What specifically are you confused about between the schools? Location, college culture, residential life, academics, weather…?
Rejected. Probably would’ve went to my safety anyway so it’s not bad.
Waitlisted. Does anyone know the chances of being accepted? I know it’s probably pretty grim (<3% I’m guessing?). Also, how do you think Covid-19 will affect waitlist offers?
I think there will be a fairly high percentage of out of the US students who will not be coming to the US next fall, maybe good news for kids on waitlist.Still chances are slim.
Will the local interviewer know the admission results? Does the school notify them?
It is wild isn’t it! My son received a Presidential Merit Scholarship to USC and Honors Housing with additional Honors benefits but was waitlisted at Princeton.
Princeton does not directly notify interviewers, but interviewers can log into the university’s system and find out whether the students they interviewed (but not other students) were admitted.
Interviewers (at least in my region) are encouraged to reach out to admitted students to congratulate them.
Thank you for your answer. For waitlisted students, do local interviewers conduct additional interview? What can they do to help?
No, I’m not aware of any school, Princeton included, that interviews waitlisted students.
As to what else students can do at this point, there’s always the option of writing a letter of continued interest, but I doubt that would have a meaningful impact unless the student had a major new accomplishment to report.
One final thought: During the last four admission cycles, a total of 3,367 students accepted a spot on Princeton’s waitlist (roughly 840 per year), and only 158 were eventually accepted (the numbers in individual years were 39, 18, 101 and 0). That’s an average admission rate off the waitlist of 4.6% (with a range of 0% to 12% in specific years). So hope for the best – and who knows how things will play out given the pandemic – but keep in mind that the odds of admission are probably pretty long.
Thank you, TigerInWinter. Your input is very appreciated.
Anyone else admitted RD but waiting on financial aid? The portal says to contact their office, but I thought that financial aid info accompanied the acceptance.
Good luck!
Yeah, the financial aid notification normally accompanies the acceptance. Did you try contacting the FA office?
Yes, we’re in the same boat. I have a college freshman, and one of our other schools let us know that they’re missing verification of the second college student in the family, so maybe we’re missing that at Princeton as well. My daughter reached out to Princeton Financial Aid, but hasn’t gotten a reply yet. With everyone off campus we’re trying to be patient that things might move slowly.
Just curious, have any of the HYP acceptees received any reach out from any of the schools they got accepted into? like from current students or admin offering ways for you to address some of your concerns?
Has anybody received the virtual newsletter that they mentioned in the acceptance letter? (It was something along the lines of pushing out information to accepted students starting today since the preview weekend was cancelled).
Never mind, just received it!
DD was accepted. Rejected: 0, Waitlisted: Barnard, Accepted: Princeton, Brown, Yale, NYU, Swarthmore, Tufts, Dickinson, Lafayette , Lehigh, Fordham (Lincoln Center), Ramapo, GWU, Stevens IT, WPI, Clark. Union.
@HopkinsFan I got a reply from the FA office saying that my application for financial aid was completed and that I’d receive it sometime next week
Anyone considering what “may happen” if fall matriculation just doesn’t happen? If the world isn’t back in a place by late August that large groups of people, especially college age can safely live in large groups?
Will it go virtual? Will everything be put on hold for an additional semester and start in January? What will tuition look like? Would you still pay full tuition for less of an experience via zoom meetings? Will students choose to take a gap year? Will the university allow a huge portion of kids to exercise a gap year election simply from a financial impact on the university? Interested in hearing others thoughts. As a frame of reference several notable and intelligent people in the healthcare, financial and technology world are starting to speak to a 12-18 month time frame until large group dynamics return.
@PAdude - Just taking it one day at a time. To much to take on for me.