Princeton '09 ED Acceptance Listing

Schwaby
Sat, 18 Dec 2004 04:57:48 +0000

**Landdogger: **

Decision: ACCEPTED

Stats:
SAT: 1300 (650M 650V)
SAT IIs: 690 US His, 670ic, 630 physics, 720 writing
GPA: 4.1ish
Rank: Top 5% (no ranking)
Other stats:
AP US History 4
Subjective:
Essays: Well-written and thorough, very sincere and representative of me
Teacher Recs: read 2/3, very flattering and kind
Counselor Rec: Didn’t get a chance to read it
Hook (if any): JAZZ TROMBONE! Had an audition with the jazz professor and it went very well, got to sit in on a class and rehersal. Told me they were looking for trombones!
Location/Person:
State or Country: CT
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Other Factors:
Grandfather and lots of uncle alumae
Strong extra-currics and leadership, etc
Included essay on why I wanted to attend Princeton, it was “moving”

Schwaby

Decision: ACCEPTED
Stats:
SAT: 1560 (780/780)
SAT IIs: (760/760/740)
GPA:4.0 uw; 4.4w
Rank:Top 3%
Other stats(AP/IB exam): 5’s on 4 exams. Will take 7 this year
Subjective:
Essays:Very Good
Teacher Recs:Excellent
Counselor Rec:Good
Hook (if any):First Generation applicant; Military Child
Major ECs:Football (Captain), Track, NHS(President), Academic Games (Captain)
AB/BSE: AB
Strength/Weakness: Dunno. I was pretty well rounded.
Course Load (Any college):
Location/Person:
State or Country:U.S.Air Force Base in Germany
School Type:Public
Gender:Male
Other Factors:
Why do you think you got deferred/admitted:
I don’t think there were many first generation, captains of the football team applying. Living in 4 different countries, Texas, and Washington during my life didn’t hurt either.

**Mahajan2005: **
Decision: Accepted

Stats:
SAT: 1600
SAT IIs: (800/800/800)
GPA: 4.0 UW
Rank: 1/482
Other stats:
Subjective:
Essays: I tried hard, but didn’t honestly expect them to get me in.
Teacher Recs: Unsure. I like my teachers, so I hope they like me!
Counselor Rec: Same as above. Written by an administrator.
Hook (if any): Travel? Music? Scores? Language? Not sure.
Location/Person:
State or Country: Texas
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: South Asian American (Indian)
Gender: Male
Other Factors:
I was very active in orchestra, as the school orchestra treasurer, concertmaster. I also participated in the regional symphony, and formed my own musical nursing home group that is sponsored partly by a branch of Rotary. I was part of state champion Current Events and Social Studies teams. I placed in National French Exam (nationally, if that makes sense) and in statewide French competition. I was in Stuco and held some minor positions in math and science and chess club as a sophomore. I ran cross country and track. I wrote movie reviews.

**Dizzy[son]: **
Decision: ACCEPTED

Stats:
SAT: 1480, 800v, 680m (one sitting)
SAT IIs: 770 literature, 680 match IIc, 560 Latin (was planning to retake this one)
GPA: not sure, but I think 3.8 or 3.9
Rank: school does not rank
Other stats: a bunch of AP tests, but I don’t know his scores, Nat’l Merit semi-finalist
Subjective:
Essays: amazing
Teacher Recs:didn’t see, but one asked to write his rec, so I suspect they were good to great
Counselor Rec:didn’t know there was such a thing, but it would be good to excellent
Hook (if any): recruited athlete – 25 - 30 hours a week, 51 weeks a year devoted to sport
Location/Person:
State or Country: SoCal
School Type: small private
Ethnicity: caucasian
Gender:male
Other Factors:

He is a gifted poet, which I suspect provided an interesting contrast to his being a recruited athlete. Not a dumb jock.

**Olivia313: **
Decision: Accepted

Stats:


SAT: 1530 (780V, 750M)
SAT IIs: 800 Writing, 790 IIC, 750 UShist, 740 Biology (M)
GPA: most recent- 4.84
Rank: somewhere in the top 7
Other stats(AP/IB exam): 6 APs last year, 4 this year (last year got 5s in USHist, Bio, EngLang, and CalcAB, 4 in FrenchLang, and 3 in GermanLang)


Subjective:


Essays: One great, one pretty good, one good
Teacher Recs: chose teachers that loved me as a person
Counselor Rec: had the best collegecounselor ever
Hook (if any): part of the Humanities Symposium, experience with the L.A. Opera and Philharmonic, other music stuff
Major ECs: Los Angeles Children’s Chorus, lit.mag. editor, varsity tennis, sword-fighting, voice, piano, volunteering
Strenth/Weakness:


Location/Person:


State or Country: California
School Type: Small Private
Ethnicity: Korean
Gender: Female


Chiuee

Decision: Accepted

Stats:
SAT: 1480 700V/780M
SAT IIs: 720 Chem , 770 Math IIC, 760 Writing
GPA: 4.3
Rank: Top 10%
Other stats: 42/45 Points in the IB Diploma
Subjective:
Essays: Great
Teacher Recs: Great/Good
Counselor Rec: Great
Hook (if any): Recruited Athlete for Crew
Location/Person:
State or Country: Toronto, Canada
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Asian-American
Gender: Male
Other Factors: One of two kids who applied ED to Princeton at my school, each year about 3 or 4 kids end up going there.

eltiguere
Decision: Accepted

Stats:
SAT:780 V, 730 M
SAT IIs: 800 iic, 800 w, 800 spanish
GPA:4.75 weighted
Rank:16/730
Other stats:nat. merit sf
Subjective:
Essays:great
Teacher Recs: one great, one good
Counselor Rec:i think good (i met her 2 weeks before apps were due)
Hook (if any): Race? Unstable home situation?
Location/Person:
State or Country:Texas
School Type: public magnet, very competitive
Ethnicity:Hispanic
Gender:Male
Degree(AB/BSE):AB
major strength/weakness:
Other Factors: president of several clubs, high rank officer in more clubs, run fast marathons (trained by myself), piano awards, trumpet, very active in church (lots of community work), 5th(nationally) national spanish exam level 4, 3rd(nationally) national french exam level 2 (both in same year), science fair awards, lots of volunteer work in hospitals, aka nothing spectacular

Highberh

Decision: Accepted

Stats:
SAT: 740 M/800 V
SAT II: 800 Biology (Molecular emphasis), 800 Writing, 800 Math IIC
GPA: 4.2
Rank: top 15%–I’m not sure how precisely my school reports class rank
Other Stats: National Merit Semi-Finalist; AP Scholar with Distinction

Subjective:
Essays: Kinda lame. But I am hypercritical and abhor soul-searching self-revelatory writing, so I hate them on principle rather than because they are inherently bad.
Teacher Recs: Awesome. I love my teachers and they are much better at talking about me than I am.
Counselor Rec: Quite good I think.
Hook: Parents went there. I hate this fact.

Location/Personal:
State or Country: California
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Anathema (AKA didn’t check the box)
Gender: Female
Degree: AB (math or maybe an interdisciplinary major, possibly a certificate in linguistics or intelligent systems)
Major Strength/Weakness: Strength–psychotically obsessed with learning; Weakness: Class rank/GPA (my school is competitive to the point at which GPA ceases to be a good indicator of desire/capacity to learn)

Other Factors: I think I’m the only one from my school who applied early to Princeton.