Does Princeton feel "elitist"?

TiggerDad
Wed, 16 Oct 2019 18:17:26 +0000

That’s an old stereotype. There are rich people, poor people and many other people falling somewhere in the middle at Princeton. My Asian-American son’s now a sophomore at Princeton and a recipient of its generous FA (i.e., I’m not rich), and he’s never once felt ostracized, disenfranchised, alienated or lonely. In fact, quite the opposite; he socialized a bit too much to my liking.

Princeton has come a long way even from when Michelle Obama was a student not too long ago. Students, staff and faculty from all ethnic backgrounds are thriving on campus today. The days of “This Side of Paradise” and “The Great Gatsby” are over.