What do you find most unique/appealing about Princeton?

Silly_Puddy
Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:26:52 +0000

I think it’s maybe the single most beautiful place I’ve ever lived!



In a way it’s bad, because you could get a degree in something that seems awesome while you’re at Princeton, but once you graduate you realize it has no marketability.



This is true to some extent, I guess. I think places like Princeton or Yale that really take pride in the strength of, say, their history department often tell students “Go major in history! You’ll end up just fine after graduation!” Truth be told, you probably will - a lot of jobs really do value your ability to write and articulate, something a history major at Princeton will likely have. Droves of former Princeton history majors are on top of the world today.

But when you’re a college senior during a bad economy and Finance Firm X passes you over for interviews and you can’t apply to a techy job, you can’t help but feel that the person who told you “your major doesn’t matter” might’ve been oversimplifying things a bit…

(P.S. That’s not to say history majors have no options. If you’ve got a great academic record as a history major, you might well get an interview from Finance Firm X (if that’s your thing). If you’ve done a side internship with a tech startup, you could well have a shot at a tech firm. And there’s always law school, grad school, etc.)