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Since I'm guessing most of you will be students attending Princeton (I know I'm sort of a "Captain Obvious") I would love some insight on what life at Princeton is really like. You know, I want to know the good and bad and neutral. This is just to make sure that this really is a place I would love and enjoy staying at for 4years (I'm not a big fan of transferring).
What type of student will be successful at princeton both academically and socailly? Does one really have to have scored 5s across 10 AP exams and never gotten below a 98 in one's H.S. classes or is princeton an attainable opportunity for a curious, hardworking mind?
My son is looking at colleges for 2009, and he has a 2360, an 800 on the Chem SAT II and a 4.3. He says he does not want to look at Princeton because he does not think he will get in. He plays first singles varsity tennis and is 12-2 this year. I think he should at least try and let Princeton tell him no. Then he can decide if he wants to go there. any thoughts? Thanks.
I'm a tennis player (also singles varsity) and I know that high school tennis records count for almost nothing. If he wants to get recruited, he needs a high national ranking and very, very high sectional ranking. But still, your son seems very smart and should apply regardless of whether he is recruited. Good luck to him!
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