If you are an applicant to the Class of 2014, you may use Princeton's Application Tracking System to verify whether we have received all your required application materials.

Please refer to the back page of our publication How to Apply to Princeton (PDF) to review what to include in your admission application.

Application materials must be postmarked or submitted electronically by January 1, and we encourage students to submit their portion of the application by December 15, if possible. If you wish to apply for financial assistance, you must submit your Financial Aid Application by February 1. Learn more about important application dates and deadlines.

Required Application Components
Optional Application Components
Application Confirmation

All applicants must submit:

• A completed application form. You may submit your application using online or paper-based formats by January 1. We encourage students to submit their portion of the application by December 15, if possible. We accept the Common Application.
• Princeton's Supplement to the Common Application. In addition to the Common Application, all applicants must submit this form, available online at www.commonapp.org, or as a downloadable PDF.
• A Secondary School Report (SSR) and transcript. Please ask your high school counselor or other school official to complete and submit an SSR form along with an official transcript by January 1. This form is available as part of the Common Application or separately as a downloadable PDF.
  In additional to all other application materials required from students applying at schools located within the United States, international students must submit the International Supplement, available at the Common Application site or as downloadable PDF.
• Two teacher references. Please ask two of your teachers to complete and send the Teacher Reference Forms by January 1. Choose teachers from two different areas of study. These two forms are available as part of the Common Application.
• A mid-year school report. Please ask your high school counselor or other school official to complete and submit this form, which is available as part of the Common Application.
• SAT Reasoning Test or ACT. Take the SAT Reasoning Test by the January test date or take the ACT with Writing by the December date. Learn more about standardized testing for admission.
• SAT Subject Tests. All applicants are expected to take two SAT Subject Tests by the January test date. This is in addition to the SAT Reasoning Test or ACT. If you are considering a degree in engineering (B.S.E.), your two SAT Subject Tests should include Physics or Chemistry, and Mathematics I or II. Learn more about standardized testing for admission.
• Test Registration Codes. When registering for the SAT or ACT, use the following codes to ensure your scores are sent to Princeton:
  SAT: 2672
  ACT: 2588
  
• TOEFL scores. If English is not the primary language at your school and if English is not the primary language spoken in your home, you must take the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). You are not required to take the TOEFL if English is your native language or if you have spent at least three years at a secondary school where English is the primary language of instruction.
  TOEFL: 2672

You may also submit:

• Arts Supplement, if applicable. If you've excelled in architecture, creative writing, dance, music, theater or visual arts, and would like us to consider your talent, consult Princeton's Optional Arts Form. To be considered, you must mail your materials to the Admission Office by January 1.

• Interview. Depending on availability, once you have applied, you may be invited to interview with a member of one of our Princeton Alumni Schools Committees. If so, we encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity. Interviews take place after the Admission Office has received your application. Many Princeton Alumni Schools Committees have enough volunteers to offer every applicant an interview. As the interview is not a required element of the application, you will not be at a disadvantage if an interview is not available in your area. We do not offer on-campus interviews.
  

If you have provided us with an e-mail address, you will receive a confirmation notice when we have received your application and another notice when we have received all required supporting materials. Applicants who don’t provide e-mail addresses will be contacted by regular mail. If your application is incomplete, we will let you know which pieces are missing.  Beginning in November, you may also track the completeness of your application online, after registering using the PIN and e-mail address you listed on your application.