Princeton University (2023-2024)

[cosmic crater]

WHAT

[sudden rose]

I was trying to enter the CSS Profile but then they don't accept it 😭

[still shuttle]

Tell em to pay me that $1.1 billion in transfer and i’ll be there too

[undone sorrel]

I gotchu 🙏

[amber sphinx]

ah hell nah

i aint doing that shit

[hollow stump]

yall didnt know that? 😭

its actually a lot more organized then css or fafsa

its kinda satisfying

[amber sphinx]

also princeton gives good aid i heard

[hollow stump]

probably the best aid in the country

[amber sphinx]

bruh

almost 90k is crazy

[hollow stump]

JESUS HOW MUCH DO YOU MAKE TO NOT GET FINANCIAL AID FROM PRINCETON 💀

[amber sphinx]

my parents

i make $0

[hollow stump]

well duh.

[amber sphinx]

im not gonna fill out the app then

for fin aid

[amber sphinx]

i think its mainly cuz of investment stuff

[lone ember]

When is app due? Monday midnight?

Or midnight tonight

[amber sphinx]

Monday midnight

[polar moss]

yoooo its almost new year

[manic jay]

Submitted my app finally

[polar moss]

LFGGGGGG

[amber sphinx]

how many left

i havent submitted any but ive finished 2/4

[polar moss]

eh

its just a club

say cooler stuff

[manic jay]

0

Im done

[amber sphinx]

nicee

[manic jay]

Im doing brown and NU but idc too much abt those so im gonna give myself a break

[amber sphinx]

when they due

[pine jewel]

the 3rd

[pine jewel]

valid

i gotta finish up cornell

[amber sphinx]

ah

[manic jay]

Im gonna do NU on the 2nd and brown on the 3rd

[amber sphinx]

im finishing up my jan 1st ones first

[pine jewel]

lol valid wait r brown supps like reusable oens?

[manic jay]

Some are yea

[pine jewel]

ik they got a shitty why one

w 50 words

[manic jay]

Most actually

[pine jewel]

lmao

o ok dubs

[amber sphinx]

wait so exclduing those two how many did u finish

[manic jay]

Blud look at my name

[amber sphinx]

yea but how many of htose rD

RD

[manic jay]

13

RD

[pine jewel]

class

were most of them over winter break

[manic jay]

7 ea/rolling

[pine jewel]

lol

[manic jay]

Most submitted during winter break yea but i drafted a lot before

[pine jewel]

feel u

godo stuff

[manic jay]

Wbu

What u got left

[hollow jewel]

Bro I still got 3 left to do in 26 hrs

[pine jewel]

cornell nu and brown

and mit

i think im a drop caltech & dart

dart is kinda recyclable so i may run it

[amber sphinx]

like completely?

[hollow jewel]

Yea

[manic jay]

When is mit due

[hollow jewel]

Columbia pton

[amber sphinx]

so u havent started any essays for those 3?

[hollow jewel]

Oh

[manic jay]

I heard mit has a lot of supps

[hollow jewel]

No I have

[pine jewel]

4th

[amber sphinx]

oh then u should be fine

[undone sorrel]

U got bron pic for a reason don’t u

[hollow jewel]

Ye my quality isn’t gonan be good tho

[pine jewel]

it my comeback

[manic jay]

Bros gonna clutch

[tacit cloud]

wait did you guys submit all scores to princeton or just one

[pine jewel]

they be speedrunning these supps anyway

[manic jay]

My LeGlorious King

[hollow jewel]

Word

[manic jay]

Just one

[pine jewel]

oh fuck i gotta submoit all of this shit

[pine jewel]

j have good content

[amber sphinx]

yea if they AOs speedrun why cant we

plus u can reuse a bunch

[manic jay]

Fax

[amber sphinx]

just tweak them a bit

[manic jay]

Reusing supps carried

[hollow jewel]

Ye that’s what I’m doing

[manic jay]

For rd

EA was a pain

All from scratch

[amber sphinx]

yea im reusing a lot

[pine jewel]

columbia is stupid tho w those 150 words

[undone sorrel]

Ngl my lived experience supps overlap with my common app💀💀

[amber sphinx]

yea i did those first

[tacit cloud]

do you think it can hurt you to submit all of them tho..? like my first one was 1420 but second was 1520 lol 😭

[manic jay]

Why would u tho

[tacit cloud]

same 😭

[amber sphinx]

nah they wont care

[manic jay]

They dont require all

[tacit cloud]

oh okay

[amber sphinx]

but just send the 1520

[pine jewel]

they j look at high scores, but why submit all

[manic jay]

Exactly

[amber sphinx]

theres no benefit to sending the 1420

[tacit cloud]

they say they encourage you to submit all 😭

[amber sphinx]

they dont care about "growth"

[undone sorrel]

After I wrote it I was heated I was like ain’t no way….

[tacit cloud]

okay okay

thank u!

[manic jay]

Dont do it

[tacit cloud]

ill submit the 1520 👍

[polar moss]

LMFAOO

PLEASE

[tacit cloud]

exactly lol i feel like two or three of my supps are kinda about the same thing...

[polar moss]

yeah sat is like. just have it lol

[tacit cloud]

😭ok!

[amber sphinx]

yea thats not the right place to be showing growth

[polar moss]

me trying to rizz up pton last year

[polar moss]

LOL

😭

[amber sphinx]

did u do REA or RD

[polar moss]

rd

[amber sphinx]

ah okay

[polar moss]

yuh

[amber sphinx]

does this mean if ur from states like north south dakota

its easier to get in>

?

[hollow stump]

i guess so but also its harder to find opportunities there in general/not as good public school systems

[amber sphinx]

yea true

[hollow stump]

so its hard to imagine your life would be anything similar

[amber sphinx]

but as some point thats better than being a hypercompetitive school like in the bay area

[hollow stump]

yea and i mean they accept a lot of kids from there anyway

[manic jay]

W

[hollow stump]

the map doesnt rly surprise me

[dusty gale]

Also people from some states don't consider going out of state for college and some don't even consider college at all.

[hollow stump]

mhm

[amber sphinx]

true

[undone sorrel]

We’ll get through this 😭

[amber sphinx]

also do u think REA has higher acceptance rates than RD?

[hollow stump]

thinking of the hypercompetitive high schools in chicago, ~10, therell be 1-2 princeton admits per i say, some getting 0 and some getting like 3-4, then random high schools in chicago makes sense thered be another dozen collectively, then about 12-15 outside chicago seems about right

higher than i'd think

definitely higher acceptance rate

but also a lot more competitive

[polar moss]

yuh i mean im from michigan and like

barely anyone goes to pton each year from here

[polar moss]

its much higher bc of athletes and legacies

[hollow stump]

do you think REA'ing vs RD'ing is rly a big difference

bc AOs often say if you get in REA you wouldve likely gotten in RD

[amber sphinx]

well its too late to change anything now]

[hollow stump]

yea true, but sometimes i feel a bit of regret that i didnt REA

[pine jewel]

Does pton have a NJ boost

Like penn got that Philly boost

[amber sphinx]

not sure

[pine jewel]

I honestly thought the campus would be way more diverse geographically

Ig that’s why these colleges r goin for geographic diversity

[polar moss]

no

logistically it is the same

[quiet echo]

Yea lol

It’s 10x easier than CSS tho

[quiet echo]

Ye

[hushed pelican]

i think i messed my pton supps

[thick seal]

why

[polar moss]

this is so ominous bruh

writing essays on new years eve is like so emo tbh

i rememb

er

i was like damn this shit sucks

[amber sphinx]

yea im just waiting till tmrw

[hollow jewel]

yeah im just gonna submit whatever tmr

fuck this

[polar moss]

LMFAO

FUCK IT WE BALL BROTHERS

[hollow jewel]

if its taking me this long to write up a school i wont be a good fit at the school

lowkey just waiting to get lucky too

[amber sphinx]

i dont have as much of a spark with princeton as i did with duke

[amber sphinx]

That’s the right mentality

[polar moss]

guys noooooooo

dont give up

[pine jewel]

It’s pton 😵‍💫

Gonna be submitting tonight tho

[amber sphinx]

Not giving up

I’m just finishing it tmrw

Finished most of it

[pine jewel]

Shld I even apply to Caltech

Is it worth

[amber sphinx]

Lmao

Their clas js like so small

Like 250

[long lake]

Did u guys put a context for the graded paper

Like how do they know if it’s a research paper or an essay exam

[amber sphinx]

I mean they’ll know when they read it

Maybe at the beginning just put like a description of the assignment

[pine jewel]

Yea

Or just title the pdf like “AP Lang Timed RA Assessment”

[amber sphinx]

yea

mine i just attached the rubric

so they know what it is

[pine jewel]

I got no rubric

And only have 2 comments

“Good”

“Delete comma”

💀

My English teachers do nothin

[amber sphinx]

mine doesnt have any comments

it just shows the rubric and the scores i got for each section

[wispy cove]

pton app is due 1/1 11:59 the latest right

not tonight

[upbeat arrow]

SAME LMAO
LITERALLY SAME and I’m submitting it 😭

[upbeat arrow]

Yes I believe so

[hollow jewel]

FUCKING HELL PRINCETON FUCK YOU

THIS SUPP IS SO BAD

[wispy cove]

goddamn

but yes i agree

[polar moss]

bro what

[hollow jewel]

that supp is killign me

the 500 diversity

[wispy cove]

dw bro

i think i shat on it as well

[quiet echo]

I wrote mine on Halloween at a Halloween party 🤑🤑🤑

Nah you bingchilling fr. i submitted mine and had 2 3s LOL

[quiet echo]

Yes

[quiet echo]

Same

[polar moss]

not really

i mean yes

you should sorta have

5s in the relevant ones

but they don’t care that much

[white flicker]

holy sht

i knew princeton aid was good

[quiet echo]

I submitted my 3 in calc as a CS major LOL

[white flicker]

but not this good

[quiet echo]

It’s amazing, I got a full ride

[white flicker]

i feel so loved seeing how much they're offering

[quiet echo]

Fr

[sudden rose]

Better than Stanford?

[white flicker]

do you mind if I pm you? for application advice

[hollow stump]

theyre close i wouldnt know exactly

[cunning vortex]

omg yeah 😭

they have the BEST finaid tho ‼️

[sudden rose]

🫠

[sudden rose]

Lol, let's see, Princeton vs. Stanford

[cunning vortex]

😤 👊

[quiet echo]

What do you need !?

[pine jewel]

the !? is crazy

[pine jewel]

🌲 vs 🐅

[white flicker]

like essay review :3 ?

[sudden rose]

😂

[pulsar sinew]

can anyone say how they interpreted the 500 word supp? I think i messed mine up so badly

[quiet echo]

Stanford fin aid is ass. They’re so harsh on EFC of 0 guidelines compared to Princeton

[quiet echo]

I got so many others I gotta review LOL

[pine jewel]

bro a king W

[pine jewel]

really? i think it may be a case by case basis—my friend w 250k ish income pays like 30k for stanny

[pine jewel]

i kinda just took a large narrative perspective and talked about insights i gained through a common theme

[quiet echo]

Harsher on EFC of 0, not fin aid

[pine jewel]

ah my b

i sped ran what u said

💀

[quiet echo]

EFC of 0 is what gives you a full ride, which I need 😭🙏

[pulsar sinew]

Thank you for ur input

i think i'll just restart another draft and try again

[near arrow]

for the 500 word one i tried to take one of my really good 225 ones from MIT and expand it, but i dont really have enough to add. im prob gonna have to write a whole new essay

[glass ether]

im not sure if i should submit a creative writing supplement. Can it harm your application if it doesnt meet expectations?

[near arrow]

cuz the way im expanding it rn it just sounds like im tacking on stuff

[pine jewel]

i can show u a piece of my essay if u want.

[pine jewel]

ye tbh dw too much imo. j be genuine and it will flow

[pulsar sinew]

that would help, i'm just so stumped rn

[pine jewel]

ye lemme send a snip

[pine jewel]

I sent it to u btw

[white flicker]

would you mind me too?

[pine jewel]

yea sure but idk if i even did it well 😭

[polar moss]

LMAO

[sudden rose]

No lol

[quiet echo]

Yes lol

[sudden rose]

🫠

[quiet echo]

Idk, my EFC for Princeton was 0, but wasn’t for Stanford

I heard Stanford doesn’t consider efc of 0 if you own assets

Stricter than Princeton in that aspect

[sudden rose]

Pretty sure Stanford just updated the cutoff to be higher earlier this year

[quiet echo]

Maybe. Idk about the aid they give, but all ik is their EFC are stricter than Pton, which I need to be 0 for a full ride fr 🙏🙏

[sudden rose]

Hm

Interesting

[quiet echo]

Ye

[hollow jewel]

one last push for princeton then we submitting

[undone sorrel]

Dont u have other schools too

[hollow jewel]

yeah harv and columbia

im gonna finish harv p soon

columbia afterwards

then nap

then pton

and finally submit

[undone sorrel]

All in a day 😭

Warrior fr

[proud brook]

idek how ppl do it, I applied to 12 colleges, and I started writing essays from august, with a 2 week break after EA, yet I finished only in mid-Dec. Princeton took me like 2 weeks💀 . I am not that good at writing essays tho but it is mad impressive how ppl can finish multiple colleges with multiple essays in a day.

[undone sorrel]

Yeah I’m on a time crunch too and I’m not good at writing either they’re mid😭

[tacit cloud]

same situation...

[steel narwhal]

can my game development portfolio be something i can send in the arts portfolio?

i have a video (from my maker portfolio)

[woeful sluice]

are you submittinng two portfolios?

[quiet plover]

hii

im submitting the graded paper

but the comments are on word

should I just submit the word document? would they see the comments

[glass ether]

i just dont want it to seem try hard but i have a writing-related ec so i probably should...idk

[steel narwhal]

na, just one

[steel narwhal]

btw do we put our research publication in the additional information section of commonapp?

if you know

[tacit cloud]

im scared everyones is going to be out of this world but at the same time writing is so subjective

[glass ether]

sure can i dm?

[tacit cloud]

yeah!

[light cradle]

can i submit 25 pages as my written work

[pallid blaze]

bout to start my esassys

yo tf princeton got portoflios?

do they got research portfolio

mane

[polar moss]

average stanford logic

[pallid blaze]

@polar moss Yo wahts ur major

[woeful sluice]

Yes well it should already be in the activities lost and then in the additional info

[steel narwhal]

The whole paper tho?

Or just the abstract

[woeful sluice]

no you should just describe the paper, what you did, how you did, where was it published etc. then give a link to where it was published. You can only submit papers and their abstract to columbia

[steel narwhal]

Yea

But i have already kinda done
that in my honors section

[woeful sluice]

did you post a link in your honors description?

[polar moss]

politics

[pallid blaze]

oh nvm

i was bout to ask

if princeton cs is really bout that

[polar moss]

not really

you’re gonna get a good cs education anywhere

it’s technical knowledge

[pallid blaze]

mm

have you been

to any eating clubs

[polar moss]

don’t need an ivy for that

yeah ofc

they are okay

it’s just a house lol

[pallid blaze]

i downed 10 7 layer burritos when i was 12

[polar moss]

not that interesting

[pallid blaze]

i can clap'

[pallid blaze]

yeah obv

but its

the name

that every1 wants

for most cs colleges

and the internships

[polar moss]

i wouldnt try for pton if you just want the name

and internships

harv/stanf/mit better for that

[pallid blaze]

Yeah princeton seems

Significantly more chin

Than mit

Idk

I think

Hypsm

Other than yale

[polar moss]

there’s a lot to learn here and it’s a liberal arts school

[pallid blaze]

Are all like peak cs name

[polar moss]

and a lot of distributed curriculum so you’re going to be a learning a lot

of different things

[pallid blaze]

Lowkey

Applying to stanford

Becoming a trillionaire

Then dropping out

Is prolly the strat

Dropped out of stanford sounds so hard

Could be a crazy ig bio

[polar moss]

not the attitude to get into stanf lol

rd is hard

[pallid blaze]

we'l see what i get into

if i cheese my way in that would be hype as fuck

with smoe "character" esay

that every1 pulls off

[light cradle]

how do u submit a file bigger than 2000kb

can i do it thru the portal

[manic jay]

You wont get the portal in time

Find a way to make it smaller

I had the same issue

[median root]

Hi, if we want to submit the graded written paper, if we say no in the Common App application do we still need to upload it before the Jan 1 deadline?

[dusty gale]

It’s due before the deadline, meaning at this point, you have to upload it on the common app because you likely won’t get access to your portal (where you can also upload it) before the deadline.

[rose lava]

it's due before the deadline?

are u sure

[median root]

Thank you!

[safe oasis]

guys does requesting an alumni interview improve your chances of getting in?

[dusty meteor]

It's due on the deadline

so submit on common app

[rose lava]

damn it

if i have an ap gov paper that's 8 pages long

should i still submit the whole thing?

[safe oasis]

i just applied to princeton holy hell

https://tenor.com/view/roblox-man-roblox-man-falling-roblox-man-fallin-dream-song-gif-21085593

[safe oasis]

yyyyoull be fine probably. but if you have something thats shorter it might be in your best interest to submit that instead

[woeful sluice]

congratulations!!

[quiet echo]

W

[winter peak]

Can I still get my SAT score in or would I have to go test optional at this point

[pulsar sinew]

I emailed the AO the other day and they said: "All application materials are due by the application deadline of January 1st at 11:59pm, applicant's time.

We will continue to add materials to files as they are received, even after the deadline. If materials are received shortly after the deadline (within a week or so), it will not be a problem to include those materials in the review of your application file. If materials are received after that, we will still add the materials to your file and do our best to review them, although we cannot guarantee it."

[obsidian cobalt]

huh wait were we supposed to send in our SAT scores early

[rose lava]

we need to submit official scores?

cant we just self report

[obsidian cobalt]

yeah i thought we self report first

[steady rock]

please don't tell me I missed the deadline to send in scores

I though we only had to self report

[winter peak]

I think Princeton is one of the only places that need an actual official score report

[rose lava]

do we need to select rush delivery now then

[winter peak]

I’ll suck it up and pay for the fast pass like I did for UMD

[steady rock]

same question

its fuckin expensive

[rose lava]

it says if it's after the deadline not a problem right

do we need fast thing

[soft barn]

yeah i would but idk

[rose lava]

its 31 more dollars 😭

collegeboard stays scamming

[steady rock]

i'll die if i'm not able to send in my 1560

its the only good thing about my app

[winter peak]

Sometimes SAT score reports can take two weeks without rush and sometimes it is fast

You won’t be able to tell for sure

[steady rock]

two weeks to send it over the web?

[obsidian cobalt]

Oh my god princeton

Fuckkk

[winter peak]

A regular report probably would be fine but it is risky

[quaint parcel]

ahhhhh

havent started pton essays submitting today

:/

running a blank even tho all of high school my ec's center around civic engagement

[rose lava]

that was me for the past 4 hours lol

just don’t over overthink it

and write from the heart

[amber sphinx]

anybody wanna read each others supps for feedback

or just read mine idrc

specifically the 500 word ones

oen

[wintry turtle]

This is not asking which program you'd like to double major in right?

IT's just asking what's another field you might be interested in studying?

[quiet echo]

You can’t double major at Princeton

[quiet echo]

Correct

[wintry turtle]

ok good, thx

[polar moss]

there are no double majors

[quiet echo]

You’re so smart and wise lake, tutor me at pton

[quaint parcel]

ugh

my pton song essay is sucking

its so generic

[near vapor]

what should i put for why princeton engineering im in AI/CS

[crude turret]

would anybody be willingly to review my pton responses

[carmine breach]

is submitting a portfolio a plus for your application?

or can it affect it negatively??

[odd oracle]

how long should it take for me to get portal info?

[crude turret]

I don't think it can hurt you, worst thing that happens afaik is the art faculty say its bad

[amber sphinx]

i can review urs if u wanna review mine?

[crude turret]

sure

[amber sphinx]

specifically the 500 word one

okay dm me

[quaint parcel]

hii

Princeton values community and encourages students, faculty, staff and leadership to engage in respectful conversations that can expand their perspectives and challenge their ideas and beliefs. As a prospective member of this community, reflect on how your lived experiences will impact the conversations you will have in the classroom, the dining hall or other campus spaces. What lessons have you learned in life thus far? What will your classmates learn from you? In short, how has your lived experience shaped you? (500 words or fewer)*

for this prompt

did u guys answer all of the above questions

or just how ur lived experiences shaped u

do you need to relate it to the school

mine is like 260 words is that bad

[near vapor]

does anyone know anything unique about princeton's computer science porgram

specifcally related to AI

[wispy cove]

anyones why us essay like 223 words

[quaint parcel]

HELPPPPP

[full crane]

YES RELATE TO SCHOOL A LITTLE

maybe add another anecdote if u have time

i answered the last one obviously, but the other ones were loosely tied in there

bc i wrote very flowery and not explicitly

[full crane]

google!

[near vapor]

bet thanks

[near vapor]

r u commited harvard?

[quaint parcel]

but it just asked how ur experiences sgaped u

[full crane]

no. i got rejected yale

lolz

[hollow jewel]

yeah

[near vapor]

ohh lol unfortunate

[hollow jewel]

relate it to school

its a diversity essay

add in princeton contributions

[full crane]

and what your classmates would learn from you

[hollow jewel]

that should eat up the word count

[quaint parcel]

oh forgot

thanks

[full crane]

it's okay, me and america hater are gonna slay at our other non-yale schools

[near vapor]

💪

[quaint parcel]

yeah we are!! yale doesn't need us but other schools want us ☝️

sooo how would tying my writing back to the school look like?

do i mention clubs, or things to be involved in?

[full crane]

real

[full crane]

correct

so based on your life expereinces, how are you going to contributed to princeton's clubs/programs

[solar sluice]

Could someone look over a supp?

[quaint parcel]

ahhh

@full crane can i get ur feedback on a 50 word skill prompt for pton

[full crane]

yes for sure

dm me

[quaint parcel]

thank youuuuuuu

[ivory kayak]

bro

just submitted with 2 mins to spare

[quiet echo]

You have like 8 hours to spare

[ivory kayak]

nah im in the uk boss

[quiet echo]

They close it 12am PST

[quiet echo]

You still have breathing space

[ivory kayak]

oh fr

[quiet echo]

Commonapp allow you to submit things past the deadline within a couple hours

[quiet echo]

Ye

[ivory kayak]

its all good i didnt rush anything

[quiet echo]

Big dubs

[ivory kayak]

how are you feeling

[quiet echo]

I alr got in lol

[ivory kayak]

shush

jokes thats awesome good for you

[quiet echo]

Lol

[quiet echo]

Good luck to you tho, you got it fr

[ivory kayak]

ahh thanks man

[quiet echo]

What were you A levels

[ivory kayak]

maths, physics, politics, compsci

[quiet echo]

Did you get all A* or what

[ivory kayak]

havent done them yet but all A* predicted

[quiet echo]

Ooh, smart smart I see

You got it easy then

[ivory kayak]

smart enough is the question

[quiet echo]

Yes, I’m pretty dumb myself

[ivory kayak]

cant be that dumb if you got in

[quiet echo]

Got lucky fr

[ivory kayak]

im just traumatised by my stanford rea rejection lmao

cant trust anyone

[quiet echo]

Stanford is mid

[ivory kayak]

fr fr

[quiet echo]

It’s way harder for International to get into US colleges btw

[ivory kayak]

im a US citizen but yeah

[quiet echo]

I would apply to some safety just in case, if you really want to get in

[quiet echo]

Oh deadass

How long have you lived in the UK

[ivory kayak]

whole life

my moms side is from oregon

was just there about a week ago

[quiet echo]

Ohh icic

[peak laurel]

soo as ct if i submit at 12:15 am my time, it would be fine?

[polar moss]

if ur a cs major i can’t help much bro

[quiet echo]

Oh, you’re a pol sci major huh?

[polar moss]

politics

[quiet echo]

Yea, but I would still try and submit it by 12an your time

[quiet echo]

That’s what I meant lol

[hollow jewel]

not getting in 🔥

[polar moss]

🔥🔥🔥

[cosmic crater]

submitted!!

[mellow wind]

What if you live in hawaii

[quiet echo]

You right, 12am hawaii time

[crude turret]

am i shafted if i sent my SAT score today via rush to pton

i didn't realize they weren't self report
so if the score arrives tmr that is okay right?

[solar sluice]

Hi, so im writing an essay for this prompt "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? " could somoeone give me something intersting to add about it.

Specifically about their molecular biology course

[amber sphinx]

What are you supposed to use this for

[limpid harbor]

resume

[near arrow]

on my last supplemental essay finally

ive written 10 in the past 2 days

[quaint parcel]

im screaming

pton is hard

[ocean charm]

For princeton if our teacher did not leave any comments for the graded paper, can we still submit that?

[solar sluice]

could someone read over my supplemental essay?

[dusty ravine]

thank god its over

georgetown time

[crude turret]

which one

[obsidian cobalt]

did anyone reach 500 words

[solar sluice]

the 500 word one

[crude turret]

i'm close

u can dm it if u want

what timezone r u

trying to submit mine too
i'm EST

[solar sluice]

does vpn change timezones?

[crude turret]

uh maybe, i wouldn't play that game tho

they might use the timezone of your address

u can dm it

[winter peak]

Yeah you’ll be fine. They allow for a week

[steady rock]

sent my sat scores without rush, will I be fine?

sent them yesterday

[amber sphinx]

prob

should send on wed

[safe dune]

For Princetons graded paper if ours is over 2 pages should we js cut it off at 2 pages?

[amber sphinx]

no

it says 1-2 pages is sufficient

doesnt mean it has to be 102

1-2

[pulsar sinew]

I think so

They said they'll try their best to put anything that comes in into the application

[solar sluice]

Could someone read over my princeton essay?

supplemental

[amber sphinx]

ill read urs if u read mine

[peak laurel]

they will accept my application if i submit within 1-2 hours of the deadline right????

and not automatically reject it?

[obsidian cobalt]

^ sm1 answer

[amber sphinx]

bro why yall taking the risk

just finish it asap

[steady rock]

okay I was worried

college board are a bunch of thieves

[arctic herald]

if 1-2 pages of a paper is sufficient, if I have like a 6 or 7 page analysis essay, should I just pick out the portions where it's actual analysis and not contextualization?

[rich cargo]

tbh i just submitted my whole thing lmao

idk if that's gonna negatively affect me

and mine was 6 pages

[arctic herald]

perfect, I sent them a film analysis and the front cover is like 20 words

[ocean charm]

if our teacher did not leave any comments for the graded paper, can we still submit that

[rich cargo]

yeah that's fine

@ocean charm they say "The paper should include the course instructor's grade, and comments if your instructor provided any."

[ocean charm]

but the problem is the grade isnt on the paper cuz it was graded seperately

[near arrow]

just submitted my app with a little less than an hour left lmao, cut it pretty close

[rich cargo]

if the grade was written somewhere else then maybe scan that thing too

[rose lava]

same, im just praying

but like i have 3 or 4 pages of citations that i included too 💀

idk if i should have done that

[amber sphinx]

mine was 5 pages including citations

double spaced tho]

[ocean charm]

oh alright

tysm

[rose lava]

when do portals usually release? post app submission?

[amber sphinx]

yea

in ur email

[rose lava]

sorry i meant how long does it usually take after you submit

[amber sphinx]

oh

depends on the school

but i think for princeton a day or two

[rose lava]

oh alr

tysm

[amber sphinx]

yea np

[thick seal]

ngl i love my diversity essay but god

my other essays went down the drain bc of the time i spent on that one

[hollow jewel]

i just submitted everything

im not getting pton either way

no point in making it good

when the rest of ur app isnt as strong

[thick seal]

valid

i'm shotgunning so stupidly today

there was an adversity essay

and i copied in a section i wrote about taking poetry in sophomore year

i have no idea if that counts as adversity

[rose lava]

i feel bad for the princeton ao who’s going to be reading my essay

[wintry turtle]

me 2

[summer spruce]

submitted earlier

imma be oppenheimer fr

[pseudo oar]

u guys got this

[thick seal]

truly

man i’m wondering if i should’ve actually mentioned that i was born in princeton in my essay now

[summer spruce]

eh, i doubt it would have made a difference

[thick seal]

yeah but quirky and romantic

and i wrote about second homes and im thinking if maybe i could’ve worked it in

like my 0th home

like for the yearnings of my soul

[peak laurel]

do you get to see your application pdf? i dont see it

nvmmm

[ripe fractal]

What song did y’all pick for the soundtrack of ur life?

[steady rock]

slint - breadcrumb trail

[glass ether]

i made such a stupid mistake i accidently put the wrong prompt for my graded paper 💀

but i have uploaded the correct one on my portal and emailed them about it with an apology, do you think ill be fine?

[fervent knoll]

wait we need a prompt?

I just submitted a paper

which was just an ap seminar report with a topic free of choice

[fervent knoll]

4'33'', one of the most classic non-classical musical shitposts of all time

[orchid axle]

Irreplaceable - beyonce

[boreal narwhal]

self control by frank ocean but i had a shit response and kinda just wanted to finish it lol

[proud brook]

Little Einsteins Theme song

Don't judge

[quaint parcel]

Wrote these essays in a few hrs yesterday and submitted to spia

😭

[quaint parcel]

Never be like you-flume

[near arrow]

Calc Off - parody by Kyle Choy

[pseudo flame]

Did you guys get confirming email?

[pseudo flame]

I literally said,

---

I am applying to Princeton, "Because I'm Happy" and there is Pharlles' 'Happy' in a loop, "Because I'm Happy"......

---

[orchid axle]

We're going on a trip

[acoustic pasture]

https://youtu.be/zjedLeVGcfE?si=ExUaTHf-AALUFzCY

(I am not joking)

[quaint parcel]

noooo

but man i did the app start to finish in 1 day

[queen veldt]

Does anyone know deadline for Princeton recommendations?

I know it’s Jan 1 on the website but whats the actual deadline

[tough eagle]

Dig a Little Deeper from the Princess and the Frog cuz im basic

[full crane]

a lady gaga song

about hair

it was basic

[crude turret]

Harder Better Faster Stronger Daft Punk

[lapis hill]

omc how bizarre

[odd oracle]

wait when are we supposed to submit sat scores by?

it’s been 2 days and i still haven’t received portal info

[steady rock]

💀 you have to submit official score reports

by this week I think

[odd oracle]

whattt i didn’t even get the portal yet

[steady rock]

why do you need the portal to submit sat scores

[odd oracle]

i didn’t know we had to submit it thru college board

so it would’ve said not received and then i would’ve known earlier!

[steady rock]

oh well you can send it faster for an extra fee

[odd oracle]

where does it say it’s due this week?

[steady rock]

they don't specifically mention sat scores but they say they will accept additional application materials until a week after the deadline has passed

after that they say that they may review what you have sent but can't guarantee it

[ionic fjord]

Has anyone gotten their portal yet? Submitted 2 days ago and nothing yet…

[amber sphinx]

Yea idk I submitted Columbia Vanderbilt Princeton yesterday and got the portal for all except Princeton

[soft barn]

i submitted a couple days ago and got it a day later but they might just be overloaded cuz near deadline

[ionic fjord]

Ok thanks

[polar moss]

dont worry bout it

it is january 2nd dawg

theyll send out portals in due time i am sure

[amber sphinx]

yea u got till march

[ionic fjord]

Well need to upload an art portfolio so

[manic jay]

Same

I got all the other schools except Princeton

[polar moss]

they just like being different and mysterious dw bout it

[peak laurel]

people who applied yesterday, did your application get downloaded?

[amber sphinx]

no not yet

[thorny viper]

it's no big deal

they probably got it there's just a lot of applications

[peak laurel]

got it. ty

also for the graded paper, i did not submit a grade attached to the doc... am i screwed?

[winter peak]

Just send an email to them

[thick seal]

i was gonna do american teenager by ethel cain but then someone told me i wasn’t being pretentious enough for princeton so i overshot and ended up with a song from the new andre 3000 record

[steady rock]

new andre 3000 record was fire

[thick seal]

yeah just straight banger after straight banger

[rose lava]

LMAOOOOOOOO

i pray you did not actually do that 🙏

[tawny jewel]

i did my way by frank sinatra 😭

i thought it was clever

[rose lava]

i don't think they care that much about the song choice tbh it's more what you write about it

[thick seal]

lmao it wasn’t pure garbage

i wrote about how this fall has been really reflective for me and i’ve picked up new interests

[rose lava]

no way you actually picked the fucking flute shit

[thick seal]

despite the expectations kind of roaring in my ears

[rose lava]

that's incredible

gl hf

[thick seal]

im ngl

i was so fucking terrified last night that i actually was playing the flute music to calm down

[cosmic cobalt]

i chose a song from a hulu tv show LOL

[rose lava]

it's a good album

[rose lava]

what show 😭

bro is about to say chicago by sufjan stevens from the bear

[cosmic cobalt]

empire

NO

LOL

[rose lava]

oh no way

idk about that one man 😭

[thick seal]

do kinda wish i’d gone for an ethel song though

[rose lava]

i picked a bon iver song

[thick seal]

LMAO

[cosmic cobalt]

i wrote a nice thing tho

[rose lava]

american teenager is fucking fire

[thick seal]

sensible

[rose lava]

i should have picked it tbh

[thick seal]

praise mother ethel fr

LMAO wait i totally should’ve put gibson girl and ptolemaea on my columbia list

[rose lava]

i almost picked a kanye song

thank god i had a change of heart maybe i would not have gotten in

[thick seal]

LMFAO

[rose lava]

this was like last year right as he went even more insane as well

[thick seal]

i picked “buypolodisorder” initially but then i got worried that they’d notice the kanye reference

[rose lava]

LMAO

i wonder what % of song choices are taylor swift songs tbh

lowkey might be around 10%

[thick seal]

soooo many definitely

would put money on tons of radiohead and queen too

very “princeton” i feel like

[rose lava]

im a creep im a weirdo i belong at princeton

[thick seal]

LMAO

[rose lava]

everyone here is a weirdo

can confirm

[thick seal]

maybe i should’ve done everything in its right place

[rose lava]

some are creeps too

[thick seal]

that’d be poetic right

[manic jay]

I picked vivir mi vida by marc anthony 😭😭

[ripe fractal]

Wow wasn’t expecting so many replies to the soundtrack question lol

I have one that would be so good if they keep the prompt

But I’d be scared that a bunch of other ppl are doing the same one

[thick seal]

which one? if your explanation is interesting that’s what matters and also you could totally list it in columbia’s lmao

[pulsar sinew]

i chose a louis armstrong song 😀

Yeah dw as long as the explanation is personalized to u and is good ur fine

[orchid axle]

Lol i was wondering the same thing

[ripe fractal]

I’ll dm you

[glass ether]

whats an art reference supposed to include?

[wet pilot]

I went to my parents music for my song, and did a song called Human Behaviour by Bjork. Maybe silly, but it was that or Shake it Of by Taylor Swift lol

[rose lava]

fire

was gonna do the same but

the song names are so wack

[quaint parcel]

got my portal

[quaint parcel]

love this song

[quaint parcel]

this is fire too

[dusty meteor]

Same

@quaint parcel you applied Emory right

Have you received portal ?

[quaint parcel]

yh I just got my portal now 😭

applied a day late due to tech issues

[manic jay]

Wait when did yall submit

[dusty meteor]

When I saw your message I checked and saw my portal too

[quaint parcel]

but they extended the deadline

[dusty meteor]

Like 6 minutes ago

[manic jay]

I submitted 12/31 and didnt get a portal

[quaint parcel]

i submitted like 11pm et

the day of

[manic jay]

Nevermind im fucking lying

I just got the email

[dusty meteor]

LMAO

guess they mass released

[manic jay]

Real

[dusty meteor]

@manic jay Emory portal ?

[manic jay]

Now just waiting on duke

[manic jay]

I applied 12/4 so got it a while back lmao

[dusty meteor]

Mad at duke and NYU for saying they’ve received my app but not giving me a portal

Trash !

[manic jay]

Also submitted nyu on 12/4

[dusty meteor]

Bugger off !

[manic jay]

When ur done why not submit

[quaint parcel]

nothing like submitting apps the day they're due

[manic jay]

Today will be my first time lmao

I submitted 7 apps on 12/31

💀

[quaint parcel]

even tho u had the whole thing done for a solid month lol

[quaint parcel]

haha

[manic jay]

Brown and northwestern timere

[quaint parcel]

yeah same!

[manic jay]

Have u started

I need to get offline and do them but i dont wanna

[amber sphinx]

Aren’t they due today?

I lowk might do brown

[manic jay]

Yes

I need to start the brown video as well

[amber sphinx]

Oh shit

I forgot there’s a video

Is it required

[manic jay]

19 portals in my google bookmarks

[quaint parcel]

half way thru with brown and didnt do nu yet

but prompts are reusable so

[half iron]

My Princeton checklist says they haven't received the SAT score report but other colleges seemed to have received it? P.S. I just got my Princeton portal

Should I be worried or should I wait?

[cosmic cobalt]

Did you send it through the agency?

[half iron]

I sent it through college board

[dusty gale]

It may take time for the portal to update. There’s also a chance that college board didn’t send your scores yet specifically to Princeton.

[half iron]

Thank you, I will wait for a few days then

[quaint parcel]

noooo 😭

the author i wrote my music short answer appearantly dug back up her dead cat and used the bones

[dusty meteor]

dw they arent gonna research the music artist

literally do not have energy or time

[manic jay]

yea lmao

they just wanna hear your reasoning

[tough eagle]

Guys for my LOCI if I got promoted to first trombone at my local band do I put that in?

Nothing impressive but I’m proud of it

[late pollen]

bro

do they need this like

right now

i dont want to dump more money and get rejected

holy shit i do,.. ,., ,.., .,., ..

fucking bastard college board charging me money to send the scores on the exam i already paid them to take

"grr it's so fucking hard for us to literally just send this one number" shut the FUCK up college board

ingame

[wintry turtle]

i hope not cuz i did the regular send

not the rush send

[late pollen]

same

💀

i ain't payin up 31 bucks for this dogshit

mad?

[pseudo oar]

its fine

[quiet echo]

me fr

[quiet echo]

facts

[charred elbow]

hi im confised

if i schedule this can i still get a normal intervirw?

im worried that if i click w my interviewer in one of these events our convo will be cut short

[uneven bloom]

that looks like ur actual interview

[charred elbow]

bc shes said shes still working on interview assignments so im confused

[uneven bloom]

Oh right I see your point

[uneven bloom]

you can ask for clarification but it looks like

if you sign up for that, it'll be your actual interview

but if you don't then you get assigned to a person who may or may not be available in-person

[polar moss]

this is normal

its just forefficiency

[polar moss]

💀

but ur already committed to psych ward class of 2028

[polar moss]

LMFAOOOOOO

yall are so funny

i was literally neurotic last year i understand

[tardy fiber]

i didnt know you had to send official ACT scores ot princeton

[amber sphinx]

Yea most ivies don’t

Dk why Princeton being weird

[solid briar]

theyre special ❄️

[tardy fiber]

I sent it smh

[tough eagle]

I’m being fr

[polar moss]

no its good

give them what ur proud of

[tough eagle]

ok

[open ember]

bruh Princeton interview

[rose lava]

my princeton interviewer is super weird

in a cool way

gonna be an interesting interview lol

[urban sinew]

How so

[hollow jewel]

bro

i beat @warm needle in clash royale

and he had 9500 trophies

tatty i used no spells

i had inferno tower only

werent u top 3 at ur peak

id like to 1v1 u haha

[urban sinew]

Lmao nice

[urban sinew]

For level one

[hollow jewel]

do u still play?

ohh

thats insane

wtf

[urban sinew]

Not actual clash

For actual I was top 5k

I don’t play anymore but I’ll give you a 1v1

[warm needle]

I am not 9500

I uninstalled clash Royale

[hollow jewel]

bruh what are u then

[hollow jewel]

nah its fine lmao

[warm needle]

6k?

[hollow jewel]

ill accept ur request

in a bit

[warm needle]

I quit cr tho

[hollow jewel]

oh

[warm needle]

I deleted it

[urban sinew]

To be fair trophies don’t mean anything anymore

Only path of legends really matters

[hollow jewel]

then how do u determine

oh

[hollow jewel]

ill 1v1 u in a bit

accept ur req

[urban sinew]

Sounds good lmk when

[hollow jewel]

yh btw did u put ur yt channel

for princeton ec

[urban sinew]

Nah just in additional info

[rose lava]

i checked his linkedin

it's pretty interesting

def gonna be a wack interview

• i fucked up my essays anyways so i dont really care too much

[urban sinew]

Lol

[tacit cloud]

omg...

im a prospective eng lit major and my interviewer did applied physics 😭😭help

[tough eagle]

doesnt matter im a prospective mecheng major and my interviewer did econ

[thorny viper]

i'm math and my interviewer was SPIA

we vibed and had a good time, don't worry about it

[tawny jewel]

can someone pls explain the graded written paper thing

like

is there a specific paper i should choose?

are they looking for a good grade, mediocre grade, etc??

[steady rock]

Im sure they want a good grade

not sure what specific papers you have

we dont have any such written papers so I just wrote one and asked my teacher to give some (positive) comments on it

[tawny jewel]

hmm

well i have my world religions IA

does the grade need to visibly be present?

[steady rock]

idk

[tawny jewel]

it should

The paper should include the course instructor’s grade, and comments if your instructor provided any.

[steady rock]

I just attached the teacher comments along with it

she did not grade it

bcz it was not for a class

[tawny jewel]

uh

[manic jay]

It was due jan 1

Did u get an extension

[tawny jewel]

no, the paper can be submitted after

on commonapp you can just click

[steady rock]

no it was due jan 1 only

[tawny jewel]

"send in paper after" or whatever the box says

[steady rock]

it can be submitted after if u submitted the app before jan 1

[tawny jewel]

oh yeah

my app is submitted

i just didnt have a paper handy so i decided to wait to submit the paper

[steady rock]

its fine probably

they have a grace period of one week

[tawny jewel]

its definitely fine 👍

[steady rock]

but you should submit now

[steady rock]

I don't have perms but the deadline for graded written paper is jan 1

[manic jay]

It said everything due jan 1 on the website

[manic jay]

Yea i seen that too

They prob provide a grace period tho

[steady rock]

yea

[cosmic solar]

is graded written paper mandatory or is it "optional" or is it truly optional

[manic jay]

Mandatory

[cosmic solar]

but this??

[manic jay]

At this time

You can submit on common app

[cosmic solar]

oh

[manic jay]

Or on your portal

But it’s required

[cosmic solar]

interesting

[dusty meteor]

submit now ngl

[manic jay]

Yea lol it was due jan 1

[sharp rover]

Out of curiosity, does Princeton have a minimum SAT score?

Cuz like I know someone who got rejected last year with strong olys but low (1460) SAT.

[tough eagle]

I don’t think so

They’re ‘holistic’

[manic jay]

Dont submit a 1460 to pton

[obsidian cobalt]

Yeah

[pulsar sinew]

The paper can be submitted after to the portal before the deadline I'm p sure and Commonapp gives the option to submit before (b/c the portal might not become available). All stuff is due January 1st according to the web, but if you sent stuff before the 1st (like SAT) and arrives soon, then it's fine.

[rose lava]

I know people who got in with a 1460