Anyone planning not to go to harvard?

Alumother
Tue, 11 Apr 2006 14:48:56 +0000

And Princeton attracts top applicants because (1) they want the stimulation of being among other bright, ambitious students; (2) it has incomparable faculty in so many fields; and (3) they want to study in a peaceful and harmonious environment with rolling lawns, a gentle fall, a shorter winter, and a beautiful spring full of magnolias:).

And I bickered at and was accepted at Cap and Gown, then the most selective of the coed clubs. Tried it for one year, wasn’t my thing, went independent senior year and lived in a quad room with 4 singles and a kitchen and living room and balcony. Social life suffered not one whit from exiting the club to which I had been accepted.

Institutions full of brilliant students make room for many types.