<p>The statistics you cite are not from the university, but are “Parchment Member Admissions Statistics.” These are statistics from those who signed up for Parchment and self-reported their results on Parchment. These are by no means representative of the entire applicant pool. Parchment’s reported applicants have a 22% acceptance rate and a 31% yield rate. These differ so much from those of the actual Princeton pool that they make it clear that you are dealing with a non-representative sample. There are numerous other statistical problems with Parchment’s methods of gathering data, but I won’t get into them here. Statisticians will warn you from drawing conclusions from non-verified, non-representative populations, yet Parchment presents these stats anyway. </p>
<p>Here are hard numbers from Princeton: [Admission</a> Statistics | Princeton University](<a href=“http://www.princeton.edu/admission/applyingforadmission/admission_statistics/]Admission”>http://www.princeton.edu/admission/applyingforadmission/admission_statistics/)</p>
<p>They SAT midpoints for enrolled students are 750 CR / 755 M / 750 W = 2255 median. </p>
<p>I have been interviewing applicants who apply to Princeton as an alumni interviewer for 30 years. I’ve interviewed many excellent kids who didn’t get in and a few excellent kids who did get in. I don’t claim by any means to be an admissions officer, and don’t chance people, because I know how unpredictable the process can be. I can tell you from doing this that 40 SAT points is not going to make much difference at all. </p>
<p>I’m asking that high school kids stop chancing people as well. It’s not beneficial, and can be harmful.</p>