Princeton University (2023-2024)

[thorny viper]

there is no way an REA admit doesn’t understand what civic engagement means 😭

[late pollen]

bro trolled a little

or bro got to the top of the wall and decided to kick climbing peoples' hands off 💀

[obsidian cobalt]

LMAOO

[bronze quail]

any tips on this one? honestly no clue how to start, thinking abt just talking abt separate experiences but i cant rly connect them

[thorny viper]

it’s a pretty fair question to ask

just be honest

I think kids overthink essay prompts a lot. They’re just trying to get to know you and see who you are as a person. Just be honest and transparent and vulnerable and that’s all they want

[polar moss]

yeah agree with nick!

[thick seal]

hey y'all

do you know how academic the graded paper has to be

or like formal

[thick seal]

I have a 5-page essay which is creative at times and analytical at times

[lapis hill]

ap lang timed stuff works

[lapis hill]

idk abt creative

[thick seal]

i mean

i think there's two pages of analytical writing in the paper

it's just not a wholly analytical paper

but its also my best essay

[lapis hill]

i see

[thick seal]

if i specify this do you think it's fine

[lapis hill]

honestly idk if i'll be able to give you a good answer on that

email admissions office?

[thick seal]

wait

are they not open until monday

[hushed pelican]

that's might be their intentions bruh

[dusky thorn]

I mean its a good choice lmao

I wrote about the Duck Song

not applying to princeton anymore tho

essays wasted

[barren violet]

are there any interesting academic stuff that makes princeton diff than other schools

like programs or wtv

[thick seal]

first year seminar and required senior thesis

otherwise just being good at most things

[rose lava]

Where did you hear that from
Mine was 10 pages

Idt its that important tbh

[orchid axle]

!ivyday

[ripe ibex]

Ivy Day Decision Date

Ivy Day decisions come out <t:1711666800:F> in your local time
2 months, 28 days and 19 hours until the decision date

ApplyingToCollege

[pseudo oar]

damnnnn

wait the date is out?

[boreal narwhal]

is it not the same day every year

[orchid axle]

march 28th i think

[pseudo oar]

oh its the same?

i didnt k that

[sacred raptor]

Anyone knows how late I can submit Graded Written Paper? Thanks!

[fervent knoll]

1/1

[sacred raptor]

1/1 is the deadline to submit application, graded written paper can be submitted via portal. Just don’t know the deadline for that?

[safe oasis]

although it might be like an LOR thing where you technically can submit it a few days afterwards

[quiet echo]

Ivy decision this year is 3/30 I thought?

[cosmic cobalt]

no 3/28 according to Penn's deferral letter

[quiet echo]

Icic

[pine jewel]

😩

[safe oasis]

why does princetons why major essay have to be 250 words bro i cant fit it ALL INTO 250 WORDS

like 300 woulda been perfect but no.

i am forbidden

[near arrow]

dang princeton gives some awesome financial aid

seems like the most realistic option besides mit, cornell and duke do be costing 58k bruh aint no way

[quiet echo]

Yea, they’re giving me full ride

[near arrow]

it would be 20-27k for me which would be dope, need to get in tho lol

if i could get either this or MIT i would be set financially

i was gonna apply to cornell and duke but i did an npc and was like nope, not gonna write those essays if there is 0 chance i can go to the school anyways

[quiet echo]

Yea lol

[near arrow]

stanford and harvard are too expensive, but not to the point where i wont apply. cuz if i get in and have no other options i maybe can plead for money

[pine jewel]

Stanny gives good aid no?

[near arrow]

its meh, npc said id have to pay about 46k

[pine jewel]

My friend who’s fam makes like 250 only pays 35

[near arrow]

oh dang

[pine jewel]

Ah

[near arrow]

yeah im less than that, but npc projected 46

[pine jewel]

Ye I think they will give more

If u ask

Idk tho ofc

[near arrow]

harvard projected 39, hopefully i get more than what they say, but yeah ill have to ask

thats if i even get in to any of them lmao

manifesting MIT though thats the dream, and rn this is looking like a close second with the financial aid package

[half iron]

Guys what is the last day to submit princeton graded paper?

[quiet echo]

Jan 1st

[wispy cove]

how would u submit a paper from google classroom

do u just put the grade on the paper that u submitted

and download and upload to commonapp?

[glass ether]

does princeton not accept self reported sat scores??

[manic jay]

Nope

Official

Only

[glass ether]

ouch ouch ouch

how much time does standard shipping take?

[tough eagle]

doesnt matter

if can arrive after 1/1

[glass ether]

oh it can come later?

[polar moss]

like pdf is fine

probably

[wispy cove]

so like put the grade on the top of the paper and download it as a pdf

[polar moss]

sure

and any comments from teacher

[half iron]

can it be handwritten? which is preferred handwritten or typed?

[polar moss]

why do you have a handwritten essay

your school living in 2011 asf

jk actually some of my exams were in class and hadnwritten essays this semester

i would do typed lol

if i was an AO and someone submitted some scribbles on parchment id be kinda annoyed LMFAO

[polar moss]

pton gonna be the best aid

what people do if they get pton is they use the pton package and force harv/mit to match

but also u should just come to pton if u get in sooooo

[polar moss]

required senior research, 1st year writing seminar (learning argumentative academic writing), undergrad focus (only like 3000 grads and 5000 undergrads and no professional schools)

doing research is really accessible too (this is a lesser thought of thing), like i got a grant within a few weeks of classes, found an advisor within days

all their institutional review and legalities stuff is really efficient and allows you to get to work quickly

[half iron]

my teacher has only marked the handwritten one 💀 now i will have to type it and get her remarks 💀

[polar moss]

its likely fine if your handwriting is legible!

[half iron]

I think its pretty good ngl 😂

Thank you!

[wispy cove]

lmao i could never, my handwriting is dogshit

[rose lava]

i do not think there is a page limit

mine was like 5

[bold sleet]

for my graded paper, my teacher only left one comment when he graded it initially, but then when I told him I was considering submitting it as a graded paper, he went back and added more comments

should i submit the paper with the new comments or just the one old one (which was basically like "good job you got a good grade")

[amber sphinx]

Is there a deadline

For sat score

[tough eagle]

Not sure

Mine was a week late iirc

[amber sphinx]

Okay

Ima just send them now

[pseudo oar]

i would do the new one

[bold sleet]

so they won't care the one comment is from jan 2023 and others are from dec 2023? i haven't found a way to download the doc without showing the dates of each of the commenets

[pseudo oar]

its fine i think

u can j like explain the situation

[bold sleet]

ok

[pseudo oar]

the ao would understand this isnt a problem

[bold sleet]

explain where

[pseudo oar]

u r uploading a pdf right

[bold sleet]

yes

[pseudo oar]

so j add a page in front

explaining the comment

[bold sleet]

gotcha ok ty

[pseudo oar]

yep

[mellow wind]

should i upload an ap lit paper where my name is blurred out and the grade isnt attached, or a sophomore year dbq with a rubric?

or should i submit a lit paper with a rubric two days after the deadline

[wintry turtle]

are you rush sending

or just regular

cuz i dont wanna rush send its so much extra money lol

[thick seal]

reg is probably fine

[safe oasis]

guys how do you submit an "official" SAT score?

dont you just fill it in in your app digitally and then collegeboard sends the score to princeton or

[quiet echo]

Since when was there a young a luck 💀

[polar moss]

LMFAOOOOO

BRO U HAVE A FANBASE....

[polar moss]

like collegeboard website

theres a button idk

[quiet echo]

Real

[polar moss]

the whole thing dawg

that means minimum

sufficient means like it is enough

[barren violet]

wait if u wrote a research paper but it has no comments on it what do u do

like it’s submitted for publication rn

forsure

[glass sigil]

id recommend an ap english or ap history paper

with teacher comments on it

[barren violet]

ib eng is alr right

[glass sigil]

yea any advanced level one

thats expository

[manic jay]

For the why us do we only speak about academics

It says programs in the prompt

Do u think its fine to write about a club

[cosmic crater]

no thats a horrible idea wtf were you thinking

[manic jay]

Bruh

[cosmic crater]

its prob fine tbh i talked about a program that wasnt really academic

[cosmic crater]

I WAS JOKING

[manic jay]

Idk if a club is rlly a program tho

[cosmic crater]

you mighy wanna save club for the diversity one

how you'll contribute to like

the ideas of that club or smth

i also talked about a club for the 50 word ones

[manic jay]

You only wrote abt classes for 250 words???

[boreal narwhal]

same issue ☝️

[manic jay]

Same mine have barely any coments

And all hand written

Timed

So not best handwriting

[boreal narwhal]

mine has no comments at all she only did paper rubrics and threw them all away (i checked my file)

[rose lava]

Yes

Though it wasn’t double spaced

[open ember]

Anyone else just submit their AP Research paper?

[barren violet]

5pg paper NOT double spaced😭😭😭

[glass sigil]

bruh ur not supposed to do that

[open ember]

Why not lol

Slapping a few comments on it, especially after the AP exam was submitted and the score was provided, doesn't hurt

Grade isn't the AP score btw, my teacher was willing to grade it separately

[amber sphinx]

regular

they send on wed i think

Jan 3 should be good

[quiet echo]

You’re fine

[amber sphinx]

yo

can i dm u

[glass sigil]

yeah but the paper is mad long

i thought they wanted 1-2 pages

[open ember]

That's sufficient

Nothing stopping me from sending an extra dozen pages lel (I don't have anything else good)

[glass sigil]

aight if

ig

[amber sphinx]

What song represents the soundtrack of your life at this moment?*

for this supp, do you have to give an explanation

[undone sorrel]

Relate it back to u

[amber sphinx]

k

[dreamy delta]

Does Princeton allow self-reporting AP and ACT/SAT scores, or do they require an official report sent by ACT/CollegeBoard?

[cosmic crater]

i didnt talk about classes at all i talked about research and the events i went to at princeton

but also my "exposure to engineering" took up 100 words or so

[dreamy delta]

seems like they want official SAT scores, but they allow you to self report AP scores.

[dusty gale]

If you’re using your AP scores for placement credit, you have to submit the official report. Otherwise it doesn’t matter.

[hidden breach]

how do i submit an arts recommendation letter

was i supposed to submit it with my application

[dusty gale]

I believe it was a checkbox on the form that you fill out in order to gain access to the arts supplement portal.

[hidden breach]

aw shit are you serious

fuck

[hidden breach]

did you submit one

[tough eagle]

i wanted to submit one but im shit at the trombone

[dusty gale]

I'm not 100% sure since I submitted the arts supplement without the letter.

[hidden breach]

yea i can't find the place to submit the letter

maybe i just don't submit the letter

although i wish i had a place to do that

i feel like my teacher's rec would carry some weight

[dusty gale]

You can always email the admissions office and ask where to submit one.

Given it's noted on the website, it's a valid question to ask if you can't find a place to submit it.

[hidden breach]

out of curiosity, what did you submit a supplement for?

like music?

visual arts?

[dusty gale]

Music.

[hidden breach]

what instrument?

[dusty gale]

Trumpet.

[late pollen]

didgeridoo

[cosmic cobalt]

Most of the Princeton kids here submitted music supps

good sign!

[late pollen]

i cannot submit my piano

my recordings are so shit LOL

i played the wrongass chord on the first chord of the first piece

💀

and i didn't bother to rerecord

[dusty gale]

My interviewer made a point to say that they believed submitting an arts supplement was very helpful so...

[late pollen]

..,. .,. ,., ., ., . oh fuck

ok tiem to submit it anyway

[hidden breach]

Dawg i dont think theyll hurt

[late pollen]

zawg my piano-ing is ass

angels weep when i play the piano

[hidden breach]

Everyone who says that is godly at piano

[late pollen]

no

[late pollen]

the wrong way

[hidden breach]

Because it’s beautiful

[dusty gale]

I mean as long as you don't submit to troll the arts professor, the AO who came to my school said it can't hurt.

[late pollen]

ok i mean i- tried on the recordings

[hidden breach]

What songs did you play Aka

[late pollen]

im just not very good lol

[hidden breach]

Please dont tell me its scriabin d flat minor

[late pollen]

beethoven first movement of tempest, rachmaninoff's polichinelle, and debussy's voiles

no

i'm like

ok at piano

i'm not good and im not bad

[hidden breach]

This is good

[late pollen]

i practice 20 min a week

[hidden breach]

First movement of tempest is hard

[late pollen]

and have for the past 8 years

💀

[hidden breach]

I used to play piano

[late pollen]

before u took an arrow to th eknee

[hidden breach]

The only thing i can really remember how to play is chopin scherzo 2

[late pollen]

wtf, .., ,.

u r cracked

[hidden breach]

And gershwin rhapsody in blue

[hidden breach]

Nah

[late pollen]

bro u might be based

[cosmic cobalt]

hes cracked

[hidden breach]

Scherzo 2 is not hard technically

Musically it is

[late pollen]

gershwin is for chads only

[hidden breach]

Ong bro

[cosmic crater]

wait actually?

[dusty gale]

They were speculating based on personal experience but yeah.

[quiet echo]

Depends on your major I would say, I can’t see it being that helpful for a BSE degree

[cosmic crater]

ah

[dusty gale]

I mean I submitted one and I’m BSE, it just showed that my musical extracurricular had merit.

[upbeat arrow]

Are there any good Princeton classes or clubs to talk about for premed?

[quiet echo]

What’s your major

[dusty gale]

ECE

[quiet echo]

Ngl I might switch to ECE, idk yet

Rn I’m COS BSE

[dusty gale]

Ah, I don’t know if I’ll stay ECE.

Also considering ORFE.

[quiet echo]

I heard ORFE is pretty good too

[dusty gale]

I think ECE > COS because you can pick up real-world programming on your own anyway.

[quiet echo]

ECE is pretty good, a lot of opportunities, but I also heard it’s hella hard

[dusty gale]

Yeah there’s a lot of physics.

[quiet echo]

Yea, I feel you on that. A lot of employers prefer COS if you’re going into SWE tho, which I am. ECE overall has way more opportunities tho

[dusty gale]

Fair. I have no idea what I eventually want to do so who knows what major I’ll graduate as.

[cosmic crater]

wait did you alr get in

[dusty gale]

Yes.

[quiet echo]

For BSE, you don’t have to declare a major til spring semester, and you can explore different departments til then

[cosmic crater]

and is it on the portal after or do i have to submit with your app

[quiet echo]

Which is good

It’s easy to switch majors too

[cosmic crater]

oh shoot congrats

[dusty gale]

Portal after you submit common app. Thanks.

[quiet echo]

Portal I think

[woeful sluice]

shit so this is what the nerd hive looks like huh

my first time here

[dusty gale]

Yeah I heard it’s really easy to switch within SEAS even after declaring.

[cosmic crater]

are you applying anywhere else

[quiet echo]

Same here. Ngl, I’m doing COS, cause I can switch to COS AB if it’s too hard 💀💀

Always have that safety plan 🙏🙏

[dusty gale]

I withdrew all my applications because I don’t want to possibly take spots at other schools away from people who would actually attend.

[quiet echo]

Same here lmao

[cosmic crater]

did you get in also

[quiet echo]

Yes lol

[quiet echo]

This W’s mans

[cosmic crater]

wow congrats yall

[quiet echo]

Ty

[cosmic crater]

i need yalls luck in RD

[quiet echo]

You got it, just pray 🙏

[dusty gale]

I want to get some sort of accredited engineering degree so I’m going to tough BSE reqs out.

[quiet echo]

Ahh, I get what you mean

[dusty gale]

Anyway I’m a crazy person who likes physics so I’ll be fine.

Just not looking forward to chemistry.

[quiet echo]

@dusty gale https://engineering.princeton.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/First-Year-BSE-Guide-Class-of-2027-FINAL.pdf this is helpful if you haven’t seen it yet

[dusty gale]

Oh thank you, never seen that but I’ll give it a read!

[quiet echo]

Lol, I don’t know anything about physics 😭🙏 all we did was go to 6 flags fr

[quiet echo]

Super helpful lol

[dusty gale]

Ask once you’re done @cosmic crater

[cosmic crater]

tyy

[dusty gale]

Bruh my physics teacher doesn’t even do labs.

[quiet echo]

Literally all my physics teacher does IS labs

[dusty gale]

I wish.

We just do practice AP problems all day.

[quiet echo]

Labs are fun, but I don’t learn anything 😭

[quiet echo]

Ours was physics H, don’t have ap physics here lol

[dusty gale]

Oh interesting. I mean sometimes honors is more difficult than AP.

[quiet echo]

Not this class. We made brownies for our final 💀

[dusty gale]

My final was a slideshow about anything remotely related to physics. I did one about slip n slides and made it as inappropriate as was still school appropriate.

[quiet echo]

😭😭😭

Ngl, my school did NOT prepare me for princeton

[dusty gale]

Like when I say that I mean I got oil dumped on me to see how we could decrease friction.

[quiet echo]

@dusty gale you’re gonna have to tutor me 🙏🙏

[hollow jewel]

been saying this u got lucky

[quiet echo]

💀💀💀 I did

[dusty gale]

If you got in the AOs are confident you will figure it out.

[hollow jewel]

ong

[dusty gale]

But I’m happy to help and I know so many other people are too.

[quiet echo]

AOs gotta get their eyes checked, because idk what they saw in me fr

[dusty gale]

Imposter syndrome is real.

[quiet echo]

@dusty gale what state you in!?

[quiet echo]

Facts

Lucky

[hollow jewel]

ayee

[dusty gale]

Yeah but it’s still competitive here.

[quiet echo]

I’m all the way in Cali, so imma be so homesick

[dusty gale]

11 people applied REA from my class of 160.

[quiet echo]

😭😭

[cosmic crater]

oh my god

[dusty gale]

East coast is very different.

[quiet echo]

Damn wth, your school is smart smart

[dusty gale]

Only 2 got in*

[quiet echo]

I’m first in my school history to get in and go to Princeton lol

[quiet echo]

You guys are him Wthh

[dusty gale]

We send 2 a year to Princeton.

[cosmic crater]

we have a shit ton of recruits

[lapis hill]

how many ppl got deferred

[quiet echo]

Wthh feeder school

[cosmic crater]

W

[lapis hill]

congrats dude

[dusty gale]

2 in, 1 deferred, 8 rejected.

[cosmic crater]

damn

early rejection is hard

[lapis hill]

i think around 20-30 ppl applied from my school and 1 got in

we usually send 2 too

[dusty gale]

There’s been a lot of early rejection this year.

[lapis hill]

yeah its odd

[quiet echo]

^ ye

They gotta lower their acceptance rate fr

[cosmic crater]

fr

[lapis hill]

wait cap did you already take calculus or currently taking it

[dusty gale]

I took BC last year and I’m taking multi now.

[quiet echo]

It’s usually the legacy and athletes that get in early

[lapis hill]

oh i see

[dusty gale]

Yeah. I’m neither.

[lapis hill]

my buddy got in and he's neither

[quiet echo]

Bros a genius

[cosmic crater]

did either of you have research

[dusty gale]

Nah it’s just my schools usual offering.

[lapis hill]

he's cracked tho

[dusty gale]

One paper, unpublished, not remotely related to my interests.

From a summer program.

[thorny viper]

BC in junior year is pretty common depending on the school

[quiet echo]

Nah, bro go to a feeder school 😭

[cosmic crater]

oh wow

[dusty gale]

I go to a public school, just in a wealthier area.

[quiet echo]

Bro expects everyone to be a genius like him 😭🙏

[quiet echo]

Bros him

[dusty gale]

I’ll send you my schools committed insta.

[cosmic crater]

thats my school

[quiet echo]

Ye DM so you don’t doxx

[thorny viper]

well i mean i was homeschooled and did that with a beat up old computer and library card so

[dusty gale]

I’ll DM you on insta.

[quiet echo]

😭

[cosmic crater]

we have 5 seniors and 2 juniors in multivariable calc rn (including me)

[lapis hill]

juniors in multi is crazy

[cosmic crater]

i hate my school

RIGHT

[dusty gale]

My school only offers multi to seniors.

[lapis hill]

my school goes up to calc

but some kids test out of geometry like in freshman year and take some post calc class rn

prolly multi

[hollow jewel]

As a research institution that also prides itself on its liberal arts curriculum, Princeton allows students to explore areas across the humanities and the arts, the natural sciences, and the social sciences. What academic areas most pique your curiosity, and how do the programs offered at Princeton suit your particular interests? (Please respond in 250 words or fewer)

is this a why major + why us

[cosmic crater]

yes

[hollow jewel]

ok

[cosmic crater]

imo 250 was not enough for that one

i struggled fr

[lapis hill]

are you humanities or natural sciences

[hollow jewel]

humanities

[lapis hill]

oh nice

[cosmic crater]

youre a humanities major?

[hollow jewel]

nah

finance/econ

[cosmic crater]

ohhh

[hollow jewel]

proly doing poli sci at pton

[cosmic crater]

fun

[thorny viper]

depends on the place tbh

[lapis hill]

yeah

[manic jay]

I did 100 words major 150 princeton

[thorny viper]

like i did BC sophomore year and skipped multi

and I was considered old in my cohort

[cosmic crater]

linear algebra?

[thorny viper]

linear and abstract

[cosmic crater]

differential equations?

[lapis hill]

thats nice

[cosmic crater]

oh

[thorny viper]

proof based

[cosmic crater]

i wish i could do linear

[lapis hill]

as much as i wish i could have done smth like that I prolly don't think i woulda been able to handle it

[cosmic crater]

but they only offered diff eq and multi this year

[lapis hill]

at that age

maybe now too

[cosmic crater]

multi easy asf tho so

[lapis hill]

easier than calc1+2?

[cosmic crater]

def

[hollow jewel]

im finishing this tn then taking a quick lil nap

[lapis hill]

i see

[thorny viper]

depends on the class

princeton multi will be way harder than high school

[cosmic crater]

oh true

for sure

im retaking all of calc anyways

gotta know that ish for comp sci

[lapis hill]

i wonder if cb will do an ap multi

[thorny viper]

probably not

[cosmic crater]

the thought scares me

[lapis hill]

then again idt many kids would take exams

[thorny viper]

they will make more money by making easier classes AP level

[lapis hill]

yeah

[thorny viper]

it's why they did AP precalc

[cosmic crater]

hence pre calc ap

[lapis hill]

ap precalc shouldnt even be a class

it's precalc

[thorny viper]

i mean princeton has MAT 100 so

[manic jay]

Im done drafting everything gonna edit Princeton tomorrow and submit all apps

[thorny viper]

it can get that low

[lapis hill]

is that precalc?

[manic jay]

Then go to a new years party

🎉

[thorny viper]

basically

[lapis hill]

im thinking of skipping it

[cosmic crater]

maybe ill start there then

[lapis hill]

im too scared abt essays

[cosmic crater]

restart from precalc

[hollow jewel]

bro i got 48 hours left to finish columbia harv pton

[lapis hill]

gotcha

[thorny viper]

https://registrar.princeton.edu/course-offerings/course-details?term=1244&courseid=012071

[cosmic crater]

#gpaboost

[cosmic crater]

fuck columbia

[hollow jewel]

the word count is so fucking annoying

[cosmic crater]

for sure

[lapis hill]

from scratch?

[hollow jewel]

yeah for c olumbia

[cosmic crater]

freakin humanities school 💀💀

[thorny viper]

princeton math is kind of a toss up at the lower level

[lapis hill]

i have to start upenn and mit

and rice

[thorny viper]

like kids come in really confident and end up with B+s and A-s, not that those grades are bad but def not a GPA boost

[hollow jewel]

both are 1/4 and 1/5

i think u chillin

[cosmic crater]

i had sm fun with the upenn thank you note

i hope you do too

[lapis hill]

I HATE THAT ONE

OMG

[cosmic crater]

oh.

LMAO

[lapis hill]

yeah true

[thorny viper]

imagine going to upenn, isn't that a state school?

[lapis hill]

i can't fit everything in 200 words

😭

[hollow jewel]

im saving 1/3->1/5 to grind out wharton supps

[cosmic crater]

ah

my talent is being very precise

[lapis hill]

my talent is being very blunt

[cosmic crater]

it kills my english grade but helped me sm in supps

[thorny viper]

just apply to princeton only and if you get rejected apply the next year

[cosmic crater]

i was too straightforward

[lapis hill]

lol

[thorny viper]

don't apply to upenn or harvard or whatever these places are they suck are overrated and are total Ls

[cosmic crater]

princeton literally my dream school

[lapis hill]

my ap physics c teacher says i go all over the place

and i agree

[cosmic crater]

since like 6th grade bruh

[cosmic crater]

ah

[lapis hill]

it was yale

then mit

[thorny viper]

like where even is harvard, england or smth

[lapis hill]

then pton

[thorny viper]

cambridge

like that's crazy

[lapis hill]

fr

[cosmic crater]

mine was pton vandy pton columbia pton

[lapis hill]

im ngl tho i like cambridge as a location

[cosmic crater]

yes except upenn m&t

[lapis hill]

right by a major city but quiet

[thorny viper]

like vanderbilt is literally named after one of the biggest nepo babies of all time

[cosmic crater]

STILL

campus is so pretty

job placement is crazy good

[hollow jewel]

nah brown and darty suck

[thorny viper]

nah are you serious, look at the math department

it's just a brick wall

Princeton has a skyscraper at least

[cosmic crater]

thats arts & sciences

i applied engineering

literally gorgeous

[pine jewel]

why is penn an L

or harvard

i mean i agree pton is better

[thorny viper]

it's like when I went to duke

[cosmic crater]

except my essays SUCKED for that school I hope they ignore

[thorny viper]

campus was just a medieval ripoff

and their math department literally had "physics building" on it like wth

[pine jewel]

fine hall 😮

[thorny viper]

penn is in philly

philly is an L

[pine jewel]

philly is fine

lol

[thorny viper]

harvard is in boston, boring as hell city and harvard just sucks

[pine jewel]

💀

[lapis hill]

boston slander is crazy

[thorny viper]

food is bad

[pine jewel]

well if anyone accepts me ill love them ❤️

[dusty gale]

I thought Harvard was a prison when I saw it.

[thorny viper]

people are annoying and arrogant

[pine jewel]

this exists everywhere tho

[thorny viper]

nah it's harvard tho, like it's ultimate nepo baby land

[cosmic crater]

ur saying this as of pton students are pretentious lmaoo

[pine jewel]

fair enough

[thorny viper]

nah princeton people are fun

like there's a lot of nepo babies but we like them at least

[pine jewel]

does pton have a lot of olympiad kids

[cosmic crater]

do yall have any celebs this year

[pine jewel]

or r they mostly j at mit & stanny

[lapis hill]

wait nick who do you think princetons main rivals are

[cosmic crater]

OH ALSO ETHAN WACKER GOES TO VANDY

[thorny viper]

not math olympiad but we do have olympic athletes and stuff

[pine jewel]

ah

[thorny viper]

harvard

that's literally it

[lapis hill]

i thought its penn

[thorny viper]

everyone else is irrelevant

[thorny viper]

no one cares about penn, penn tries to fake a rivalry

[lapis hill]

lmao

[pine jewel]

💀

[hollow jewel]

penn goated whattt

[thorny viper]

like upenn has to fix its name before it can try to be a rival

[pine jewel]

since penn deferred me, pton gotta accept me ig

[thorny viper]

like is it a state school or what

princeton is just objectively the best (not biased)

[shadow jolt]

did elle woods go to princeton or harvard

😭

[thorny viper]

they just said "nahhh let this kid get into princeton aint no way they're coming here"

[pine jewel]

😭

[thorny viper]

yale also tries to fake a rivalry with their stupid bulldogs

[pine jewel]

pls let this manifest

[thorny viper]

but yale is just wish.com harvard so

[pine jewel]

legally blonde? isn't that harvard

[shadow jolt]

yahhh

[pine jewel]

my supps be ass tho so ggs

[shadow jolt]

isn't yale the lock and key company??

😭

thats where my door locks are from

[thorny viper]

yeah yale = jail

[shadow jolt]

:(

[thorny viper]

new haven is hell on earth, horrible city

[pine jewel]

have u tried nomad's pizza

[thorny viper]

no why would I

[pine jewel]

it lowk good

i didnt really know about it

[thorny viper]

it's yaley food

[pine jewel]

😭

[hollow jewel]

is pton fr that bad

[pine jewel]

shits 5 mins from pton

[thorny viper]

the pizza crust is probably super inflated like their grades

[pine jewel]

?

[hollow jewel]

like the supps

[pine jewel]

how is it yale food

[thorny viper]

imagine getting a B at yale (impossible)

[pine jewel]

no

im j bad

[hollow jewel]

oh

the 500w supp mad annoying

[pine jewel]

honestly that was my best essay i thimk

lol

i had a nice story for it i think

[hollow jewel]

u chillin then

[thorny viper]

like 78% of grades at yale are As

[hollow jewel]

my best is the civic engagement

[thorny viper]

how the hell can you fail

like you would have to pay someone

[undone sorrel]

Bruh I just realized my common app and pton 500 have overlap😭

[hollow jewel]

i thought brown had the highest % of students with As

wait

they dont even have gpa

[pine jewel]

inflation lowk a W no?

[thorny viper]

yeah cause you can PDF everything

[pine jewel]

free gpa

[thorny viper]

it's trivial

[hollow jewel]

oh

[upbeat arrow]

Wait if I’m going down the general premed pathway, do I apply for bse or ab??

[thorny viper]

no cause no one respects it

[hollow jewel]

employers know yea

[thorny viper]

like a yale A is stupid

it means nothing

[hollow jewel]

cornell and pton got deflation

[thorny viper]

yeah cornell is super bad

[pine jewel]

wait pton got deflation?

[lapis hill]

what scares abt princeton is that professors really try to make x% of class get a certain grade

[hollow jewel]

not dyson tho

[pine jewel]

isn't it just normal

[thorny viper]

rip cornell they have my respect

[hollow jewel]

its pretty easy to get an A, but ig its harder now

[thorny viper]

i know a history class this semester where the prof graded essays on a scale of 1-10

[hollow jewel]

based on new guidelines

[thorny viper]

and to get a 10, you needed to write a paper that "was immediately publishable work"

[hollow jewel]

would u say 3.6+ is good at pton

[lapis hill]

HUH

[thorny viper]

100% yeah

if you get at least a B in every class you're goated, that's very nice

[lapis hill]

fr

[wintry turtle]

how many people got an A

[thorny viper]

depends on the class

sometimes no one does

[wintry turtle]

wow

sounds like a real university lmao

[thorny viper]

like the prof just doesn't give As

[lapis hill]

you think this affects grad school placement

[thorny viper]

that happened to a first year seminar a couple of years ago

the prof was teaching and would give the best kids A-s

refused to give As

[thorny viper]

no totally not

except for premed

[wintry turtle]

is writing seminar just writing a bunch of argumentative essays/papers?

[thorny viper]

but every top school knows that princeton is brutal

[thorny viper]

no they are scholarly essays

different

[lapis hill]

wait so premed kids are kinda fucked or nah?

[thorny viper]

yeah basically

[lapis hill]

my buddy who got in is premed

[thorny viper]

and prelaw

[wintry turtle]

y do law schools not look at the school but just look at the gpa

that seems so stupid

[thorny viper]

it is stupid

[wintry turtle]

lmao

[thorny viper]

but everyone else understands

[wintry turtle]

pton sounds so good

[hollow jewel]

yeah i can finally do real cohomology

[wintry turtle]

lmao

[near arrow]

important question - does princeton have soft serve icecream machines in the dining halls

[near arrow]

and if so, which ones

[thick seal]

rutgers university

they steal your cannon every year

pton too far from boston to be harvard’s rival

and not cool enough to be columbia’s

[fervent knoll]

How is rutgers the rivals of princeton

one is #1 and the other is like what, 45?

in what sense

[cosmic cobalt]

NJ

[cosmic crater]

@dusty gale i finished supps can i DM please

[amber sphinx]

Not necessarily an academic rivalry

[fervent knoll]

so what sense

[amber sphinx]

Idk

They’re just close together

[upbeat arrow]

Does anyone know any premed/ health related courses at Princeton that are cool enough to talk abt?

[fervent knoll]

look it up

[upbeat arrow]

Oke

[amber sphinx]

for the graded paper

is it fine to just submit the paper

if you cant find the grade

[lapis hill]

i think there needs to be a grade

[amber sphinx]

damn

[lapis hill]

when is princeton rd due

[amber sphinx]

tmrw

1/1

[lapis hill]

oh

[amber sphinx]

i cant contact my teacher either

to give me the grade

[lapis hill]

do you have another paper?

[amber sphinx]

im looking

but i have like nothing from this year

[lapis hill]

i hope you find smth

[amber sphinx]

because its all on paper

and i throw them away

[lapis hill]

dude it don't have to be this year

i got smth from last year

[amber sphinx]

yea the other one was from last yr but the things is i cant access the grades

for specific assignments

[lapis hill]

i see

soph year?

[amber sphinx]

usually they grade them on canvas

and those canvas courses r gone now

[lapis hill]

ik some people submitting them from then

[lapis hill]

i see

[amber sphinx]

yea it says past 3 years

im lookin

to see if any of them have a grade on them

W

i found one from sophomore year

which i got a 98 on

how do you attach the grade?

[lapis hill]

letsgooo

[lapis hill]

what i did was i made a google doc with ss of the grade and comments

and then downloaded as pdf

and merged with the graded paper (also pdf)

[amber sphinx]

ah i see

mine is only a grade

[lapis hill]

wait you need the paper

[amber sphinx]

yea i have the paper

just no comments on it

[hollow jewel]

bruh what did u guys do the diversity prompt on for princeton

[amber sphinx]

thats the one i havent done yet

saving it for tmrw

[hollow jewel]

oh i see

shits killing me

[amber sphinx]

ya i got no idea

tbh

waiting for smtg to come to me

[hollow jewel]

thats why im up late

usually good ideas blossom late

[amber sphinx]

i also have the rubric

[lapis hill]

sure attach it

[amber sphinx]

got 2 points off for conventions ☠️

[quiet echo]

Lol

[lapis hill]

idt they care abt the grade you get

they really just care abt the writing

[amber sphinx]

yea i feel like this one is decently good

cuz this teacher graded hard

and i actually tried in this clas

[lapis hill]

yeah thats good dude

[amber sphinx]

compared to other english ones

[lapis hill]

im glad you feel confident

[amber sphinx]

cuz like in junior yr

it was so free

[lapis hill]

yeah

[amber sphinx]

i slept through most classes

[lapis hill]

same with apush and ap lang for me

my apush teacher was way harder than lang

lmao

[amber sphinx]

yea those were combined for us

[lapis hill]

in terms of writing

[lapis hill]

wait what

they combined both classes?

[amber sphinx]

its like a special program

they combine those two classes

[lapis hill]

i see

there is a lot of idea crossover

in the writing portion

[amber sphinx]

yea it was lowk chill

freeest clas ever

teachers were very chill

but that also meant i slacked off a lot

can the graded paper contian ur name and shit

[quiet echo]

Mine did

Oh wait nvm mine didn’t

[hollow jewel]

i think im cooked for pton

j gonna submit good supps and mid diversity essay

which by the looks of it is the most important essay anyways probs

[amber sphinx]

bro everybody is ☠️

4% acceptance rate

[hollow jewel]

the 4% is the hope to make that supp better

[quiet echo]

Nah, I’d win

[amber sphinx]

well obv

hindsight bias

u already done

[raven sequoia]

for princeton, are self-reported scores enough or do I have to send my SAT score to them before admission?

[amber sphinx]

should i redact

[quiet echo]

Nah you should be good

[quiet echo]

You have to send as well. Idk if it needs to be before tho, prolly could do after

[amber sphinx]

okay

[thick seal]

the first one?

[hollow jewel]

500w one lived experience

[thick seal]

dang yeah

this one's giving me twice the trouble that harvard did

i think it doesn't have to be a diversity essay per se

its just like

think abt what kind of person you seem like based on the rest of your app

or what the positive qualities you embody are and then justify where that came from

or don't and draw a connection to the most interesting part of your life lmao

[late pollen]

how long should the princeton paper be

is 1 page ok

LOL

[hollow jewel]

Figured out Harv strategy

[hollow jewel]

Yeah lived experiences

[quiet echo]

Yes

[late pollen]

im about to morb the fuck out

nmgl

clutch the fuck up princeton

being 15 bucks less than harvard and columbia

GOATED

[ripe fractal]

I’m not writing my essays this early but I checked out this year’s questions for funsies and I was wondering do you guys answer these with one word answers or briefly elaborate?

[charred willow]

i mean they gave 50 words

so i elaborated

[safe oasis]

i elaborated but bro wdym your not writing your essays this early?

the due date is tomorrow 💀

[shadow jolt]

https://tenor.com/view/eclutter-the-life-changing-magic-of-tidying-up-does-it-spark-joy-does-it-make-you-happy-gif-5685391

graduated from university of kuntservington with a degree in motherology

princeotn could never

[ripe fractal]

I’m a junior lol

[safe oasis]

ohhh okay (phew)

[ripe fractal]

I don’t get it

[ripe fractal]

Oh lol

But that doesn’t relate to my question

[shadow jolt]

i wasnt trying to answer it lol

[maiden creek]

heyy guys

princeton has this section, can i use this option to upload a resume that showcases a bunch of other skills and extracurriculars that haven't been showed

[orchid axle]

yeah you can

[maiden creek]

can i send in my graded paper after the deadline?

[dusty meteor]

Don’t they want it at January 1st

[maiden creek]

cuz i dont have access to it rn

ik u can upload stuff like to the portal later tho just wanted to make sure tho

[dusty meteor]

You can, but deadline is still Jan 1st

[maiden creek]

your joking?!

wait wtf seriosuly

how am i gonna get a graded paper its winter break

[dusty meteor]

Why would I be ?

[maiden creek]

sht i thought there was a grade period after the dealine

and that i could upload the graded paper on the portal afterwards

[dusty gale]

Yes.

[dusty gale]

You can upload it on Princeton’s portal but it still has to be submitted by the deadline.

Given the current date and time, submit your graded paper on the common app because you won’t get your login for Princeton’s portal in time.

[light cradle]

when do we have to submit the written work by?

oh shit just read the above

but schools aren’t open 😭 my teachers aren’t gonna send me an essay

[tacit cloud]

😭

is it okay if the written work we submit is handwritten..?

eg an essay as part of a timed test in class

[hollow jewel]

How do you submit the graded paper

[polar moss]

day 17 of deferral

[near arrow]

yo yo are there soft serve icecream machines at princeton? and if so in what dining halls

[quiet echo]

Briefly elaborated

[tough eagle]

deferral more like denial

[pulsar sinew]

Is there anything on the Princeton portal that I can’t do on commonapp that is due January 1st?

[cinder swallow]

does princeton accept research papers or abstracts? they don't mention it

[cinder swallow]

there's a place for pdf upload on common app

[cinder swallow]

yes definitely

[white flicker]

am i screwed if i send my SAT score report to Princeton today?

[amber sphinx]

i did it yesterday

so

if ur screwed

i prolly i am too

[white flicker]

did you expedite?

[amber sphinx]

no

that shit like 30 bucks extra

[pulsar sinew]

Are scores due tmr too? I thought there was like a later deadline for just scores and reports

[white flicker]

tfw rejected over $30

[white flicker]

i cant find any official princeton source even saying that official score reports are required this year, nowhere on their website nor on the CommonApp application

love the ambiguity

[pulsar sinew]

Right!?! I'm very confused

[white flicker]

the closest I can find is here: https://admission.princeton.edu/apply/graded-written-paper "NOTE: If submitting an official score report is a financial hardship, Princeton will continue to review applications with self-reported scores, verified by a school official such as a school counselor, teacher or dean."
This seems like info from 2018 when they stopped requiring the SAT Essay (so outdated? this is years before TO), and it doesn't say that it's required

[amber sphinx]

this is the only thing i can find

but this is the graduate school

but this is also from the ug admissions website

[amber sphinx]

that shouldnt be an issue tho doesnt college board give fee waivers?

[rose lava]

this is straight on the princeton testing website lol

[pulsar sinew]

Someone said they emailed Princeton admissions (3 years ago) and quoted this: "We will evaluate your file with these unofficial scores. Please note that the scores you submitted will not be marked as received at your applicant portal. Only official scores that are sent from the testing agency will be marked as received. If you are admitted, we will then need the official scores from the testing agency."

I would just send them in ASAP still

[amber sphinx]

nah i wouldnt risk it

it legit says on the official website

[wooden ginkgo]

Honestly, y'all should be fine

If you purchase the score send tonight, you should be fine

When Princeton gets the report, it shows the date it was bought

[white flicker]

mfw, i ctrl+f'd "report" and "send", thank you

[quiet echo]

^ that’s what they told me too

Same thing with AP scores btw

Send ap scores if you’re admitted

[white flicker]

if only they didn't only include it in the second sentence of a bullet point and maybe put it somewhere in the FAQ

especially being one of the few schools that requires it

[quiet echo]

Like all schools require sat sent if admitted lol

[white flicker]

it seems like you do need to send it before admitted though?

[quiet echo]

Nope

[dusty meteor]

For peace of mind I’d say submit the official report

[quiet echo]

They will consider unofficial scores, but when you’re admitted, you need to send

[white flicker]

this is from their live site

[quiet echo]

Yea, when you’re sdmitted

[dusty meteor]

Just submit the official report nowand be on your way, no need to overthink this much

[white flicker]

might as well send the score rn since ik im going to get in 💅

[quiet echo]

This too

[ripe fractal]

Yo for ppl that had a Princeton interview what did ur interviewer know about you

[quiet echo]

Lol, test scores don’t really matter. I got in test optional

[dusty meteor]

Junior !

[white flicker]

where is that in the screenshot? https://admission.princeton.edu/apply/standardized-testing first bulletpoint under "Notes on additional testing"

[ripe fractal]

Yep just curious

[quiet echo]

That’s what they told me lmao, not on website

I didn’t really check the website LMAO

@white flicker if you’re worried, just submit it today or tmr

You’ll be fine

[white flicker]

lowkey i need it bc my GPA was fcked up freshman year due to covid and mental health stuff, and although I did the COVID essay and other stuff (great upward trajectory (3.9x w/o freshman), more aps, etc.) i hope it'll help since its above last year's median

[white flicker]

tyty, also congrats on princeton!

[quiet echo]

If you did bad freshman year, but shown improvements sophomore-senior, that’s can help your app look better, and freshman is also very easy to explain (new adjustments/covid)

[quiet echo]

Ty

[light cradle]

the essay i wanna submit to princeton is like 25 pages long can i submit only half of it

[maiden creek]

can the graded paper be hand written ?

[rose lava]

probably, just scan it and make it a pdf

[dusty gale]

Try to cut it down further or find something smaller. There’s a reason they only ask for 1-2 pages.

[light cradle]

it’s a research paper i cant rlly 😭

should i only submit 1-2 pages of it?

[dusty gale]

You don’t have a typical school essay that’s the same quality of writing?

I mean worst comes to worst submit the research paper, just know they’ll only read the first page or two.

[maiden creek]

got u thanks

[ripe fractal]

^

[white flicker]

how about like 4 pages? I'm submitting a paper from a dual enroll class on my self-concept, so I talk a lot about myself in a pretty straightforward, reflective way (no extended metaphors or anything with nice flowery language), but still very very personal. is this fine or should i submit a different paper?

[dusty gale]

Is it expository writing or more creative? 4 pages is fine, they still likely won’t read more than the first one or two.

[white flicker]

expository, i talk about a lot of life experiences and things that have contributed to who I am, including things from my sister as i interviewed her for the paper (part of the rubric)

[rose lava]

yall its gotta be graded, why would u submit half of it

[dusty gale]

Probably fine to submit.

[white flicker]

also last question, there are no notes, grades, etc. on it from the professor, since I can't access the assignment on Blackboard (from spring 2023), is that fine?

[quiet echo]

Ik people who have written 5 pages and got in

[near arrow]

only paper i have is from 10th grade english on Things Fall Apart, comments are good tho my teacher said i was the only student to get 100% lol. its only like 500 words, is that fine? i literally dont have anything else, we did squat last year in lang and we dont write long essays in lit either

[quiet echo]

Should be chill

[near arrow]

sick thanks

[manic jay]

I dont have any english papers

Only a global politics timed write

[late pollen]

i literally just submitted the middest paper

we ball

https://tenor.com/bim3h.gif

[white hull]

However mid your paper was mine was midder than that

[quiet echo]

Same

[white hull]

8th circle of mid

[amber sphinx]

Doubt the paper carries much weight

So ur chillin

[hollow jewel]

for the princeton paper, im planning on submitting the paper, then separately a rubric with the final grade does that work

[lapis hill]

submit the paper with the final grade

rubric can be attached with the additional info

but i did it together

[hollow jewel]

i have the grade seperately

[lapis hill]

i submitted like 8-9 pages of stuff that aren't the paper with my 2 page paper

[lapis hill]

pdf merge

[hollow jewel]

so on my actual doc teacher comments r visible

[lapis hill]

oh

i see

maybe keep a note or smth

[hollow jewel]

but the preview says this

[lapis hill]

im not sure what thats supposed to mean

no comments?

[hollow jewel]

yeah

no comments

[lapis hill]

i see

screenshot them separately

and attach

pdf merge

[hollow jewel]

whats that

oh

ill use an online pdfm erger

if thats what u mean

ok it worked

my grade is there

but the comments aren't

should i just submit in the addtl info an ss of each page with comments

[late pollen]

i deadass submitted unedited B+ paper

LOL

[white hull]

[late pollen]

?

bro literally gave me 2.5/4 on the organization of the paper

i'd say it's pretty fucking mid

💀

[undone sorrel]

Me to Princeton

[bronze quail]

wait we have to submit official scores if we self reported on common app?

i want to submit scores but i just wanna know if i have to do it officially

[silent quarry]

yes

for sat/act

[amber sphinx]

just add the ss to the pdf merge

as long as everything is in the pdf

i think its good

[dusty gale]

Yeah just add them on a separate page.

[hollow jewel]

ok thanks

[dusty ravine]

gahhh i so badly want to add something about me participating in princeton moot court but i cant cuz theres no space

[sudden rose]

@cunning vortex what the heck 😭 I just realized Princeton has their own financial aid application 🫠