Northwestern HPME vs. Princeton vs. Vanderbilt

hitmeandmyfriend
Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:20:41 +0000

To be honest, a lot of what i know about princeton is through a man who went there 30 years ago (my dad graduated in 1980). I have been to a bunch of reunions, and my dad always tells me stories of his good times there. My dad is not elitist in the bit, and he puts absolutely NO pressure on me to go to princeton, despite the FA difference. However, I can’t help feeling a sense that i would be apart of some family if i went to princeton–their alumni connections and support are pretty crazy…

this is one of the biggest draws to princeton, just being apart of it i guess–i just sometimes forget that i am looking at the school through an alumni (an older alumni at that) and not as a student that is thinking of going there as the first person in their family to go there. I am having a hard time letting go of this “family tradition” to see the school for what it is

but then again, part of the appeal of princeton is that it forms a family, and you totally get that sense when you first get your admissions letter

i just wonder, is it like that anymore? it seems to me that kids that go there now don’t feel that way, i feel that the support for princeton is coming more for alumni of 10+ years than kids that are in college now