College Confidential
» CC HOME » FORUM HOME

  College Confidential > College Admissions and Search > Ivy League > Princeton University
New User

Welcome to College Confidential!
The leading college-bound community on the web
Join for FREE now, and start talking with other members, weighing in on community polls, and more.

Also, by registering and logging in you'll see fewer ads and pesky welcome messages (like this one)!
Discussion Menu
»Discussion Home
»Help & Rules
»Latest Posts
»NEW! CampusVibe™
»Stats Profiles
Top Forums
»College Chances
»College Search
»College Admissions
»Financial Aid
»SAT/ACT
»Parents
»Colleges
»Ivy League
Main CC Site
»College Confidential
»College Search
»College Admissions
»Paying for College
Sponsors
SuperMatch - The Future of College Search!
CampusVibe - Almost As Good As A Campus Visit!
Princeton University
1 Nassau Hall
Princeton, New Jersey 08544-0070
School Resources

Reply
 
Thread Tools
Old 02-09-2008, 06:28 PM   #31
Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 578
From what i have seen of campus videos, Princeton seemed to have the best dorms and friendliest people. Of course, what you don't see first-hand can be misleading.
AY8888 is offline   Reply   
Old 02-13-2008, 10:45 AM   #32
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 35
I loved this post, it was so helpful when I was in the midst of writing dozens of essays and still trying to keep up with school...what a stressful time in our lives, huh? this highlights why it would be a dream come true to go to princeton, but for now, with a >10% acceptance rate, i probably should just focus on not getting my hopes up : /
noidea123 is offline   Reply   
Old 02-14-2008, 04:45 PM   #33
Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Reality
Posts: 369
Quote:
Princeton seemed to have the best dorms
Not to take away from Princeton's many great virtues, but high quality housing is, alas, not one of them.
GR Elton is offline   Reply   
Old 02-14-2008, 05:04 PM   #34
Junior Member
 
Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 228
Thank you for writing this. I'll keep it to look back on if that fateful day comes...
monkeycloud is offline   Reply   
Old 03-26-2008, 08:26 AM   #35
Member
 
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Here.
Posts: 738
Thank you.
Quesce is offline   Reply   
Old 03-26-2008, 10:50 AM   #36
Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 590
Yeah, the Whitman dorms are nice, but the other ones.... Though if you get a really good room draw you can get an awesome room in a tower or something. I think there's even a 14 person suite right over Blair arch!
ceebee63 is offline   Reply   
Old 03-26-2008, 11:29 AM   #37
Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Reality
Posts: 369
Quote:
I think there's even a 14 person suite right over Blair arch!
There's not. Evan Thomas (a journalist in residence) lives in an apartment in Blair Arch some days of the week, but no students do.
GR Elton is offline   Reply   
Old 03-26-2008, 11:46 PM   #38
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Pittsburgh
Posts: 40
I loved this post, but unfortunately it just made me want to go to Princeton EVEN MORE. I guess that's kind of counter to the whole point of it...
flippinout is offline   Reply   
Old 03-26-2008, 11:48 PM   #39
Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 590
When my dad was at Princeton in the early 80s there was... too bad they gave it to some journalist.
ceebee63 is offline   Reply   
Old 04-01-2008, 07:49 PM   #40
New Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 26
Beautiful essay.
Multiferroic is offline   Reply   
Old 04-01-2008, 07:55 PM   #41
New Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 26
It's definitely made Princeton a serious consideration for me now. Before this, it was mostly the very generous financial aid package that attracted me. I really might just reply "yes" May 1.
Multiferroic is offline   Reply   
Old 04-01-2008, 09:35 PM   #42
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 207
^ Exact same situation here. Definitely will be visiting.
HandsAcrossTime is offline   Reply   
Old 04-01-2008, 11:35 PM   #43
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Northern VA
Posts: 256
Anyone know if visiting students can still stay with Princeton students? I didn't see anything about it on the visiting section of the admissions website, but perhaps I'm not looking in the right place?
ELorax is offline   Reply   
Old 04-01-2008, 11:44 PM   #44
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 1,039
admitted students are hosted by current princeton students. There is no program set up (nor has there been in the recent past) to allow students who are just visiting (ie juniors looking at college) to stay with current students. There would just be too many people, since 20,000 people applied to princeton this year. Recruited atheletes stay with team members during their visits, and iif you can find someone to let you stay in their room then you're welcome to stya, but the admissions office is not involved.
ec1234 is offline   Reply   
Old 04-01-2008, 11:53 PM   #45
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Northern VA
Posts: 256
I'm admitted. I'm not totally set on staying overnight with a student, but I really need to visit soon and sleeping somewhere overnight would be much nicer than driving up 4 hours in the morning and then driving back 4 hours the same night.
ELorax is offline   Reply   
Reply

Bookmarks

Thread Tools



All times are GMT -4. The time now is 11:38 PM.




Copyright 2001-2011, Hobsons, Inc., All Rights Reserved