Chances for Princeton ED

CC_Admin
Sat, 06 Nov 2004 22:17:41 +0000

Dizzymom, how could someone get in solely for statistics? He had to have something besides, didn’t he? Maybe Intel STS or something! But yeah, I agree, I am afraid people will take me to be a sheltered hobbit or something because I don’t have any “passions” that are atypical…I enjoy playing the violin, but then again, so do thousands of other applicants!

Akashbansal, your stats are great, especially your SAT scores. I’m glad to see you have written a book and that you have some passion that you are really attached to.

Martin Valdez- I have a friend named Martin Valdez! But he doesn’t live in Ohio. In any case, yes, I don’t have a clue who rattle1 is, though he must have posted something on my forum since his name was listed under the posters.

Cookiemom- thanks for all the encouragement, and more importantly, all the advice! Its so weird that more than one person could have made the mistake of skipping the last ten questions. I realized after the test that I was ten questions short, and was kicking myself since then! This time when I retook it, I made sure I found the ten questions…whats funny is that had I not been through the experience, I probably would have skipped the last ten questions again. They are hidden away very neatly.

About my help around the house–lol I did not mention this in the Princeton application…but I don’t know if adcoms can get indications of this other places. Its not something I do for college, so I kinda feel weird about putting it in my future apps (at this point, I am gearing up for rejection, so I have all else ready). Also, about texture, I feel that I am lacking in what I can give back to the school. If a student is semi-accomplished, but not in any way that he could give back to the school, where does he sit in the application pile?

Another random question: One of my top choices is University of Texas in Austin (my Aggie friends would kill me for this!) What have you heard about their Business Honors Program and Plan II Program? Is it well known? I can only judge on a local basis, but what opinions do you hold of UT?