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this is your one and only chance to be at Princeton
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Unless, of course, we decide to come back for grad school. ;)</p>
<p>you DO NOT want to be a grad student at princeton</p>
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you DO NOT want to be a grad student at princeton
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Please do elaborate. :)</p>
<p>when you see your preceptors you will understand.
the grad students at princeton are, on the whole, "strange". they are not the focus of the university. their housing is on the other side of the golf course. most of them do not speak english. they don't have parties like the undergrads do. for the most part the undergrads ignore them. IMO it is much better to go to grad school in a more urban location, in order to be around other people your age, or at a school with more graduate/professional students</p>
<p>Agreed. Although Princeton's #1 for undergrad in my opinion, I doubt I'd ever even consider it for grad (though it has some undeniably great programs).</p>
<p>That's why we're at Princeton now, because we know we still have a chance to attend whatever our second choice was... :p</p>
<p>^^ word up homie.</p>
<p>Hahaha, good call, zante.</p>
<p>It's not so much that being a grad student at Princeton sucks... Not all of them don't speak English, and it's a little unfair comparing the undergrad social life with the grad social life. What is more true is that the type of person who would choose Princeton for undergrad would probably <em>not</em> enjoy the grad school. ESPECIALLY after being an undergrad in the recent past. Going to Princeton grad school immediately after graduation would leave you in the social dilemma of trying to do exactly what you were before... this works for some extracurriculars, but not others. Being cool with the undergrads is like being in college and being cool with the high schoolers. Also, the grad college is further than Forbes. And serves PUDS. And not living in campus housing is freakishly expensive. Basically, all the things you get used to and come to love as an undergrad just aren't part of the grad school. And that's not the grad school's fault; it's just a different culture.</p>
<p>Do most classes hold precepts (including small language classes), or are they mainly reserved for large lecture classes like ECO 101?</p>
<p>How often do most precepts meet - an hour once a week? </p>
<p>And are there usually several precepts to choose from, or are there just a few set days and times and you have to take your pick from those?</p>
<p>Standard format is 2 1.5hr lectures, 1 1hr precept. The precepts may already be scheduled and online (see registrar's website). If not, the precepts are usually scheduled specifically to accommodate people's schedules (you'll turn in a little slip listing your commitments, and they work it out).</p>
<p>If you use the scheduler, you can see some precepts for the large lectures...</p>
<p>Until they redo the SCG, I wouldn't trust the scheduler.</p>
<p><em>gasp</em> I thought it was updated...and I thought I had the perfect schedule all planned out.
<em>faints</em></p>
<p>When do they redo the SCG?</p>
<p>Yeah, the times match up with the fall course booklet we received, so I've been trusting it...<em>shrug</em></p>
<p>Zant: I thought Yale was your first choice?</p>
<p>No but that's kind of my point...I still have a chance to go to Yale (for grad school), but if I had gone to Yale under, I wouldn't consider Princeton for grad. </p>
<p>But I don't know if Yale was my first choice or not. For a while it was before I visited Princeton, and for a while it was my first after I was deferred and bitter, but in the end, they were pretty tied. Now I might get to go to both? <em>looks at 5ish % admit rate for yale law</em> ...or maybe not...</p>
<p>Law school admissions scare me. That may very well be one of the most stressful times of our lives, heh.</p>
<p>Seriously, college admissions all over again...</p>
<p>should I start studying for the LSATs? :p</p>
<p>I've had the scheduler mislead me. But it's usually because they're slower than the registrar's website at updating changes... and for some reason they can never seem to figure out when to hold the courses I take.</p>
<p>They've been <em>saying</em> they're going to redo/update the Student Course Guide forever. It needs it, the interface isn't so good, and the practice of paying for well-written reviews isn't sustainable.</p>