Residential College System

aparent5
Wed, 02 Feb 2005 17:02:19 +0000

You are in a residential college for two years. It gives you a combination of the big school and small school experiences. You live in one of its dorms, you eat in its dining hall, you have access to support staff (academic deans, etc.), you have study breaks (snacks) during exams, you can sign up for trips (Broadway shows, etc.), you can go to its speaker series (some pretty impressive people come), you can go to its dances and parties, you can use its facilities (small library, dance studio or theater, etc). You are free to eat in any dining hall you choose, or to eat at Frist (the student center) on a given day, but you have one of your own where you tend to get to know most of the people. After two years, you can live in an upperclass dorm with friends from the same or other residential colleges. At that time, most students join an eating club that becomes their smaller social center for the last two years. Once there are four-year residential colleges, you will have the choice of staying with this arrangement or being in the residential college for four years.

Learn more here: http://www.princeton.edu/Siteware/ResColleges.shtml