Chances for Princeton ED

rattle1
Fri, 05 Nov 2004 10:31:36 +0000

To Mahajan,

In answer to your question, “What are my chances for Princeton ED?”

Just based on your record that you posted, including your ECs, academic record and a perfect SAT I score of 1600 and 3 perfect SAT II scores of 800 giving a total of 4000, for a combined perfect score on the SAT I and SAT II, in addittion to the fact that you are are applying ED to Princeton, YOU HAVE A MUCH BETTER THAN AN EVEN CHANCE of admission to Princeton. The total ED applicant group to Princetion last year had a one in three chance (33%) of admission. You certainly more than exceed the standards met by the acceptances for ED admission for Princeton last year.

Again, the one factor that may hinder or decrease your chances is the fact that you are an Asian American. Asian Americans are admitted at a much lower rate than any other group despite meeting the standards and holistic criteria for admissions. Asian Americans are required to meet a higher level of achievement (higher than for whites, blacks, latinos, etc.) in order to be admitted. The bar is raised for Asian Americans because of double and triple standards used for different groups. Asian Americans are subjected to defacto quotas limiting Asians for racial diversity, because they are overrepresented at Princeton at around 12% for their 4% of the American population.

Therefore, I would not be surprised if you were rejected for this very reason.