Visiting Princeton on a Sunday?

stemit
Tue, 28 May 2013 10:42:44 +0000

Since you’re seeing the campus in summer, you won’t really get a feel for the student life or heartbeat of the campus. What you will see is a large, virtually empty beautiful campus. Heck, even when in session, the large campus is never teeming with students (unlike Columbia [much smaller campus] or Harvard [so many tourists all the time]).

Walk through the buildings; if youre interested in science or engineering look at the wall hangings detailing research projects; if you happen to see an open door with a prof, inquire if he/she has time to talk a bit about campus life, student issues, etc.

Even during the summer, when school is out, a creative approach on a visit can yield dividends and insights which are not readily apparent when taking the canned tour and obligatory admissions gathering.