What does Princeton look for most?

MD_Mom_1
Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:54:29 +0000

At the information session, one of the associate admissions deans said they were looking for “flava.” Whatever that means to them. Then she told this story about some young man’s essay where his goal for senior year was to get a date. He was admitted.

We then read about the Princeton faculty commenting that Princeton seemed to be full of bright young people who had learned to work the system. The admissions representative’story kind of confirmed the faculty’s impressions. Hmmmm.