#Princeton University (2024-2025)

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old turtle
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we are asked to write a report about the interview that reflects our impression of you. Show what you're passionate about and that immediately makes the interviewer's job easier.

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I don't care what you wear, but it's always better to err on the side of formal

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because impressions

humble stream
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lets go princeton university 🔥

ionic siren
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but again, does being well-informed ever hurt?

old turtle
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I'm about to play volleyball for 3 hours. I'll write something now comprehensive after

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But basically, I think you can have 2 kinds of interviewers, one who wants to write a report and is interviewing you to write as good as report as they can. The other one doesn't care and just wants to talk about themselves or whatever

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I want to write a strong report and advocate for you, so any time I spend talking about Princeton is time I'm not spending learning about you

ionic siren
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i completely agree with everything you say, its definitely the place to focus more on yourself

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however to the other students in the thread i would still say dont get caught out of left field because the question does pop up, this is purely anecdotal of course but in 3/3 of my interviews ive been asked why the school, including princeton

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wait no 4/4

old turtle
sterile terrace
vestal pilot
old turtle
errant vine
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guys does anyone know when theyll process fafsa

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for fin aid

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or like how fafsa affects ur fin aid final decision

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/amt

wise marsh
sterile terrace
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I think I cooked on the interview 😈

median zealot
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because princeton's financial aid offer is independent of fafsa

sterile terrace
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Gl! I just had mine a few hours ago and it wasn't too bad

lost briar
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you got this!!

tired zealot
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you got this!

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also quick question for the pton app -- how long does it take for them to process SAT/ACT scores sent hru official score send?

errant vine
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in my case it said received on my portal like 2-3 days after

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but they kept taking scores even after the deadline in my case

tired zealot
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ah okay i only sent it like ~2-3 days ago

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cause i lowkey didnt realize it needed to be cb

errant vine
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idk how long they will still end up taking them

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but if in doubt u can alwaus email admissions (this is what i did) in my case it was like 2 days after the deadline and i sent mine in on the deadline or i think the day after maybe

haughty wagon
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@past venture HOW DID IT GO

old turtle
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might still be going 😅

old turtle
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did they ask you "why Princeton" 😅 ?

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Lol, maybe I should start asking that

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I guess I like asking more open ended questions

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It does

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I'm always looking for a way to just freestyle the conversation, so any way to enter that is helpful

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Interviewing is a skill

lost briar
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manifesting for my interview 🙏

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did you do it in person?

old turtle
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interviewing is a skill because there's some people where you just wind them up and they go. The skill part is when they aren't so talkative and you have to ask follow-up questions to extract just that little bit more, or being able to recognize when an interview might not be going well and being able to rescue it or ... smooth things out

old turtle
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that's great!

tired zealot
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that sounds like it went so well!

frail meadow
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. 🕯️ 🕯️
🕯️ 🕯️

🕯️ Princeton 🕯️

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         🕯️      🕯️
mild spire
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Does Princeton accept superscores from ACT?

jade sage
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I sent two scores though

mild spire
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Shoot that's the score I sent

jade sage
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Same composite but different breakdowns

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You’re probably fine, I think they can see the individual composites as well

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Is it listed as received on their portal?

mild spire
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Yes

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But idk if their automated system checks if the score is a superscore or a single sitting

jade sage
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You’re probably fine, but you could email if you want to

lost briar
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** ** 🕯️ 🕯️
🕯️ 🕯️

🕯️ Princeton 🕯️

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         🕯️      🕯️
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ive removed the period

mild spire
jolly wasp
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when should i send the loci

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is there an exact deadline or smth

ashen burrow
mild spire
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Let's go I got an interview

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Ah yes the floor is made out of floor

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old turtle
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wtf.

heavy breach
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no interview yet...

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vgh

zealous forge
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I have gotten no interviews from anywhere 😭

neon prairie
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Got Princeton interview

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Wisconsin

heavy breach
tired zealot
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i also just got a pton alumni interview yesterday!

neat kestrel
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Nah bruh I’m cooked interview was kinda trash

humble stream
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i doubt the interview has huge bearing over your decision tbh

broken vortex
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opted out 🔥

tiny peak
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Where do u sumbit loci

frail meadow
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i so badly want a math major princeton interview

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please if ur a math major and u attend princeton please hmu

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ur my goats

snow pewter
ionic siren
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ik this is princeton but yale explicitly says if it's just average it doesnt hurt you and they just ignore it

old turtle
fair marsh
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its interview season isnt it

vestal pilot
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yes but the princeton in australia committee sends one email and goes AWOL

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😍

wary wasp
vestal pilot
wary wasp
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17th

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first in person one!

vestal pilot
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ffs

vestal pilot
wary wasp
vestal pilot
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urgh

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ok lmk how it goes

wary wasp
vestal pilot
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@wary wasp i might

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actually

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enroll

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at unsw

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💀

wary wasp
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HELP

vestal pilot
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until september

wary wasp
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can you do that??

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i toght you needed a uac offer

vestal pilot
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yes the girl who topped ext 2 last year and is in oxford rn

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did that

wary wasp
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whoaa

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oh wait yes

vestal pilot
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she mightve had a uac offer but still idk

wary wasp
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i do think that there are still offer rounds

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i know in vic there still are rounds

frail meadow
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@xiouxiou

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heyyyy

ionic siren
fair marsh
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did you get like an older alumni?

ionic siren
fair marsh
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Hoping the best for you

ionic siren
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thank you graham 🤞

fair marsh
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ofc ofc

vestal pilot
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princeton pls let me in i want your library

ionic siren
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i got the old person humor tho 😔

steep thistle
fair marsh
steep thistle
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My first semester gpa is cooked I’m Ngl

fair marsh
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We will be fine trust (cuz me too)

steep thistle
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Cooked

fair marsh
old turtle
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xouixoui

old turtle
frail meadow
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mb

tiny peak
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Does Princeton prescreen for interviews

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What’s schools prescreen

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Just those two right

ionic siren
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no schools explicitly say they prescreen i believe

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quote from the podcast:

“It’s not that if you’re getting an interview, it’s because you’ve moved on to the next round and everything is going to then hinge on the interview report. We don’t really use them like that.”

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"It’s also not the case for Yale that it’s a second round, or a second stage, or anything like that."

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i dont believe so

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its all subreddit ppl that say it

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yeah i feel you

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im just telling you what the school is saying

open lotus
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near seattle

ionic siren
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well, like harvard regional alumni say off-the-record, in impacted areas where there isn't availability for everybody, then they only get the most competitive ones

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but officially neither school says it

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make do with that whatever you want

cosmic notch
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Anyone done the Princeton interview here if so how did it go ?

frail meadow
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PRINCETON I WANT U TO INTERVIEW MEEEE

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UR THE ONE I WANT UR THE ONE I NEED

old turtle
ionic siren
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😭

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qhasti after writing the greatest alumni report of all time

old turtle
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lol, I only got 3000+1000 characters? Something like that

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I know people like to meme on the JFK essay, but I think something like this is cooler

ionic siren
misty bison
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Gang

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what does this mean

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this isnt my Mid year

old turtle
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did you submit optional materials?

dusk forge
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princeton tries to interview everyone right? as in they dont do a preread first and just depends on alumna availability

fair marsh
split reef
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💀

ancient blaze
cosmic notch
misty bison
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Thats a first?

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dont tell me this is a sign 😭 😭

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i cant after stanford 💀

ancient blaze
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First time seeing this

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☠️

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Lol

ancient blaze
misty bison
split reef
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guys

split reef
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u can see what form they uploaded on common app right

ancient blaze
split reef
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its jst them uploaded ur grades for either the first quarter or first sem

misty bison
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like an award i won from an intl comp

split reef
old turtle
old turtle
ashen burrow
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optional report?

split reef
ashen burrow
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LOL

split reef
old turtle
split reef
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well our DPC

twin adder
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yeah i did

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my ao was so funny

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he was like

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o'h yeah i

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remember you

ashen burrow
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state ao 💀

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what is a state ao

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theres one ao for the entire state?

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huh

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state ao as in like

twin adder
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sometimes

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depends on state populationp

ashen burrow
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the person who reviews apps for that state???

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how tf

twin adder
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u can find all info on website

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usually its like a few states or something

ashen burrow
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which one

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is it like

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midwest

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oh

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ok

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state's ao for yale or pton

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dope

split reef
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they released that

Screenshot_2025-01-15_at_23.35.47.png
old turtle
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Is this from admissions or the freshman survey?

neon prairie
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This only adds up to around 700

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Is their class that small

split reef
old turtle
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1411 enrolled

split reef
twin adder
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mine is like 1368

old turtle
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Mine was little over 1000

neon prairie
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Shit

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I'm cooked

split reef
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yeah

split reef
ionic siren
ionic siren
neon prairie
cosmic notch
ionic siren
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HI JENI

ashen burrow
heavy breach
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66 TX 💀

ashen burrow
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deadass

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the dean of admissions herself reviews all the applications from specifically the town of princeton if i remember correctly

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so

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no i think new jerseyans just have an edge due to proximity

daring cobalt
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In the CDS, you can see they got a LOT of applicants from NJ. Admission rate looks about the same as the rest of the US.

subtle rivet
ionic siren
ashen burrow
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south dakota is also 0

ashen burrow
subtle rivet
old turtle
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NJ is high because of a lot of professor's kids

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same reason Harvard is a lot of MA - lots of professor's kids go to those schools

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if you remember the post from a few weeks ago where they were like, "most of the student population at Harvard went to high school at 10 different schools!!!!" or something like that

daring cobalt
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At least with Princeton, the admission rate for class of 2027 (entering fall 2023) for state of NJ was 5.3% and from the rest of the US is 5.1%. So, maybe a couple of professor kids that bump the rate slightly, but I wouldn't have said this was highly material. I think NJ kids just apply at a higher rate.

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Yield from NJ is a bit higher, though

frail meadow
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is there a way to see this year's recruited athletes

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for princeton

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acc i'm js being delusional

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god being from a small state makes you so delusional i feel like

humble stream
frail meadow
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oh yea

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good idea

humble stream
frail meadow
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under 10 admits

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i can't say because

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i'd get doxxed

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none yet

humble stream
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oh yeah the class of 29 page is lowkey dead

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someone in my area committed for soccer tho

frail meadow
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i think i'm obsessing too much

humble stream
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idrk why youd want to see athletes tbh

frail meadow
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i suspect that top schools only accept single digit number of people from my state

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and my state is really athletic

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like for cornell, two people committed for a certain sport

humble stream
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ah i see

frail meadow
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so i don't think there are gonna be anymore cornell admits

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for RD

humble stream
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yeah dont overthink it theres nothing you can do now

frail meadow
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yeah fr

humble stream
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even if they took a bunch of athletes from your state qualified is qualified

dusk forge
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i got email notifying me that i will be contacted by someone for interview

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i dont have to reply to this email right? i presume its just automated

humble stream
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yes you dont need to reply

frail meadow
humble stream
# frail meadow wdym

the number of people that got in already will only minimally affect your situation if you are qualified to apply to pton already

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theyre not gonna hard cap the number of people per state

frail meadow
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ig but lowkey if i was in bay area i'd get mogged

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hard

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so i'm relying on the "oh this is a math kid from this state without math people wow so cool plus we need representation from this state" 💀

humble stream
white marten
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Guess who’s back

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Back again

old turtle
white marten
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Tell a friend

old turtle
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I like the nickname change right after your message

white marten
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lol

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I’m flittering back and forth to

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So people still recognize me

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But I can also move away from being named after the place I live

old turtle
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where you're from is part of your identity, but your skills and capabilities are your brand

ionic siren
subtle rivet
old turtle
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eh, I went what... 6 months before someone here found my whole name

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5 months for my first name

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(all with my consent of course)

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er.. I volunteered it

ionic siren
subtle rivet
old turtle
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I was/am still very private about my personal details. I guess it's ultimately not a big deal

crimson jackal
old turtle
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I deleted it right after lol

crimson jackal
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but i'll always know...

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god I forgot your age though

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you told me

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and I forgor

old turtle
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I figure a year-ish or later, I'm gonna meet some of you in person and it won't matter 😅

crimson jackal
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ME FIRST

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WILL YOU PULL UP

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2026 REUNION

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PULL UP QHASTI

old turtle
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I don't plan that far in advance 😅

crimson jackal
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just say you never want to meet

old turtle
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nah, I do want to meet y'all at least once 😅

humble stream
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it is weird to think that there is a point where i wont know you guys by your pfps but ur faces 😭

ancient blaze
crimson jackal
humble stream
crimson jackal
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i am 4

humble stream
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prodigy!

crimson jackal
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of course i am

crimson jackal
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I was looking for a pic of 17 year old me

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but nothing will ever beat that baby pic

humble stream
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tbh i think i just need better pics

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i would have posted on that princeton 29 account if i had more than one nice photo

crimson jackal
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YESSS

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I have 0

humble stream
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maybe i have to go outside for once 😓

humble stream
crimson jackal
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if we meet for preview I'll take nice pics of you

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LOLLL

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wtf

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literally the same thought

humble stream
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same wavelength 😜

old turtle
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is that prefrosh weekend?

crimson jackal
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its a tuesday

drowsy oracle
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@crimson jackal what's your sat/act score?

humble stream
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michael jackson cutting straight to the chase 💀

drowsy oracle
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@humble stream wbu haha

old turtle
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me next!

ionic siren
clear yoke
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I’m about to submit my LOCI

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(I know it’s late)

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But just wondering if I should include how the past 2 months have been surrounded by applying to Oxford and the process of tests/interviews which took up almost all my time

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kind of a shame considering I only have like 5 things to say that I’ve done between submitting to now 😭

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not to mention I’ve had final exams

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with final coursework submission

white marten
clear yoke
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I started it yesterday as I had finals

humble stream
humble stream
white marten
humble stream
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loll testings not the end all be all anyway so

white marten
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True

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But you’re in and I’m not, so it’s significant component to say the least

sudden sky
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When do you start getting interviews?

frail meadow
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princeton interview please

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🙏🏽

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i watched oppenheimer again to manifest princeton

humble stream
frail meadow
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they needed someone minty

clear yoke
old turtle
frail meadow
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i need to watch squid game season 2

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and those movies

wise cape
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hope u get the interview

ancient blaze
frail meadow
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fr

drowsy oracle
weak thistle
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I just got a princeton interview email

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is that a good sign?

ancient blaze
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(we still waiting no?, ☠️)

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Awh.
Just me when no interview ☠️🥹

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And Harvard*

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☠️🥹😭

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I jus wan Harvard soon and Yale 😭

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Duke maybe not that imp

ancient blaze
ancient blaze
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Us

frail meadow
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please princeton

crimson jackal
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I had a 36

ionic siren
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nice

zealous forge
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I haven’t gotten a single interview

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From anywhere 😭

ancient blaze
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Us man us

zealous forge
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I’m in state for Princeton 😭

vestal pilot
zealous forge
tiny peak
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Are in person or virtual interviews better

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If given the choice

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@old turtle which would u prefer also like if in person what do u recommend bringing

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Sorry never had any experience in this before

old turtle
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people have brought resume's in the past. I give it a look and give it back

tiny peak
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Thank you!

tiny peak
tiny peak
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Oh fr

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Omg

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So she has two last names

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So I assumed the last one was like

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So should I just say ms last name

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Is that a safe bet

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I always have a female interviewer

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Well I am female but like

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lol

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The my interviewer is humanities and I’m stem

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So idk how I’m supposed to speak

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Cuz lowkey I hate history

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And her major is history

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So like

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Same I couldn’t find her LinkedIn only a book on history she wrote

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Britian related appear

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I’m doomed

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Idk anything abt history tbh it’s not my fav subject

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Nono

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Actually idk

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Her paper was about

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Barbarians in Britain

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Idk how I’m gna survive lol

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Imagine she pulls out some

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What do u think abt

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To w situation. In Britain’s

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And I’m like

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????

old turtle
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But you can always err on the side of formal

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I have a LinkedIn, I otherwise have no social media presence. Alum of a certain age were on Facebook when it was ivy league exclusive. Also means we got sick of it before everyone else did

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I've interviewed students with a variety of backgrounds. I have friends with a variety of backgrounds, I think what your academic inclinations are, are not important. It's showing that you have a passion and goals

misty bison
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for those who submitted an update in their pricneton portal

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can you guys see this

rustic yoke
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I just got emailed a request for a second Princeton interview

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Is this a mistake or a good thing?

rustic yoke
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Alumni

rustic yoke
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I had mixed feelings abt it since I felt I did well but my interviewer showed barely any emotion until I started asking her questions

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The first one was an individual interviewer and the second one was the head of the Princeton ASC in my area which is why I think it might be a mistake

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For context I live in a large metro area

ancient blaze
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Nope

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Take it

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I don't even have 1 atm 😂

clear yoke
ionic siren
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no, if they offer you a second interview that is normally a good thing

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i got two interviews for harvard

old turtle
ionic siren
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the first interview was so ass

old turtle
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My rationale is... why am I spending my time interviewing kids and writing reports if I'm not going to try my best to give a good interview and write a strong report? The addendum to that over time is to also try my best to ensure that the kid feels good about the interview

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this process is already hard enough as it is, it's not my job to be a gatekeeper

neon prairie
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Wait qhasti ur a Princeton alum right

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I have an interview tmmr, do you have any tips or stuff I should look into Abt Princeton?

old turtle
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build an elevator pitch and talk about your passions/goals

neon prairie
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O yea

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I was thinking more Abt the why princeton side lol

old turtle
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why do you want to go to Princeton?

ionic siren
old turtle
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it happens

ionic siren
# old turtle yeah, that's trash.

whenever i said anything she would explain how i was wrong and she would do it better, and it happened to my friends too because we get the same one 😭

old turtle
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you can complain to the admissions office

ionic siren
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its just funny to me at this point

neon prairie
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/s for obvious reasons

old turtle
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yeah, that's probably what happened. There is always oversight. Princeton's quite proud of the interview process and they want both kids and interviewers to have a good experience because they don't want to discourage kids from coming either

old turtle
neon prairie
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Famous comp scientist

old turtle
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I mean brian Kernighan

neon prairie
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very famous

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What

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Who dat

old turtle
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one of the K's in the original K&K manual defining the C language

neon prairie
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Ah

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I'm more into theory 😭

old turtle
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gotcha

neon prairie
old turtle
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lol

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there's a lot of CS big shots at Princeton. I think the problem is they're a little behind on AI/ML. But that's never been their focus

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it's like... the ImageNet dataset, but that's like 15 years old now

neon prairie
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Bro tarjan teaches a class on graph algorithms

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Imagine not knowing anything about him

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Walking in

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First thing you learn

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"tarjans algorithm"

old turtle
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I thought Michael B. Jordan was the guy for graph stuff

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er, michael I jordan 😅

neon prairie
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Wait lol

old turtle
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the Berkeley dude

neon prairie
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I think one of my profs studied under hin

old turtle
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I thought you were a high schooler?

neon prairie
neon prairie
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Man made a journal

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Just as a fu

old turtle
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yeah, I think there's a story where neural network structures were buried in the 1950s because they thought it couldn't work and it didn't come back to life until the 80s, and it was treated as a niche field until it killed on the imagenet classification task

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basically, smart people are biased as well

ancient blaze
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Add me to the list
With Harvard and Yale too 😭

green finch
old turtle
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we also didn't have the technology to scale it

humble stream
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dw i had like a 45 year old man and he looked scary but he was very sweet

ancient blaze
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While me with no interviewer 😎

old turtle
ionic siren
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old ppl are nice

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they're usually less judgmental i feel

misty bison
# misty bison

bro anyone can see this in their portal?. this is under recent activities.

ancient blaze
ancient blaze
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It's fine

misty bison
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okay

gaunt bay
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lol

vestal pilot
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is it normal to be downbad for firestone library

gaunt bay
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the idea of feeder schools is gone, nepotism only comes from the parents

vestal pilot
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😔

gaunt bay
vestal pilot
gaunt bay
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green carpet low key is a little dirty

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gotta clean that shit

vestal pilot
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and of course the attic

gaunt bay
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the attic is hot af I never go up there

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like the tower or whatever

vestal pilot
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its winter??

gaunt bay
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heat rises

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so

vestal pilot
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oh hm

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okay well it was hella nice in september when i went

gaunt bay
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and people never dress for firestone and always smell

vestal pilot
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crazy statement

gaunt bay
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firestone is nice but I have to go every once and a while so I don't get annoyed

gaunt bay
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many nice (or better) places to study

vestal pilot
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yeah nah ive defeinitely seen lots but didnt get the chance to properly explore/use them

gaunt bay
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chancellor green

old turtle
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There's like... 30 libraries on campus. Most of them have better study spaces than Firestone

frosty umbra
mild spire
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I received an email that an alumni would contact me regarding an interview but haven’t heard anything since. How long does it usually take before someone contacts you?

wary radish
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So, you’re good. Theyre still sending them out

mild spire
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Ah ok

jade sage
#

Princeton interview went really well!

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I feel so much better about it than my Yale interview

green finch
#

When offered in person

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Do I take the offer

ashen burrow
humble stream
green finch
arctic kernel
#

this is a lil random but does anyone know can i take classes from the architecture school while majoring in smth totally different

neon prairie
#

Aight I think I fumbled this obe

simple island
#

hey guys

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what are your sat scores?

tiny peak
severe mantle
#

you can cope I guess

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¯_(ツ)_/¯

white marten
#

Please don’t wear merch that’s so fucking cringe imo

neon prairie
white marten
old turtle
zealous forge
#

same no interview

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its probably because of my low SAT score

rancid lion
#

i dont think princeton prescreens

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so its prob that there wasnt availability

zealous forge
#

I live in nj

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in a city with a population of 250k

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😭

rancid lion
#

dw too much about it

severe mantle
#
  1. He replied to ME
  2. How are you acting like you know more about my school than me
  3. this isn't even debatable information, it's based on pure numbers
old turtle
severe mantle
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And yes I am commenting about princeton... in the princeton thread

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thanks for noticing that

old turtle
#

are you choosing not to be constructive?

severe mantle
#

constructive as in concede?

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iirc I even made sure to mention that I'm not saying this school is easy to get into by any means to make sure you weirdos wouldn't be butthurt about it, but nevertheless you're still crying

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Not sure why what I said would even insinuate that but

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¯_(ツ)_/¯

white marten
severe mantle
white marten
severe mantle
#

?? that's not what I said either

white marten
#

“Constructive as in concede”

severe mantle
#

gotta work on that reading comprehension

white marten
#

When a person says “as in” they are linking two works through similarity

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But this is a waste of my time and energy

severe mantle
white marten
#

No im just dithering tbh

severe mantle
#

this is like a dude who's never seen a conversation outside of SAT reading passages

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Do you seriously analyze a sentence that robotically?

white marten
#

💀

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Is we what you mean now

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But I was just messing with you in the first place 💀

clever perch
#

why is this thread crashing out

rancid lion
#

🗿

grim dock
#

we want out interviews

#

😧

ancient blaze
#

Us 🥲

tired zealot
#

wait okay i had my interview and lowkey the interviewer told me to just ask any questions i had ab princeton

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not even like a tell me about yourself or anything 😭😭

humble stream
tired zealot
#

ohhh okay at least im not alone 😭

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cause that went against all the prep advice ive been told haha

old turtle
#

@severe mantle nobody here cares about your high school or your high school's numbers, this is a place for people to be constructive about Princeton and its applications. Being antagonistic towards other people or Princeton students is not going to fly. Please be considerate and constructive

humble stream
ionic siren
severe mantle
white marten
#

Schlawg just give it a rest

severe mantle
#

You really like spinning it into "keeping it constructive" despite nothing about any of this being focused on being "constructive"

#

Again--I dropped it before, you pinged me to bring it up again

arctic kernel
#

Mate just move on it’s not this deep

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Arguing w mods won’t help

old turtle
#

those were his last words, he chose wisely

white marten
#

Bro left?

neon prairie
#

I'm pretty sure that uh

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It doesn't matter?

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Yea I was panicking too

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I'm wondering if it's like the mit stall tactic

humble stream
#

i got the vibe it was kinda to just open the conversation up fairly comfortably but idk

neon prairie
#

I think in a leaked mit alum interview presentation

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It said if you don't think the candidate would be a good fit for mit

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They should just stall

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By talking about their experiences at the school

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I think my interview was kinda like that but uh

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I was driving the conversation so idt it was the same

humble stream
#

i don’t think it’s similar tbh iirc qhasti said they don’t rlly give guidance on what questions to ask

neon prairie
#

Yea ofc it varies from school to school

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Dartmouth gives a list of questions

humble stream
#

yeah i think if ur interviewer does that dont be worried lol as long as you were an active participant in the conversation and not sitting there in silence listening to them yap about their time at school

neon prairie
#

Idk my interviewer talked a lot

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But it was because of the questions I asked them lol

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So idk if that falls under that category

humble stream
#

nah mine was like that too but if you drove the convo and had exchanges it’s chill lol

tired zealot
#

oh my interviewer told me that she didnt get anyrhing about me excpet my name and email

neon prairie
#

I mean I fucked up one of my supps so it's fine anyways

#

I'm getting rejected regardless

tired zealot
#

and im basically already committed 💀

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i was just curious

neon prairie
#

I'm sorry qhasti I won't be able to get wasted with you in a tent meltingsob

old turtle
#

yeah, Princeton doesn't really give any specific guidance wrt to questions etc. But I will say that the more talking you make me do, the less I learn about you, and the less I learn about you, the less I can write about you in a report

old turtle
tired zealot
old turtle
#

I will also say that some interviewers are more motivated to write good reports than others

tired zealot
#

cause my interviewer basically said "i have nothing to ask you, take this time to ask me any questions you have abt princeton"

old turtle
#

I figure if I'm spending my time, I might as well try my best

neon prairie
#

Is it fair to assume that the interview is weighted very little

old turtle
tired zealot
#

😭😭 helppp

old turtle
neon prairie
old turtle
#

people here have had bad experiences and they got another interview, so there's some oversight in the process

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yes

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I'm writing 3 reports today

humble stream
#

wait qhasti do you know anything about like

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princeton picnics or smth

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my interviewer reached out recently and said to expect an invitation

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but idk what it’s for 😭 he didn’t rlly specify

neon prairie
#

I fucked this schools supps beyond belief

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I'm confident

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That I'll get rejected

old turtle
#

there are local meetups for accepted students run by the local alumni association

tired zealot
#

wait thats so cute

humble stream
#

ooh that makes sense thanks

tired zealot
#

also mint u r committed to pton?

humble stream
#

yes :)

tired zealot
#

ahh congrats :)

neon prairie
#

Nice

humble stream
#

thank u lol but oxford is crazy

tired zealot
#

haha ty!! also every time i see the princeton+oxford combo i just think of the john locke institute 💀

neon prairie
#

Yall are too cracked 😭

tiny peak
old turtle
#

3000 + 1000 characters

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no, just less

#

unlikely

neon prairie
#

Man I wonder if my ecs are unique enough to overcome my shit essays

old turtle
#

no, just that I'm unlikely to have interviewed you

#

the stated policy is that they try to interview all applicants. I don't know how true or what percentage of applicant it actually is

#

not policy... but that's what they tell us

neon prairie
#

Pton is probably one the school id believe

old turtle
#

yeah, I didn't know until joining A2C that other schools are more selective with interviews

neon prairie
#

Btw does ug school matter if ur going to grad school?

neon prairie
old turtle
#

ie. biology

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if you do good research work, that's step one. But if you're like a prospective CS Ph.D., that competition is really high

#

especially in AI/ML since it's the super hot field right now

tired zealot
#

just a quick question, how important is research for grad school admissions? im planning on coming back to the us for grad school but oxfords lack of ug research is the biggest downside i see rn to committing

old turtle
#

what's your field of interest?

tired zealot
#

mainly economics

tired zealot
old turtle
#

what I've seen from students in UK schools is that they compensate with summer research

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our lab takes a bunch of UK students over the summer

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probably because the director is from the UK, but still

tired zealot
#

ohhh that makes sense

neon prairie
#

Uh a professor is able to have a lot more sway in the admissions process tho right

old turtle
#

really depends. smaller programs, professors have more sway, bigger programs there simply isn't space to do it that way

mild spindle
#

guys

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does princeton offer interviews to everyone who wants one

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bc i have not heard back from them yet

tired zealot
#

i think they try to

mild spindle
#

i wouldnt be surprised if i dont get one bc my stats are ass

#

but its ok

neon prairie
old turtle
mild spindle
old turtle
mild spindle
#

not in nyc proper

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in greater nyc

old turtle
# mild spindle nyc

they'll get to you evenutally. Plenty of NYC alumni. There's LOTS of NY applicants so.... yeah

mild spindle
old turtle
#

at least, that's what I expect. I have no authority on the matter 😅

zealous forge
#

I got 4.0 with 1460 which I submitted

#

Students who opt to apply to Princeton without an ACT or SAT score will not be at a disadvantage in our process.

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U have to sumbit it’s only if it’s this

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And my school average day is 860 so that’s kinda why I submitted

jade sage
#

Yeah they don’t superscore so I don’t feel super confident but I tried my best

frosty umbra
green finch
jade sage
green finch
#

ACT they don’t yeah

jade sage
#

Sadly

green finch
#

Tragic

jade sage
#

But my school’s average is low so hopefully that helps

green finch
#

I have mine scheduled

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For like

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Two weeks from now

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Or smth

jade sage
#

But idk, I feel like a lot of the people from my state are just so competitive and I can’t be as good lol

#

Me but with Harvard

vestal pilot
#

theyre not selective dont worry

#

but harvard is somewhat

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you got the selective one stop stressing

green finch
#

what region are you in

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yeah that makes sense

#

princeton doesn't have a lot of alums there

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but harvard and mit prolly do

#

wait and chill

#

still no penn interview 😦

#

my friend didn't get an interview and he got in tho

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so it's chill

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oh gotcha

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Which dual degree

#

damn

#

that's rough

#

1% acceptance rate

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or smth like that

#

I just did SEAS

vestal pilot
#

i cant get the selective ones :(

green finch
#

not sure how selective they are

#

tbh

vestal pilot
#

no im auto rej LMAO

green finch
#

my friend got deferred from purdue but he got a yale interview

#

dunno

#

I think they just give it to people they need more info on

#

so it's an indication that ur comp but not auto admit

zealous forge
old turtle
#

Chill out. I just did 4 Seattle area interviews, I did 2 others for ED. There's maybe 50 volunteers for 500+ applications

#

the kids I interviewed I think submitted their applications before the 1/1 deadline, so yeah. It's a process. Just be patient

#

it's a lot of work for the interviewers as well

ionic siren
#

yeah this is for harvard iirc

tiny peak
old turtle
#

They only say that they try to interview everyone, they don't say when

wise marsh
#

this isn’t true, please don’t spread misinfo like this

old turtle
#

Fiona should know better

vestal pilot
mild spindle
zealous forge
#

I don’t have a single interview btw

#

I’m like thinking I’m rejected for all eh

tender karma
#

I received an interview notification from the admissions offfice on the 6th, but still haven’t received an email from the interviewer themselves. Should I be worried or do anything

fallow bough
#

they said a few weeks tho

old turtle
#

just ping them

fallow bough
#

so im giving it around 3 weeks before i do anything

old turtle
#

don't give it 3 weeks

#

absolutely do not do that

fallow bough
#

oh what

#

💀 i heard from others thats what u should do

#

do u know when around then?

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its been just under 2 weeks

old turtle
#

The deadline for RD interviews is 2/26, you want your interview in ASAP

fallow bough
#

oh shoot ok should i just directly email them then?

old turtle
#

I got my assignments 1/1, and the nuisance e-mail reminders went out yesterday

fallow bough
#

alr ok thanks a lot

old turtle
#

so if you don't hear in a couple days, then I would reply to that e-mail

#

at least to the area coordinator because there should be a couple folks on that robo email

fallow bough
old turtle
#

which region are you in?

ancient blaze
#

Is it possible to get in without interview as an intl?

old turtle
#

there's an e-mail for the ASC program assistant. I would ask them

ancient blaze
fallow bough
old turtle
ancient blaze
fallow bough
old turtle
#

once you get in, it's not the kind of thing that you ask your classmates

ancient blaze
old turtle
#

hey, you're from not around here, did you get interviewed? 😵

ancient blaze
old turtle
#

there's a few current undergrads in here that I believe are international. You could ask them, but I'm not sure

ancient blaze
#

No one from out region has received an invite yet

ancient blaze
old turtle
#

are you the one I asked about earlier who said Pakistan?

ancient blaze
ancient blaze
old turtle
fallow bough
old turtle
#

for obvious reasons, ontario is one of the 8 regions

heavy breach
#

lemme guess its something like BC, alberta, prairies, ontario, quebec, maritimes, newfoundland, and territories?

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tho tbh id be surprised if there were any princeton alums in the territories lol

fallow bough
#

i feel liek there are a lot of us alum in ontario in general

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especially with the abundance in private school kids

heavy breach
#

theres a lot of toronto/waterloo/ubc grads in the US

fallow bough
#

ye that too

heavy breach
#

my cousin from NJ actually went to torotno

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but

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yeah

#

mcgill too

fallow bough
#

oh ye mcgill

#

the harvard of canada lol

heavy breach
#

tbh canada's university culture is weird

#

very land-grant public institution focused

#

I'd say places like Waterloo or Toronto are comparable to like Georgia Tech or Berkeley

#

tho tbh i dont know any school in canada that really has school spirit

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maybe ottawa and carleton?

fallow bough
#

i feel liek its either rlly work hard or rlly play hard

heavy breach
#

i hope canadians learn school spirit from us

fallow bough
#

theres not much in between

heavy breach
fallow bough
heavy breach
#

im from tx

fallow bough
#

oh what

#

ur not intl?

heavy breach
#

but like ive lived in the US for a long time

fallow bough
#

ohhh ok ye that makes sense

heavy breach
#

at most places yes. not at UT, Udub, or UC. harvard/pricneton dont even consider nationality at all

#

anyways that mostly affects finaid consideration. im still read with TX students iirc

#

yeah

#

udub literally emailed me to change my residency to domestic ll

#

all OOS students at UC are full pay

#

so

#

except for regents but u have to b gigacrcked for regent

#

yah but uc doesnt prefer oos students at all

fallow bough
#

dont ucs love full pay intl students 😭

#

gotta make bank somehow

heavy breach
#

UCs really prefer in-state applicants

#

pay isnt a consideration at all

#

most public schools will admit you regardless of if you can afford

grim dock
#

GOT AN INTERVIEW

#

HOLY

#

Wait does it mean anything

#

Like Yale and Harvard

mild spire
#

I think it's only based on availability for Princeton

zealous forge
#

wait so what mail did pton send at jan 6th

#

I never got anything

mild spire
#

They just said to expect an alumni to contact you at some point

subtle rivet
#

bad sign?

zealous forge
#

yea same

grim dock
#

u only get it if theres an interviewer nearby i think

#

its more of like a heads up notice

zealous forge
#

ah alright I live in a very populated area so im kinda suprised we dont have one nearby

arctic kernel
#

I’m in a small town but mine was virtual

mild spire
subtle rivet
old turtle
wise cape
#

just found out that Princeton doesn't allow self-reporting SAT scores, submitting them rn lol

vestal pilot
wise cape
#

I hope it'll arrive in time

weak thistle
#

I got the email for the interview, but I still didnt get like the email from the actual interviewer

boreal sundial
#

I forgot to submit my official SAT to Princeton--is there any point submitting them now

grim dock
heavy breach
humble stream
#

real

woeful trout
#

when do you have to submit financial info for princeton

subtle rivet
old turtle
#

February 1: Applicant deadline: RD Financial Aid application DUE

ancient blaze
#

CONGRATSSSS

ancient sky
#

my friend who goes to the same hs as me also got her interview today meaning i might get one too!!!

weak thistle
#

bro my interviewer is from a school in my country

#

and she goes ti harvard law school now

old turtle
#

you mean certificates?

#

what combination?

subtle rivet
#

Idk why Princeton doesn't allow double majors

#

So annoying frr

old turtle
subtle rivet
old turtle
#

pretty much. The certificate/"minor" just indicates you took enough courses in that department to qualify for that certificate

#

I think there's some talk about calling it a minor, but I think department egos would get in the way of that

#

besides, your senior thesis represents your personal work. you pretty much can do whatever you want to

frail meadow
#

when do they stop sending out interviewers

old turtle
#

reports are due by 2/26, so ... 2/25? I've gotten a few interviews to do the weekend before the due date because of conflicts of interest that got reported late

#

I mean, at the RD deadline, the coordinators get a massive number of students into the portal while they only have a much smaller number of volunteers who've agreed to do "x" interviews. It takes time for get through that list and things can get slowed down for a variety of reasons.

old turtle
#

huh?

wanton kernel
#

still havent gotten an interview 😭

zealous forge
#

Did u get a mail on the 6th?

heavy breach
#

oh wait nvm thats what harvard said

mild spire
versed sail
#

:C

#

:DDD

old turtle
#

what's wrong with that?

versed sail
#

i also wrote about me being an npc in my personal statement

old turtle
versed sail
#

i am cooked 😭

old turtle
#

that's awfully specific

frail crane
versed sail
#

i am cooked

#

my sat is like 1200

frail crane
#

did you apply to princeton?

versed sail
#

yeah, i got a 3.0 gpa

#

i am cooked;(

#

😭

frail crane
#

if you manifest it you could probably get in 🙏

versed sail
#

thank you bro

#

❤️

wary radish
#

Whats TO

uneven drum
#

test optional

wary radish
#

Listen

#

Google said transfer option

#

😭

#

Atp thats my best bet

old turtle
#

did you apply to safeties?

ionic siren
#

of course

zealous forge
#

Princeton isn’t TO

frosty umbra
#

at least for now

zealous forge
#

Wait what really?!

#

Oh Damm I didn’t have submitted my 1460

loud yew
#

anyone get interview so far?

green finch
#

I did

#

Scheduled for february

arctic kernel
loud yew
#

which major your guys applied? I still didn't receive my interview email, I applied physics major

zealous forge
#

I did meche

#

Still haven’t received any mail

arctic kernel
#

I did spia

weak thistle
#

Hey guys

#

should I refer to my interviewer by their first name or last name

#

their like 25 years old

old turtle
#

refer to them by whatever way they introduce themselves. If they didn't introduce themselves, then Mr./Ms. will suffice

ionic siren
wanton kernel
old turtle
#

my gut is that they went by order you applied in

worn owl
snow pewter
#

how was it?

worn owl
#

he just asked the basic questions like 'tell me abt yourself' 'why princeton' 'why usa' 'what do u do in ur spare time' + follow ups

#

but he was on a tight 30m schedule so i only got to ask him 2 questions rip

vestal pilot
worn owl
vestal pilot
old turtle
vestal pilot
#

bro pulled out the fact that his entire bloodline is from princeton

vestal pilot
worn owl
#

thats insane

vestal pilot
#

did he not for you

worn owl
#

nah