<p>“Is Princeton just for smart people?”</p>
<p>Yes.</p>
<p>The posters above me have pointed out that recruited athletes can get in with lower GPAs. While there’s an element of truth to this, it’s a little misleading. My son was a recruited athlete at Princeton, and was told that he needed 700s or better on all SAT Sections and on his Subject Tests, as well as a good GPA in rigorous courses.</p>
<p>The benefit of being a recruited athlete isn’t so much that standards are lowered, it’s that if you’ve met the academic thresholds, you’re chances of admission jump from 6% to nearly 100%.</p>