted at Princeton. The letter specifically has a list of things NOT to do, and so I feel kind of helpless now. If anyone could answer some of the questions I have below, I would greatly appreciate it.</p>
<li><p>Although we aren’t supposed to send “additional information unless it is ‘late-breaking news,’” is there ANYTHING that I can send in (like a letter expressing how much I want to attend Princeton)?</p></li>
<li><p>The letter states that “Over the past five years, we have accepted 9, 0, 31, 76, and 99 students, repectively, from the waitlist.” Does this mean that in 2004 they accepted 99 or 9? (Please tell me 99)</p></li>
<li><p>Princeton recommends that I make a commitment to another school. If I do so and I get accepted to Princeton later, how do I tell this to the other school?</p></li>
<li><p>If they decide to reject you after all, when will they tell you?</p></li>
<li><p>Has anyone else here been wait-listed to Princeton? What was your experience with it, and how did it turn out?</p></li>
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<p>Since "the size of the wait list will be in the range of a few hundred and will change ove rthe next few months as students make other plans. We will not add to the wait list," I assume that there are about 300 people on the waitlist. How many people do you think will remain on the waitlist? I'm seriously hoping that half the people drop out.... if I don't get in, I'm going to a safety school that I am not quite enthusiastic about.</p>
<p>Hey I was waitlisted too. Yes I hope a few hundred means 300-400, but last year there were 1045 people placed on the waiting list and 719 agreed to remain on the waiting list after the initial decision. Then they accepted only 99 out of those 719. Yea what should be our strategy to try to get into Princeton off the waiting list?</p>
<p>I'm thinking of sending in a very short letter of interest, and then having a third teacher reccomendation that would cover most of what has happened since January 1st including new awards, activities, etc.</p>
<p>It would be very strong and could boost my chances.</p>
<p>Plus, what the heck, we were already "rejected," what could it hurt. If we are lucky and Princeton admits 75-100 people from the list like the last 2 years out of 750 or so (it is impossible to predict with the change in class size, etc.), then the rate is actually above the regular rate.</p>
<p>1000 on the wait list??? That's not really a wait list! And its a far cry from a few hundred, as they stated on their letter. I got waitlisted too, but if it's really 1000 people, and they are all close to the top of the pool, I don't think it's worth waiting and keeping my hopes up.</p>
<p>Who said 1000? I refuse to believe its 1,000..</p>
<p>The 2003 Edition of the Princeton Review suggests .68 of acceptees attended out of .12 of 13,654 that applied. That leads me to think about 1639 were accepted, and of those, 1115 matriculated. This leaves a discrepancy of ~524 students, which I assume to be roughly the waitlist. With an increase of applicants to 16,000 this year, and roughly the same admittance rate (although Princeton claimed to increase the size of the admitted class), I expect the waitlist to be roughly the same??</p>
<p>I don't think many CC students are planning to remove their names from the waitlist, unless they were admitted to H or Yale or something.? </p>
<p>About waitlisting, I agree with Nickleby's strategy and reasoning: they may discourage sending in extra stuff but since you're deferred anyway, the worse that can happen is that you'll not be offered a place - which is what will probably happen if you just sit there... I think interest and persistence would really pay off here. No need to harass the admissions office, but sending letter of interest, emailing/calling regional admissions officer, talking to guidance counselor who may put in a good word etc may all help. I don't think sending additional material is a good idea, they probably won't want to be re-reading applications in a second admissions wave. They've done their reading work for this admissions season and probably want it to stay that way. </p>
<p>good news: If you're on the waiting list you might be a "polite waitlistee" (someone they don't want to reject outright because it could cause too much of a stir) but you could definitely be one of the people they really wanted to admit but because of limited space they couldn't. If you're the latter then they already know how great you are and additional info is probably not necessary. What would matter, IMHO, is showing how interested you are in Princeton, that it is your first choice, that you REALLY want to attend... </p>
<p>So do you s'pose people are ranked on the waitlist? If so, I wonder if there is some way of divining where one stands, like through the local alum interviewers...</p>
<p>Ok guys, 2004: 6.7% of class filled with waitlisters. And if that translates to over 10% accept. rate, those are better odds than regular admission. This is a virtual second chance.</p>