**Official Princeton Class of 2013 Decisions Thread**

[musicgal3]

Post your results here as they roll in on March 31st!!

NOTE: TAKE OUT SPACES TO MAKE FORMATTING WORK CORRECTLY!!

Pick one:
[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Deferred[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected[ /b][ /color][ /size]

[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II:
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview:
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?:
[ *] Intended Major:
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

[BlueOcean]

^ There was a dispute about which thread should be used to post decisions, this original one, or a a new one where gecklord proposes a more convenient method, without the need to take out spaces for proper formatting. The solution: Just copy the model quoted below (credit goes to geckolord) and you won't have to take out any spaces.

[size=+2][color=green][b]Decision: Accepted[/b][/color][/size]
[size=+2][color=orange][b]Decision: Waitlisted[/b][/color][/size]
[size=+2][color=red][b]Decision: Rejected[/b][/color][/size]

[b]Objective:[/b][list]
[*] SAT I (breakdown):
[*] ACT:
[*] SAT II:
[*] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[*] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[*] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[*] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[*] Senior Year Course Load:
[*] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/list]

[b]Subjective:[/b][list]
[*] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[*] Job/Work Experience:
[*] Volunteer/Community service:
[*] Summer Activities:
[*] Essays:
[*] Teacher Recommendation:
[*] Counselor Rec:
[*] Additional Rec:
[*] Interview:[/list]

[b]Other[/b][list]
[*] State (if domestic applicant):
[*] Country (if international applicant):
[*] School Type:
[*] Ethnicity:
[*] Gender:
[*] Income Bracket:
[*] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/list]

[b]Reflection[/b][list]
[*] Strengths:
[*] Weaknesses:
[*] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/list]

[b]General Comments:[/b]

Good luck everyone!

[UHSdebater]

Decision: Accepted

Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): 2220 (800 M, 640 CR, 780 W [11 E])
• ACT: 35 (35 E, 34 M, 36 R, 33 S, 9 E)
• SAT II: 770 MathII, 770 US History, 750 Physics
• (Weighted) GPA: 103.5667 on 100 scale
• Rank: 1/73 in magnet program, 2/772 overall in school
• AP: 5 English Lang, 5 US History, 5 Macroecon
• Senior Year Course Load: AP Span Lang, AP Calc AB, Research/Design/Development, AP Physics B, Comp Sci II H, AP Calc BC, English 4, AP Physics C
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Coca Cola Scholar?

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Robotics, LD Debate, Extemporaneous Speaking, Student Advisory Committee to Superintendent, NHS, Physics & Calc Club...really good leadership
• Job/Work Experience: Bookkeeper and office assistant at accounting office
• Volunteer/Community service: Animal shelter, robotics lego league, church
• Summer Activities: LEAD Wharton
• Essays: Good
• Teacher Recommendation: Good
• Counselor Rec: Great
• Additional Rec: none provided
• Interview: went well

Other

• State: Texas
• School Type: Public (Magnet program within resident school)
• Ethnicity: Hispanic (Mexican American)
• Gender: Male
• Income Bracket: upper middle
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM

Reflection

• Strengths: transcript was about perfect, good act score, activities
• Weaknesses: not good at writing college essays that "reflect me"
• Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: wish adcom could tell me

General Comments: awesome. congrats everyone!

[TTwhite]

Decision: Rejected.

Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): 670 w 690 cr 720 m
• ACT: 33
• SAT II: 790 ush 750 wh 680 math 1
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/277
• AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 5's, one 4
• IB (place score in parenthesis):
• Senior Year Course Load: ap bio, ap euro, ap lit, ap calc ab, ap psych, journalism 3
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

sunshine state scholars

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): pres of club.. foudner of another.. in about 12 activities, states in envirothon
• Job/Work Experience: two jobs over summers
• Volunteer/Community service: 300+ hours
• Summer Activities: job
• Essays: great
• Teacher Recommendation: very good
• Counselor Rec: idk
• Additional Rec:
• Interview: very good

Other

• State (if domestic applicant): FL
• Country (if international applicant): us
• School Type: public
• Ethnicity: w
• Gender: m
• Income Bracket:
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): 1st gen

Reflection

• Strengths:
• Weaknesses:
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

General Comments:

[ekostik]

Decision: Waitlisted

Extremely surprised I wasn't flat out rejected. Congrats to everyone who got in.

[squaregirl]

Yup. Rejected. :P

[Peytoncline]

Decision: Accepted

HOLY CRAP!!!

Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): 690 CR, 800 M, 780 W
• ACT: 35 (36 E, 36 M, 34 R, 34 S; 8 on essay)
• SAT II: 800 Math II and Chem; 740 Physics
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 UW (4.6 Weighted)
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): No rank - Top 5%
• AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geo (3), World Hist (4), Cal AB (5), Chem (5), Physics B (5)
• IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
• Senior Year Course Load: Band, AP Cal BC, AP Lit, AP Bio, Honors Senior Thesis, AP Lang, AP Gov't
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):many state-wide trombone awards; National Merit Finalist; Pres. Scholar Candidate; AP Scholar with Distinction

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Band, Band Council President, Science and Engineering Club (VP), quiz bowl assistant captain, green club, band competitions
• Job/Work Experience: None
• Volunteer/Community service: 141 hours
• Summer Activities: Band camps
• Essays: Common app - about a band experience and how that impacted me; princeton supplement - my dad's impact on my life
• Teacher Recommendations: Evidently they were good (wasn't allowed to read them)
• Counselor Rec: Assuming it was good
• Additional Rec: None
• Interview: Yes

Other

• State (if domestic applicant): Arkansas
• Country (if international applicant):
• School Type: Private
• Ethnicity: White
• Gender: Male
• Income Bracket: $90,000 - $120,000
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):none

Reflection

• Strengths: GPA, Test Scores, Band Stuff
• Weaknesses: Not too many really huge awards like Intel or Siemens or USAMO
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Beats me; I'm just really really excited right now!!!

General Comments:Congratulations to everyone else who got in!!!

[tn819]

Decision: Accepted

I got in and it was the only Ivy I applied to. Anyways great luck to everyone else.

[Sea Legs]

Decision: Rejected

Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): 2100 (730 CR, 730M, 640 W)
• ACT: 34
• SAT II: 760 Chem, 660 M1, 640 USHist
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0ish
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/238
• AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem (4), Eng Lang (3), US Hist (3)
• IB (place score in parenthesis):
• Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP Cal, AP Lit, AP Span 5, AP Gov, Adv Eco, Adv Phys, App Mus, Band
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

AP Scholar, Nat'l Merit Commended

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Band (Drum Major, Captain), Spanish Club (Pres, VP, Reporter), Drama Club, ITS, Cross Country, a lot of others.
• Job/Work Experience: Blockbuster Cashier, Pianist for Church
• Volunteer/Community service: a lot
• Summer Activities: JSA Summer School at Stanford, DM Camp, a lot of other stuff
• Essays: Common App was good, Princeton Supplement was CRAP.
• Teacher Recommendation: did not read.
• Counselor Rec: fantastically personal
• Additional Rec: didn't submit
• Interview:

ehh. could have been better.

Other

• State (if domestic applicant): Texas
• Country (if international applicant):
• School Type: Crappy public in the deep south.
• Ethnicity: White
• Gender: Male
• Income Bracket: Middle Class
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

First Gen

Reflection

• Strengths: ECs, GPA, ACT?
• Weaknesses: SAT I/II, Princeton Essay, interview maybe? shooo, who knows.
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

My princeton essay was terrible, i'm too average.
General Comments: boooo.
i was hoping for waitlist, but it's whatever.

[Go Dog Go]

Decision: Accepted

Objective:

• SAT I: 2230 (Critical Reading: 740, Math: 760, Writing: 730)
• ACT: 35, E: 36, M: 36, R: 36, S: 33 W: 10/12
• SAT II: Physics: 800, Chemistry: 790, Math II: 780, World History: 740
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
• Rank: 1 of 332
• AP: through junior year I had taken 9:
  Human Geo (5), World History (5), Euro History (5), Art History (5), Calculus AB (5), Physics B (5), Chemistry (5), English Language (5), Spanish Language (4)
  
• IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
• Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus BC, AP Physics C, AP Spanish Literature, AP English Literature, AP Biology, AP US Government, AP US History, Study Hall
  
• Major Awards:
  Prudential Spirit of Community Award as best high school age volunteer in my State.
  National Merit Finalist
  National AP Scholar (earned as a junior)

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars: NHS - member 3 years, President Senior year.
  HOBY ambassador sophomore year.
  Fencing - Nationally ranked in Junior (U20) and Senior age groups, several national medals, "A" rated, medalled at Junior Olympics, I've represented the U.S. at a few international events.
  Music - electric and acoustic guitar, formed a "Visiting Musicians" Club to perform at Senior Centers.
• Job/Work Experience: Tutor at HS Science lab: 11, 12. Promoted to Science Lab Supervisor: 12.
• Volunteer/Community service: I formed a non-profit at age 12, which has collected and distributed thousands of winter clothing items an hundreds of pounds of food to the disadvantaged.
• Summer Activities: fencing and travel
• Essays: Okay, I suppose. I wrote about coming to understand the value of education by watching workers at a cheese factory.
• Teacher Recommendation: probably good
• Counselor Rec: probably good
• Additional Rec: none
• Interview: pretty chill

Other

• State (if domestic applicant): Utah
• Country (if international applicant):
• School Type: competitive exurban public
• Ethnicity: not disclosed on application; FYI: biracial (white/asian)
• Gender: male
• Income Bracket: too high for aid
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): recruited athlete

Reflection

• Strengths: academics, athletics, community service, leadership
• Weaknesses: Low SAT I score
• Why you think you were accepted: Because I was a recruited athlete.

General Comments: This isn’t unexpected, because I received a likely letter several months ago, but it sure is exciting to have an official decision. Good luck to everybody!

[college491]

Decision: Rejected

Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): 2390 (800 CR, 790 M, 800 W)
• ACT: N/A
• SAT II: 790 USH, 730 Lit, 710 Math I
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.2
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/a
• AP (place score in parenthesis): AP USH (5), AP EURO (5)
• IB (place score in parenthesis):
• Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP English Lang, AP US Gov, AP Chem, AP Calc, Honors Physics, Honors Spanish IV

I'll update later the rest later...

[sartorialiste]

Decision: Rejected

Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): 800/800/800 E11
• ACT: n/a
• SAT II: 800/800/800 Math II, Literature, US History
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97, ~97 on my school's 100-pt scale
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/425
• AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geography (5), World History (5), European History (5), US History (5), Physics B (5), Statistics (5)
• IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
• Senior Year Course Load: AP Chem, AP Macro, AP US Government, AP Psychology, AP Literature, AP Environmental Science
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 1st in big national essay contest, NMF, TASP Finalist (idk if this counts)

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Creative Writing (some minor awards, but this is my huge passion and I sent in a supplement); Science Olympiad (officer for 2 years, 16 medals at time of app, led team to Nationals, organized local tournament, coded website, etc...); Art (lessons for 4 years, sent in suppplement); Model UN; NHS; Beta; MARC Youth Leadership Program
• Job/Work Experience: couple of months at Kumon, restaurant since June 08
• Volunteer/Community service: ~100 hours with NHS/Beta
• Summer Activities: UChicago summer session, trip for aforementioned essay contest, work
• Essays: Common App - my love for writing from the perspective of a younger self; Princeton - how a medical condition affected my view of the world
• Teacher Recommendation: should've both been great
• Counselor Rec: very positive but not very informative
• Additional Rec: from boss at work
• Interview: great, long intellectual conversation and my interviewer seemed pretty impressed

Other

• Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
• Intended Major: Political Science
• State (if domestic applicant): GA
• Country (if international applicant): USA
• School Type: Public
• Ethnicity: Asian
• Gender: Female
• Income Bracket: 150k-200k
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nope

Reflection

• Strengths: numbers for sure, but I think more distinctively might be my abilities in writing and art
• Weaknesses: lack of leadership positions, lack of substantial awards for some big ECs
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Tough year, and the aforementioned weaknesses.

General Comments:
Princeton hurt the most because I thought I had better chances there than at some other places, based on my application and the kids from school who got in in past years. Still, I'll get over it. Congrats to everyone who did get in! Wish you all the best.

[irunoninsulin]

Decision: Waitlisted

Stats:

• SAT: 2160 - math 660, reading 710, writing 790
• SAT IIs: world history 700, math2 600, literature 730
• GPA: 3.91 uw, 4.56 weighted
• Rank: top 5%
• Other stats:

Subjective:

• Essays: common app essay -about my dad, and a supplemental essay about running
• Teacher Recs: I thought they were going to be stellar, but didn't see it
• Counselor Rec: I thought it would be great, didnt see it
• extracurriculars: Captain of varsity xc team, editor-in-chief of newspaper, forensics (public speaking), nhs, + a lot of stuff related to diabetes research/advocacy (i.e., running a community support group, writing a blog for a health website, babysitting for diabetic kids, speaking at press conferences on capitol hill, lobbying for stem cell research)

Location/Person:

• State or Country: MD
• School Type: public
• Ethnicity: half white, half Indian (did this hurt me? did they accidentally write me off as an "asian"?)
• Gender: female
• Intended Major: undecided - definitely humanities, though
• major strength/weakness: dunno

Other Factors: I am so surprised. Princeton is the place I really didn't want to go to, and I was fully expecting a rejection.

[Dbate]

[ b]Decision: Rejected[/b]

Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): 2070 (790 CR, 650 M, 630 W)
• ACT: 34 (36 R, 35 M, 32 E, 31 S)
• SAT II: Math 2:680, Lit: 710, Bio-M: 750
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.89
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 13/495
• AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 English Lang, 5 US History, took Chem and Comp. Sci classes but not the AP tests
• IB (place score in parenthesis):
• Senior Year Course Load: Calc AB, Bio, Physics B, English Lit, Stats, Economics, Government (All AP)+Health
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): This:
  Speech & Debate Awards
  10th
  State Qualifier in Lincoln Douglas Debate
  5th Place Team Texas Forensic League State Tournament
  1st place University of Texas Longhorn Classic Tournament
  1st Place Aldine Debate Tournament
  National Forensic League Distinction Honor
  11th
  State Qualifier in Lincoln Douglas Debate
  State Quarterfinalist Extemporaneous Speaking
  3rd Place University Interscholastic League District Extemporaneous Speaking
  6th Place National Forensic League District Extemporaneous Speaking
  National Forensic League Special Distinction Honor
  Science Research Awards
  9th
  Fort Bend Outstanding Achievement in Science Award
  10th
  Fort Bend Outstanding Achievement in Science Award
  Elkins High School Top Chemistry Student Honor
  11th
  Evaluation of Photon Tunneling Probability by Spatial Variation published by The Society for Amateur Scientists
  4th Place American Physics Society-Texas Chapter
  Jacobs Engineering Science Research Award
  4th Place Science and Engineering Fair of Houston
  Fort Bend Outstanding Achievement in Science Award
  Elkins High School Top Chemistry Student Honor
  
  
  

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debate, Extemporaneous Speaking, Trumpet, Football, Science Research, Parliamentarian for Science Honor Society
• Job/Work Experience: Worked at Target two summers
• Volunteer/Community service: None
• Summer Activities: Target work and research
• Essays: One essay was about being the only black at science competitions and about identity. The other essay was about faith and evolution.
• Teacher Recommendation: My debate coach probably was really good, but the other one was probably average
• Counselor Rec: It was probably about science research (they basically allow us to tell them what to write bc they don’t know us)
• Additional Rec: None
• Interview: Went really well

Other

• Applied for Financial Aid?: Yep
• Intended Major: Mehcanical Engineering (but will probably switch to Applied Physics)
• State (if domestic applicant): TX
• Country (if international applicant):
• School Type: Public
• Ethnicity: Black
• Gender: Male
• Income Bracket: 110K
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Black+Engineering+Research
• Strengths: My ACT score and research (sent in my abstract on quantum tunneling)
• Weaknesses: My grades and rank
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Idk but I am bummed. I’d like to think that it was God’s will and all.
  

General Comments: Good Luck to everyone else. And congrats to all those accepted. It doesn’t matter I got into YALE!!!!!

This is the research btw:

9th Quantitative Analysis of Electron Transition in Helium

Þ Evaluated the quantitative changes in the helium atom as electrons transition to higher energy states to understand how excitation affects atomic properties for application to engineering materials

10th Evolution of Time Independent Wave Functions in an Electrostatic Field

Þ Calculated dilations in the wave functions of the Helium atom in a static electromagnetic field to elucidate effects of magnetism on particles for optimization of engineering design environments

11th Evaluation of Photon Tunneling Probability by Spatial Variation

Þ Analyzed the relationship between the probability for photon plane waves to undergo quantum tunneling and the width of the tunneling barrier for development of more efficient engineering materials

[hookem168]

Rejected. FML.


Objective:

• SAT I (breakdown): 760 M, 750 CR, 760 W (2270)
• ACT: 33
• SAT II: 800 Lit, 740 Math 2, WH......unspeakable.
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98 UW
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/34 (lol)
• AP (place score in parenthesis): not offered, but a self-studied 5 on Eng Lit
• IB (place score in parenthesis): not offered
• Senior Year Course Load: toughest available
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NM Finalist....15th Nationally in NFL Oratory

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Speech and Debate/Theatre/Mock Trial/Varsity Basketball
• Job/Work Experience: typical teenage restaurant jobs
• Volunteer/Community service: 400+ hours tutoring the underprivileged
• Summer Activities: See "job" and "volunteer work"
• Essays: Good
• Teacher Recommendation: Same
• Counselor Rec: Same
• Additional Rec: Same
• Interview: Same

Other

• State (if domestic applicant): TX
• Country (if international applicant): N/A
• School Type: Private (tiny)
• Ethnicity: White/Caucasian
• Gender: Male
• Income Bracket: ~$100k
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Reflection

• Strengths: No idea. Well-rounded?
• Weaknesses: Standout ECs and stats.
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Because I suck at life.

General Comments: Sorry for the late post, I got rejected at Harvard, Yale, AND Princeton. I've been crying for 2 hours.