**Official Princeton Class of 2013 Decisions Thread**

[Anticipation16]

Decision: Accepted


Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): Cr:740 M: 700 W:690
• ACT:32
• SAT II:not good Bio-610 Math II- 610 US Hist- 650
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): only have weighted 4.2
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
• AP (place score in parenthesis): (5) on English
• IB (place score in parenthesis): NONE
• Senior Year Course Load:4 Aps
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

Two Theatre awards

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Loads of ECs. very good
• Job/Work Experience:none
• Volunteer/Community service: ESL tutoring
• Summer Activities: Yale summer program in Acting
• Essays:Wonderful
• Teacher Recommendation: Very nice
• Counselor Rec:great
• Additional Rec: yes, and great
• Interview:

went very well

Other

• State (if domestic applicant): PA
• Country (if international applicant):
• School Type: Public
• Ethnicity:white
• Gender:female
• Income Bracket: 200,000
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Theatre

Reflection

• Strengths: Theatre
• Weaknesses: SAT scores and grades
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

theatre OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

General Comments: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH COngratulations to all admitted!!! SOOOOOO EXCITING!!!! Rejected at Yale and Georgetown but Princeton came through!! freaking out for the past two hours

[Frostyeel]

Decision: Accepted

Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): 770 CR, 780 M, 750 W
• ACT: n/a
• SAT II: 800 US History, 800 Bio-M, 800 Math 2
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 4%
• AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), Calc AB (5), Bio (5), Chem (4)
• IB (place score in parenthesis):
• Senior Year Course Load: hard classes but a low number of them, overall quite hard
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): track and field 9-12, cross country 10-12
• Job/Work Experience: none
• Volunteer/Community service: 40 hours per year junior and senior years with National Honor Society
• Summer Activities: cross country preseason, biking, relaxing
• Essays: one very good, one good
• Teacher Recommendation: one very good, one good
• Counselor Rec: no idea
• Additional Rec: none
• Interview: I thought it was okay to bad. My interviewer asked me a lot about my interest in art and philosophy and such and as I'm more of a science person I didn't have that much to tell him. I also completely failed at displaying sincere interest in Princeton.

Other

• State (if domestic applicant): California
• Country (if international applicant):
• School Type: large public
• Ethnicity: white
• Gender: male
• Income Bracket: ~$100K
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): legacy

Reflection

• Strengths: test scores, GPA, recommendations, my one really good essay
• Weaknesses: the other stuff
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: legacy? I had nothing else that really stood out

General Comments: I don't know. Princeton wasn't one of my top choices, I only applied because I thought I had a better chance than at any other ivy. Now I guess I'll have to look into it.

[BananaSandwich15]

Decision:Accepted

Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown):didn't take it
• ACT:28
• SAT II:690 us history, 670 literature, 590 world history (i think)
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.96
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):3rd has dropped to 8th
• AP (place score in parenthesis):6 in all- 4,3 in world/american history
• IB (place score in parenthesis):i have no idea what this is to be honest
• Senior Year Course Load:Good, not easy
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):Questbridge thing, some other stuff

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):track (team captain, league champ), volleyball, orchestra, quiz bowl
• Job/Work Experience:fast food job every year since 10
• Volunteer/Community service:library volunteer, volleyball coach
• Summer Activities:Volleyball, family stuff, volunteering
• Essays:Amazing and had my soul in it
• Teacher Recommendation: Amazing
• Counselor Rec:Amazing
• Additional Rec:None
• Interview:Phone interview went very well

Other

• Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
• Intended Major: History
• State (if domestic applicant): Kansas
• Country (if international applicant): USA
• School Type: Public
• Ethnicity: AA
• Gender: F
• Income Bracket: under $30,000
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):URM, UR state (KS)

Reflection[list][*] Strengths:History, English, Sports other than basketball, Essay writing[*] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself:Family situation and values (poor, live with grandma etc)[*] Weaknesses:Math, Science, basketball[*] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Awesome Heartfelt Essays. Questbridge Kid[*] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

Accepted:
Pomona
Georgetown
University of Virginia
Columbia University
University of Kansas
University of Michigan
University of Minnesota

Waitlisted:
Stanford

Rejected:
None

I honestly didn't have any expectations from princeton or any of my harder schools. i'm not religious but i feel truly blessed

[churchill1990]

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:

• SAT: 2300 superscored (770 m, 760 CR, 770 w)
• SAT IIs: 760 Math 1, 730 French, 710 Math 2
• ACT: 32 (didn't send)
• GPA: 3.89 unweighted
• Rank: School doesn't rank
  

Subjective:

• Essays: Excellent. I thought it was the highlight of my application - Common App described my love of French and an experience I had during a homestay in France, and my Supplemental was a synthesis of morality vs. artistic expression during a theatre production I was in
• Teacher Rec: Didn't read, but I chose teachers that like me :-)
• Counselor Rec: Same as above
• Hook (if any): None whatsoever

Location/Person:

• State or Country: WA
• School Type: Very small independent private
• Ethnicity: White
• Gender: Male
• major strength/weakness: Strength: Essays, test scores Weakness: G.P.A, my music audition possibly
• why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Too strong to be rejected, too weak to be an admit...hoping for good news in May!

General Comments: Congratulations to everyone who got accepted! Hopefully I get off this waitlist :P

[southeasttitan]

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): 2180 (780 CR, 620 M, 780 W)
• SAT II: 780 Lit, 750 M, 650 CR
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 20/450
• AP (place score in parenthesis): Spanish 4, USH 5
• Senior Year Course Load: 3 courses at Macalester College, AP Calc, AP Human Geography, independent projects in English, Newspaper
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 2008 Davidson Fellow for Literature

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
  - Award-winning newspaper, Editor-in-Chief
  - Varsity soccer (not recruited)
  - State-ranked Quiz Bowl team
• Job/Work Experience: Loft Literary Center teen council
• Volunteer/Community service: 300+ hours, Head Start literacy program
• Summer Activities: Soccer, volunteering, writing
• Essays: I'm a writer, so probably my strongest suit. Wrote about my favorite passage from my book and my dog.
• Teacher Recommendation: Best in my career, etc.
• Counselor Rec: Great
• Additional Rec: N/A
• Interview: Dull and nondescript, but good, I guess.

Other

• Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
• Intended Major: Literature
• State (if domestic applicant): MN
• School Type: Inner-city public
• Ethnicity: White. I know, what?
• Gender: F
• Income Bracket: $40,000/year
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Davidson Fellowship?

Reflection

• Strengths: Legacy, Davidson Fellowship, essays, being from the city.
• Weaknesses: Math!
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No idea!
• Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at Harvard, Yale, Northwestern, Macalester College, waitlisted WashU, Boston College (lawl), denied Brown

General Comments: Suck me, Princeton, I'm goin' to Yale! Congrats to all who got in!

[Poseur]

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): 800 CR / 800 M / 790 W
• ACT: N/A
• SAT II: 720->750 Math IIC, 780 Literature, 590->720 French, 720 Physics, 690 Chemistry
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0... you don't want my weighted? 4.81 ><
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/334 with others W, 2/334 alone UW
• AP (place score in parenthesis): Comp Sci A (5), Govt & Politics (4), Comp Sci AB (4), Calc AB (5), English Lang & Comp (5), World History (5)
• IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
• Senior Year Course Load: AP(Biology + Chemistry + Psychology + Calc BC + English Lit + French Lang) & Intern/Mentorship (sweet program my county offers)
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nawww

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Cognitive Science internship, Art Club (co-president), Information Technology Academy -- we do computer programming competitions (secretary/treasurer), Math Team, Science Olympiads, various NHSs and other service stuff.
• Job/Work Experience: N/A
• Volunteer/Community service: Various things; notably, a program called PCs4Kids in which I helped teach younger students how to use computers that were donated to them.
• Summer Activities: University of Delaware Summer College 2007, Summer@Brown 2008
• Essays: I thought they conveyed my personality and interests!
• Teacher Recommendation: Very naice, I laiked.
• Counselor Rec: Didn't see.
• Additional Rec: Nop.
• Interview: Went well, although I don't feel like I demonstrated enough knowledge/interest in Princeton. (The first thing she asked was "Why Princeton?" and I had to think about it -- I'd sorta thought that'd come through through my other answers, and wasn't sure how to answer it outright!)

Other

• State (if domestic applicant): MD
• Country (if international applicant): N/A
• School Type: Competitive public
• Ethnicity: White
• Gender: F
• Income Bracket: High? lol
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nop!

Reflection

• Strengths: Test scores, GPA, clear focus on neuroscience.
• Weaknesses: Nothing outstanding.
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I'm honored to have been waitlisted! With my lack of anything particularly notable about me, I expected rejection.

General Comments: CONGRATS, accepted students! I'm honored that I wasn't rejected, and I'm not too disappointed -- will most likely be attending Brown, my top choice!!!

[alluringcliche]

Decision: Waitlisted


Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): CR 780, Math 730 Writing 720
• SAT II: US Hist 640, Math 700, Lit 760
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): about 3.9. 4.3 weighted
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/135
• AP (place score in parenthesis): Lang (4), Stats (5)
• Senior Year Course Load: three APs

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Volunteer Work, Paid Internship/Educational Program, lots of academic ECs, NHS (Pres)
• Job/Work Experience: Internship Program Paid
• Volunteer/Community service: Lots
• Summer Activities: Mostly work
• Essays: Question one for Princeton ok...personal good
• Teacher Recommendation: Very good
• Counselor Rec: Very good
• Interview: Ok.

Other

• State (if domestic applicant): NJ
• Country (if international applicant): USA
• School Type: Urban public
• Ethnicity: White
• Gender: Female
• Income Bracket: 60-100k

Reflection

• IDK lol

General Comments: Waitlisted at Columbia and UPenn as well. So yeah. Happy-ish.

[TheWerg]

Decision: Rejected

Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): 2340 (800 CR, 740 M, 800 W)
• SAT II: 2400 (Math 2, Lit, USH)
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10/540
• AP (place score in parenthesis): USH (5), Environmental Science (5)
• Senior Year Course Load: Six APs.
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMF?

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debate, Academic Decathlon, Model UN, SciFi Club. Leadership/success in all.
• Job/Work Experience: Worked on a house with my dad one summer.
• Volunteer/Community service: Didn't put any down.
• Summer Activities: AcaDec summer school/aforementioned work.
• Essays: Excellent Common App, dunno about supplemental.
• Teacher Recommendation: One great, one generic.
• Counselor Rec: Pretty good.
• Additional Rec: None.
• Interview: Meh.

Other

• State (if domestic applicant): CA
• Country (if international applicant):
• School Type: Poor, crappy public.
• Ethnicity: Hispanic Jew.
• Gender: Male.
• Income Bracket: 100k.
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, pretty much canceled out by Jewishness though.

Reflection

• Strengths: Scores, stuff that doesn't come across on my app.
• Weaknesses: ECs, especially community service.
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: There were other people better than I was, of course.

General Comments: Congrats everyone who got in! You guys are amazing. Good luck to waitlistees, and maybe I'll see some fellow rejects somewhere on down the trail.

[anissa]

Pick one:
Decision: Rejected

Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): M:720 CR:760 W:750
• ACT: n/a
• SAT II: French w/ Listening:800, US History:720, Lit:690
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/~350
• AP (place score in parenthesis): US Gov & Politics (5) from soph year, tons more this year
• IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
• Senior Year Course Load: pretty intense.. have to make up some NC state requirements since I was in France last year though
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): -

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): year abroad in Orléans, France, Junior State (officer and fundraiser / delegate leader to Washington conference), founder/president of Young Democrats, extensive political volunteering with leadership (turned down fulltime internship w/ Barack Obama campaign), piano, French Club president, French Club quiz bowl winner, local math quiz bowl
• Job/Work Experience: customer service job at REI since fall 2008
• Volunteer/Community service: tutoring, conservation, political stuff
• Summer Activities: mostly travel / work
• Essays: common app one was about my political work, "Princeton in the nation's service" quote one was about volunteer on a Catholic mission trip in France (I'm not Catholic)
• Teacher Recommendation: one was mindblowingly amazing and she cried reading it to me, and the other was probably just ok
• Counselor Rec: I'm not sure… but pretty decent I’m assuming. I don’t think she’s very intelligent and she’s been unsupportive of my reach schools, but I know she respects me a lot and wrote about my personal initiative and passion for learning, which is the most important thing.
• Additional Rec: -
• Interview: was alright. very organic conversation with a graduate from the business school, he was extremely encouraging and we got political. I liked it...

Other

• State (if domestic applicant): NC
• Country (if international applicant):
• School Type: midsize public, kind of average. most people go to state schools or stay in the south.
• Ethnicity: URM
• Gender: F
• Income Bracket: high
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, moved around a lot

Reflection

• Strengths: extracurricular political work
• Weaknesses: test scores, GPA.
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: because the other people were more qualified
• Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: waitlisted at Georgetown, accepted at Stanford, WUSTL, UChicago, UPenn, and UNC Chapel Hill (possibly with full scholarship, honors college)

General Comments: I'm content. I wish I'd gotten in, but just applying was an experience. It was my top choice but honestly, if they don't want me, and other schools do... those other schools are where I should be. CONGRATS TO EVERYONE WHO GOT IN. I'm over the moon about Stanford so I really am just happy right now. I'm not sad anymore !

[basketballbabe13]

Waitlisted. stats later.
quick stats: 2200, SATII: 790/750/710.
GPA 3.8
lots of leadership
great essays
Canadian

[Canadianftw]

Decision: Rejected

Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): CR680, M800, W740 (total: 2220)
• SAT II: MII800, Chem800, Phys750, Fre w/ L 660
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 98%
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 1%
• IB (place score in parenthesis): Total: 44/45
  • Math HL: 7
  • Physics HL: 7
  • Chem HL: 7
  • English HL: 7
  • History SL: 7
  • French SL: 6
  • TOK/EE: 3
• Senior Year Course Load: full IB + one non-IB course
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
  • Top 1% in national math contests, including a perfect score
  • Top 1% in national chem contest
  • 2x MusicFest Nationals Gold

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
  • School Concert Bands (Council Events Coordinator and Percussion Section Leader)
  • Piano: 9 years
  • Student Executive Council (Treasurer)
  • Track and Field/Cross Country teams (Athlete/coach)
  • Relay for Life (Finance Chair) - raised $44000 in the first year
  • School Yearbook (Editor and page designer)
  • Duke of Edinburgh award (School leader)
• Job/Work Experience: Kumon
• Volunteer/Community service: 250+ hours
• Summer Activities:
  • 2006: Teaching English in China
  • 2007: Canadian Math Society National Camp
  • 2008: Harvard SSP
• Essays: not good enough apparently
• Teacher Recommendation: good
• Counselor Rec: "I would not hesitate to identify him as one of my top students in my career."
• Additional Rec: awesome
• Interview: I had better ones, I had worse ones.

Other

• Country (if international applicant): Canada
• School Type: Public, ranked 3rd in the country
• Ethnicity: Asian
• Gender: Male
• Income Bracket: middle class
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none

Reflection

• Strengths: none apparently
• Weaknesses: everything
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I suck
• Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: rejected everywhere

General Comments: I've never felt so worthless

[Baelor]

Decision: Accepted

Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): 2400
• ACT: N/A
• SAT II: 800/800/800
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): N/A
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
• AP (place score in parenthesis): Physics C Mech. AND E&M, US History, French, Calc BC, English Language -- all 5s
• IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
• Senior Year Course Load: N/A
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 8 on AIME, 198.5 index, Presidential Scholar candidate, NMF

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Boy Scouts (almost Eagle), math team, various leadership experiences on a state level
• Job/Work Experience: None significant
• Volunteer/Community service: Work with middle schoolers in math and science
• Summer Activities: None outstanding, just EC work and stuff like that
• Essays: Very good
• Teacher Recommendation: Excellent
• Counselor Rec: Excellent
• Additional Rec: None
• Interview: It was at worst okay.

Other

• State (if domestic applicant): Northwest
• Country (if international applicant): N/A
• School Type: Private
• Ethnicity: White
• Gender: Male
• Income Bracket: Do not qualify for aid
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

[anissa]

oops, i accidentally used my interview post from the harvard post. my princeton interview was extremely lame and it was his first ever interview as an alumni. boo.

[Galless]

Rejected. FML.
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2110 (750 CR, 690 M, 670 W)
ACT: 32
SAT II: 760 Chem, 770 French R, 710 Lit
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9? I'm from Quebec so grades are a bit different
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem Calc AB, Bio, Phys C
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP Chem, AP Bio, AP Phys, AP English, Philosophy,
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): non-really

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 9 years of swimming, track(team captain, MVP) Biochallenge, basketball, ball hockey, waterpolo, debating, learning guitar
Job/Work Experience: Lifeguarding for 3 years, swimteam coach, teach swimming lessons
Volunteer/Community service: marshalling little kids, timing at swimmeets, coached school swimteam
Summer Activities: Lifeguarding
Essays: Common App was good, talked about leadership as a coach and at the pools
Teacher Recommendation: Didn't read.
Counselor Rec: didn't see it, but she's really good and likes me
Additional Rec: didn't read
Interview: no interview

Other
State (Province? lol): Quebec
Country (if international applicant): Canada
School Type: Private-sends a bunch of kids to good schools every year
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: ~80k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none really

Reflection
Strengths: good ecs, passion for the pool, decent essays
Weaknesses: SAT, no interview, strength of schedule?
Why you think you were accepted/deferred//waitlisted/rejected: who knows?
General Comments: extremely disappointed- Princeton was my first choice by far, and I really hoped I’d get in, since my sister’s already there. Congrats to all who got in, it’s an amazing school

[dogdoc]

Decision: Waitlisted
i've posted my stats in other forums, so snoop around if you're interested.
congrats to all the acceptees! best of luck to everyone else, you'll find a great education with the right attitude no matter where you go.