<p>Son is a freshman at Princeton and has received pretty good grades so far, while engaging in a ton of extracurricular activities and a very active social life. He’s certainly no genius, but chose his courses wisely. Rufusww has really given you some excellent ideas. Take a freshman seminar - great classes with 15 or so students – and make sure you don’t take all your hardest courses in the same semester.</p>
<p>My son, and all of his friends, absolutely love Princeton. They are working hard, but no harder than students at other comparable schools, from what I’ve been able to glean anecdotally from my friends, and they are having the time of their lives. In addition to classwork, I think that my son probably puts in an average of 2-4 hours per day on schoolwork (but it varies), and sometimes more on Sundays (he’s a non STEM major) and then of course there’s the occasionally all-nighter when a paper is due. It seems pretty typical to me - and I’m certain that he doesn’t spend 20 hours a week more than Stanford students on homework/classwork (in fact, I doubt he spends any more time than a Stanford student on homework/classwork).</p>
<p>The Princeton students I know (and my daughter also graduated from there a few years ago) have had no problems getting into top law schools and the recruiting for finance jobs is really top-notch. I understand your concerns, but I truly don’t think that they’re warranted. It is not only a wonderful school, with amazing academics and a plethora of extracurricular and social activities, it also has an administration and professors and advisers who really care about the students.</p>