<p>GR Elton, did you just get this today?</p>
<p>No. I hadn’t posted in a while, and I just decided to come back today.</p>
<p>I look forward to becoming the Valedictorian at Princeton as well. 
Lol, jk, but I do intend to (being able to will be a different story). </p>
<p>P.S. Clenden, I only had a 2320 :</p>
<p>Don’t lose heart. Not everyone has a 2350 who got into Princeton.Trust me. However I do know having a serious musical talent can be very helpful to admissions. It would help to audition in person and to make clear how important music is to you. My d’s parents didn’t go to name brand schools and she just got in. Keep your chin up and produce a beautiful tuba solo .</p>
<p>waiiit why is everyone apologizing to omz??
she was DEFERRED, right?</p>
<p>of course all of us deferrees will get into Princeton RD
riiiiight? ;)</p>
<p>haha of course, pleonasm, of course. ;]</p>
<p>As for the music solos, I sent in a piano one about a month late.
I originally wasn’t going to send one in because I didn’t have the appropriate songs ready, but then my interviewer called and they said go ahead and send it in.
That might have been bad…and the fact that piano is so common.</p>
<p>Maybe I’ll send in jazz voice?
Then again that’s not too unique either.</p>
<p>lol ok, im back temporarily from frantically working on my other apps.</p>
<p>OMZ i am truly sorry you got deferred.</p>
<p>believe it or not, i’ve rebounded pretty well from my deferral. i prepared myself to expect a deferral. i actually started working on my Columbia app within 30 min. of reading my deferral from princeton(haha)</p>
<p>lol don’t attack me, but now im interested in other schools(like Columbia). ive escaped my tunnel vision and researched it, and i’ve discovered how amazing it is.</p>
<p>hope u other deferrees do the same.</p>
<p>CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL ACCEPTEES. YOU ALL DESERVE IT :):D:)
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<p>pk, I’m glad for you (well, not that you were deferred, but that you found some other schools). I hope that if I’m deferred I’ll be able to do the same as you. Best wishes on your future applications…</p>
<p>thx mate.
btw, i hope u get in jon. lol regular apps stink :(</p>
<p>thanks everyone for your support. Princeton forum rocks</p>
<p>Thanks pk! That means a lot, especially coming from you.</p>
<p>Speaking of which, I think I need to start researching a few other schools too besides You-Know-Whatsley.
It’s probably not very wise to get dedicated to a single school all over again.</p>
<p>Pfft…come on deferrals, you guys will all get in. </p>
<p>(We’ll round up a gang of CC acceptances and protest Princeton into getting you guys in.) </p>
<p>FORCE IN NUMBERS!</p>
<p>C’est la vie!</p>
<p>(Too much cough medicene, lol!)</p>
<p>Again, congrats to all acceptees (I hope to join you), and I’m sorry for those of you who were deferred (I probably will be joining you). Good luck on the rest of your applications. Unless my decision doesn’t come tomorrow, my 500th post will be my decision post. Before then, I just want say that this forum has been great (and an addiction lol!)! Pton forum rocks!</p>
<p>Wow 499 Amazing.</p>
<p>BROWN (DEFERRED):
[/**/color=brown]DEFERRED[/color]</p>
<p>[/<strong>/b]Stats:[/<strong>//b][/</strong>/list][/</strong>/<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: Nope.
[/</em><em>/</em>] SAT I (by section): 780/800/740 (12 on essay)
[/<strong>/] SAT IIs: 790 World Hist, 760 Span, 750 Bio, 740 Chem, 710 US Hist, 730 Lit
[/</strong>/<em>] ACT: n/a
[/</em><em>/</em>] APs: 5 on six exams, 4 on two exams
[/<strong>/] IBs: n/a
[/</strong>/<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 5.54/3.98
[/</em><em>/</em>] Rank: 2/187
[/<strong>/] Senior Yr Courseload: six AP courses
[/</strong>/<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: early-- only mine.
[/</em><em>/</em>] Common or Princeton App? common
[/<strong>/] Other stats: National Merit, National AP Scholar, ton of science fair including international, stockholm jr. water prize, and national symposium, biology, chemistry, and math, oustanding student elected by faculty 9th-10th grade, etc. etc. etc.
[/</strong>/<em>] Job/Work Experience: Six week internship in laboratory last summer, worked as camp counselor in music camp 9th-10th grades
[/<strong>//list][/</strong>/b]Subjective:[/<strong>//b][/</strong>/list][/</em><em>/</em>] ECs listed on app: ton of musical ensembles, science research (pres/found), tri-m music honor society (treas), mu alpha theta (secretary for 3 years), national honor society (vp for jr. sec in 10th), asian cultures club— the usual
[/<strong>/] Essays (subject and responses): both on bengali heritage-- one on service project at village school in bangladesh; the other about grandfather.
[/</strong>/<em>] Teacher Recs: two were above average; one was superb.
[/</em><em>/</em>] Counselor Rec: pretty good-- my counselors known me three years.
[/<strong>/] Interview (feel and general location): about an hour at interviewers work-- okay i was kinda nervous and it prolly showed.
[/</strong>/<em>] Hook (if any): antihooks-- asian, male, soflo, not an athlete
[/<strong>//list][/</strong>/b]Location/Person:[/<strong>//b][/</strong>/list][/</em><em>/</em>] State or Country: So Flo.
[/<strong>/] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): private, 200 students graduate each year, several kids accepted to ivies each year.
[/</strong>/<em>] Ethnicity: Asian (Bengali)
[/</em><em>/</em>] Income Bracket: real high and i feel stupid now for checking yes on applying for financial aid (my counselor told me to do it even if i thought i wouldnt get any)
[/<strong>/] Gender: M
[/</strong>/<em>] Hooks: see above.
[/</em><em>/</em>] Strengths/Weaknesses: I don’t know, you tell me.
[/<strong>/*] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: A combinatin of factors prolly-- i sent in a musical supplement but it wasnt my best work and now i think it might have worked against me. also the office didnt recieve my teacher recs until 12/07 (severe postal problems)
[/<strong>//list][/</strong>/b]Other Factors:[/</strong>//b] Not a factor but an interesting note: everyone who applied to ivy league ed/ea at my school was deferred.
[/<strong>/b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:[/</strong>//b] dang am i happy my guidance counselor forced me to send in my other applications with my princeton application… now i dont have to worry about those at least. congrats to everyone who got in and for those of you who are deferred like me jus remember— its not the end of the world!</p>
<p>post-question: does anybody know if princeton denies anybody in early decision or are most non-accepted deferred?</p>
<p>Janet Rapelye was quoted in the Daily Princetonian as saying that they only rejected about 100 students for early decision this year.</p>
<p>Hey
My sister is a sophomore at Princeton. She really likes it. She says that the only thing about it that she isn’t so crazy about is the social aspect of Princetonian life. She came from an all-girls’ boarding school in south England, and when she got to Princeton, she found the eating club thing a little harsh (She applied for one, didn’t get in, her roommate did, my sister felt socially unaccepted, cried for days). So that’s the only thing she didn’t like about it. She’s deciding what to do for her major right now. She was thinking of majoring in Woody Wil, but now she’s not so sure. She likes Politics, and History, or Comparative Literature.</p>
<p>hey olivia…have u got ur descision yet?
yea i herd some of the eating clubs are luck of the draw but the others require interviews and “tasks”…quite an interesting concept…</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Stats:
Fee Waiver Used?: No
SAT I (by section): Math: 710, CR: 630. Writing: 640
SAT IIs: Math Level 2: `670, Chemistry: 730, Physics: 720
ACT: N/A
APs: N/A
IBs: N/A
GPA, Unweighted : 4.88/5.00 We dont do wieghted
Rank: N/A
Senior Yr Courseload: N/A graduated this year
Number of Apps from Your School: Only 1 [Me]
Common or Princeton App? Common App
Other stats:
Subjective:
ECs listed on app:Band/Orchestra, Career oriented, etc…(dont feel lyk typing too much)
Essays (subject and responses): One on my flute - They either loved it or hated it…i guess they hated it.
Teacher Recs: Excellent
Counselor Rec: Excellent
Interview (feel and general location): Very Very good
Hook (if any): NOn…apparently
Location/Person: Nigeria/Nigerian lol
State or Country: Nigeria
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Private, Kinda small
Ethnicity: uhmm African
Income Bracket: Middle in my country, low in US
Gender: Male
Hooks: Non</p>
<p>Strengths/Weaknesses: VERY VERY LOW SATs…lol
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Self explanatory.
Other Factors: non.
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Took it in good faith. Its time to prepare a much much stronger application…Send in some additional materials…lol. </p>
<p>I am just relieved that I have gotten the result, instead of waiting for an email…lol Good luck Everyone…Congrats to the accepted </p>
<p>P.S sorry I did not use the format…I do not know how to do it…lol :P</p>
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<p>**Decision: DEFERRED **</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?:No
[</em>] SAT I (by section):1830
[<em>] SAT IIs:800 x 3 Maths II, Biology, Chemistry
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] APs:
[</em>] IBs:
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted:5.00/4.00
[</em>] Rank:top decile
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload:hardest possible
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School:1
[<em>] Common or Princeton App?Princeton App
[</em>] Other stats:4 As in A-level
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li] ECs listed on app:Flute- Grade 8 level ABRSM</p>[/li]
<p>Basketball- team captain, 2nd in Division 1 student league
Dragon Boating (crew)- Vice Captain, 2nd place in the 49th Annual Hong Kong Dragon Boating Competition, 3rd in the Student rankings posted by the Hong Kong Dragon Boating Association. Sponsor- HKIPC
Orchestra- Senior member of Flute I. Played in the orchestra since grade 6. Performed in cathedrals, major halls, old peoples homes etc.
Hospital Shadowing- I have shadowed a cardiovascular surgeon for the past 3 years
Community Service- UNICEF Certificate Awarded for 120 hours of service. UNICEF only offers certificates for 30 hours of service, I received 4 of these certificates
Model United Nations-Member of the HKMUN. Represented the School on this occasion
School Senior Prefect- I was a elected by my peers and staff to be a senior prefect of the school
Korean Saturday School- Valedictorian of Class of 2006. I have attended the entire twelve year course
Volunteer Service- Teaching English in Maldives: Taught at Maafaru School on Noonu Island. I lead group activities and discussions
University of Hong Kong- This was a summer introduction program into the medicine course
Technical Team- Sound panel management for school assemblies, school productions and recital evenings
Editor of School Yearbook- Wrote articles for the school newsletter and the school yearbook. I also edited all articles on the newsletters
Water Skiing- Certificate of participation at SeaDynamics. SeaDynamics is a club for wakeboarding and waterskiing
Volunteer Activity- I have organised christmas parties for autistic children and sold charity flags for fundraising for this event
Matilda Sedan Chair Race- This is an annual fundraising event aimed to raise money for enhancing healthcare. I have led in organising the fundraising event at school for this event
Volunteer Activity- Teaching English: I have lead group discussions at local schools in Hong Kong. This was a volunteer activity to allow practice for the students’ upcoming HKCEE exams</p>
<p>[li] Awards/Honors/Distinctions listed on app:[/li]School awards in Maths, Science, Art, English and Drama
Chemistry Olympiad- 3rd place
Mathematics Olympiad- 4th place
Science Olympiad- 5th place
Korean Saturday School class of 2006 valedictorian</p>
<p>[li] Job/Work Experience:[/li]Clerical Work and Medical Shadowing at a Hospital
Private Tutor of Mathematics and Science
Office Assistant at UNICEF. Exclusively on weekends
Pre-School Classroom Assistant. This involves supervising children, teaching numbers
Making of Hong Kong Disneyland promotion videos. I was involved behind the camera and as a model</p>
<p>[<em>] Essays (subject and responses):On my parents and religious beliefs
[</em>] Teacher Recs:Great
[<em>] Counselor Rec:Great
[</em>] Interview (feel and general location):At a law office. I had a good time getting to know more about the school etc. overall, a useful experience
[<em>] Hook (special/unique achievements, etc):I guess my ECs and work experience stand out a bit… but then again whose doesnt?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country:
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): private
[</em>] Ethnicity:asian
[<em>] Income Bracket:
[</em>] Gender:Female
[<em>] Prospective Major:Science
[</em>] Hooks(background, connections, legacy etc.):none…
[<em>] Strengths/Weaknesses:unique EC’s / CRAP SATS…im actually suprised they didnt reject me because of my SAT score.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:As i said…SAT!!!
[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
I’m just glad to be given another chance at my dream school</p>
<p>i was deferred, stats later</p>