Official Princeton ED Results- Class of 2011

Colleges & Universities Princeton University
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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: no
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 2400 (1 sitting)
[<em>] SAT IIs: 770 US history, 800 chem, 800 math IIC
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] APs: Chem: 5, US History: 5
[</em>] IBs: n/a
[<em>] GPA: 4.0 uw, 4.73 w
[</em>] Rank: school doesn’t rank, but top 10%
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: 5 APs, one honors, independent study
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 3
[<em>] Common or Princeton App? Princeton
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Habitat for Humanity steering committee co-pres, other Habitat stuff, key club founder & pres, piano, salvation army, some track/XC, started tutoring program
[</em>] Awards listed on app: gov school, rensselaer medal, book award, chemistry olympiad local exam thing, nmsf, community service award, NLE medals, school awards, autocad certificate, hum. symposium
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: paid internship at an architecture firm, work at an ice cream shop
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): eh… I didn’t really like them
[<em>] Teacher Recs: didn’t see them
[</em>] Counselor Rec: didn’t see it
[<em>] Interview (feel and general location): it was okay
[</em>] Hook (if any): don’t think so
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: VA
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): public, okay
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Income Bracket: I didn’t apply for fin aid
[<em>] Gender: F
[</em>] Prospective Major: architecture
[<em>] Strengths/Weaknesses: don’t care!
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: who knows?!
[/ul]Other Factors:
**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: ** excited!! can’t wait to meet some of you guys next year!!! To everyone deferred: I seriously think you guys have an above average chance rd, if only for your enthusiasm!</p>

262

<p>zzibuya…call usps and there is an option on the line to find out where the post office is that delivers to your house…and give your name and address and so on…and ask if it is there! If so you can go there and pick it up! good luck!</p>

263

<p>wait, so are acceptances sent regular mail or priority?</p>

264

<p>**Decision: Accepted **</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 800 M, 780 V, 740 W
[<em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math 2, 800 Bio M, 800 US Hist
[</em>] APs: All 5’s: World History, US History, Biology, Chemistry, Calculus BC, Computer Science AB; 4: English Language
[<em>] GPA, 4.00 UW/ 4.91 W
[</em>] Rank: 1/107
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: AP Physics B, AP Latin Vergil, AP English Literature, AP Economics, Multivariate Calculus & Linear Algebra, Advanced Programming
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 3 ED, ? RD
[<em>] Common or Princeton App?: Princeton
[</em>] Other stats: National Merit Commended, AP Scholar w/ Distinction, AIME qualifier, Gold Medal/Summa Cum Laude National Latin Exam (I, II, III), Princeton Book Award, bunch of local math and science awards
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Taekwondo, Academic League, Band, Math Team, Science Olympiad, Tennis, Hospital volunteering, etc.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None, although I do intern 10 hrs/week in a biochem lab and have had another 40 hrs/week summer internship
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): good, everyone who saw them liked them
[</em>] Teacher Recs: glowing
[<em>] Counselor Rec: great, I think. My counselor’s cool.
[</em>] Interview (feel and general location): 2 hour interview; she seemed to like me, and I showed her how much I love Princeton
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: CA
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): competitive private, sends many kids to top schools
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Income Bracket: upper-middle class
[<em>] Gender: male
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I have no idea
[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: OMG, I drove for half an hour to find the mail man, and I was so scared when I saw a pretty thin envelope. Then, when I got home, I was hyperventilating so much. I could barely open the envelope;I fell on the floor. When I opened it, I found a folder and read one word: Congratulations! I flipped; I started jumping and running around my house.
Congrats to all those accepted. For those deferred, I wish you the best of luck in RD.</p>

265

<p>you can do that?</p>

266

<p>I was in ecstasy seeing my mailman approach our house, as he stopped by our neighborhood one house by one house… I waited anxiously in front of my mail box.<br>
…</p>

<p>After a moment that seemed like an eternity, he comes in, and gives me thin, white, small envelope from Princeton.</p>

<p>I got deferred…my hope is gone.
I’ll post later.</p>

<p>. I feel miserable…
I wanted to dedicate my 100th post with huge fat accpeted letters at the front.</p>

267

<p>I was deferred too…I’ll post later</p>

268

<p>Gettingin, I got the same bureacratic bs I expected when I called, “It’s not set up like that blah blah”</p>

<p>So at the end, I just replied, “Well, thanks for your help, I can tell that with people in our government with your ambition, we’ll be A-OK in the future.”</p>

269

<p>HAHA ugh thats sooo annoying! I guess I was just lucky…got a really nice lady on the phone…good luck!</p>

270

<p>It’s 5:01 pm now and no one is picking up, I guess they are gone.</p>

271

<p>haha argon, I would have ripped the letter open as soon as the mailman’s hand left the envelope =p</p>

272

<p>To ppl who were deferred: Do deferrals come priority mail too???,
because if they do not, the rest of us are probably deferred/rejected</p>

273

<p>i wouldn’t say that… last year people got acceptance envelopes on the 3rd day, too… it just depends i think (on what i do not know… location? local mail system??)</p>

274

<p>Yes, I would also like to know - do deferral letters come priority or regular?</p>

<p>I live 3 hrs from Pton and have not gotten my letter, and I’m getting nervous.</p>

275

<p>No eventer, the only people who have gotten decisions are those on the East Coast (with the exception of one Californian who tracked down his decision letter!). If everyone else was rejected/deferred, that would mean that really no one from anywhere aside from Miami, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, etc. has been accepted. Second, just because some letters were sent on Thursday does not mean all of them were (though admittedly, it’s likely). The only reason I say that is because Princeton said they’d mail decisions on Friday, not Thursday. Thirdly, people outside of New Jersey have been getting their decision letters at the same time (both deferred and accepted). Currently the people getting their letters are all from the East Coast and mostly from larger cities. On Monday the rest of the US should get their letters. If you don’t get it Monday, there’s a good chance that you may have been deferred (though things can happen–remember it’s Christmastime so the mail is a bit slower this time of year).</p>

276

<p>I don’t know if I can drag myself to school on Monday…</p>

277

<p>hey! I’m a girl!!!</p>

278

<p>sorry, i meant ppl close to princeton who had not received letters(i live in NY) might be deferred, it just seems like there are so many more accpetances than deferrals. also you would think that in places close to Princeton priority vs. non-priority would not matter much
Can any ppl who were deferred say whether the letter was priority or not?</p>

279

<p>i got deferred today and the letter was NOT priority
you can tell if you got in just by looking at the envelope
accepted = huge manilla
not accepted = regular small envelope</p>

280

<p>ughh and the mailman still hasn’t arrived today yet.</p>