Yale or Princeton?

juillet
Sun, 03 Dec 2017 20:34:13 +0000

Sure, applying costs money and time, but this is a decision that has a long shadow over someone’s life. If someone truly can’t decide between the two, it might be worth the extra time and money to keep them both in consideration until later.

That said, if you can’t decide OP - know that while these universities definitely have some differences in the grand scheme of things they’re quite similar. Princeton may be a bit better known for math (at the graduate level) but both are going to have excellent math and biology and chemistry departments. They’ve both got lots of diverse clubs and club sports, and both have got great financial aid. Princeton has a bit more of an undergraduate emphasis than Yale, and Princeton is in the suburbs (but with easy reach to New York and Philadelphia) while Yale is in a medium-sized city (but an easy 2-hour train ride to both Boston and New York).