Like Letters from Princeton?

stemit
Sun, 09 May 2010 13:01:48 +0000

Princeton does issue likely letters. The earliest they can be given is October 1. If you have a completed application the process takes between 2 - 5 weeks from submission (the closer to October 1 the quicker a decision can be made because of the influx of athlete apps later in the fall).

Several issues: (1) It has been asked and debated whether athletic apps need to have the same degree of “perfection” as regular apps. and (2) how to view the “bindingness” of an LL since Princeton only has RD (about April 1).

S was told by several athletes that they gave short shrift to their essays. We viewed those comments as the type made by young men who wanted to “casualize” and trivialize the process. (In essense who runs a marathon and then sits down 100 yards before the finish line?) S submitted a fully thought out application – essay included. We (including him) did not want to gamble his chance to attend his dream school on the bragging of already admitted athletes.

Since we had never gone through the LL process before, we (the parents) were worried all the way through the RD letter; S was never concerned. The RD came through; the financial aid was the same as first indicated during the LL process.