I don’t think that not getting a request is a bad sign, but getting one is definitely a good sign, at least in the past.
Both my kids are current students at Princeton, so my opinion is just based on our experience. And I could be completely wrong.
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Did both your children get grade requests?
no, both didn’t. Quarterly grade requests apply only to SCEA. D27 applied RD to Princeton. S29 applied SCEA, but didn’t get a grade request and he was deferred and accepted in the RD round. When my kids applied, the applicants (on CC and reddit) who had grade requests in the SCEA round got in AFAIK. Good luck to all of you!!
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Thanks!
Hi! HS senior here, applied SCEA, unweighted GPA 3.73, SAT 1570, hoping to double major in music and computer science. ECs include several years at a prestigious music program, CS research with Stanford faculty published in a journal, USACO competition, music community service, and member at a couple of school clubs. Praying I get in 
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Good luck to you and to everyone else. Is it today?
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Yes.
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What time today?
7:00
She was rejected.
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My son has a 36 ACT, 4.44 GPA (4 unweighted), took 14 AP classes, wrestler, rower, lots of extra curricular activities. He got rejected. There is truly nothing else he could have done.
We did not pay anyone to help him with his application, maybe that was a mistake. This just to say, if you got rejected today keep your head up! You are worthy and will land at the perfect school for you! To all that were accepted, congratulations!
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Update: I was rejected haha
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I think it’s going to be a very tough year for kids without financial need. Princeton is very focused on FGLI anyway, and with the new endowment tax they have an even stronger incentive to take more low-income kids. They need to get below 3,000 tuition-paying students. It’s much cheaper to pay more in financial aid than to pay the endowment tax.
I also think generally, selective schools are looking to FGLI as a way to increase diversity without looking at race. So it’s not just at Princeton that the excellent upper-middle-class candidate may struggle this year.
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Can you explain what this means a little more? Or provide a link. This is the first I’ve heard of this topic (I am about to google FGLI).
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Here are a couple of articles:
Thanks, that’s pretty interesting.
Heard that
Heard that 6 kids from Trinity School in NYC (out of 120 members of the class of 2026) got in early to Princeton.
Very interesting.
What is it usually there? I wouldn’t be surprised if it is usually 3-5.
I would think they would usually have a few recruits, legacy, and serious donor hooks…
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