<p>I think you need to take that information with a grain (or more) of salt. The students that were accepted from Alabama may have significant background information that increased the likelihood of admission - for example they may be recruited athletes or have some other hook. Also bear in mind that Princeton doesn’t have to accept students from every state (they don’t typically although there is often representation from most ). Even if they did, relying on a three year old thread with one person’s hearsay and very little hard data isn’t much to go on. </p>
<p>For some more accurate data check out this link: <a href=“http://www.princeton.edu/admission/applyingforadmission/admission_statistics/”>http://www.princeton.edu/admission/applyingforadmission/admission_statistics/</a><br>
There is a link on the left that will tell you admission by state. You can see that no students were admitted from four different states for the class of 2017. </p>
<p>For your actual chances, you’re probably in the range of 7-8% from what you have shared (based on the overall admit rate and your GPA). If you are really interested in going to Princeton, I’d suggest you apply there as well as your safety schools and see what happens. It really is a long shot for pretty much everyone but it’s probably better to try and not leave yourself wondering what would have happened if you had applied. Good luck!</p>