Princeton scea

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DD got rejected. She has great stats- good GPA, perfect SAT, good ECs (published paper, some awards, plays sport). Goes to a very competitive school in DMV. She is worried if something is wrong with her application. SHe was not expecting to get in but thought will be deferred.. Her essays also seemed ok to me. She is worried about other applications now..

I'm sorry, that stings. They could be rejecting more in the early round this year, instead of deferring most only to reject them in RD. I would look at Reddit to try to verify that and also ask the school counselor. It seems unlikely it's the app.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My DD got rejected. She has great stats- good GPA, perfect SAT, good ECs (published paper, some awards, plays sport). Goes to a very competitive school in DMV. She is worried if something is wrong with her application. SHe was not expecting to get in but thought will be deferred.. Her essays also seemed ok to me. She is worried about other applications now..

I'm sorry, that stings. They could be rejecting more in the early round this year, instead of deferring most only to reject them in RD. I would look at Reddit to try to verify that and also ask the school counselor. It seems unlikely it's the app.

Yeah, that totally sucks. FWIW, last year, our suburban high school's valedictorian with 1590 SAT, 36 ACT, drum major with published research also got rejected from Princeton but got into multiple other T-20 schools.

[Anonymous]

It’s test optional this year still. Real fk job that low scorers get in

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My DD got rejected. She has great stats- good GPA, perfect SAT, good ECs (published paper, some awards, plays sport). Goes to a very competitive school in DMV. She is worried if something is wrong with her application. SHe was not expecting to get in but thought will be deferred.. Her essays also seemed ok to me. She is worried about other applications now..

Applying to Princeton without either strong legacy support or as a recruited athlete, the assumption should be that you won't be admitted. If your daughter attends a very competitive school, she likely has access to a staff person at the school who can review her application and reassure you and your daughter of the strength of the application.

Agreed. A kid I know got in but both parents went there and they also had amazing grades. I think otherwise they would probably have been rejected.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know 3 very small legacies from the DMV who all got in.

What is a "very small" legacy?

It's when a short person has parents who went to Princeton.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If its any consolation, my kid who organically had a resume and qualities which Princeton admission folks seems to gush about, got deferred and then put on waitlist in RD. They didn't wait to get off waitlist and accepted another T20.

Princeton was going to be full pay even if the got in and other T20 gave a significant merit scholarship. However, this was few years ago and my DC is Asian from large competitive suburban public high school.

sorry to derail, but which T20 gave big merit? Emory, Wash U, Vandy? (am I forgetting someplace?)

Duke, Rice and USC also offer some big merit scholarships.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know 3 very small legacies from the DMV who all got in.

Same.

Congrats to the smallest legacies admitted to the Princeton Class of 2029!

[Anonymous]

Legacy acceptance whose parent is high up at the IMF got them a position and is one of the boarding school’s biggest donors. Everyone else rejected.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Legacy acceptance whose parent is high up at the IMF got them a position and is one of the boarding school’s biggest donors. Everyone else rejected.

WIS?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Legacy acceptance whose parent is high up at the IMF got them a position and is one of the boarding school’s biggest donors. Everyone else rejected.

WIS?

Wis isn’t a boarding school

[Anonymous]

Yes, Winchendon is a boarding school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, Winchendon is a boarding school.

This is DCum emphasis on DC…