Does it matter when I accept Princeton's admission?

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<p>While I agree with Cantiger’s answer you should consider your question from another perspective. </p>

<p>Princeton’s SCEA allows you to wait until the Spring to make a commitment to attend. Columbia, UPenn, Dartmouth, Duke, Brown, Cornell, Johns Hopkins, and many other universities require an immediate answer from students admitted through ED. Universities have trouble projecting the size of their accepted freshman class. Two years ago more students accepted Princeton’s offer of admission than the university expected. Since Princeton guarantees that all student will have a place in a residential college Princeton had to work to find room for all the new students. Three man suites became four man suites, etc. More instructors were hired for freshman writing seminars. </p>

<p>If Princeton is your “top choice” why do you want to wait? If you want to attend Princeton at some point you should consider taking action that benefits the entire Princeton University community. </p>

<p>In another thread you express concern about “about not doing well.” That is such a common concern expressed by students at highly selective universities that this concern is known as the imposter syndrome. Some students are concerned that admissions will decide that they are an imposter and revoke their admission. The Outdoor Action summer program before you start classes helps freshman make friends and reduce their feelings of stress. </p>

<p>Princeton STEM courses never had grade inflation. The grades for STEM courses have not changed. The departmental grades for premeds majoring in biology or chemistry have not been affected by grade deflation. Even the universities noted for grade deflation have not inflated the grades in STEM fields. The university’s stated reason for grade deflation was that “grade deflation was implemented for the purpose of normalizing grades across departments, so that the average history major’s departmental GPA wouldn’t be two tenths higher than the average physics major’s departmental GPA.” Under the current policy a premed biology major has the same opportunity to achieve high grades as a history major. Prior to grade deflation history majors had higher GPAs. Here is a post discussing grade deflation for premeds. <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/16456885-post5.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/16456885-post5.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;