<p>Steinberg was a reporter for the New York Times who was given access to the Wesleyan admissions process – not a member of the admissions staff.</p>
<p>:) Said it before I could.</p>
<p>Reviewing all the posts here, I came to conclude that HYP admissions have gone RIDICULOUS – beyond the realm of normality</p>
<p>It just means that the people getting in are even more ridiculous. At first, when I was rejected from Stanford, I was like “Who is getting in?” but I realized that there are simply 750+ applicants who are better. Which is very humbling and cool.</p>
<p>Anonymous93, I like your attitude.</p>
<p>Unfortunately for you, almost every student I’ve met here at Princeton has that academic profile, and then some, either in athletics, arts, literature or academic competitions/research. </p>
<p>I had very similar qualifications as you going into applications. I believe the only reason I was accepted was competing at the national level (top 150) all four years in math and physics.</p>
<p>No, you’re not one of the few hundred geniuses who gets accepted. Whether you’re one of the thousands of applicants with similar scores who gets rejected is up to admissions.</p>
<p>Did you notice the timestamps? o.O</p>