@borrowedtime13 yup time to get writing for RD. DS deferred from ND. RD to Princeton.
Deferred too.
I heard something interesting from my counselor today, but I don’t know how credible it is. My mom found a website yesterday that said a drastically smaller number of applicants were deferred this year. I didn’t believe her, so I talked to my counselor early today. He said he spoke to a Princeton rep, who told him only ~150 students were deferred. Given how many deferred students I’ve seen on college confidential alone, I can’t see how this is possible. Still though, it came from an official source; has anyone heard anything like this?
Also, my Q1 grades were requested last week.
@worriedaboutact Haven’t heard anything as such, I was told that usually the deferred number is around 2500.
Now that I have been deferred, I plan on sending an additional letter of recommendation, as I only did the two required and didn’t opt to send an optional one, but looks like there is no harm in sending one (unless there is, lemme know). I was just wondering if I were to send one, through what mean I should send it to them (do I just upload it to the site under additional information?), and at what time. I know RD decisions are made in March, but don’t know when Princeton reconsiders the Deferred applicants. Anyone have any idea when or how the re-evaluation process is? Do you just do to a deferred pile, or are you put back into your region and evaluated like normal RD applications? I was curious since it is prime College Application time, and I dont want to swap my teacher with another request, but instead am thinking about asking around Mid January, but I also want the letter to get to Princeton in time for RD.
@worriedaboutact Would it possible for you to link that website that your mom saw?
@wannaberower I’ve been looking for it, but I have yet to find it again. If I find it, I’ll be sure to post it here.
@wannaberower idk 150 seems awfully small especially bc there were these 2 students from my school who were deferred but apparantely don’t have great grades and what not.
@worriedaboutact maybe 150 in your state…LOL Here are Yale’s stats, I’m sure Princeton is at least 60% Deferred.
Yale admitted 842 students out of the record 5,733 early applicants to the Class of 2022 Thursday evening.
The number of admitted students represents 14.7 percent of applicants and is slightly smaller than last year’s figure of 871. This year, 55 percent of early applicants were deferred for reconsideration in the spring, 29 percent were denied admission, and 2 percent either withdrew or submitted incomplete forms.
*Princeton University has offered admission to 799 students from a pool of 5,402 candidates who applied through single-choice early action for the Class of 2022. The pool was the largest in the last seven years, representing an 8 percent increase over last year’s early applicant pool and a 57 percent increase from 2011.
@BigApple2018 @wannaberower @Pianomonster20 As I said before, I have doubts about the credibility of the source, especially given how many people I personally know to be deferred (in my school alone, there were 3). My counselor is out of town for a few days, and I’m going to call him when he gets back in.
@worriedaboutact FWIW- there are 49 self-ID’d deferrals on this thread alone…
Princeton historically has one of the highest, if not the highest, deferral rates among top schools, and is extremely unlikely that it has changed its admission practice so dramatically this year.
Why does Princeton make such a secret out of how many applicants they deferred. Almost all of the highly selective schools state in the initial press releases announcing their ED acceptances how many admitted how many deferred and how many denied.
I think it is only fair to let these kids know the rather daunting numbers they are up against going into the RD round.
i was deferred
For posterity, I will post this: we found that, if your counselor was asked to send progress or Q1 grades, that is a good sign. Those of us who received the request were either deferred or accepted.
@mediokra I’m not sure about that - I haven’t heard of anyone getting flat out rejected yet.
@ripmycollegeapp. I don’t know about you, but I already know people rejected. I’m sure i saw someone posted a rejection in this thread somewhere.
My daughter was deferred but is now receiving packets from Princeton asking her to apply. Strange. Anyone else getting stuff?
I got another Letter of recommendation specifically for princeton, should I just add it to additional info? Should I submit it before the RD deadline, or like midway in Feb when its peak time for applications being reviewed?
(I got deferred in EA btw)
Is it bad that I never sent a letter of continued interest/ it’s too late to send anything, right?