Columbia vs. Princeton

jamescchen
Fri, 03 Apr 2009 02:43:03 +0000

I don’t know if anyone’s heard, but readers at the Daily Princetonian are going nuts over their Class of 2013 acceptance figures (9.8%). Obviously, it’s about their fear of falling further behind Harvard, Yale and Stanford (all around 7% accept rate) in prestige, and they’re placing the blame on “grade deflation” (grading curve), the Senior Thesis, more minority students (they recently broke the 20% Asian barrier) and the admin’s demonization of their eating clubs.

I had seen some discontent on the Princeton board here, but I did not realize how poor the morale is for current students and recent alumni. They’re whining about not getting into med/law/business school because of the curve, and horror-of-horrors, falling behind schools like Columbia and Brown in recruiting top students. Some of the posters are Yalies who are rubbing their hands with glee, but many sound like current Princeton students who really regret their choice.

I’m pretty sure that it will be only be a temporary setback for Princeton, but for Class of 2013 students trying to decide which college to attend, be forewarned.

Check out the thread for yourself: [Admission rate rises to 9.79 percent for Class of 2013 - The Daily Princetonian](http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2009/04/01/23213/)