Official Princeton ED Results- Class of 2011

midatlmom · December 19, 2006, 2:01pm

Calculus, I don’t know if you were joking or not, but I seriously doubt that your uncle would jeopardize his new job, by helping you to wiggle out of a binding contract.

Schools take ED very seriously and you might wind up without an acceptance from Harvard and with a revocation from Princeton if it became aware of your scheme.

whoamg · December 19, 2006, 2:01pm

@oasis: We seem to be somewhat similar applicants, except that you have taken more AP courses and have played an instrument, while my GPA and SAT I scores are slightly higher, but aside from that, same AMC score (dunno about AIME, can’t find it, is there a website where I can get it?), no varsity sports, both did some tutoring, want to go into math/science related fields.

I was thinking, perhaps we could try to help each other out by looking for opportunities to improve our applications. For example, the upcoming AMC12 may help - a Caltech admissions officer said that the scores will arrive in time to be considered in the college application’s context.

If you know C/C++/Java/Perl then you can participate in the USACO. It’s hard, but if you crammed for it by studying dynamic programming you could do very well.

Of course, all you math/science people who were deferred are free to join the discussion :)

Calculus · December 19, 2006, 2:04pm

What are all those AMC/AIME exams? I’ve never heard of them lol.

WindSlicer · December 19, 2006, 2:06pm

Deferred. sigh

WindSlicer · December 19, 2006, 2:41pm

Decision: DEFERRED

Stats:[ul][] Fee Waiver Used?:
[] SAT I (by section): 800 (M) 740 (CR) 700 (W)
[] SAT IIs: 800 Math IIC 710 Bio 670 Chem
[] ACT:
[] APs: None taken. 1 tested - AP Calc BC - 5 w/ subscore 5.
[] IBs: (only courses that school offers) History HL, English HL, Biology HL, Math SL, Spanish SL, Psychology SL (score of 6)
[] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 5.9 (W) 3.9 (UW)
[] Rank: 2 of 230 (1st one is on repeated academic probation so I’ll probably be valedictorian)
[] Senior Yr Courseload: Full load of IB along with 2 dual enrollment courses to finish off my Associates Degree: English Composition II and Intro Marine Biology
[] Number of Apps from Your School: 2
[] Common or Princeton App? Princeton
[] Other stats:
Have close to 70 college credits (that’s over 2 years’ worth) through my local community college along with going through a rigorous IB program at my school.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul][] ECs listed on app: Church Drama 3 years
Church Greeting Team (Leader) 4 years
Math Team (President) 3 years
Beta Club (Vice President, but not elected until after app submitted) 2 years
Track for 1 year
Xcountry for 1 year
Random tutoring work… not for profit
Jazz Band 4 years
Hip Hop Dance 1 year
[] Job/Work Experience: Yes. Worked last summer at my local community college tutoring.
[] Essays (subject and responses): Ok.
[] Teacher Recs: Great
[] Counselor Rec: Awesome
[] Interview (feel and general location): Went ok.
[] Hook (if any): Other than the AA… no.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul][] State or Country: Florida
[] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public Magnet, sends few kids to very top schools a year
[] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[] Income Bracket: ~100,000
[] Gender: Male
[] Hooks:
[] Strengths/Weaknesses: Strength definitely was my course schedule, weaknesses were also my SAT II’s which I guess I’m retaking in January.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: SAT II’s… didn’t fit with the feel of application at all[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Truly heartbroken

kraor143 · December 19, 2006, 2:42pm

haha- calculus, i had never heard of those until i found CC. just goes to show how CC can lower your confidence… i was like ahhhh why haven’t i done this? but i guess theyre math competitions …?

aww gosh these deferrals are depressing… sorry guys. but keep in mind that you’ll just be applying RD with an edge.

nelle178 · December 19, 2006, 2:42pm

Ok, I have time to post my stats!
[size=+1]DEFERRED

Stats:[ul][] Fee Waiver Used?: no
[] SAT I (by section): 740 (v) 710 (m) 760 (w) (took 1 time)
[] SAT IIs: BioM-780; USHist-760; French-760
[] ACT:
[] APs: Calc AB, US Hist, Euro Hist, Biology, English Lit: all 5’s; French - 4
[] IBs:
[] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.67/ 3.9
[] Rank: 1/430
[] Senior Yr Courseload: slightly easier than junior year (only 3 honors/AP) bc. the school has run out of honors classes for me to take, lol
[] Number of Apps from Your School: 2 ED
[] Common or Princeton App? Princeton
[] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul][] ECs listed on app: Girl Scouts (Gold Award - leading big community project), Volunteering 400+ hours, NHS, WYSE team, Aspiring Authors (founder/president), French NHS/Club, Key Club
[] Job/Work Experience: 2 months full time at Fermi Natnl. Laboratory
[] Essays (subject and responses): I’m in love with them
[] Teacher Recs: flattering, though bad writing skills
[] Counselor Rec: likes me
[] Interview (feel and general location): just over half hour, probably didn’t affect decision
[] Hook (if any): background? (russian)
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul][] State or Country: IL
[] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): decent
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Income Bracket: ~100,000
[] Gender: female
[] Hooks:
[] Strengths/Weaknesses: SAT scores? you tell me
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: No idea! Please say what I can do to improve![/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I’m ok! Really, I was expecting it. I actually feel guilty about not being more crushed. Congrats to all of those who made it! You truly deserve it.

glorytoGod · December 19, 2006, 3:22pm

nelle, do you go to Naperville North or Central?

eventer31590 · December 19, 2006, 3:40pm

i like nelle’s thinking, what does anyone think i can do to improve, i am already planning to take another sat2, but what else?

whoamg · December 19, 2006, 3:53pm

@Calculus: with a username like yours, you should know about the AMC! The AMC is the American Math Competition, and the AIME is the next exam if you score over 100 AMC12 (not hard to do, as long as you leave 3/4 of the test blank and get the easy questions correct). The AIME is very hard - it’s 15 questions and most people only get two or three correct. If you do well on both tests, you go to the USA Math Olympiad (USAMO) where you compete as one of the top 250 kids in the nation. The top 5 or so go on to the International Math Olympiad, and are practically lock-ins for MIT.

These contests help your application, but as I posted elsewhere, multi-time USAMO goers get rejected from Princeton.

Ernie_H · December 19, 2006, 4:30pm

so sorry, maddy! i was sure youd get in…:(

maddy_01 · December 19, 2006, 4:56pm

lol…naa am over it really… atleast DEFERRAL is not a REJECTION (although they both entail the same thing…)lol

BTW, how u holding up Ernie?

jon314 · December 19, 2006, 5:06pm

**DEFERRED **

Stats:[ul]
[] Fee Waiver Used?: no
[] SAT I (by section): 750 CR, 750 W 730 M
[] SAT IIs: 790 World History, 750 Chemistry, 740 Math II, 650 Biology
[] ACT: 35 Composite (36 Math 36 Science 34 Reading 33 English)
[] APs: 5s World History & Biology
[] IBs: none
[] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.0 on 4.0 scale
[] Rank: 1/20
[] Senior Yr Courseload: Calculus, Physics, Chemistry II, Rhetoric, French IV, English, Worldviews and Apologetics (Christian school curriculum), US History and Government (hardest in school history)
[] Number of Apps from Your School: 1 (me)
[] Common or Princeton App? Princeton online
[] Other stats: national merit semifinalist (hopefully a finalist)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] ECs listed on app: Boy Scouts (Eagle Scout), Science project (work with university professor), JV and Varsity basketball (small school though), drama (lead roleImportance of Being Earnest, Much Ado about Nothing, Student council president (Senior year)
[] Awards, honors and distinctions listed on app: Top student in class in about 6 different subject areas (some twice or 3 times) over 3 years; National Merit Semifinalist
[] Job/Work Experience: some tutoring, but thats about it (weak point)
[] Essays (subject and responses): Einstein quotetalked about what mathematics means to me through my science project; Woodrow Wilson quotetalked about how my view of service changed with trip to Africa
[] Teacher Recs: incredible (Headmaster/Calculus teacher, History teacher); optional reference was a college professorshould be pretty good
[] Counselor Rec: she knows me well and thinks pretty highly of me, I think, so it shouldnt be that bad
[] Interview (feel and general location): pretty good; I was jetlagged (I just got back from Belarus), and that affected the quality somewhat, but it was about 2 hours long, so thats a good sign; it was at his office
[] Hook (special/unique achievements, etc): if any, its my science project (paper published) and my wide variety of activities
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: Kentucky, United States (Lexington)
[] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): small Christian school; very good students (10% national merit), but not well recognized, because its new (graduating class #5); no official AP curriculum, but it does have AP-level classes; SAT test averages are 100 points above national average; downside is its unaccredited
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Income Bracket: ineligible for need
[] Gender: male
[] Prospective major: mathematics
[] Hooks (background, connections, legacy etc.): Im from Kentucky, but thats about it (though from the city, not the country)
[] Strengths/Weaknesses: strengthsa lot of activities, good stats all around; weaknessesno work experience and little volunteering and a fairly unrecognized school, as well as pretty boring summers.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: no work experience; no big camps during the summer…[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: This is really disappointing. Ah well…I still have a bunch of RD apps to do, and hopefully Ill get in in the spring. God is in control…

hopeful89 · December 19, 2006, 5:19pm

**Decision: ACCEPTED **

Stats:[ul]
[] Fee Waiver Used?: no
[] SAT I (by section): 770 CR and Math, 730 W, single session, second testing
[] SAT IIs: 800 math 2, 790 bioE, 750 chem
[] ACT: didn’t take
[] APs: world history 4, bio and calc ab 5
[] IBs: none
[] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 100 w, 98 uw
[] Rank: 1/940
[] Senior Yr Courseload: multi, yoga, anatomy, genetics, ap eng lit, ap american, organic chem
[] Number of Apps from Your School: 3 early, many more regular
[] Common or Princeton App? princeton
[] Other stats: competative school
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] ECs listed on app: president science olympiad, captain math team, president mentoring club, nhs chairperson of mentoring, 2 summer programs at local college, volunteering with a doctor and organizing social events at my summer community
[] Awards/Honors/Distinctions listed on app: ap scholar, nat merit commended, aime qualification, amc 112.5
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Essays (subject and responses): both about my family, one about immigrating, the other about my greatgrandma during ww2
[] Teacher Recs: very bad at judging these, but should have been decent
[] Counselor Rec: same as above
[] Interview (feel and general location): in a coffee shop, kind of awkard, only 45 minutes long but we agree on a lot- we both dislike sororities, etc.
[] Hook (special/unique achievements, etc): none
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: NYC BABY!!
[] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): specialized high school
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Income Bracket: around 100,000
[] Gender: female
[] Prospective Major: mol bio
[] Hooks(background, connections, legacy etc.): none
[] Strengths/Weaknesses:
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: [/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I called the admission office and they told me i got in and congratulated me and stuff but i still didn’t get a package. I hope it all goes well and the officer didn’t make a mistake.

maddy_01 · December 19, 2006, 5:24pm

lol they can NEVER make a mistake like that…lol

CONGRATS! hope i join u next fall!

hopeful89 · December 19, 2006, 5:27pm

thank u…i am still paranoid, my teachers asked me if i got in and i told them- i think so. One has been teaching for over 45 years and he was like, in my entire career, this is the first time someone told me they thought they got in.

ufo9696 · December 19, 2006, 5:28pm

I guess it’s kind of late but i’ll post my stats

Decision: ACCEPTED!!!

Stats:[ul][] Fee Waiver Used?: no
[] SAT I (by section): CR 720; M 800; W 700
[] SAT IIs: Chem 790; Math IIC 800; Chinese w/ Listening 800
[] ACT: N/A
[] APs: AP Chem 5; AP Calculus: BC 5; AP Biology 5
[] IBs: N/A
[] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: our school has a weird system it’s 10.71 when 11 is all As; our school doesn’t weight
[] Rank: school doesn’t rank but if they did probably 1 or 2 out of 120
[] Senior Yr Courseload: very rigorous
[] Number of Apps from Your School: 6-7 ED
[] Common or Princeton App? Common
[] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul][] ECs listed on app: Head of Habitat for Humanity, Head of Asian culture club, tutor for Chinese club, Varsity Squash, Violin, went to China for two summers for a language program yadda yadda yadda
[] Job/Work Experience: a random internship last summer
[] Essays (subject and responses): I didn’t really like it but others thought it was unique
[] Teacher Recs: didn’t read but i guess they were good
[] Counselor Rec: didn’t read
[] Interview (feel and general location): one of those interviews that you can’t decide if they were good or bad
[] Hook (if any): NONE
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul][] State or Country: CT
[] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Private, very competitive
[] Ethnicity: Asian (Korean)
[] Income Bracket:
[] Gender: Female
[] Hooks: absolutely none
[] Strengths/Weaknesses: strength - honestly don’t know… good GPAs?; weakness - SAT Is
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: absolutetly no idea I thought I would be deferred/rejected[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I can’t believe I got in. I literally cried because I was soooo stressed about them. I guess I can enjoy my senior spring now. Congrats to all who were accepted and good luck at the RDs for those who were deferred

lemon2lyme · December 19, 2006, 5:31pm

Calculus,
Why apply to school that wasn’t your first choice ED? You took someone else’s place that probably loves the school. Plus, I don’t think you will be able to “wiggle” out of ED, I have read about people in the past who tried to play that game and attend Harvard or Yale when they had already committed to Princeton. Princeton tracks them down and then calls the other schools. You could end up rejected from both Princeton and Harvard. In fact, I almost hope that that does happen to you - SHAME ON YOU FOR PLAYING COLLEGE GAMES!!!

j07 · December 19, 2006, 5:34pm

Yeah Calculus…I really hope you’re kidding. You are an amazing Hispanic applicant and while I don’t know precisely how URMs are treated in ED admissions, what if you took away a spot from a Hispanic applicant who was not as wealthy as yourself and who had worked just as hard or harder than you had?

Besides, why didn’t you just apply to Harvard SCEA if you wanted to go there?

I can’t figure out if he is serious about this or not, but as someone who has seen a lot of my favorite people get deferred, I’m a little annoyed by it.

olivia567 · December 19, 2006, 5:48pm

Exactly. So you want to go to Harvard now, not Princeton?

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