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Dear Colleague,

I would like to share with you an exciting development at Princeton University that puts a spotlight on the arts as an integral part of the academic experience for our students. In fall 2017, Princeton opened a new 22-acre arts complex, creating an arts-infused campus for all of our students and for the broader community.

The multi-building, 145,000-square-foot complex includes a new home for the Lewis Center for the Arts’ programs in dance, music theater, the Princeton Atelier and theater, as well as a new building associated with the Department of Music. These new facilities supplement existing teaching, exhibition and performance spaces on campus, allowing the University to realize its vision of a vibrant campus suffused with the arts. Princeton’s arts curriculum also includes programs in creative writing and the visual arts, with dedicated spaces for workshops and studios across the campus.

Highlights of the new complex include:

• The New Music Building that houses a 3,500-square-foot performance and rehearsal space with soaring 30-foot ceilings, and acoustically advanced practice rooms and teaching studios. The space’s adjustable acoustics will accommodate diverse groups such as the Princeton Laptop Orchestra, the chamber orchestra Sinfonia, a multitude of jazz ensembles and the 90-piece Princeton University Orchestra. The practice rooms and teaching studios are suspended from the roof structure to assure sound isolation. Each teaching studio has room for a teacher, student and up to two grand pianos.

• The Wallace Dance Building and Theater that features the 3,600-square-foot Hearst Dance Theater and a 3,600-square-foot black box theater. Each is a two-story performance space with professional theatrical equipment and recording capabilities.

• A six-story Arts Tower with studios, gathering spaces, an art gallery, conference rooms and administrative offices.

• A 2,000-square-foot acting and performance studio designed for smaller, more intimate performances.

• The new buildings are connected at ground level by the Forum, an 8,000-square-foot open indoor gathering space that serves as a lobby for the venues in the complex as well as additional informal performance space. Above the Forum is an outdoor plaza with a reflecting pool; skylights in the pool bring water-filtered light into the Forum.

• A collaborative lab, or CoLab, seats 75 people and is used for interdisciplinary projects and multimedia presentations.

• A park-like setting with extensive landscaped plazas, pathways and green spaces. A train station links Princeton to New York, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C.

• Across the street from the complex is the McCarter Theatre Center, which includes the Matthews and Berlind theatres, considered among the leading performance venues in the country.

• The arts complex is designed by architect Steven Holl, a 2012 American Institute of Architects Gold Medalist, who has created landmark arts venues around the world.

We believe the arts are central to a liberal arts education no matter a student’s chosen major. Thank you for all the important work you do. I wish you the very best this academic year.

Janet Lavin Rapelye Dean of Admission

Princeton accepts the Common Applica-tion, the Coalition Application and the Universal College Application. Our in-tention is to make the application process as accessible as possible for your students.

Applications from all sources will be treated equally. Applicants to Princeton are required to file a Princeton Supple-ment, which can be completed online through the application platform. We

encourage students to file applications electronically, but we also allow for paper submission, if necessary.

THE APPL ICAT ION PROCESS FOR F IRST-YEAR ADMISS ION

TRANSFER ADMISS ION

Princeton is reinstating a transfer admission process for fall 2018 entry.

We will enroll a small group of exceptionally well-prepared transfer students from a range of backgrounds, and we particularly encourage applications from students from low-income backgrounds, community college students, and U.S. military veterans.

Our transfer admission program will be a highly individualized holistic review of each applicant’s talents, achievements and potential to contribute to learning at Princeton, with the expectation that they are prepared to thrive in our diverse and rigorous learning environment.

Transfer students, like first-year students, will be able to enroll in the fall term only.

Most students will be expected to begin in their sophomore (second) year. However, in some cases, they may begin as juniors, or be required to enter as first-year students. In all cases, this standing is determined by Princeton faculty and college deans after an evaluation of transfer credit.

FEE WAIVER

We want to make sure that Princeton is accessible to all candidates, regardless of their individual family’s financial situation. Princeton will waive a student’s application fee if the student is from a low-income background, or if the application fee is a hardship for the student’s family, and the student is applying for financial aid.

UNDOCUMENTED OR DACA STUDENTS(DEFERRED ACTION FOR CHILDHOOD ARRIVALS)

Princeton’s admission and financial aid policies are the same for undocumented or DACA students as they are for all other students applying to the University for admission or financial aid.

The University’s generous need-based financial aid program applies equally to all applicants. If admitted, undocumented students can be confident that their full financial need, as determined by the financial aid office, will be met.

ADMISS ION 2017 : CLASS OF 2021 (As of July 15, 2017)

ADMISSION RATES

Academic year Applications Admitted %

2017-18 31,056 1,991 6.4

2016-17 29,303 1,911 6.5

2015-16 27,290 1,948 7.1

2014-15 26,641 1,983 7.4

2007-08 18,942 1,838 9.7

1997-98 13,400 1,723 12.9

ADMIT RATES BY GPA RANGE

GPA % Accepted

4.00 9.4

3.90–3.99 7.5

3.80–3.89 4.6

3.70–3.79 2.7

3.60–3.69 2.9

3.50–3.59 3.0

Below 3.50 2.6

ADMIT RATES BY SAT RANGE (THE NEW SAT)

SAT Scores % Accepted

1500-1600 8.2

1380-1490 5.0

1260-1370 3.4

1100-1250 1.2

900-1090 0.0

Below 900 0.0

ADMIT RATES BY ACT RANGE

ACT Score % Accepted

32-36 7.8

27-31 5.3

22-26 2.3

18-21 0.5

Below 18 0.0

ENROLLEDAPPLICANTS

% of Class

Female 50.4

Male 49.6

Middle 50% SAT Scores

Test Score Range

Math 700-780

Evidence-based Reading and Writing

680-760

Secondary School Type

% of Class

Public 60.5

Independent Day 18.8

Religiously Affiliated 9.9

Independent Boarding 9.4

Home Schooled 0.2

Military 0.3

Non-U.S. Schools 13.7

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Middle 50% ACT Scores

Test Score Range

Composite Scores 31-35

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NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN THE CLASS OF 2021 BY GEOGRAPHIC REGION (As of July 15, 2017)

CELEBRAT ING D IVERS ITY

Princeton University is a community of learning enriched by the wide variety of experiences and perspectives of its students, faculty and staff. Princeton celebrates diversity, bringing together students from a broad range of cultural, ethnic and economic backgrounds to explore their interests, discover new academic and extracurricular pursuits, and learn from each other.

Chartered in 1746, Princeton is the nation’s fourth-oldest university, and its campus is situated on 500 park-like acres in the central New Jersey community of Princeton (population 30,000), with public transportation options to New York City and Philadelphia.

DIVERSITY: CLASS OF 2021

% of Class

African American 8

American Indian <1

Asian American 22

Hispanic/Latino 11

Multiracial (non-Hispanic) 5

International 13

THE PR INCETON D IFFERENCE

A TRADIT ION OF EXCELLENCE

Admission to Princeton is highly selective. Admission decisions are made individually and are not based on any set formula. Each year, the size of the class is about 1,300. Princeton’s admission process goes beyond looking for academically accomplished students. For each class, we select a group of high-achieving and intellectually gifted students from diverse backgrounds to create an exceptional learning community.

As students prepare their applications, they should highlight their talents, academic accomplishments and personal achievements. We want to know what is special about them, and we care about their personal qualities and what they have accomplished in and out of the classroom. We look for students who can demonstrate their readiness to benefit from the incredible academic and non-academic opportunities Princeton has to offer, and how they can meaningfully contribute to the Princeton community.

THE PRINCETON CLASS OF 2021 INCLUDES 167 INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS WHO ARE CIT IZENS OF THE FOLLOWING 59 COUNTRIES:

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“Princeton’s financial aid program is one of the best in the country for low- and middle-income families. Since 2001, it has been possible for Princeton students to graduate debt free.”

—Robin Moscato, director of undergraduate financial aid

F INANCIAL A IDPrinceton is recognized nationally and globally for its very generous financial aid program. The University actively seeks students from a broad range of socio- economic backgrounds, and 60 percent of our undergraduates receive financial aid.

Princeton was the first university in the country to eliminate the need to take out loans, which means that every aid package relies on grants, not loans that have to be repaid. This policy makes it possible to graduate from Princeton debt free. Among the most recent class of seniors, 82 percent graduated without debt. Of the remaining 18 percent who chose to take out small loans, usually for such items as laptop computers or to cover costs associated with unpaid internships, their average debt was $8,900.

The latest national figures show that 70 percent of college seniors in the United States graduated with loans in 2014. Their average debt was $28,950.

For the entering Class of 2021, Princeton covered the full cost of tuition ($47,140),

residential college fee ($850), and room and board ($15,610) for families with a house-hold income up to $65,000. Twenty-two per-cent of students qualified for a Pell grant. Further, students with family income up to $160,000 received enough grant assis-tance to cover the full cost of tuition. Most aid applicants with family incomes up to $250,000 are eligible for some aid.

In 2016-17, the average grant covered 100 percent of tuition for first-years receiving financial aid. The average aid package for a student admitted to the Class of 2021 was $52,690.

In the last decade, the amount of our aver-age need-based grants has increased more than the amount of tuition increases in the same period. In other words, Princeton is more affordable today than it was a decade ago, on average, for aid-eligible students. In fact, Princeton may be more affordable for lower- and middle-income students than a state university.

F INANCIAL A ID FOR STUDENTS ADMITTED TO THE CLASS OF 2021

APPLY ING FOR A ID

Under Princeton’s admission policy, need for financial aid is not in any way a disadvantage. Princeton welcomes applications from talented students of diverse economic backgrounds. There is no income cutoff on our aid application; any family who feels they may need help paying for a Princeton education is welcome to apply for aid. Princeton’s financial aid program is also extended to international students. Princeton’s financial aid application is free and available online. Admitted students who are awarded aid will receive award notices along with the admission decision.

Each family’s financial circumstances are unique, and awards for admitted students are determined on an individual basis. Students and their families may take advantage of our online financial aid estimator to learn how they might benefit from Princeton’s generous financial aid program: https://admission.princeton.edu/cost-aid/financial-aid-estimator.GROSS FAMILY INCOME PERCENT QUALIFIED AVERAGE GRANT WHAT IT COVERS

Your grant may vary from the above average based on the Financial Aid Office’s individual evaluation of your family’s resources, including assets other than the family home or retirement funds.

TUITION = $47,140 RESIDENTIAL COLLEGE FEE = $850 ROOM AND BOARD = $15,610

Most who qualify have 2 children in college.

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$64,010

$59,085

$55,870

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