<p>One cannot make a definitive statement about the “quality” of Princeton students versus the “quality” of Harvard or other school’s students. How do you substantiate those claims besides a random article you pulled from somewhere? Where are the statistics? You MUST back up your claim. Perhaps give me a chart that shows the average SAT scores of all admitted students for each of those schools. Then you would need to quantitatively analyze it and show me that Princeton’s students have lower SAT scores. The quality of Princeton students are comparable to the quality of students at other Ivies. My scores were near the top of the scale and I chose to matriculate to Princeton rather than MIT. I didn’t even accept my waitlist offer at Stanford. Again, if you must make such an absurd claim, you must show me the money. Show me statistics/facts and NOT a random article. I can find ten more showing how the quality of Princeton students are the same as/better than those at those other schools. On a side note, Princeton’s yield is still around 60% while Harvard’s is around 70-80%. If what you said were true, then Princeton’s yield should be higher, no? </p>
<p>Now, about Princeton’s ChemE program, it is very good. US News ranked it eighth in the country. It is known as the toughest engineering program here at Princeton and is ABET accredited, as are most of Princeton’s engineering programs. I applied as an AB and am currently considering switching into the ChemE program, so you don’t have to apply to the engineering school directly. It is known as a rigorous program.</p>