<p>I ask how insular because I’ve heard from several Princeton students and from others that the university does indeed exist in its own sort of “bubble.” I’m not exactly sure what that implies, so perhaps some current Princeton students could enlighten me?</p>
<p>And having lived in a small town all my life, I’m getting a little tired of it – tired of the insularity, tired of the familiarity, tired of the lack of excitement, tired of the homogeneity. Does any of that suggest that Princeton is not the place for me?</p>
<p>Yes, I plan to visit and stay a couple of nights, but even then, I might not get an accurate representation of what it’s like to live and study at Princeton.</p>
<p>I’m trying to choose between Princeton, Harvard, and Columbia, by the way, so your help would be much appreciated!</p>
<p>While the town may be homogeneous, the campus most certainly is not… and we basically never spend time in the town (except to shop or eat or whatever). </p>
<p>The campus is large enough that it’s not a place where you’ll be sickeningly familiar with it all. When people speak of the “bubble”, it means that we are largely insulated from the cares and worries of the world. It’s really nice and pleasant here and it feels like the quintessential college experience you always read about in novels.</p>
<p>…of course, how insulated you feel also depends a lot on how much you are proactive about learning about things going on in the world. It’s just that we’re busy kids and we don’t really watch the news or get to listen to our parents/teachers talk about current events anymore.</p>
<p>Definitely come to Princeton Preview and see for yourself.</p>