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02-09-2008, 05:28 PM
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#31 | | Member
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| 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. |
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02-13-2008, 09:45 AM
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#32 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Nov 2007
Threads: 3
Posts: 34
| 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 : / |
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02-14-2008, 03:45 PM
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#33 | | Member
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Reality Gender: Male
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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. |
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02-14-2008, 04:04 PM
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#34 | | Junior Member
Join Date: May 2007
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| Thank you for writing this. I'll keep it to look back on if that fateful day comes... |
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03-26-2008, 07:26 AM
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#35 | | Member
Join Date: May 2006 Location: Here. Gender: Female
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| Thank you. |
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03-26-2008, 09:50 AM
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#36 | | Member
Join Date: Nov 2007
Threads: 24
Posts: 500
| 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! |
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03-26-2008, 10:29 AM
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#37 | | Member
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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. |
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03-26-2008, 10:46 PM
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#38 | | New Member
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Pittsburgh Gender: Female
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| 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... |
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03-26-2008, 10:48 PM
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#39 | | Member
Join Date: Nov 2007
Threads: 24
Posts: 500
| When my dad was at Princeton in the early 80s there was... too bad they gave it to some journalist. |
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04-01-2008, 06:49 PM
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#40 | | New Member
Join Date: Dec 2007
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| Beautiful essay. |
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04-01-2008, 06:55 PM
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#41 | | New Member
Join Date: Dec 2007
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| 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. |
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04-01-2008, 08:35 PM
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#42 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Aug 2007
Threads: 43
Posts: 207
| ^ Exact same situation here. Definitely will be visiting. |
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04-01-2008, 10:35 PM
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#43 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Northern VA
Threads: 24
Posts: 250
| 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? |
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04-01-2008, 10:44 PM
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#44 | | Member
Join Date: Jan 2005
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Posts: 567
| 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. |
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04-01-2008, 10:53 PM
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#45 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Northern VA
Threads: 24
Posts: 250
| 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. |
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