<p>19th from new york.</p>
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I also think that this is the most likely.</p>
<p>I got my email fairly early (the 20th), and I’m 100% sure that I didn’t get in.</p>
<p>I don’t see how you can really believe the date when you received the email has ANYTHING to do with the admission decision. (Almost) all internationals got them on the same day, do you really think they’re going to reject all? I don’t think so. It’s done by region/representative. It doesn’t have any meaning!</p>
<p>it might have been done by bundles according to which admission officer read your files. : ) then this thread loses its purpose entirely.</p>
<p>Or it could have just been done in an automated manner! We just analyze things way tooo much here :D</p>
<p>@Dr. Avrah</p>
<p>The thing about the internationals is not true. On page 3, one person from Europe reported getting their email on the 19th, and a Brazilian replied that he or she had not received one yet (they did not get it until later, the 25th I think)</p>
<p>Also, on page 14, three applicants from Illinois posted; two got theirs on the 19th, while one received theirs on the 25th.</p>
<p>Since there are at least two occurrences of regional discrepancy, I do not believe that it could be a regional pattern.</p>
<p>I believe it either has to do with when the decision was made (which most likely correlates to your decision, i.e. easy accepts first, borderlines later), or it is completely random.</p>
<p>It is possible that it could be a mixture of these two and regional reps. This would explain why several people reported other applicants from their schools getting the email at the same time. In other words, regional reps tried to send out all their emails at the same time, but some applicants’ decisions were not finished, so they waited to send those emails individually.</p>
<p>it’s probable that they have europe and brazil in different “regions,” and that they broke illinois up into several regions as well. however, i agree that it’s likely a mixture of the two.</p>
<p>what a random thing to over-analyze. it’s gonna be a LONG four days.</p>
<p>^I also think IL was broken up into regions based on population density. States such as IL, NY, TX, and CA with massive populations relative to the other states have to be broken up since a lot more applicants come from there.</p>
<p>I’m in Europe and I did not receive any e-mail yet.</p>
<p>I’m in Europe and I did not receive any e-mail yet.</p>
<p>Hey. Dont worry. I am sure you will receive it. It should be sent to all applicants :)</p>
<p>and if not, you now know where to find it any way.</p>
<p>I think that the order in which applicants are receiving the email simply reflects the order in which Princeton is processing (and deciding upon) applications. Think about it; if you’re an admissions officer, why not save time by entering into the database the email addresses of applicants as you review their applications? This explains why internationals are receiving the emails at the same time; perhaps Princeton reviews domestic applications before it reviews international ones. It also explains why the process is so erratic. (Why else would Princeton stagger emails out over a week like this?)</p>
<p>The “early email, early decision” theory is the most plausible, but it does not imply that those who received the early emails had easily decidable applications, merely that those who received the early emails (on the 18th or 19th) had their applications completed first by the admissions committee *by chance<a href=“and%20before%20the%2018th%20or%2019th%20of%20March;%20the%2018th%20or%2019th%20must%20have%20been%20when%20Princeton%20sent%20out%20the%20first%20emails%20to%20those%20whose%20applications%20were%20decided%20prior%20to%20that%20date%20-%20Princeton%20did%20not%20send%20out%20emails%20until%20then”>/i</a>. The reason why Princeton doesn’t do batch emailing (as in sending emails out to applicants automatically) is that the applications aren’t standard; some applicants don’t indicate email addresses, some applicants use the Princeton rather the Common application form, some applicants mail their applications in, etc. So it is easiest for Princeton to email people in the order in which their applications are decided (again, by chance, not by some dubious “decidability” factor).</p>
<p>But then, Princeton adcoms usually work on the domestic applicants first, and then later the internationals together, as its easier for them to evaluate the applicants in the context of opportunities available in specific countries. Which means that all applicants from a particular country must have received that email together. </p>
<p>I am an applicant from India, and I received the mail on the 19th and friends of mine, on the 25th.</p>
<p>i recieved it on the 18th, is there any significance to this?</p>
<p>The first batch of emails was sent out on 18th and 19th. I receieved the mail sent on 18th on the 19th my time.</p>
<p>Haha I love how (overly?) analytical CC posters are.</p>
<p>If anyone’s still tallying this, the day before decisions come out, I received the email on the 18th, and I live in California. Hopefully the early email means good news, but I’m skeptical for now =x.</p>
<p>:D I hope that it means good news too!!! (Fingers crossed)</p>
<p>i got mine on the 19th…i live in NJ</p>
<p>Perhaps it indicates time of processing. Or a combination as was discussed. Either way, it gives no indicator of our status.</p>
<p>But who careas really, its 27 hrs away. Best of luck, friends.</p>