#Princeton (2022-2023)

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spark lotus
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no matter where you are they'll traumatize u w the IB and an obscene amount of ECs 🤩

vapid nebula
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⚽️

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When the Penn interviewer told me to become a walk on for their d1 and pulled up their website when my lvl is clearly not there 😭

spark lotus
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lately we're not even good at that lol

vapid nebula
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Valverde is too good 🗿

swift hazel
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bro we take the exact same

spark lotus
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single-handedly carrying us

swift hazel
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except i do english lang

vapid nebula
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i like lit better

spark lotus
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where'd you get admitted @vapid nebula ?

vapid nebula
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cuz i like writing

vapid nebula
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Deferred Harvard 💀

spark lotus
vapid nebula
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lmao its kinda funny

spark lotus
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I got into cwru too but I doubt I'd go lol

vapid nebula
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cuz on the afternoon of nov 1st

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i finished harvard app, and wrote the three Uiuc essays in 1 hr

candid geode
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LMAO

vapid nebula
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submitted and somehow got in lmfao?

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proly aint going

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but small confidence boost

candid geode
vapid nebula
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😢 we move on

candid geode
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i know i’m not gonna get in tho

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i’m not cracked enough

spark lotus
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midvard

vapid nebula
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🤣

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it's kinda funny

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I live in Toronto, my Penn interviewer was from Ottawa, my Princeton interviewer is at NYC...

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not local at all?

spark lotus
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bruh and toronto fs has a bunch of alumni too lmao

vapid nebula
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^^

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ikr

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?!

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my classmates are just not getting any interview

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💀

spark lotus
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not like you're in Montevideo 💀

candid geode
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same but mit was from MD and harvard from montreal…

spark lotus
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I'm so in the middle of nowhere my closest alumni is literally in Antartica

vapid nebula
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?

spark lotus
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well actually she's in argentina now

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but my interviewer was sailing in antartica like a week ago lol

vapid nebula
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LMAO?

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🦭

spark lotus
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she was like "can we do the interview in two weeks, I'm currently in Antartica"

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I was like cursedmoon

vapid nebula
upbeat scroll
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no aid no gain

candid geode
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JUST GOT MY PRINCETON INTERVIEW!!!!

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candid geode
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:)

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3 interviews RD!! that’s crazy

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4 total

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i went from 2 to 4 in 2 days :)

desert rampart
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limber hatch
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is there any way to not submit the graded paper ?

upbeat scroll
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cursedmoon cursedmoon I thought it was a requirement.. idk

limber hatch
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am i too late for that ?

upbeat scroll
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There isn't really a date attached to it so I think you can still submit it

peak lantern
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submit

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asap

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its required

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ur app isn't complete w/o it

limber hatch
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oh

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i dont have one

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i mean i good one

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the only essays we ever wrote 600 -700 words.. are they too short?

upbeat scroll
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Naa, that's fine

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2 pages is okay for the graded paper

limber hatch
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so do you submit a doc or scanned pdf of handwritten essay ?

candid geode
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ppl at my school trying to convince me someone got into princeton RD early 🗿

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because someone got an interview

upbeat scroll
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**the printed document can be scanned into a PDF

limber hatch
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i se

upbeat scroll
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just had my interview

desert rampart
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desert rampart
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Yayyy

candid geode
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my princeton interviewer got back to me so quickly :)

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i responded and he responded back within 10 minutes :0

desert rampart
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my interviewer is 70 years old 💀

candid geode
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candid geode
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mine was co ‘88

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desert rampart
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Mine is ‘76….

vapid nebula
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mine is in her early 30s

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🤣

candid geode
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aaa

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mine is a family doctor

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so i feel like he’ll be nice

desert rampart
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My yale interviewer was a senior so like

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idk if it’ll be diff

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from 22 to 70 😭

desert rampart
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On google

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):

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candid geode
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my princeton interviewer fr allocated 30 minutes for our interview 😭

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it takes me 30 min to talk about myself bro

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ancient mesa
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Any last minute advice for a Princeton interview? Tbh it’s my first and I’m so nervous omg, my interviewer still hasn’t given me a location or a time and it’s scheduled for tomorrow 😭

candid geode
torpid island
# desert rampart Mine is ‘76….

Oof. I had a Stanford interviewer in his 70's. It'll depend on the person of course, but my interviewer was really sweet and had some cool stories to tell!

candid geode
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old people love telling stories

torpid island
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Yeah, honestly I think he talked more than me lol

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It was really interesting though! I mentioned space, and he told me all about a project he and his friend worked on related to the shuttle missions

ancient mesa
ancient mesa
torpid island
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awww thank you!

civic spindle
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If I got an email on the 13th of January that an alumnus was going to be contacting me for an interview in the coming weeks, would it be necessary to follow up now (since 3 weeks have passed)?

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Like i don't want to bug them but I want to make sure that the alumnus didn't forget or anything

floral holly
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Yes wtf

full light
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bro finally got my interview confirmation thingy thank fuck

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although it was sent by the admissions office is that normal

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oh lmfao just look up one message

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Clearly i'm princeton material

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shut dawn
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(i submitted December 31 💀)

candid geode
woeful cosmos
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indian intl with princeton interview getting his hopes up for no reason

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good shit fr fr

solemn granite
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i’m starting to think my interviewer just doesn’t want to interview me

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got the email from admission office jan 25

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sent a follow up 3 days ago

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actual cricket noises

candid geode
wheat tusk
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yall

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does princeton interviewer have access to my application profile

upbeat scroll
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Your application isn't shared with your interviewer

wheat tusk
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okay tysm

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anyone done an interview

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what do they ask

obsidian barn
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just got my interview request W

mild tartan
wheat tusk
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Ah okay

ancient mesa
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Finished Princeton interview 👏

full light
upbeat scroll
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Ohhk sure

summer ermine
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have my in person interview today 😭

civic bone
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good luck

summer ermine
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tyty

eager stag
vapid nebula
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prolly by mid-late feb

solemn granite
floral holly
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probably around the beginning of march

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in terms of deadlines

candid geode
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any questions you think are prevalent in interviews?

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got my interview in a few hours

sudden sparrow
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tell me about yourself

floral holly
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"Tell me about yourself"

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and "Why you want to come to our school"

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those are the only ones i care to prepare for

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as well as a bunch of other anecdotes that validate my ECs and add context to essays

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i think it's very important to bring up some of what you mightve said in your essays

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especially if you think there are things you mightve missed in hindsight in terms of writing it out

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just my .02

candid geode
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i see

upbeat scroll
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those are the only ones i really got asked yeah

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the rest of the conversation just went off of that

limber vine
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got mine day after

light sandal
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🐅

sage forum
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@upbeat scroll how did your princeton interview go?

candid geode
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lemme look over essay stuff then

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my interviewer only scheduled a 30min time slot

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i’ve got a really funny why school answer

upbeat scroll
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Guy told me I was his favorite student in his 10 years of interviewing I almost cried Fr

sage forum
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wow nice job!

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mine wasn’t too crazy lol

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my interviewer was lowkey bad

upbeat scroll
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it started normal like tell me about yourself and stuff and then we got sidetracked talking about Biden and local politics and stuff and went on for like an hour like that

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I got very lucky my interviewer was really nice

sage forum
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how were your essays?

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I think my essays are what help my app the most but i don’t think i’ll get in lol

light sandal
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Just got an interview request 👀

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Idk if it means anything good to receive one this late or just wishful thinking

candid geode
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they offer it based on availability

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i was pretty happy tho too

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mine is in 40 min

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i’ll post my questions here

light sandal
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Gl!

candid geode
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shivering in my timbers

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i am prepared

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but very nervous

candid geode
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My questions:

  1. Why do you want to go to princeton?
  2. What are your extracurricular interests outside of astrophysics?
  3. What are your thoughts on the honor code? What would you do if you heard a friend of yours had violated it?
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BTW I ABSOLUTELY CRUSHED IT!

desert rampart
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YAYYY

candid geode
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he said i was one of the most passionate, highly intellectual applicants he’s interviewed and he was very impressed with me 🫶

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that was crazy LOL he was so unbothered until i started rambling

desert rampart
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Everyone winning today

candid geode
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and then he was like 🤨👀

desert rampart
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2 of my friends got into Berkeley today

candid geode
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and i kept validating myself so he had no questions fr left nothing untouched

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damnnn

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one of my friends got into berkeley, my other got a yale likely

desert rampart
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and now W interview from calypso 😎

candid geode
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then i got the W princeton interview 🙏

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hell yeah

desert rampart
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yupppp

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Hoping I get some W today too but even if not I’m happy

candid geode
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i’m boutta drop him my update letter too

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he said he wanted to make sure i stood out as best as i could

candid geode
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you got this

desert rampart
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Lmaoo

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Actually my W is that I finished my differential equations hw (: it’s a W bc I liked it

candid geode
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YAYY

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that reminds me

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i gotta do hw too

swift hazel
desert rampart
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No

swift hazel
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ah

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is the february release only cal?

spark lotus
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W

eager stag
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I got the email abt the princeton alumni interview notif but i never got the email from the actual interviewer yet

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should i email them and ask?

full light
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My email said to give it 3 weeks so I'd do the same at least

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I think someone asked this on the sub a while ago

eager stag
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oh yea same it says a few weeks

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it just says to expect an email or phone call

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but the thing is idk if my interviewer called or not as i got a phone call from a 609 area code but i normally don't pick them up

upbeat scroll
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they should have left a message

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who picks up random calls fr

candid geode
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btw they have til march

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so don’t be sad if they don’t get back to you asap

rugged ingot
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just had my interview

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could not have gone better omg

candid geode
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fr

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princeton interviews hit different

rugged ingot
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my questions:
What are your strengths
What are your weaknesses
What kind of a roommate are you
Why do you think you're a good fit for Princeton
Are there any challenges or limitations you've faced in coursework or something like that (for me I talked about my school not offering any CS courses and how my schools curriculum limited my CS education)

candid geode
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eek you got challenging questions

rugged ingot
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but seriously that went so damn well my interview was great

candid geode
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my interviewer asked about my thoughts on the honor code 😭

rugged ingot
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he always gave me examples of things when he asked a question so i had a starting place

candid geode
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he was like “if you found your friend cheating..”

upbeat scroll
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i read that terribly at first

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ok but like

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what else would i say other than snitch in an interview lol

candid geode
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i was like

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“i would talk to them first and make sure to help them if they’re struggling with understanding content, I wouldn’t tell on someone if they’re just using notes to do an assignment because they’re struggling. If it was detrimental to their understanding of content in a course and they absolutely would not have grasped the content, plagiarized, or got an unfair advantage above others in an exam, I would talk to an academic advisor”

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better answer than just “i’d snitch”

upbeat scroll
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nice reeponse lol

candid geode
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my goal is to help others succeed 🤝

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yeah fr

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i still stumbled over it a little

upbeat scroll
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i would've had a stroke, glad i didn't get that type of question with mine

candid geode
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realistically: i don’t care unless it impacts me or my ability to graduate

sudden sparrow
candid geode
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for princeton: i luv helping others succeed and will do my due diligence to uphold the honor code

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i talked to ppl at my school about it after and the most common answer i got was “i’d cheat with them” 💀

sudden sparrow
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Nahhh

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Snitch??

candid geode
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like the interview interview the guy was a little bit sussy talking about “well princeton wants to see someone WELL ROUNDED”

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like bro you gave me 15 min to talk about myself

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he talked abt how my piano stuff and art stuff was good and it’s good to have secondary interests outside of your direct field but still connected

upbeat scroll
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like idk how i would answer that on the spot

candid geode
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i stumbled bro 💀

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he also told me “go visit campus some weekend”

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he asked about that DI

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it’s a 2 1/2 hr drive 😩

sudden sparrow
upbeat scroll
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that's obvious now, but i wouldn't come up with that immediately during the interview

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that's it

limber vine
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BRO

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MY INTERVIEWER WAS THE BEST

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HE STRAIGHT UP TOLD ME

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'look in the report i write, it looks best if i really hammer down on one thing about you that makes you really perfect. What do you think I should put and like what should i put with it'

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MY INTERVIEWER WAS AMAZING

limber vine
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mine a c felt lik ea conv

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the guy was telling me about the clubs there

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and he seemed so excited to talk about themn

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i love alum who love their school

upbeat scroll
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idk how i would have responded if i had gotten the honor code question LMAO

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i aint no snitch

limber vine
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fr

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my intervciew was so nice

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he siad id be a great fit for princeton and said he was gona recommendme

upbeat scroll
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that always feels so great i swear

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my princeton and yale interviewers both said i'd be an amazing fit and it lit up my day fr with both

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too bad it doesn't have a significant impact idt

frank bramble
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i had a great one, it felt like a fun convo

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he started off by saying there wouldn’t be any curve balls i feel so bad for ppl that got the rly rly hard qs

upbeat scroll
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same

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we had a great connection

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didn't feel too interrogative

limber vine
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but it made my day considering i thought i was gonna fail

sage forum
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mine was kind of decent

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my interviewer was just very talkative and didn’t let me get in a word lol

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and first thing he said before we started was “look there are a lot of qualified applicants that get interviews but so little get in so I don’t want you having big hopes for princeton admissions”

sudden sparrow
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princeton is a safety

sage forum
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you can guess how the interview went from there LMAO

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it is

sudden sparrow
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harvard is better tbh

sage forum
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didn’t get an interview yet

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so i can’t talk

sudden sparrow
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well ur not getting one then

sage forum
candid geode
glad lion
sudden sparrow
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@ember atlas

limber vine
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thanks guys

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mb

glad lion
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For future reference if you send more than 5 messages in 5 seconds it mutes you for 30 minutes

sage forum
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crazy

fossil osprey
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bro got punished for typing fast

vapid nebula
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DAMN, that interview went well

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went from 30->50 minutes

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LMAO

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rlly connected, asked like 5 questions and she explained them so well too 😌

mellow geyser
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hello smart people

upbeat scroll
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where are they

candid geode
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can’t find them

solemn granite
fresh prairie
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Quick question but is it a bad sign if you didn’t get a Princeton interview when you live near Princeton 😅

sudden sparrow
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probably not

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i mean princeton usually interviews everyone

upbeat scroll
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im 95% sure its done just off availability

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and also you could totally still get one

candid geode
vapid nebula
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I should send thank you email around 24 hrs after interview?

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I’ll do it after dinner then

fossil osprey
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bruh

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I sent mine like an hour after it

austere spade
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questions my interviewer asked me today:
tell me about yourself

how did you become interested in your intended major

has your high school helped you gravitate towards your intended major

what specific elements of princeton and the college of your major attracted you to apply

the rest was pretty conversational and it was just stuff related to everything i said
questions i asked at the end:
what is your favorite memory from princeton? what is something about the college you cant find through research? can you elaborate on (x)?

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he basically read me the paragraph he was going to send in

candid geode
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interesting

left needle
upbeat scroll
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Heyy

lyric pivot
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my princeton interview was sooooo good i clicked so well with my interviewer

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she was the coolest. i hope i get in

mellow geyser
fossil osprey
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How much weight does the graded written paper carry

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if anyone has any ideas

plush niche
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they just use it as a way to verify your writing style and also to see if your caliber of academic paper writing can withstand their writing seminar

fossil osprey
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Fk man I think mine was quite good

sage hawk
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I got interviewed recently

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and I frikin aced it

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Like it was not single handedly the best interview I have ever had, but it was the best conversation I have ever had

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the interviewer told me that I actually remind most of his friends' vibes

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and I am a good fit for Princeton

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He went on to say that he will try the absolute best to help me get into Princeton...

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But I do not know how much weight the recommendation from the interviewer carries

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do you guys think it really matters much or no?

compact cipher
knotty sapphire
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it's kind of stupid to have a component that could possibly help an applicant, but the availability of which cannot be guaranteed to everyone

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either you do interviews and you offer them to everyone or you don't do interviews at all period

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it's not like we get the option to choose to do an interview

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like, say, the SAT

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it's up to the college's discretion

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abolish interviews until they're available to everyone across the globe

candid geode
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you shouldn't need an interview to push you through the gate, they're mainly for alumni to feel connected to the school

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most decisions are made with your app alone

sage hawk
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daymn...

sudden sparrow
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Character/personal qualities

knotty sapphire
candid geode
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i mean

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the interview alone

sudden sparrow
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i think it does

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tbh

candid geode
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idk

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i mean

sudden sparrow
candid geode
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1% no interview vs 8% interview acceptance rate for mit

sudden sparrow
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where is that from

candid geode
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but thats because they interview everyone

sudden sparrow
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probably like 3% for both

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lol

candid geode
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good question

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it was on their stats website i think

sudden sparrow
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interview is the best way to gauge character/personal quality

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imio

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imo

candid geode
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but im not sure

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did you know that your counselor and teachers have to fill out character forms for u too

sudden sparrow
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no

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its not required

candid geode
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huhh

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my counselor did it

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💀

sudden sparrow
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its subjective anyways

candid geode
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she was complaining abt doing it too

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I had no clue

sudden sparrow
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this is what ur talking about

candid geode
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yeah

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maybe

sudden sparrow
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its not like everyone that gets "One Of The Top Few" is going to get admitted to harvard

candid geode
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i dont think it matters that much

sudden sparrow
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then u best believe that it matters

candid geode
knotty sapphire
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i caught u

obsidian barn
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amazing interview it was so fun he even talked about all the flaws with princeton and how other applicants seem to has a twisted view of the school

solemn granite
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any specific tips for the interview? mines tomorrow morning

sudden sparrow
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No

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Just be yourself

solemn granite
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ok great i’ll try my best 💪

mellow geyser
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being yourself is easy when you are president of 7 clubs, have a small business, international olympiad and kissed interviewer's mother

upbeat scroll
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TRUE

obsidian barn
eager stag
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has anyone still not yet get an interview email

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like from the alumni

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i got it from admissions but didn't get it from alumni yet

obsidian barn
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took my dude like four days just wait

left needle
candid geode
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if they’re all related to the same thing or you can talk about them well

left needle
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passion can come out without all that too especially in interviews imo. mine was mostly about something entirely unrelated to major and that didn’t even feature in my main activities

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what I’m saying is that those types of profiles’ advantages aren’t really that big a deal in interviews

candid geode
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most of it is said in your app

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although my princeton interviewer did not care for anything other than my spike

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he was basically like well rounded looks like doing sports or doing similar stuff in your spike but slightly unrelated

left needle
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my interview was entirely different since he was a finance guy I applied for stem

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so we just chatted about philosophy

candid geode
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mine was med

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i applied for astrophysics

mellow geyser
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passion can be faked

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too

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actually really easy

desert rampart
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nap over

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time to prepare for interview in 54 minutes 🎉

naive wharf
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Good luck!

desert rampart
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thank you!!

desert rampart
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that was uhuhuahuahu

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good but weird

light sandal
desert rampart
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he only asked one question…

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Which was why Princeton

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And said “do u have any questions for me” at 17 minutes

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And spent 10 min talking about how there are now girls in engineering

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I think I said enough info though

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He also knew what IEEE was and was impressed

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But uh yeahahah idk I think my Yale one was better

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(Btw he was like 70 years old)

light sandal
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I think 90% of the interview is about coming across as a nice highschooler who likes to learn things

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The substance of it probably does not matter too much

plush niche
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anyone know when the interview deadline is

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my interviewers kinda ghosting me lol

candid geode
austere spade
high turtle
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Finally got my interview req

marsh token
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just finished my own interview

plush niche
high flame
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guys I wanted to ask if anyone knows if there is a deadline for the graded paper

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because I was with the national for one month because of important competitions and got my phone and laptop taken away for the time period and just remembered I didn't submit it🤡

mellow geyser
candid geode
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you can upload to portal

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do that asap

eager stag
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Rip

vernal flax
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princeton interview me man

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do international students get interviews ?

minor sandal
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the intl dude who got a likely, even he didnt get one

vernal flax
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ooo astrophysics major

vernal flax
minor sandal
vernal flax
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well my chances were low anyways

minor sandal
vernal flax
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not like no interview reduces it XD

vernal flax
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im aerospace switched over from astrophy

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half my ecs are astrophy and other half are engineering related lmfao

minor sandal
vernal flax
minor sandal
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and got rejected from corneLL ed

vernal flax
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damn

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that's a rip

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during my astrophy phase Yale was dream

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now it's pton

minor sandal
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mine's caltech

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then yale

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then pton

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yale and pton can switch

vernal flax
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ahhh

minor sandal
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but caltech>>>>>

vernal flax
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caltech is a w

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i have no idea why I didn't apply there

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too late now

minor sandal
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caltech orz

vernal flax
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id take any of my reaches at this point

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even any of my targets is cool

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I just dont want to end up in a safety after all the hard work ive put in

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i would still go

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but just wouldnt be as happy

minor sandal
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fair ig

vernal flax
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right?

minor sandal
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i didnt apply to any target/reach

vernal flax
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caltech is a safety then? 💀

minor sandal
minor sandal
fossil osprey
vernal flax
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wow that's a lot of confidence my g

minor sandal
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target/safety*

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my bad

fossil osprey
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ok

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i was about to say

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Oh alr 💀

fossil osprey
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bro is deluding just a bit

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LMAO

vernal flax
minor sandal
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although that being said i alr know my decisions unlike yall😎

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*we regret to inform you that after a careful consideration *

vernal flax
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I got a likely letter but for rejection

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It was the “No emails since portal login details” that gave it away cursedmoon

minor sandal
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if thats true then im rejected from everywhere atp

fossil osprey
vernal flax
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why are there three of me

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light sandal
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Seems above average

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Most Princeton simps only have one account

vernal flax
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i guess im simp^3

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as I approach the decision date my anxiety goes up exponentially

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theres 9 of me for me now

candid geode
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bros exponentially increasing

minor sandal
left needle
vernal flax
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im stonking

left needle
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you're from india?

minor sandal
left needle
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theyre def yet giving interviews a couple of my friends got recently

vernal flax
light sandal
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Interview in one hour 👀

candid geode
light sandal
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Thanks!

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Hopefully my last interview

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Unless columbia or penn comes up somehow this late

plush niche
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Like I’ve literally never heard of Princeton doing likelies

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And nobody else on A2C got one

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He might have just been pullin our leg

light sandal
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Interview done. Went well I think

fossil osprey
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On their own website they explicitly mention likely letters

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although they leave it unclear whether non student athletes get them

foggy merlin
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imagine getting an unlikely letter

peak lantern
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ik him

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it's true

left needle
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cracked for linguistics right

peak lantern
upbeat scroll
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Hey, guys. Some students received interviews from my country, but I haven’t. Is princeton interview evaluative?

upbeat scroll
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ngl

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if princeton accepts me, i might just go

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they're so damn generous with aid

left needle
vernal flax
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they *

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I would prefer any tbh atleast that would put my mind at rest

fossil osprey
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I doubt its common practice

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probably basically just them letting you know they have the right to

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they dont gain anything from releasing an unlikely

dry merlin
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what is up princetonians

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do you guys too call yourselves princetonians

foggy merlin
dry merlin
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princies

sage hawk
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Princeton Vanderbilt and Cornell all sounded so badass to me idk why

dry merlin
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you know what doesnt shound good and is pretty much shit?

sage hawk
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Later I learned that Princeton was a great school and decided to apply out of these 3

dry merlin
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new york university, NYL for short (cuz they rejected me xx)

sage hawk
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You will get accepted to cool university dont worry ma man

dry merlin
vernal flax
foggy merlin
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though she got rejected by yale

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i think she'll get into vandy though

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kinda unfair if she doesn't ngl

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the one kind of legacy i support fr

upbeat scroll
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LMAO

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it's princetonian yeah

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there is a university named after someone in my family but we have literally no connection to its founding or whatever

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i am actually related to henry rutgers though

upbeat scroll
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I find it funny that princeton literally shot up to my #3 school once I ran the NPC

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LMAO

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the aid is so good yeah

upbeat scroll
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Yup, like they essentially gave me a price 7k less than my EFC

austere spade
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thats why i wanna go so bad tbh

upbeat scroll
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Same

austere spade
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my efc on fafsa is like 30k… princeton’s efc for me is 9k

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like what

upbeat scroll
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Mines 15k but Princeton direct cost is about 8k

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I might shed a river of tears if rejected

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might

upbeat scroll
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if you get in, definitely notify them about your situation

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maybe something could be worked out bc that's crazy

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still try

upbeat scroll
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that's a really unfortunate situation to be in

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with the right stats though, if you aim for lower-ranked schools, you could get a full ride or tons of merit-based aid

light sandal
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I don't think you could get 300k in loans even if you wanted to. And even if you could, it would not be worth it with the current interest rates

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Getting married or becoming homeless could maybe work to get finaid

sage hawk
vernal flax
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So it’s not really viable XD

sage hawk
vernal flax
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why not call everyone princetans at that point lol

sage hawk
sage hawk
vernal flax
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true

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"oh yeah Im a prince"

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i go to princeton

civic olive
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Just had my interview!

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Went well I think

sage hawk
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what did they ask?

civic olive
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I'm taking a gap year so we talked a lot about that, what I'm doing and stuff

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apart from that stuff like why princeton, what do you want to get out of it, my interests outside of my major

high flame
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Ahhh I am taking a gap year too /kinda/

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My interviewer also asked me about it. Most importantly why I am doing it

polar halo
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what should i wear for my zoom interview tomorrow

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can i just wear like a collared shirt

desert rampart
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i just wore a hoodie and pajamas 💀

polar halo
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bruh 💀

upbeat scroll
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WOW

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i wore a button down shirt

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it was like plaid

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i was wearing sweatpants i think though

light sandal
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My princeton interviewer wore a t shirt tho lmao

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So it doesn't matter that much

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And every interviewer stresses how it's informal

limber vine
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but it was my princeton hoodie so

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i did get a little laugh out of it

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we did this bit where he pretended i was the interviewer because i was wearing the hoodie

upbeat scroll
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I had a telephone call so I wore whatever☠

polar halo
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Should I join my zoom interview on time or 5min early

upbeat scroll
small garnet
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is this what you use to send an awards update?

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left needle
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yeah

obsidian barn
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have fun it’s very casual

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he didn’t ask many questions for me we just talked

polar halo
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just had my interview

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very casual and easygoing

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btw how long should i wait to send a thank you note

obsidian barn
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i sent it right acter

sturdy tree
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Hi

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I have my inteview in a week

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What should I do to prep

ancient mesa
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Def practice with a friend or family member, it seems like a good portion of interviews are more conversational than formal

upbeat scroll
desert rampart
plush niche
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got my interview in an hour

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any tips?

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ig I'll just read through questions ppl asked here lmao

knotty sapphire
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don't have any tips but good luck!!

light sandal
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Ask about your interviewer's personal experiences, like favorite classes, professors, traditions, eating club. Or where your interviewer's peers went after college

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As well as good answer for why you want to go to princeton

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And besides that, just be prepared to talk about your ECs. My interviewer asked specifically about volunteer work FWIW

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Good luck!

limber vine
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you can relax knowing it will actually just be a conversation

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think about the things you really want them to be discussing in their report

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i mean things that you think set you apart from everyone else

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try to minimize discussing research and things you’ve memorized and make it about yourself

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and uh

plush niche
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thanks a lot to both of you, this rlly helps :)

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@limber vine @light sandal

light sandal
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Np. You'll do great

plush niche
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What did y'all wear lol

light sandal
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Mine was on Zoom. I just wore a plain fleece

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My interviewer wore a t shirt tho

desert rampart
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i j wore a sweater and pajamas

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(on zoom)

plush niche
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hmmm yeah mine's on zoom as well

desert rampart
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idt attire matters that much

light sandal
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Probably not much. If you live in a cold climate, a fleece/sweater is perfect for zoom

plush niche
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imma go shirtless 😈

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nah I live in a pretty hot climate so idk how long imma survive in a sweater LOL

light sandal
plush niche
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just finished

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she said she had a meeting right after our 30 minute meeting so I couldn't go longer

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😭

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went pretty well though I think

desert rampart
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Yayyy

plush niche
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Questions asked (or at least the ones I remember):
Why Princeton?
What ECs did you do that are most important to you / accomplishments and leadership positions in them?
What was your favorite class in school?
Is there any specific impacts or moments you were proud of during your gap year? (think she just asked this one so she could write a better report for me)
How would you plan to continue your areas of interests and hobbies at Princeton?

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She was super nice and was v interesting to talk to

royal lava
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i think all the interviews r different

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no use in prepping

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too mcuh at least

plush niche
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seems like tell me about yourself

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and why pton

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are p consistent across all of them

eager stag
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I still didn't get an email

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is there a date by which the interview has to happen

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should i call the admission office email or directly email the alumni

floral holly
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i believe march 1st

eager stag
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ah ok

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so should i email the alumni

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because i got undergrad office admission email bout inteview

floral holly
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im not saying thats when it has to happen ims aying thats about when interview reports are due

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when wasw the email

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?

eager stag
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Feb 7th

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so its been 2 weeks now

floral holly
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lol. just do it

eager stag
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but i wanna make sure i get it in before the end of the month

floral holly
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i dont know why you are asking here

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you werent worried even a week after?

eager stag
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cuz idk if anyone hasn't done interview yet

floral holly
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hurry up and send that email

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jesus

eager stag
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to who

floral holly
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back to the admissions office

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ask about receiving an email 2 weeks ago and not having been contacted yet

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pretty urgent lol u gotta make room for your interviewer to actually schedule it with you and also to write an okayish report

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next wednesday is march 1st

eager stag
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cuz in the email it says "within the next few weeks"

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which is why i didn't want to ping and ask after a week later

floral holly
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Do a basic cost benefit analysis man?

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Annoying someone at the admissions office because another person can't get off their asses to email you vs. missing out on a potential additional data point to your application

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2 weeks is "next few weeks" anyways

eager stag
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ok thx

floral holly
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Hurry up lol

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send it today

eager stag
floral holly
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you got this 👍

plush niche
floral holly
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for the interviewer they prefer 2/28 and then would likely write on 3/1

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lol

plush niche
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Do y'all have any idea what to say in the thank you letter apart from just like thank you for taking the time, I enjoyed it etc.

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I looked around on A2C but there wasn't much advice

floral holly
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Thank you + one moment you enjoyed

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keep it short

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Write longer and it comes off as tryhard

eager stag
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ok

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i sent the email to the person who manages it so ill try to do it this weekend

upbeat scroll
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just finished my interview

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it was pretty mid ngl

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we talked about nuclear fusion

sturdy tree
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Inteview next week

frosty wren
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hi

upbeat scroll
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Any idea when they'll stop sending interview requests??

upbeat scroll
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i was under the impression they stopped a while ago

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I don't know

foggy merlin
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my interview for princeton went really well but he's '22 so maybe his report would be taken less seriously? since presumably he's not gotten to know many students or am i overthinking this

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like ik only 1 out of 10 interviews actually cinch it and make a positive difference but i genuinely think it was that level of awesomeness, but idk if the AOs will care that much in the context of my interviewer being relatively new to it

eager stag
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my interviewer is doing it over the phone like through call

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is that bad?

sturdy tree
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no whatever is convient for tem is fine

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dw as long as u do ur part ur good @eager stag

eager stag
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alr

knotty rampart
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can u focus on stats as a math major? or would orfe be better for stats? is orfe less rigorous than math?

obsidian barn
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Good question

light sandal
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ORFE is a hard major. Almost as rigorous as math if not the same

sage hawk
high flame
high flame
upbeat scroll
sage hawk
night sparrow
upbeat scroll
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Ohhk

limber vine
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why havent i gotten an interview

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wqait

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nvm

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i did

upbeat scroll
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bro??? 😭

limber vine
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-i was

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sending that in every ivy t4hread

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LOL

high turtle
royal lava
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i got it on new year's day

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princeton such a real one

torpid island
upbeat scroll
plush niche
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Ok I'm gonna preface this with this is speculation

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but does anyone feel like the princeton interview actually carries some weight

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like out of all the universities princeton is the one I've seen really putting in an effort to give an interview to just every single applicant they can

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and nobody has seen princeton admissions files cause they destroy them

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so maybe the interview acc carries some weight and because of that they wanna interview all of the applicants

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again just speculation but I'm curious

upbeat scroll
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Ofc they do lol

eager stag
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any tips for the interview?

limber vine
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so i know a princeton graduate who does interviews (or did a few seasons ago) and was telling me a little bitabout wha he knew

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he siad princeton does try to connect to all its applicants and provide interviews, but typiaclly only uses interviews to see if the student behind the application and in person are the same kind of person

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they look for connections in terms of like traits like intellectual curiosity and infatuation with a certain love or something

ionic elbow
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the issue is the interviewer has to transduce that passion. I.e. your interviewer has to be feeling it, cause the committee onlynsees the report

upbeat scroll
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i honestly feel like it can probably hurt you way more than it can help

left needle
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can help more if you’re strategic with it

upbeat scroll
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oh no yeah you have to really fuck up

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but i think even if you get an absolutely perfect interview idk how much it would help

left needle
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I got a chance to discuss something I’d not touched upon in my essays or ECs so i think it did help to some extent

plush niche
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same ^^^

ionic elbow
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I’d be very interested to see what proportion of admitted students had generic interview reports

plush niche
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probably a lot

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lol

ionic elbow
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yea hopefully

ionic elbow
# plush niche same ^^^

what did u touch up on btw? I mean is it fair that I didn’t readily have something that really isn’t in my application. In my app I tried to convey everything I do and who I am

plush niche
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I'm on a gap year but I didn't go too in-depth on the actual reason I went on one because I literally could not fit it into any of my essays, so I talked a lot about that in my interview

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also I touched more on the liberals arts side of princeton that I wanted to explore

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bc I'm a very stem ish applicant

upbeat scroll
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i basically read off my ECs and impressed him 😭

ionic elbow
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Mk cool that’s reassuring

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Yea like I can certainly go in depth and beyond but like it’s not completely new and it was definitely on my app

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I mean after all we put the most important and defining things on our app right

plush niche
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yeah but it's one thing to do that and another thing to make us seem 3d and have values and beliefs beyond those things

ionic elbow
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I mean ideally a good app is not gonna be 2D

plush niche
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yea

full light
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Uh my interview should have started 3 minutes ago but my interviewer just isnt in the zoom call wtf

ionic elbow
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I’m not saying it’s bad to have talked about something new ofc, I’m just saying that if you were to ask me to explain something important to me not on my app, I’d have trouble coming up with it on the spot

ionic elbow
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One of my interviews the interviewer was having technical difficulties but emailed me to let me know

upbeat scroll
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we eventually got it rescheduled

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tons of the interviewers are busy af

full light
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she showed up 5 mins late but holy shit the interview was so good although she said she had very little say

fast estuary
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is it too late to submit pfa?

austere spade
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i live rural and princeton is the only interview i have had

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so thank u princeton

peak lantern
sturdy tree
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Do they email u likely

marsh token
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(gonna post this in all ivy chats)
we’re in the home stretch people! i know it’s easy to be nervous but even if we don’t get the results we want it’ll all work out in the end. i promise ❤️

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austere spade
limber vine
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accepted ED2 to Princeton!

desert rampart
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congrats!!

halcyon night
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Wait Princeton doesn’t have ED2??

upbeat scroll
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😭

upbeat scroll
floral holly
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Accepted for the class of 2028 Early Decision!!!

fringe perch
desert rampart
#

oh

sage forum
limber vine
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@upbeat scroll hows my form

upbeat scroll
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You have to put in a certain password on your account

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Then you'll be allowed to switch and get the ED agreement form

limber vine
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its only for some applicants

upbeat scroll
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Yup

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Those are the ones who get the certain password

royal lava
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How do they decide who gets to do ed2

upbeat scroll
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guys stop oh my god

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Stop telling the truth ?

royal lava
upbeat scroll
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yes

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very

royal lava
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I tend to do That LMFAOO

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I’m stupid

upbeat scroll
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falling for that means autoreject im sorry

royal lava
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I love being delusional 🥰

royal lava
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I deserve it tbh

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It’ll be Justice for all my sins

upbeat scroll
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never forget the guy who was like if i apply to all ivies since their acceptance rates add up to over 50% thays my chance of getting in to one of them

royal lava
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There are too many

royal lava
#

Compounded probability!

royal lava
upbeat scroll
#

public policy!

fleet badger
limber vine
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Thanks!!!!!!!!

royal lava
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Politics is cooler

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And only Princeton has politics major

floral holly
#

huh?..

limber vine
upbeat scroll
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yeah

plush niche
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Hoping I get in for REA2 🙏

royal lava
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Everywhere else is like gov or poli sci

upbeat scroll
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politics is polisci

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basically

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gov and public policy is a much rarer major

royal lava
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polisci is not a good field its taught in uncritical ways that ignore race class and gender

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everyone ik with a polisci major comes out regretting it💀

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not that princeton politics curriculum is perfect but from what i know, it is better and less establishment-propaganda than polisci programs

royal lava
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and public policy i wouldnt say is uncommon

upbeat scroll
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the only ivies that offer it are columbia, princeton, and cornell

upbeat scroll
royal lava
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only princeton has politics

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thus its more unique

upbeat scroll
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|| it is political science they just call it politics ||

royal lava
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from my limited info

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there is a difference

desert rampart
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unrelated but whenever i see the porygon trail pfp it makes me happy

royal lava
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trying to teach politics as science is uncritical imo

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and ive heard good things about pton politics moving away from that

upbeat scroll
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i dont think any polisci person believes they are learning a science lmao

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its just a title

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it's always a BA

upbeat scroll
royal lava
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polisci programs tend to be very very neutral in perspective

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not like "how to achieve a political revolution"

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not that pton does that LOL

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but just saying that i find the approach somewhat distinct

royal lava
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based pfp

upbeat scroll
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any good polisci program doesn't try its best to be neutral

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fucking AU (sorry)

royal lava
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my friend just got a berekley polisci degree

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and he didnt know what the rank and file strategy was

upbeat scroll
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you go to AU and suddenly you have no shame in taking republican staffing jobs

royal lava
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like wtf are these programs teaching😭

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how tf you teach 4 years of polisci without mentioning labor

royal lava
upbeat scroll
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no omg

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american university

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in dc

royal lava
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LOL oh

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i mean duh

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lol ik someone who had a republican congressman as harv interviewer

desert rampart
#

wtf damn

upbeat scroll
#

that's so cool wtf

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kinda

royal lava
#

but also my harv interviewer called STS "as authoritarian as the soviets"

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and i had to smile and nod

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cause im a socialist

upbeat scroll
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bro imagine being interviewed by a congressman

royal lava
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and all my work is socialist based

upbeat scroll
#

my interviewer and i talked about joe biden for an hour

royal lava
#

i would not have known what to talk about

upbeat scroll
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we both 🤩 love 🤩 joe 🤩

royal lava
#

also like i know members of congress

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theyre just normal people

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cogs in a machine

upbeat scroll
#

casual flex

royal lava
#

the establishment doesnt give any single rep much power

upbeat scroll
#

2 members of congress follow me on twitter i don't know either of them that well though

royal lava
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you are forced to become an arm of the machine

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and constantly pledge allegiance to the party

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its really quite terrifying and coercive

upbeat scroll
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i think there is a lot of diversity of thought in both parties pretty clearly

royal lava
upbeat scroll
#

and party positions change over time by a lot

royal lava
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its horrible

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like how they treated bernie

upbeat scroll
#

it's less the dnc and more ie orgs i think

royal lava
upbeat scroll
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i was a big bernie guy but he probably would have lost honestly

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and biden is pretty solid

royal lava
#

have a spine

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biden is

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not even left wing

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not even pro gnd

upbeat scroll
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if that's your litmus test yeah sure

royal lava
#

m4a

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pro act

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etc

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basic socdem ideas

upbeat scroll
#

biden supports the pro act???

royal lava
#

i mean im a democratic socialist

upbeat scroll
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m4a is my biggest disagreement with him

royal lava
#

but like in american activism you can only organize for socdem things

upbeat scroll
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i am a card carrying dsa member i still think biden is doing a very good job rn

royal lava
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and like

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none of us like biden lol

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he is a problem

#

genuienly

upbeat scroll
#

this and my ukraine puerto rico opinions

royal lava
#

bro called himself a paper member

upbeat scroll
#

i PAID MY DUES