Woodrow Wilson school-will be nonselective by class of 2015?

<p>I heard from a student at Princeton Previews that the administration is changing up Woodrow Wilson and that it'll be a non-selective concentration by the time the prefrosh become sophomores. Is this true?</p>

<p>^If so, then, wow, just wow. Just what I needed. I stand equally divided between both my choices. Again.</p>

<p>Could someone confirm this please? :)</p>

<p>Can’t confirm for sure, but I have heard the rumor from multiple sources, mostly sophomores who got hosed from Woody Woo and are really mad that it might become nonselective. I personally have no clue how WWS is going to handle 160+ majors per year or what will happen to the undergrad POL department, but if this is true then I guess they have a plan. I’ll keep an eye on the Prince and University Press Club to see if anything happens.</p>

<p>Please do! It would be really helpful to us if we could know before May 1!</p>

<p>I realize that the admit rate is close to 58% (?) but then the pool is also self selective, so I’m sure the competition is intense.</p>

<p>Increasing the class size from 90 to 160+ does seem difficult though. Surely Princeton wouldn’t make such a big change an not make it public beforehand? (seeing that it could increase their yield?) Maybe it’s not for the class of 2015, but for class of 2016??</p>

<p>I asked a faculty member from Woody Woo, and although he said a change was under discussion, any decisions were a long time out. Don’t count on it.</p>

<p>^Dang. But it just struck me yesterday, that it doesn’t matter all that much even if it is selective. I’ll just have to work harder. Thanks for answering! :)</p>

<p>Hey, I also heard that since the person who instituted the grade deflation policy is leaving, they’re also thinking of removing the policy. Is that true? (fingers crossed)</p>

<p>I bet that stupid policy is why P’s yield is so low. I’m probably going to choose Harvard over Princeton because I don’t want grade deflation in a school with already so many academically bright students, and I’ll probably end up cursing the stupid policy all my life.</p>

<p>Don’t forget that everyone is subject to the same grade deflation, so whatever’s happening to you won’t affect your position within the class, departmental honors, etc. The average GPA has gone from 3.35 to 3.28 (average drop: .07) since the inception of grade deflation (as of last year); it just gets blown out of proportion a lot.</p>

<p>Woodrow Wilson is not that selective. No one goes around thinking they’re the s*** because they’re a Wilson School major. Most people who apply and actually are interested in policy and have a decent GPA end up getting in.</p>

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<p>I’m thinking the same thing as well. Sad.</p>

<p>The acceptance rate this year was 50%.</p>

<p>[Wilson</a> School takes 90 of 180 applicants - The Daily Princetonian](<a href=“http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2011/03/04/27848/]Wilson”>http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2011/03/04/27848/)</p>

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<p>For all you awesome prospective Tigers:</p>

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The size of the undergraduate student body at Princeton has increased to almost equal that at Harvard but grad school admits remain the same. What does that tell anyone?</p>

<p>Anyway, does anyone from inside think that the policy’s going to be out by the time we '15ers come in?</p>

<p>[Wilson</a> School review may soon be made public - The Daily Princetonian](<a href=“http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2011/04/12/28222/]Wilson”>http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2011/04/12/28222/)
Wilson School review may soon be made public</p>

<p>Although he could not disclose the specific recommendations of the report before its release, McCarty noted that the review committee did reexamine the Wilson School’s current selective admission policy. The Wilson School is the only selective concentration at the University.</p>

<p>“Obviously we spent a lot of time evaluating the advantages and disadvantages of the admissions policy,” McCarty said. “There are strong feelings on both sides of the issue.”</p>

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<p>Same “rates”, as in percentage of class.</p>

<p>oops, my bad!</p>