<p>Where you from VR2011? Did you get decision by mail?</p>
<p>Oops. I totally missed the State or Country category. I’m from Ohio, and yes, I got my decision in the mail.</p>
<p>Decision: DEFERRED</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 770 M / 780 CR / 800 W (2nd time, 1 sitting)
[<em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math 2 / 760 Bio-E / 780 Chem
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] APs: Calc AB, Psychology, Calc BC, Biology, Chemistry, US Gov’t & Politics (All 5s)
[</em>] IBs: N/A
[<em>] GPA, Unweighted: 3.95
[</em>] Rank: top 10%
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: 1 AP Class, 2 Honors, 2 College Courses
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 1 ED</p>
<p>[<em>] Common or Princeton App? Common
[</em>] Other stats: nothing…
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Clarinet (1st in Youth Symphony), Piano (State semifinalist, accompanist, scholarships, etc), Science Olympiad (Group Leader- 4th team in state), NHS and Interact officer, Volunteer at hospital, church (Worship team for a little bit), etc…
[</em>] Awards listed on app: National Council of Teachers of English Award, National Merit Semifinalist, Artella’s Passion Poetry Contest 4th place, AP Scholar w/ distinction, mentioned some random school awards and Science Olympiad medals
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): mistake = I hate people reading my writing so did not get any feedback. Know it was not my best writing…
[<em>] Teacher Recs: both awesome
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read… assume it was decent
[<em>] Interview (feel and general location): great… the interviewer was a funny, nice, old man 
[</em>] Hook (if any): none
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Michigan
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public, sends some grads to top schools
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian (booo)
[</em>] Income Bracket: 100k+
[<em>] Gender: F
[</em>] Prospective Major: biology-ish or art history/english
[<em>] Strengths/Weaknesses: Nothing really made me stand out… ECs kind of lame… etc.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: see above
[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: good luck everyone! 
should get started on those RD apps now :P</p>
<p>Fictionate I’m so crushed to hear that! Even though I was not on this forum long, or a frequent poster, you quickly became a favorite. You’re extremely smart and I’m sure you’d get in anywhere else!</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Stats:[ul][<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 740 CR/ 790 M/ 800 W
[<em>] SAT IIs: 770 Chem/ 760 Math 2/ 770 U.S. History/ 800 Bio
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] APs: 5s on four tests (Chem, Bio, U.S. History, Eng. Language)
[</em>] IBs:
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.0 UW, 4.62 W
[</em>] Rank: 5/512
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: 1 college course, 4 APs
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 1 ED
[<em>] Common or Princeton App?: Princeton
[</em>] Other stats: well obviously nothing too good
[/ul]Subjective:[ul][<em>] ECs listed on app: Lots of leadership and student government stuff, scientific research, varsity tennis, some clubs, lots of community service
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: yeah I have a job
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): they were good
[</em>] Teacher Recs: one great, one good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: probably just OK
[</em>] Interview (feel and general location): i suck at talking.
[<em>] Hook (if any): nope… dammit
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul][</em>] State or Country: CA
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): large public
[</em>] Ethnicity: WHITE… ugh
[<em>] Income Bracket:
[</em>] Gender: F
[<em>] Hooks: NONE… ugh
[</em>] Strengths/Weaknesses: grades and test scores are very good, essays were a strength I think, ECs might not be cool enough
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: cause Princeton is impossible to get into… [/li][/ul]Other Factors: National Merit Semifinalist, some awards for leadership and service stuff, umm I don’t even remember
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Well this sucks more than I thought it would, but it’s what I expected. Anyway, there are lots of schools I’d be happy to go to. Good luck to everyone in the RD round!</p>
<p>And my 100th post is dedicated to…</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 2350 Composite (800 Critical Reading, 760 Math, 790 Writing)
[<em>] SAT IIs: 800 World History, 790 Literature, 780 U.S. History
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] APs: N/A
[</em>] IBs: N/A
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: Homeschooled, N/A
[</em>] Rank: N/A
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: N/A
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: Just me!
[<em>] Common or Princeton App?: Princeton Application
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Ballet, zoology researcher at museum, two dance outreach programs, inner city tutoring.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): I chose my own quote and wrote about ballet for my main essay. For the second essay I used the Einstein quote and wrote about my zoology research. Both were excellent.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Fantastic, written by dance teachers who’ve known me for 10 or more years.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Written by my dad, of course he raved about me.
[</em>] Interview (feel and general location): My interview was okay to poor. My interviewer was suspicious of and uncomfortable with homeschooling.
[<em>] Hook (if any): Talented ballet dancer
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Illinois
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Homeschooled
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian and 1/4 Puerto Rican (I did NOT highlight this at all)
[<em>] Income Bracket: Middle class
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Prospective Major: Undecided (English, History, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology)
[</em>] Hooks: Serious ballet dancer who took a dance class at Princeton.
[<em>] Strengths/Weaknesses: Strengths: Very unique person, dancer, good scores. Weaknesses: Lack of a traditional high-school transcript, lame interview.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Combination of good scores, interesting education, and dancer (they’re trying to build up their arts program.)
[/ul]Other Factors: Taking a dance class at Princeton and talking to the head of the dance department was key.
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I am very excited. I can’t wait to meet you all next year!</p>
<p>You got in as a homeschooler!! I’m impressed…last year they only accepted one homeschooler, so congratulations!</p>
<p>Congrats !</p>
<p>Congrats abiste and everyone else just accepted!</p>
<p>Congrats, abiste!</p>
<p>ACCEPTED</p>
<p>Stats:[ul][<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 790 V 750 M 790 W
[<em>] SAT IIs:790 US Hist, 780 Math IIC, 770 Lit
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] APs: Five 5s (US History, Euro Hist, Calc AB, English Comp, Bio)
[</em>] IBs: One 5 on Bio
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: UW 4.00 W 4.26
[</em>] Rank: 1/367
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: IB History, IB English, IB Math HL, Ib Music, IB Art, IB French
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 1 ED
[<em>] Common or Princeton App?: Princeton
[</em>] Other stats: N/a
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] EC’s:Student Council (President), Scholar’s Bowl, Varsity Tennis, Science Olympiad, Judicial Club, Campaign Work for State Rep., Some Darfur Advocacy and Community Market Volunteer
[</em>] Awards: TASP, USIP National Peace Essay Contest, French National Contest, Numerous Sci Oly Medals, Top Defense Team and selected to National Mock Trial
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Pretty decent
[</em>] Teacher Recs: One decent and one probabaly amazing as he got me into TASP
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Must have been great as she got me into Princeton Humanities Symposium which was based on counselor rec
[</em>] Interview (feel and general location): In a coffee shop, went pretty long and was pretty fantastic
[<em>] Hook (if any): TASP and Princeton Humanities Symposium
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Alabama
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public
[</em>] Ethnicity:Asian
[<em>] Income Bracket:Middle
[</em>] Gender:Male
[<em>] Strengths/Weaknesses: Focus in humanities
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I went to the humanities symposium, everything else was solid, and TASP helped too.
[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
Hooray! Princeton is going to be rockin’ next year.</p>
<p>How do you get the Decision font to be big? When I previewed it, it just left the [size=+1] as text.</p>
<p>congrats again, bravos!</p>
<p>Deferred, and ok w/it (I’ve prepared myself well :)). Would post stats, but I have 2 tests to study for. Maybe later!</p>
<p>:( I’m so sorry nelle…good luck during RD!</p>
<p>nelle–I echo what JTC said. you deserve to get into some fabulous school, even if it isn’t Princeton</p>
<p>and omz? anything?</p>
<p>Thanx! I do have one question though (and don’t virtually hit me, or anything:)): if you are accepted in the RD round, are you still obligated to attend?</p>
<p>Decision: DEFERRED</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 1530/2230 780M/750CR/700W
[<em>] SAT IIs: 760 Math II, 730 Biology E, 720 Literature
[</em>] APs: Took a few, didn’t report them though.
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.0/4.0 UW, 5.7826/6.0 W
[</em>] Rank: 4 out of 567
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: Most Rigorous Available (6 AP classes this year)
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: I’m the only one who applied early. I think 3 or 4 more will apply RD though.
[<em>] Common or Princeton App? Princeton
[</em>] Other stats: Sent in a piano music supplement</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: HOSA (National Champ, National Runner up, Vice Pres), French Honor Society (Vice Pres), Varsity Orchestra (Concertmaster/Principal 1st Violinist), Piano (winner of jazz competitions, 6 year headliner of recitals), wrote a composition computer program, solo rock band, small publicity company, guitar club, NHS, Instruments played: Piano, Violin, Viola, Guitar, Bass, Voice
[</em>] Awards/Honors/Distinctions listed on app: 1st Place National Champion- Health Occupations Students of America, 2nd Place National Runner Up- Health Occupations Students of America, 3rd Place State- Health Occupations Students of America, 1st Place District Champion- Health Occupations Students of America, National Merit Semifinalist, Member of high school’s Medical Sciences Academy- Accepted as 1 of the 40 students for Internship and 1 of the 20 students for Advanced Internship., Houston Youth Symphony (Violinist), 1st Place HMTA Jazz Pop Festival (Piano), 99% Texas Music Theory Exam, 1st place District Finalist, Computer Science, Hugh O’Brian Youth Region Leadership Conference, Highest Average in grade level in: Computer Science I, French IV, Algebra II, World Geography, Orchestra, 2nd place Korean Scientists and Engineers Contest, Academic Excellence (Varsity Letter)
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Below average. I read them a few weeks ago and I seriously CRIED because they were so bad.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: One amazing, one okay
[<em>] Counselor Rec: a little less than mediocre, I’d say
[</em>] Interview (feel and general location): also pretty good
[li] Hook (if any): National Champion in HOSA, in my own solo rock band, my small own “publicity company,” Neurosurgery Internship, & lots of medicine related internships, awards, and ECs</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Texas
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public High School (Quasi-Magnet), Rarely sends graduates to top schools, poor performance
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian (South Korean and Bangladeshi)
[</em>] Income Bracket: $80,000-100,000
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Prospective Major: 1) Philosophy 2) French/Italian 3) Computer Science AB
[<em>] Weaknesses: essays could have been better, too many AP classes but barely any AP tests, my original application was really empty and I sent them a supplement later which listed more of my better awards/ECs. Who knows that they actually printed out that e-mail and considered it? lol
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: lack of AP tests, bad essays, counselor recommendation sucked. Basically, I was perfect objectively but my subjective stuff didn’t do me any good.</p>
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: For the past month, I convinced myself that I wasn’t going to get into Princeton, and have made Wellesley my first choice. Honestly, I know I would have been crushed without an opportunity to try for Wellesley. Wish me luck there, I’m soooo nervous already! Good luck to the rest of you! =)</p>
<p>sorry omz 
i guess you and i are in the same boat now haha</p>
<p>Again… since I messed up the template the first time:
Decision: Accepted
Stats:[ul][<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>] SAT I (by section): M: 800 V: 800 W: 750
[<em>] SAT IIs: 800/800/790/790
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] APs: Calc BC/absubscore: 5 Chem: 5 US History: 5 Stat: 5
[</em>] IBs:
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.48/5.33 3.81/4.00
[</em>] Rank: ~8/433
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: 4 APs, 2 Honors
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 3 ED
[<em>] Common or Princeton App? Princeton App
[</em>] Other stats: ordinary stuff- NMSF, NHS, math team, science team, etc
[/ul]Subjective:[ul][<em>] ECs listed on app: Some clubs with leadership positions (NHS, etc)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Decent
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Excellent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Great
[</em>] Interview (feel and general location): Decent
[<em>] Hook (if any): None
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul][</em>] State or Country: NJ
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Competitive school in NJ
[</em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[<em>] Income Bracket: >100,000
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Hooks: None
[</em>] Strengths/Weaknesses: Strengths: 1st in NJ Chem 2 League, NJ Merck Scholar for Chemistry, USA Chemistry Olympiad Top 50, 8 on AIME
Weaknesses: Low unweighted GPA
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: No clue[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:</p>