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I think good school spirit makes things good. I mean,not just work all the time. Some activities too!
P.S. I don't attend Princeton yet, but I will be there!
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Top grades, top SAT scores, of course. Take the most difficult classes offered by your high school - APs, Honors, etc. Long term commitments to your chosen extra-curriculars. (I've been studying the same two musical instruments since elementary school, did the same sports since 7th grade, etc.). Admissions knows when you are just "loading up" your application. They want to see true commitment to your extra-curriculars - did you try out for state orchestra, are you a team captain? Finally, do not waste your summers - this is the time to do something that can really make you stand out.
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Coming to Princeton was a rather bad decision.
Now the party scene sucks and all frats and sororities are constantly worried about getting kicked off campus for some ridiculous offence, and the eating club parties are boring as heck. The weather is TERRIBLE. If you like to be active and do things outside, forget it. Expect 6 of the 8 months to be the coldest you've ever experienced and expect to always be dressed up in big jackets while all the girls go into hibernation and eat all winter long and come out in the spring like plums. Also, You have random kids who can easily get good grades but for most people its a struggle to get anything above a B+. I know college is about the education, but its also about having a good time with some good people. Don't look for that here. There are plenty of other schools that you would love and also have a great academic reputation. Also,
1)it is very hard to get from one place to another on campus in an allotted time span. The dorms are scattered in the most random of spots, most off on the edges of campus, they feel like jail cells most of the time. While they are safe, you feel locked in a box. The campus ascetics are mediocre at best. PU seems to be a random collection of buildings. However, this is a minor point compared to others
2)The people that go to school here are snooty, they believe they are God’s gift to the world. The Northface coats, designer clothes, and BMWs do nothing for the campus popultion. While there are some very interesting and nice people that go to school here, you probably don’t want to tell them anymore information about yourself if you are Christian, a Conservative, voted for President Bush, or grew up in a small time. If so, you will be labeled closed minded, and you WILL have a hard time making friends, or having a rational discussion.
3)Along the lines as above, the professors here are extremely arrogant and condescending. While I have had a few very nice approachable profs, the majority will give you bad grades on your papers if you dare support a conservative, or even moderate agenda. An girl in my socio class, who decided to speak up of the left leaning subject matter of a supposed non-political class was called out by the professor and then laughed out by the class. They promise much and deliver little, once you matriculate, you might as well forget having any sway over your own life. Many professors are good, many are bad, most are severely cramped by a Federal Government-esque beaurocracy. Most of the students are rich, snobby, and not nearly as smart as they think they are (they'll be good GSIs some day).
4)Don’t expect the PU to treat you as a person, you are treated as a number. My advisors (I had multiple, because I was thrown around while changing majors), usually had no idea what they were talking about, and just repeated from the Major Handbook.
Thus...a few more points....
If money were water, this university would put niagara falls to shame with how fast it drops it. One summer, They ripped out 6 large trees just so that they could make the main diag look even more like harvard's courtyard. They put in new grass, didn't water it, it died, they ripped it out again at the end of the summer, planted 12 new LARGE trees, and put new grass down. It was the dumbest thing I had ever seen. For this one lab/library, It is not even borderline useful, the computers are always out of commision, you can never find the books you need there. It just looks like a big wad of money was plopped down for it. They got some big famous architect to do it. From my standpoint, everything on campus should be designed by students. They should have competitions where students can submit architectural drawings, logos, whatever, and whichever is chosen gets $1000 and their building built or their logo used. But, as I have already mentioned, this University doesnt care about its students. They are just underfoot.
The students have about as much effect on the University as a grain of sand in the ocean. The U also does a stellar job of keeping the students broken up, so they cannot form a cohesive student movement and bid for any change.
Visiting students: DO NOT BELIEVE WHAT THE UNIVERSITY LOOKS LIKE IF YOU VISIT OVER SUMMER. This University pays big bucks to completely overhaul itself for the prospective student tours. And I gotta say, it looks real real nice. Its a totally different place. Unfortunately, one week before school starts every year, they begin a big ridiculous construction project that makes the campus muddy, dirty, and inconveniences the students tremendously. Not to mention that none of the facilities are ever maintained during the school year. This place is a trash. I wish I went somewhere else.
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well...play sports, play a instrument, dont get in trouble, stay fly, be cool, act cool, fit in, 1580 SAT, 4.6GPA, rich folks, outlndish snobbery....and the most important thing, act like you belong at this type of tactical college...go priceton...i want to play football now billy, meow
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play football, know the admissions officer, be a relative of einstein, play lacrosse, besides that, have a parent who works for the govt. or who barks like a cow?
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don't overload your application with every little thing you've done. focus on the activities that were your true passions. in your essay don't try to force anything just be yourself. in your coursework always take the hardest possible courses and perform to the best of your ability.
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Excel at things outside of school, especially a sport or musical instrument
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Study really hard, do extracurricular activities that you love.
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Plan early, get involved, take the most challanging classes and work hard, find a passion early and stick with it, go above and beyond, be a leader, develop relationships with teachers....
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