Deferred Early Action - Improved - Chances for Regular Decision?

asking4afriend
Wed, 02 Mar 2016 17:29:49 +0000

Thanks for the input. I just want to have realistic expectations. My family is actually pressuring me to attend a Christian school where I’d get a full-ride scholarship, but I’m not sure about what sort of school I want to go to yet and I won’t get my responses letters for a little while. Princeton just appeals to me because it seems like the embodiment of intellectual stimulation - which obviously is a bit of a romanticization but I have to combat senioritis somehow, right?

So, as a clarification, what do you mean by “nothing really stands out”? Do you think I’m not qualified enough, are my stats too low, is the major too competitive, ect? And do you have any personal experience about situations like this?