lyonessrampant Posted February 18, 2009 Posted February 18, 2009 Apparantly, Princeton is calling now too. . . they must cycle with Yale
Boz Posted February 18, 2009 Posted February 18, 2009 *Sigh* Princeton was one of my top choices... :cry:
lyonessrampant Posted February 18, 2009 Author Posted February 18, 2009 Poor thing! Too bad you have to settle
Boz Posted February 18, 2009 Posted February 18, 2009 NO! I was just sounding the "Yale is calling" alert and freaking out. Ugh, I'm so stupid (obviously), I should have clarified. Sorry!
lyonessrampant Posted February 18, 2009 Author Posted February 18, 2009 Oh well, I WISH you would have gotten into Yale and Princeton (me too for that one). Good luck! Maybe they'll call still. Don't give up yet!
the_lisbon_girl Posted February 19, 2009 Posted February 19, 2009 Hey I'm new to the forum, but I was wondering, could someone who got accepted shine some more light on the situation? How many accepted/applied? Did they call everyone today? Thanks!
kfed2020 Posted February 19, 2009 Posted February 19, 2009 Hey, Wish I knew more, but I didn't think to ask. The website says they get about 300 applications for 20 spots (with a matriculation rate of 10) -- but who knows, with endowments shrinking and schools wanting to conserve, maybe they are accepting fewer and putting more people on the wait list, and maybe more people applied than usual. Schools seem to be calling in waves, though, so I think it's fair to say that today wasn't the end-all be-all of the acceptance process. Good luck!
the_lisbon_girl Posted February 19, 2009 Posted February 19, 2009 Yeah, I knew about the info on the website, so I was thinking this was only the first wave. Hopefully they didn't cut too much and my optimism will pay off!
Boz Posted February 19, 2009 Posted February 19, 2009 Yeah, I knew about the info on the website, so I was thinking this was only the first wave. Ugh, I really, really hope that they're not through with acceptances--but I'm not going to hold my breath.
kfed2020 Posted February 19, 2009 Posted February 19, 2009 hey guys, don't give up on hope -- just today someone posted that they'd gotten the call from upenn saying they were accepted, and that's half a week after some of us were called. i dont know why there's ever the delay, but dont give up just yet. i'm confident that things will work out, in one way or another, for all of you. expecting the worst sometimes lends itself to pleasant surprises, but hopelessness is such a drag.
latetothegame Posted February 19, 2009 Posted February 19, 2009 I can't believe how extremely sad this has made me, this realizing that the application fee I paid to Princeton was always just a donation. I actually cried, am crying! I had to go hug my baby and have been reminding myself throughout the day (as I grade some really poor freshman comp papers) that I never really believed I had a shot. It would've so made my year though. I'm going to end up a seventh-grade classroom teacher at some little Catholic school, I just know it. Of course, there could be joy in that.
Yellow#5 Posted February 19, 2009 Posted February 19, 2009 Yeah, but you would have never know what would have happened if you hadn't applied. It's not a donation, it's a "put your mind at ease" fee. (And why bother to dream medium. Dream big, dang it!)
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