Anonymous
12/12/2025 10:28
Subject: Princeton REA Thursday?
DS is Accepted!
3.98 UW GPA, SAT 1560, 9 AP's. Two sport athlete, 2 years of working in retail/fast food, lots of volunteer hours at parks all through HS.
Caucasian male, no hook, UMC, public HS and not recruited, so we had low expectations. It is a pleasant surprise.
3.98 UW GPA, SAT 1560, 9 AP's. Two sport athlete, 2 years of working in retail/fast food, lots of volunteer hours at parks all through HS.
Caucasian male, no hook, UMC, public HS and not recruited, so we had low expectations. It is a pleasant surprise.
Anonymous
12/12/2025 10:17
Subject: Princeton REA Thursday?
My kid got in. Non DMV public school. Legacy.
Anonymous
12/12/2025 10:17
Subject: Princeton REA Thursday?
Anonymous wrote:The only two early admits from our small, private high school were athletes who got full "athletic tips" from coaches at Princeton. Otherwise, they were students who took a fair amount of rigor and were known to be strong, but not top students. One of the early admits is the BFF of my DS's girlfriend so she shared her GPA was around 3.8 unweighted and her SAT was around 1480, just to give you a sense of how much the coach tip really improves your chances!
So for those who didn't get in, please don't feel bad. If you had a shot at Princeton, you'll land at another amazing school for sure. Princeton's loss will be your DC's college's gain!
Princeton is D1, these are full on athletic recruits, not “tips.”
Anonymous
12/12/2025 10:13
Subject: Princeton REA Thursday?
Serious question - given how weirdly curated the students admitted to Princeton are, why would any white or Asian public school kid with top statistics want to go there now anyway?
Anonymous
12/12/2025 10:12
Subject: Princeton REA Thursday?
The only two early admits from our small, private high school were athletes who got full "athletic tips" from coaches at Princeton. Otherwise, they were students who took a fair amount of rigor and were known to be strong, but not top students. One of the early admits is the BFF of my DS's girlfriend so she shared her GPA was around 3.8 unweighted and her SAT was around 1480, just to give you a sense of how much the coach tip really improves your chances!
So for those who didn't get in, please don't feel bad. If you had a shot at Princeton, you'll land at another amazing school for sure. Princeton's loss will be your DC's college's gain!
So for those who didn't get in, please don't feel bad. If you had a shot at Princeton, you'll land at another amazing school for sure. Princeton's loss will be your DC's college's gain!
Anonymous
12/12/2025 10:01
Subject: Princeton REA Thursday?
Three girls from NYC private girls schoom. White girls, no legacy but very talented in their own way.
Anonymous
12/12/2025 09:58
Subject: Princeton REA Thursday?
Anonymous wrote:It’s also worth noting that full-pay students are the ones effectively funding this support. I fully agree with helping low-SES students, but it feels unfair that full-pay families end up subsidizing people who only pretend to be poor.
And then there are kids on Reddit asking, “My parents didn’t go to college in the U.S.—am I first-gen?”
Seriously
How are people pretending to be poor when we have to list every aspect of income etc? I fit into that middle ground so it would irk me, too - just wondering who/how this is happening.
Anonymous
12/12/2025 09:56
Subject: Princeton REA Thursday?
Anonymous wrote:[img]Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Yeah, the only admits on Reddit are test optional kids from small towns. And a ton of rejections from the rest of the US with 1590+.
no dog in this fight but it's striking.
We had an admit from our private, already posted, in Maryland and not a legacy.
Lacrosse admit
No a theatre kid actually. No hooks.
Oh interesting. there is another Maryland private admit who is lacrosse.
There are several of those among the schools, but not who I was describing,
Anonymous
12/12/2025 09:53
Subject: Princeton REA Thursday?
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Oh interesting. there is another Maryland private admit who is lacrosse.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Yeah, the only admits on Reddit are test optional kids from small towns. And a ton of rejections from the rest of the US with 1590+.
no dog in this fight but it's striking.
We had an admit from our private, already posted, in Maryland and not a legacy.
Lacrosse admit
No a theatre kid actually. No hooks.
Oh interesting. there is another Maryland private admit who is lacrosse.
Anonymous
12/12/2025 09:23
Subject: Princeton REA Thursday?
Anonymous wrote:If SCEA is so bad for a certain profile of kid (non hook), why do all the high school counselors seem to still insist the odds are better?
I think because the odds are never great, and a deferral seems to slightly raise your chances in rd.
Anonymous
12/12/2025 09:19
Subject: Princeton REA Thursday?
because if you have a clear first choice, you do it.
so happy my unhooked kid went after his SCEA and not a "safer" or "smarter" ED college.
so happy my unhooked kid went after his SCEA and not a "safer" or "smarter" ED college.
Anonymous
12/12/2025 09:14
Subject: Princeton REA Thursday?
If SCEA is so bad for a certain profile of kid (non hook), why do all the high school counselors seem to still insist the odds are better?
Anonymous
12/12/2025 09:06
Subject: Princeton REA Thursday?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:2 so far from Whitman
Legacies/recruited athlete?
At least one is not..don’t know who the other one is.
Anonymous
12/12/2025 09:04
Subject: Princeton REA Thursday?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Yeah, the only admits on Reddit are test optional kids from small towns. And a ton of rejections from the rest of the US with 1590+.
no dog in this fight but it's striking.
We had an admit from our private, already posted, in Maryland and not a legacy.
+1. Two from DC private (not Sidwell/NCS/STA)
I know of one from Field School.
Anonymous
12/12/2025 09:00
Subject: Re:Princeton REA Thursday?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:1580, all As, 4.94 weighted, all 5's, highest rigor, rejected
How does a kid with this of rigor and stats not make it… unreal.
Poor kid.
Lots of reasons.
Major? Does he/she look like everyone else? What's different? What stands out? It can't be grades or scores. So, what else?
Not poor or URM. So much for the SC ruling in 2024.
“Poor” or rural is neutrally applied (not race biased). Perfectly legal
I think that can be argued depending on the majority of the race of the poor. If it is a large swath of lowering performing URMs- it will go to court. If it is more poor whites- likely not.
Thank you, Clarence Darrow.
He/she’s not wrong. It’s how the current administration operates.