<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?:No
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 800 CR, 710 M, 800 W
[<em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math II, 790 U.S. History, 800 Literature
[</em>] ACT: 35
[<em>] APs:
[</em>] IBs:
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.66 W / 4.0 UW
[</em>] Rank: 1 out of 44
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: [list] ** First Semester: ** Bible IV (mandatory), Honors U.S. Government, Honors British Lit, Honors Calculus, Honors Physics, Business Law (Dual Enrolled), Macro Economics (Dual Enrolled), Spanish IV (Independent Study)
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: only me
[<em>] Common or Princeton App? Princeton App
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Cross-Country/Track was probably my biggest (20+ hours per week, 50 weeks per year, 7th @ state) but I wasn’t recruited - Student Body Pres (equivalent) - Other Student Gov. - Tutoring - FCA - NHS - etc.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Lifeguard (summer '05)
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Influential Person: My Cross-Country Coach; Einstein quote: Building an Air Cannon
[</em>] Teacher Recs: One great, the other good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Didn’t see it, but I think that it was good
[</em>] Interview (feel and general location): Good- We talked longer than originally planned, stopping only when he had to go pick up his daughter.
[<em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul] Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Florida
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Small, Religious
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Income Bracket:
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Hooks:
[</em>] Strengths/Weaknesses: Decent athletics, no research
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Divine intervention[/li][/ul] Other Factors: General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congrats to all who were accepted. Good luck to those who were deferred (We’re all rooting for you in the RD round). Can’t wait to meet everyone. Thank you, God</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: no
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 2400
[<em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math 2, 800 Biology M, 750 US History
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] APs: 5 Biology, 5 US History, 5 Physics B (I took this online, the first one to take an online class from my school), 5 English Language
[</em>] IBs: N/A
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: UW: ~98.7, W: 101.277 with 4% weighting for APs and honors
[</em>] Rank: 2/210
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: AP Calculus AB (self-study BC), AP French Independent Study, AP English Literature, AP Chemistry, AP European History
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 1
[<em>] Common or Princeton App? Common
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: many, 3-4 leadership positions, 10 hours per week horseback riding, V Tennis
[</em>] Awards/Honors/Distinctions listed on app: many but few national, National Merit Semifinalist, AP Scholar with honor, 19th team in nation for Science Olympiad, MVP for various clubs
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: 5 hours per week for five years, summer research and internship
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): unique (how the difficulty of getting my horse on the trailer related to life)
[<em>] Teacher Recs: good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: good I think
[<em>] Interview (feel and general location): long, but he didn’t let me talk much
[</em>] Hook (special/unique achievements, etc): none
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: New York
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): rural Public, no one ever to Princeton, 2-3 to Cornell per year
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Income Bracket: ~80k
[<em>] Gender: F
[</em>] Prospective Major: Molecular Biology
[<em>] Hooks(background, connections, legacy etc.): none
[</em>] Strengths/Weaknesses: Standardized test scores/ unknown school, popular major, no hook
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: see above, maybe not unique enough[/li][/ul]Other Factors: General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I’m so sad, I really thought that I would get in, looking at the profiles of those accepted. Worst Christmas present ever.</p>
<p>[b]Stats:[/b][list]
[<em>]Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>]SAT I (by section): 670 M, 640 CR, 590 WR (1900)
[<em>]SAT IIs: 750 Physics, 730 Bio M, 720 Math II
[</em>]ACT: -
[<em>]APs: none in Germany
[</em>]ABs: none
[<em>]GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: Can’t say, 1,1 predicted (best is 1,0) for my Abitur
[</em>]Rank: dunno, top 5 % I guess
[<em>]Senior Yr Courseload: Most demanding
[</em>]Number of Apps from Your School: None - oh no two, but the other fella attended my school 7 years ago and he got in, huh phillyland
[<em>]Common or Princeton App? Princeton App
[</em>]Other stats:
[/list][b]Subjective:[/b][list]
[<em>]ECs listed on app: Tennis (yout executive, team captain, E-Guitar, James Bond, Homepage administration (webmaster of my hs’ web site), weight training, trombone, alpine skiing
[</em>]Awards/Honors/Distinctions listed on app: An award by the city of Bonn for my extraordenary social engagement in- and outside school (not many awards in Germany)
[<em>]Job/Work Experience: 1 internship in a hotel
[</em>]Essays (subject and responses): One about my trip to Australia (“If the facts don’t fit the theory, change the facts” by Albert Einstein) - dunno what philly thinks about it, but I think it was pretty good if not awesome, the other one about my dad - average and generic. The short answer and the summers thing weren’t too bad either.
[<em>]Teacher Recs: Stellar (“most curious I’ve ever met during my 30 years teaching career”)
[</em>]Counselor Rec: Stellar - because of the web site he knows me very well and he def likes me.
[<em>]Interview (feel and general location): Last minute phone interview, she was the head of the German Pton Alumni thing and tried to build up a common alumni thing for HYPS. She followed the instructions and it lasted only half an hour (my ears say thank you because of some unknown reason it was extremely loud) but she thought that English was my mother tongue (not the worst reference) and wanted me to write her whether I got in asap - guess it was ok.
[</em>]Hook (special/unique achievements, etc):
[/list]</p>
<p>[b]Location/Person:[/b]
[list]
[<em>]State or Country: Germany
[</em>]School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public
[<em>]Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>]Income Bracket: I asked for Fin Aid
[<em>]Gender: Male
[</em>]Prospective Major: Economics
[<em>]Hooks(background, connections, legacy etc.): None
[</em>]Strengths/Weaknesses: I am a … oh concerning my application: One of the essays was great (I think) and pulled me out as my Recs were fantastic. SAT was a crapshot… maybe my hopes will rise on thursday.
[*]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: They must have liked my app, otherwise I’d be rejected.
[/list][b]Other Factors:[/b] I slept with the adcom
[b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:[/b] Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah again :D:D:D Great feeling not to be out. Now I’ve the concentration to push forward my other apps (hoping for good SAT R results though). :D:D:D There are 647 open beds to go… Gonna submit some music and an additional essay about my participation in an Africa summit…</p>
<p>No I called, she didn’t bite … phew. She said… I’m sorry but you are deferred and I was like: YEEEEEEEEEEEEES NO REASON TO FEEL SORRY ! Guess she had to smile. :D</p>
<p>Thanks ! Well I’m an optemistic person and have always been. Hope you make it, too (hope everyone here makes it !)</p>
<p>Alright so I finally know and I’m jumping on the bandwagon.</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No.
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 800/800/690 (10 E)
[<em>] SAT IIs: 800/800/800/770/770/750 (math 2/world/chinese/physics/chem/US)
[</em>] ACT: None.
[<em>] APs: 5/5/5/5/5/5/5/4 (calcAB/world/US/euro/psych/chem/calcBC/stats)
[</em>] IBs: None.
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.08 W (max W: 4.12), about 3.94 UW
[</em>] Rank: 1/55
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: Most demanding at school, especially with senioritis rampant.
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 1; only me.
[<em>] Common or Princeton App? Princeton app.
[</em>] Other stats: 116 AMC 12, 4 AIME (2005 and 2006)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Student gov, yearbook editor-in-chief, museum tour guide, varsity track, lifeguarding, MUN, peer tutoring, piano-accompanist, cello-orchestra, choir-soloist, a lot of math competitions, essay competitions, NMSF, AP scholar award
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None.
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): I thought the Einstein one was really well done, I wrote 13 drafts for it. My AP Lit teacher absolutely loved my shorter essay about a person of influence. The engineering essay is the one that is seriously blah.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Should be really good, I have a personal / out-of-the-classroom relationship with both teachers.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Should be good as well, I came from a small school so the counselors know everyone.
[</em>] Interview (feel and general location): None offered by Pton.
[<em>] Hook (if any): Probably not? =)
[</em>] Other stats: I went to Summer Science Program 2006 and Mathcamp 2004
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Taiwan - I am an US citizen though
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Private, top 3 of each class generally go to Ivies.
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian American (bahhh)
[</em>] Income Bracket: $80,000 or so
[<em>] Gender: XY
[</em>] Hooks: I thought living in Taiwan might help…lol.
[<em>] Strengths/Weaknesses: I do a lot of ECs - probably the most at school (compared to other non-multiple-sports people). I think my grades are up to par – so probably the thing that hurt me the most is the lack of awards and such (I did Siemens Westinghouse this year but didn’t make it to the Semifinalist level).
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Too many qualified Asian applicants. =/ Some cutthroat applicant pool this year. And MAYBE my 690 in Writing HAHA.
[/ul]Other Factors: General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I am finding solace in doing the MIT app. Hahaha =D Congratulations to everyone who made it! P.S. I love the Pton forum.</p>
<p>My friend got in! I was rather surprised at first because although she has an A average in her junior year, her courseload overall is quite average with almost no honors courses. I will post her stats as soon as I get in touch with her in person. Congrats to all acceptees!</p>
<p>and oasis, best of luck in RD, you look like an AMAZING applicant =p<br>
sweet scores too haha. I dont think they count writing at all?
I like the XY gener =p</p>
<p>I think I’m going to wiggle out of Princeton ED (my uncle just got a job as a Harvard Professor and can get me in there). And Harvard was my first choice :)</p>
<p>I don’t really like the way Princeton does business. I’ll go to Harvard where an A is an A and they realize that everyone there is brilliant and are all capable of As. I don’t like that grade deflation bs at Princeton, even though I was accepted.</p>
I do hope you and others (this might include me) will make it in the RD round!</p>
German beer 
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