I’m not claiming to know every case, but among the ones I do know,only two students chose Princeton when they had multiple HYPSM offers.
There may very well be other places I’m not aware of where more students with multiple offers chose Princeton. Isn’t it natural for us to think through all these different possibilities?
Of course, Princeton adjusted its number of admits based on closely monitoring yield rates, but it’s worth noting that among HYPS, Princeton was the only one to start pulling from the waitlist even before Decision Day.
The waitlist started moving on one day before the decision day I know two kids who were admitted off the waitlist . They’re really smart and outstanding kids and committed to Princeton.
Did they receive fewer commitments than expected? Could that have played a role as well? The issue with international students isn’t unique to Princeton.
These are just some of the possibilities to consider.