Which of these got my DD into Princeton?

[Anonymous]

Part of me feels like OP's DD has a hook that she has not divulged and is looking for everyone to say - you totally got in on "fill in the blank" in order to push aside all the assumptions DD is there via hook.

OP - Princeton can fill their class many times over by qualified applicants. Your DD is qualified - so were the others you mention who didn't get in - she did get in. Assuming she is happy and thriving....so just appreciate that and move on. And definitely stop comparing her to other kids (and vice versa). It's not healthy.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:DD is a sophomore at Princeton majoring in chemistry.

Not a legacy, RD, not an athlete, not full pay. We pay about 50% of sticker price.

Gpa- 4.0 straight A’s, 10 AP, all 5s

35 ACT, 1550 SAT (790 math)

Volleyball for 4 years of HS, varsity captain

Essays about being bad at volleyball and working hard to become one of the best players in her HS

NOT in NHS

No awards other than the AP distinction ones

No research, no paid job

I’m curious to know what you think got her in because we know so many kids with better stats and other stuff that flat out got rejected.

Odd. No reason why she should have gotten in. Maybe best for you and your daughter to keep your mouths shut. I'm guessing it was a mistake.

Do you not understand that this OP was not written by the girls mom? It is written by another parent who posts here that their child had “everything the same or better” and was waitlisted.

You misread that - her daughter got in. Others with what she considers to be "same or better" did not.

I didn’t misread anything. OP is pretending to talk about her kid but she is talking about someone else.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:DD is a sophomore at Princeton majoring in chemistry.

Not a legacy, RD, not an athlete, not full pay. We pay about 50% of sticker price.

Gpa- 4.0 straight A’s, 10 AP, all 5s

35 ACT, 1550 SAT (790 math)

Volleyball for 4 years of HS, varsity captain

Essays about being bad at volleyball and working hard to become one of the best players in her HS

NOT in NHS

No awards other than the AP distinction ones

No research, no paid job

I’m curious to know what you think got her in because we know so many kids with better stats and other stuff that flat out got rejected.

Odd. No reason why she should have gotten in. Maybe best for you and your daughter to keep your mouths shut. I'm guessing it was a mistake.

Do you not understand that this OP was not written by the girls mom? It is written by another parent who posts here that their child had “everything the same or better” and was waitlisted.

You misread that - her daughter got in. Others with what she considers to be "same or better" did not.

I didn’t misread anything. OP is pretending to talk about her kid but she is talking about someone else.

Agreed. What lunatic parent goes on a DCUM message board 2 years later to suggest that their DC should *not* have gotten into an elite college?!? Wouldn't any normal parent just be proud that their child got in? This OP is just a jealous and bitter person.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DD is a sophomore at Princeton majoring in chemistry.

Not a legacy, RD, not an athlete, not full pay. We pay about 50% of sticker price.

Gpa- 4.0 straight A’s, 10 AP, all 5s

35 ACT, 1550 SAT (790 math)

Volleyball for 4 years of HS, varsity captain

Essays about being bad at volleyball and working hard to become one of the best players in her HS

NOT in NHS

No awards other than the AP distinction ones

No research, no paid job

I’m curious to know what you think got her in because we know so many kids with better stats and other stuff that flat out got rejected.

Odd. No reason why she should have gotten in. Maybe best for you and your daughter to keep your mouths shut. I'm guessing it was a mistake.

Do you not understand that this OP was not written by the girls mom? It is written by another parent who posts here that their child had “everything the same or better” and was waitlisted.

You misread that - her daughter got in. Others with what she considers to be "same or better" did not.

I didn’t misread anything. OP is pretending to talk about her kid but she is talking about someone else.

Agreed. What lunatic parent goes on a DCUM message board 2 years later to suggest that their DC should *not* have gotten into an elite college?!? Wouldn't any normal parent just be proud that their child got in? This OP is just a jealous and bitter person.

agree. i bet the OP is not the princeton parent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DD is a sophomore at Princeton majoring in chemistry.

Not a legacy, RD, not an athlete, not full pay. We pay about 50% of sticker price.

Gpa- 4.0 straight A’s, 10 AP, all 5s

35 ACT, 1550 SAT (790 math)

Volleyball for 4 years of HS, varsity captain

Essays about being bad at volleyball and working hard to become one of the best players in her HS

NOT in NHS

No awards other than the AP distinction ones

No research, no paid job

I’m curious to know what you think got her in because we know so many kids with better stats and other stuff that flat out got rejected.

Odd. No reason why she should have gotten in. Maybe best for you and your daughter to keep your mouths shut. I'm guessing it was a mistake.

Do you not understand that this OP was not written by the girls mom? It is written by another parent who posts here that their child had “everything the same or better” and was waitlisted.

You misread that - her daughter got in. Others with what she considers to be "same or better" did not.

I didn’t misread anything. OP is pretending to talk about her kid but she is talking about someone else.

Agreed. What lunatic parent goes on a DCUM message board 2 years later to suggest that their DC should *not* have gotten into an elite college?!? Wouldn't any normal parent just be proud that their child got in? This OP is just a jealous and bitter person.

A parent like the one posed in 12:26 above. So many people whose kids get in on a hook are insecure about all the other people saying the kid got in because of the hook. They are dying for validation that their kid was good enough to get in. I think rather than this being a fake post by a parent pretending they are talking about their own kid - that OP's kid has a hook that was not mentioned (or fibbed about if hook is legacy/sports).

I think this is someone looking for validation ---- "oh your kid is great and those stats sound like a shoe-in for Princeton" because they keep hearing other people say "oh, that kid clearly got in for *this* hook because Joey and Susie clearly should have gotten in if it was just on stats"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DD is a sophomore at Princeton majoring in chemistry.

Not a legacy, RD, not an athlete, not full pay. We pay about 50% of sticker price.

Gpa- 4.0 straight A’s, 10 AP, all 5s

35 ACT, 1550 SAT (790 math)

Volleyball for 4 years of HS, varsity captain

Essays about being bad at volleyball and working hard to become one of the best players in her HS

NOT in NHS

No awards other than the AP distinction ones

No research, no paid job

I’m curious to know what you think got her in because we know so many kids with better stats and other stuff that flat out got rejected.

Odd. No reason why she should have gotten in. Maybe best for you and your daughter to keep your mouths shut. I'm guessing it was a mistake.

Do you not understand that this OP was not written by the girls mom? It is written by another parent who posts here that their child had “everything the same or better” and was waitlisted.

You misread that - her daughter got in. Others with what she considers to be "same or better" did not.

I didn’t misread anything. OP is pretending to talk about her kid but she is talking about someone else.

Agreed. What lunatic parent goes on a DCUM message board 2 years later to suggest that their DC should *not* have gotten into an elite college?!? Wouldn't any normal parent just be proud that their child got in? This OP is just a jealous and bitter person.

A parent like the one posed in 12:26 above. So many people whose kids get in on a hook are insecure about all the other people saying the kid got in because of the hook. They are dying for validation that their kid was good enough to get in. I think rather than this being a fake post by a parent pretending they are talking about their own kid - that OP's kid has a hook that was not mentioned (or fibbed about if hook is legacy/sports).

I think this is someone looking for validation ---- "oh your kid is great and those stats sound like a shoe-in for Princeton" because they keep hearing other people say "oh, that kid clearly got in for *this* hook because Joey and Susie clearly should have gotten in if it was just on stats"

Yeah, that really doesn't make much sense. Princeton parents are not on DCUM two years after admission cycle exposing identifying info about their child so that they hear that it was "clerical error" from jealous randos on DCUM.

[Anonymous]

The sat score and probably because she’s not white or Asian.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DD is a sophomore at Princeton majoring in chemistry.

Not a legacy, RD, not an athlete, not full pay. We pay about 50% of sticker price.

Gpa- 4.0 straight A’s, 10 AP, all 5s

35 ACT, 1550 SAT (790 math)

Volleyball for 4 years of HS, varsity captain

Essays about being bad at volleyball and working hard to become one of the best players in her HS

NOT in NHS

No awards other than the AP distinction ones

No research, no paid job

I’m curious to know what you think got her in because we know so many kids with better stats and other stuff that flat out got rejected.

Odd. No reason why she should have gotten in. Maybe best for you and your daughter to keep your mouths shut. I'm guessing it was a mistake.

Do you not understand that this OP was not written by the girls mom? It is written by another parent who posts here that their child had “everything the same or better” and was waitlisted.

You misread that - her daughter got in. Others with what she considers to be "same or better" did not.

I didn’t misread anything. OP is pretending to talk about her kid but she is talking about someone else.

Agreed. What lunatic parent goes on a DCUM message board 2 years later to suggest that their DC should *not* have gotten into an elite college?!? Wouldn't any normal parent just be proud that their child got in? This OP is just a jealous and bitter person.

A parent like the one posed in 12:26 above. So many people whose kids get in on a hook are insecure about all the other people saying the kid got in because of the hook. They are dying for validation that their kid was good enough to get in. I think rather than this being a fake post by a parent pretending they are talking about their own kid - that OP's kid has a hook that was not mentioned (or fibbed about if hook is legacy/sports).

I think this is someone looking for validation ---- "oh your kid is great and those stats sound like a shoe-in for Princeton" because they keep hearing other people say "oh, that kid clearly got in for *this* hook because Joey and Susie clearly should have gotten in if it was just on stats"

Yeah, that really doesn't make much sense. Princeton parents are not on DCUM two years after admission cycle exposing identifying info about their child so that they hear that it was "clerical error" from jealous randos on DCUM.

Let's be real - any parent coming back 16 months after "decision day" to compare stats on why/why not a kid got into Princeton (or any school) is spending energy on something that doesn't make sense.

[Anonymous]

Is your DD from a minority race? Especially African American? It's very easy for an average child to get into the ivies if they are AA.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:All 5s on 10 APs with a VERY high ACT/SAT.

Tons of kids here take APs. Very few have 5s on all tests.

agreed!

DD had 14 APs all 5s, 1580 SAT, 3.99 unweighted GPA, NMS, leadership positions, paid job, various awards, and was waitlisted by Princeton.

3.99 instead if a 4.0. As Maxwell Smart used to say, “Missed it by THAT much.”

[Anonymous]

Her stats are high. It’s no shock.

Also you didn’t mention race.

How was she not in NHS with straight As and being Varsity volleyball captain? Seems like she would qualify so even if she didn’t apply or perhaps her school didn’t have a chapter she still has the same qualifications as those who are in it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is your DD from a minority race? Especially African American? It's very easy for an average child to get into the ivies if they are AA.

How are those stats average? lol

Cry harder.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What race did she put on her application?

How is that relevant to anything. Or are you suggesting maybe she's Asian, who have a huge advantage in these Ivy League admissions?

Um, no. You've got it backwards.

Not from the proportion of Asians in these schools, I don't. They're wildly out of proportion with the general population. It's a HUGE advantage to be Asian.

Its only an advantage as being white in lacrosse or being black in basketball, Asians are academically gifted and hard worker.

Some Asians, not all. Let’s not generalize.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DD is a sophomore at Princeton majoring in chemistry.

Not a legacy, RD, not an athlete, not full pay. We pay about 50% of sticker price.

Gpa- 4.0 straight A’s, 10 AP, all 5s

35 ACT, 1550 SAT (790 math)

Volleyball for 4 years of HS, varsity captain

Essays about being bad at volleyball and working hard to become one of the best players in her HS

NOT in NHS

No awards other than the AP distinction ones

No research, no paid job

I’m curious to know what you think got her in because we know so many kids with better stats and other stuff that flat out got rejected.

Why do the cray crays come on her and do this? Just insane. We aren’t admission counselors.

Obviously he is totally just bragging about his kid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is your DD from a minority race? Especially African American? It's very easy for an average child to get into the ivies if they are AA.

How are those stats average? lol

Cry harder.

seriously. "everyone has those stats" - no, not really.