<p>Most of the responses youve gotten here have been from high school students. Please ignore them.</p>
<p>Comments that hes competitive in all aspects except SAT scores, when his SAT scores are 2220 (a full 40 points below the midpoint, which is an insignificant difference 4% of those who applied with scores of 2080 or below are admitted, by the way) show that these are coming from people who have no idea how Princeton admissions works.</p>
<p>In the 1990s, a chapter in a book was written after an extended interview with the Dean of Admissions at Princeton. At that time, it stated that each applicant was rated on a 1 to 5 scale academically and non-academically, and each of these sides was weighted equally. That weighting may have changed somewhat, but I doubt it.</p>
<p>Chance threads are worthless for most schools that have any degree of holistic admissions, because no one on this board can read an applicants entire file or see collateral material. Comments made from high school students are not only worthless, they are damaging, because they can give applicants a false sense of hope or can discourage an applicant who could get admitted from applying.</p>
<p>Please, high school students, dont comment on chance threads unless you can provide specific information, such as the entire profile of the kid who lives next door to you and got in, complete with that kids essays, recommendations, and art portfolio. Youre doing more harm than good.</p>
<p>Saona, bear in mind that with Early Action, those who get in are either athletic recruits (whose applications were prescreened and given a thumbs up after communication with the coach long before they formally applied) or those who would absolutely get in come Regular Decision time. Princeton doesnt really need to fight for students like the many schools that have Early Decision do. In other words, dont take it as an insult or as a rejection if your son is deferred. It simply means that he wasnt a shoe-in.</p>
<p>Best of luck to your son.</p>