Alumother

Joe, you come across as a very very thoughtful person. I think you might have a wonderful four years in Princeton. Congratulations on your leanings, may they become a decision soon with all the accompanying relief and celebration.

TheExploiter

I'd have to say that Princeton is the better all-around school, but when it comes to Physics, it simply doesn't have anything on U of Chicago. If you want to surround yourself with others who have the same passion as you, I say go to Chicago.

Alumother

Actually physics is one of Princeton's strengths.....

Silly Puddy

Of the five posts made by "TheExploiter", all have been in _________ v. Princeton threads in various forums around CC, and each one has urged the student to not go to Princeton. I'm not sure that's a superbly reliable source of information.

To the OP: first of all, you've got some great choices and can't go wrong either way! I think you'd be pretty happy at either U of Chicago or Princeton. On my part, as a student at Princeton, I want to echo the comments of some of the other posters - you'll find plenty of quirky people here on campus and a very welcoming community on the whole. You needn't worry too much about this.

Good luck!

cc2

>>Of the five posts made by "TheExploiter", all have been in _________ v. Princeton threads in various forums around CC, and each one has urged the student to not go to Princeton<<
TheExploiter must be on Princeton's waitlist.

JoeTrumpet

Princeton and UChicago both have phenomenal physics programs; however, I prefer the more close-knit and collaborative nature of Princeton's physics. I'm also a little more secure in my belief that at Princeton I will always have opportunities for research considering their funding.

cc2, haha! Thanks for the laugh. Maybe he is on the waitlist.

Silly Puddy: Your words are very comforting. Quirky was probably the perfect word to use to make me even more comfortable about choosing Princeton.

I have also considered a few more extremely significant factors to make myself more certain that Princeton is the right choice:

*Being in the eastern time zone will make one step ahead of Chicago, and three steps ahead of California! And Berkeley thinks they're progressive!

*My high school's colors are orange and black, and it is nice to know that I can work my high school shirts at college without anyone saying anything, assuming Princeton students are illiterate.

*I enjoyed riding the dinky from Newark to Princeton. It's such a pleasant-sounding word.

I'm just doing everything I can to try not to think "what if?" about Chicago.

mtpaper

JoeTrumpet - I'm enjoying reading your posts - you have an upbeat positive tone and they're well written.

My dd will be at Princeton in September as well - astrophysics or math or physics. And e/c with clarinet. Possibly rowing. At any rate, she considered Chicago as well, and decided it (along with places like MIT, and Stanford) might be fabulous for graduate school, but that Princeton was ideal for u/g.

JoeTrumpet

Thank you very much for the compliment, mtpaper! I really appreciate that

That's really cool that someone else sounds so similar to me: UChicago, math/physics/astrophysics, and wind instrument for extracurricular. I'm sure we'll definitely run into each other, then. I must ask, though... what does dd stand for?

J'adoube

dear daughter