3 years research at public ivy. 1 1st-auth pub in prep. 3 presentations. 2 grants. met with potential PI at conference.

Received an e-mail notifying admission and the three visiting weekends. Excited!

Email saying the official offer will come in few weeks...

Has anyone heard from Princeton?

Surprised to hear this early. Vanderbilt undergrad, research since before freshman year, 3 pubs (1 first author), very strong recommendations. Still waiting on 3 more schools (two Ivy).

Contacted by the department saying I was not accepted. 2.5 years of institution research. Summer research at home institution and one summer at an industry internship.

One of the dream schools, rejected twice by email

My 4.0 GPA resulted in sending my rejection 4 times!!! And only once they put the correct address. Probably they don’t even read most of the applications.

got two rejection emails from Princeton, one on Jan 30 and the other on Jan 31. Chill, I get it lol

Have 3 REUs- one of them at Princeton, 6 Semesters of relevant Research, Strong LOR- one from my PI from Princeton, Presented twice at National ACS Conferences- one oral at National ACS; presented 8 other places, 3.87 GPA. Really surprised and disappointed, also rejected from MIT the same day. Major bummer and hope crusher.

1 publication, 3.5 years research experiences, Strong LORs

Was a dream school, no regrets!

Major GPA: 3.8 . Didn't submit subject GRE score anywhere. No pubs or REUs. 2 years (and summers) relevant research. 4 poster presentations at conferences (2 ACS regional). Strong LOR's. Diverse background. Worked lots of chem jobs (TA'ing, tutor, workshop leader, student instructor) for years.

5 years of research experience and 1 publication

Rejected by MIT and Princeton. What a day!

Disappointed as Princeton was one of my top choices. My standardized scores are decent (low 80th percentiles for general GRE and 60th percentile for GRE subject - sat for both GREs only once). However, I have three years of undergraduate research experience (including 3 winters and 1 summer) with an honors college thesis precisely in the field that I applied for so I do not understand their argument about the lack of a "sound match". I worked as a TA and a tutor for 6 semesters and graduated a semester early (for personal reasons that I explained in my personal statement) with a 3.91 major and a 3.74 cumulative GPA (because of honors classes). I presented at 4 conferences (2 at my school and 2 NYURS - 3 oral and 1 poster). I don't get it. Good luck to all those still waiting.