Well…personally, I hate these chest thumping comparison posts, even when they’re meant to be humorous like Coureur’s. However, as long as it has been revived, it should at least be corrected. In the following quote:
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C) Harvard has Final Clubs which unlike Eating Clubs are not single sex
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…I believe Coureur meant to write the following:
C) Harvard has Final Clubs which are single-sex and mostly male-only, unlike Princeton’s Eating Clubs which are all open to both men and women.
Courer’s quote unintentionally implies the reverse.
I personally prefer the following list:
A) Princeton and Harvard are both ranked among the best undergraduate schools in the county by USNWR but they are not the ONLY two great schools.
B) There are students at BOTH schools who hate their experiences but nearly all are happy with their future alma mater.
C) Both schools have a wide variety of social options for students, including social clubs but also including a myriad of interest group organizations.
D) Anyone can eat at an Eating Club and Final Clubs do extend invitations to outsiders.
E) Cost is generally not a reason for students at either school to avoid the social clubs.
F) Princeton and Harvard BOTH have a great undergraduate focus and world-class graduate programs.
G) Both the Princeton campus and the Harvard campus have interesting and dramatic architecture (okay, maybe Princeton’s is a little better)
H) People who have never attended either institution often say that both Harvard and Princeton are just famous brand names that don’t live up to the hype.
I) Current students at both schools will have had a variety of personal experiences, some good and some bad, and they will all be able to tell you that most of the stereotypes about their school are false.
J) As a group, neither Harvard students nor Princeton students are pompous, competitive cutthroats though each school is large enough that you will always be able to find a small number at either place that meet this characterization.
K) Both Harvard and Princeton are incredibly generous with financial aid though they structure it in slightly different ways.
L) I attended BOTH schools and found much to appreciate at each.
M) Both the Harvard Crimson and the Daily Princetonian will publish articles critical of their respective institutions. This is what journalists SHOULD do.
N) Princeton-bashing trolls should be relegated to some infernal place to provide company for the Harvard-bashing trolls who will join them.
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