Accepted! :DDDDDDD
Said without malice - Cruelty is going on the government’s college search engine, imputing the lowest SAT score your child got (math was really low) as the minimum score a school takes for the 25% range, and all the Ivies pop up, including the one your child was rejected from. OTH, maybe that’s a positive sign. How many videos, posts, and articles are there about being rejected by your #1 choice and getting into a college you didn’t think you had a chance at? That’s hopeful chicken worthy, right? ~:> Plus, the search engine did give us schools we’d never thought about. (Maybe I should start a thread in the college selection section for “gay, Hispanic, first generation, working poor, political science major, psychology minor, who wants to stay in the Northeast, has excellent grades, challenging course load, etc. but only average test scores because he only got to take them once & there isn’t time to take them again; please no religious-based schools.”)
Honest congrats to everyone who got accepted and deferred. It has been a true pleasure reading this thread daily and getting to know you. 
My daughter is deferred. She is crying. I am so sad. Congrats to all the accepted, and good luck to all the deferred/rejected.
ACCEPTED!!! Legit crying actual tears right now. ~:>
I don’t have to change my username!!! ~:>
@APrincetonian Yay so happy for you!!!
@meaa7130 So we get that in the mail? I didn’t mean a letter as in electronic letter but a real hard copy letter.
@agrimon My son is so quiet. It’s so sad. We’re going with Popeyes. More expensive than pizza, but the poor kid is so heartbroken. He thought for sure he’d get at least a deferral. :(( We’re putting in his application for a safety school tonight. It’s a decent school and students go to grad schools at top places. He so needs an acceptance. Nothing to do on it, but pay through the Common App, pay for scores to be sent in, etc.
Princeton SCEA stats is here: https://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S45/02/99M42/index.xml?section=topstories
@Desiree2 Oh I’m not sure about that. Yeesh, that’d be cruel. Then I can frame it on my wall and look at it and cry forever.
@meaa7130 Well, if you get something in the mail. let me know, so I know to check the mail 
@Desiree2 can you not access it online?
@meaa7130 I can accessed it online. Deferred. However, I was wondering if I will get a mailed copy.
@Desiree2 ohhh gotcha
I made my account because of threads like this. I’ve been there with all of you in spirit like a silent observer for these past few months. I promised myself I would make an account if I actually got in and lo and behold, I am proud to say that I did indeed get accepted today. Thank you all for your support even if you didn’t realize you gave it
Also, if anyone still wants to know, I got an email about FA but no confirmation and no request for first marking period grades.
My kid was accepted. Beyond words…so happy
Got deferred, feeling pretty down. Don’t feel like going to school tomorrow, I’ll use the time to work on my other college apps. Congrats to whoever got in
A note from a Princeton alum from the 1980s.
First, for perspective, I wanted to mention that I applied Early Decision (when the University offered that choice), was deferred and then accepted during the regular round. I had a wonderful experience at Princeton and am counted as a loyal alumnus, but as life has gone on, I realize I would have had an equally wonderful, albeit different experience elsewhere. You should not have a “dream school,” but rather have dreams of who you want to be as a person and what you want to accomplish on this earth. There are lots of schools that can support your personal journey just as well as Princeton can, and maybe even better.
Within my first weeks of freshman year, I realized that many of my friends in high school who were rejected by Princeton would easily have been in the top quartile of my college classmates; this was very humbling. For those of you who were accepted, congratulations and welcome. But approach your acceptance with humility, and the knowledge that your talents and perseverance got you to the table, but there was also an element of luck in the ultimate acceptance. That means it is a privilege to attend Princeton, with all the responsibilities associated with the granting of any privilege.
For those who were rejected, see all of the above, and recognize that your bright future is determined by you, not your diploma. I have had the privilege of meeting extraordinarily successful people who don’t have college degrees, and fellow alumni with deep failings. I hate that Princeton holds the number 1 spot on the U.S. News and World report rankings because it discourages applicants from truly thinking about “fit,” and plays to the natural competitive instincts of the many applicants who want “number 1” for the sake of “number 1.” That sort of ambition is not a good thing, and without moral balance such competitive juices have corroded many a soul and organization. It may not feel like it now, but if you were rejected, you’ve been granted a gift: a chance to step back from that first “rat race” of your life, the freedom from several more months of uncertainty over Princeton, and the ability to move forward without the blinders of the ranking system.
Best wishes to all of you, accepted, deferred and rejected, from this Princeton dinosaur.
@jumbletumbles stop worshipping…u sound like a toady.