@52balletvieta We may all be competing against each other, but hacking at each other’s throats isn’t going to change the outcome. In addition, some of us may be future classmates, so this encouragement may just be setting up the next four years to come (well, at least, for those accepted on Wednesday). No matter what combination of applicants the admissions officers decide to let in on Wednesday, what has been done has been done. I remember that a Harvard adcom once said that if they (the admissions officers) had to do the committee all over again, they would admit a different group of students every time. That’s how hard it is to cut people, especially at the very end. So perhaps Wednesday will also be a game of luck. Hopefully, it’ll all work out in the very end.
@morrisk I really like how you put a chicken at the end of every one of your comments! I remember last year all the Princeton SCEA applicants put a skull at the end of every post as a symbol of good luck. So perhaps I’ll follow the trend (although I do know that this doesn’t actually do anything, it’s just fun). Here’s 50 lucky chickens for the ≈50 of you guys active on this thread: ~:> ~:> ~:> ~:> ~:> ~:> ~:> ~:> ~:> ~:> ~:> ~:> ~:> ~:> ~:> ~:> ~:> ~:> ~:> ~:> ~:> ~:> ~:> ~:> ~:> ~:> ~:> ~:> ~:> ~:> ~:> ~:> ~:> ~:> ~:> ~:> ~:> ~:> ~:> ~:> ~:> ~:> ~:> ~:> ~:> ~:> ~:> ~:> ~:> ~:>
I’m so nervous for Wednesday… I can’t believe in a little more than 3 days I’ll know my decision. It seems so surreal. I feel like after Wednesday I won’t know what to do. Obviously keep chugging away at RD apps bc deferral (I’m just expecting it now), but it’ll throw me off a bit. Even though I want to know, I kinda like relishing in this uncertainty for a little while.
Btw, @azwu331, you are incredible. Thank you for this thread and your kind and thoughtful sharing of your mind which makes me hanging (without going panic) during these days. ~:>
You guys really are amazing… reading this thread actually calms me down instead of making me feel more nervous, which is what I half-expected when I joined. I know it’s not realistic but I seriously hope we all get accepted. Best of luck to everyone.
Hey guys! I haven’t commented in a while just because of finals coming up, but I wanted to echo what so many of you have said–this tiny little community honestly brings so much peace and comfort to my mind during this uber stressful time. I am moved by how each one of you are so kind and supportive. I can also just tell that all of you would be such interesting, fun people to be friends with because you all are able to communicate empathy so well in just a few words on an internet forum! I know that no matter what our decisions are on Wednesday, you all will continue to do such amazing, inspiring things regardless of where you end up. It is my greatest wish, however, that by some magical stroke of luck we could all end up classmates next year. It seriously makes me sad that this is probably not going to happen, but I’ve truly enjoyed being a part of this thread and learning so much from your all’s willingness to share information, reply to another’s stress, and just be pure awesome through being so supportive. Good luck for Wednesday!!
Is it just me or does Wednesday feel a bit like graduation because we will no longer be the “SCEA applicants” anymore. :’( can’t believe how attached I am to this thread now. You guys are amazing!
@azwu331 TOTALLY making this chicken thing happen!! That can be our little thing- putting a chicken at the end of every post.
@mprut0987 That’s seriously why I’m having such conflicting feelings! On one hand, I just want to know, but on the other hand, I like chatting with you all and being in that limbo where I’m nervous but still (slightly) hopefully about the outcome on Wednesday. So much changes and so much doesn’t on Wednesday, gah.
I know I need to start pushing myself to work on other apps. I was reading back through my common app essay and I’ve realized that I probably want to change it. It sucks, because that’s the essay I sent to PTon, and now after a few months, I feel like I could have included more me in it. Trying not to dwell on that too much, although now I’m feeling like I’ll get a deferral for sure.
@meaa7130 I know exactly how you feel !!! I’ve been feeling like living in a Dali painting for the past week, it’s so surreal that after SOOO long, finally, we will have the answer from Princeton we are all impatiently waiting for
A little more than 72 hours to go, we can do this everyone !! We should start a countdown until decision time xD
Aight fam, anyone who wants to join the hand-holding session, like this post!! I like to think that cause the like button has a hand next to it, we’re virtually holding hands.
I’ve been lurking on the thread for a couple months now and with decisions approaching I just wanted to wish everyone good luck! No matter what Princeton decides just know that we’ve all put in effort the past four years. I’m excited to get the results but I’m not sure how I will fair since I’m not sure if my recruited athlete hook will work
@2015mmozzi my DD took viola for 7 years and she has taken 5 AP junior year as well as 5 her senior year too so I think that is still considered a rigorous course load.
My brother works for admissions for a top school and he explains the process as such…everyone with good scores and grades gets rated 1-5. Then they look at ecs and that gets rated as well. Then they read your essay. So it appears that everyone on CC has great grades, scores and ec’s. Now they need to differentiate everyone so your essay better be top notch. Maybe they need a flutist, or tennis player or mathematician. After you go through that and you are still a yes, they need to look at numbers, Asians, African Americans, Jews, Hispanics, first gen, legacy, male/female, what state you are from and they round out the class that way. So you may be from Maryland with everything perfect, but they already have 10 kids and that was their quota so someone with lesser stats from Idaho will take a spot. Not fair but that’s how it is. Just like they accept a football player with extremely low scores, they need that for their school so it’s well rounded. So reading all of your posts and seeing what wonderful human beings you all are, know that you are qualified for every school in the country and you will get in somewhere and you will have an amazing college experience and go on to do amazing things. It’s not where you go that will determine the life you lead. It’s your passion and drive, and it appears everyone who is on CC has those qualities. Good luck everyone!
Hey guys! good luck to everyone applying SCEA!!! I am an RD candidate. I was wondering if we need SAT subject tests to be competitive? I have a 34 on the ACT so do I still need subject tests?
@greysanatomy3113 Hey! Congrats on your ACT score! Also, I think it would be helpful to send in your subject test scores to just show them how well versed you are in certain subjects, even though it’s not required.
@greeny8. Thank you so much. I think you are really talking the truth which I may already know but I do not want to face it. Yes, i am coming from one of the well known magnet school with bunch of super qualified kids and i am just one of the humble ones over there, to try to follow my heart sincerely which is not always so sure but hope it is the best for me, just like everyone else. At this moment I just wait the decision as others and I will plan next depending on this decision, but with more mutured manners and try to keep myself confident, hopefully? Yep. Good luck with everybody. ~:>
Now I am going to the other RD school interview, not wished it happens today but have to go. Hope I can do better than last time with princeton interviewer and without being distracted by the thought of “maybe pton or maybe not”…
