<p>Can anyone give me a general idea of what a typical day at Princeton is like?
wake up time, number/duration of classes, hours of hwk, free time for ec's, etc.</p>
<p>about the ski team</p>
<p>I just tried skiing for the first time about a year ago and LOVED it. Can someone join just for the fun of it?</p>
<p>Heh, tunanfish, that's a main concern of mine. I want to learn Greek and continue Latin, AND do the humanities sequence...eek!</p>
<p>I think, based on my Latin experience, that I would qualify for Latin 105 or at least Latin 104. What's the problem with taking the HUMS sequence and 2 language courses? I'm a hard worker, especially if it's something I love, so just expand on that a bit. I suppose, though, that if I major in classics I'd end up reading many of the works in the HUMS sequence anyway. </p>
<p>BTW, I LOVE Robert Fagles's translations. I have his Orestia and The Three Theban Plays, and I nearly had an orgasm (well, not really) when I saw he taught at Princeton. Is he still there? Last I read, he was on leave working on a new translation of the Aenied.</p>
<p>Yeah, that's the main problem I have with the HUM sequence: it takes up so much freakin' space in your schedule. It's literally half of your classes freshman year. While it's awesome and all, it seems to kind of limit you as far as exploring different classes (especially since it's your first year).</p>
<p>Then again, I don't even know where to begin in picking classes. There are so many I want to take. It really seems like it'll be impossible to narrow down. At one point I was looking at doing SPA, FRE, and ITA all within the first year, but again, that takes up a lot of space. Gah!</p>
<p>stupid ST and QR requirements</p>
<p>LA, HA, and EC are where it's at!
(it's so fun to talk about princeton when i'm not getting in, hehe)</p>
<p>With as many times as you've said that before, you have to get in now ;)</p>
<p>And yeah, except for psych, I'm definitely not excited about fulfilling ST and QR requirements.</p>
<p>the BSE students get out of requirements, we should too</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure you can join ski team for fun...just talk to the people at the activities fair.</p>
<p>The Tremblant trip is always open to people who just want to freeski or take nonracing lessons.</p>
<p>Fagles gave a great reading of part of his translation of the Odyssey last fall at the Humanities Symposium (prefrosh event for people interested in the humanities and/or a very high chance of admission).</p>
<p>With HUM, do keep in mind that while it does occupy half of your freshman year schedule, by design it will expose you to more topics than any four classes you took would.</p>
<p>Tiger08, I have no idea if you're still following this thread, but if you are: </p>
<p>Could you describe each of the eating clubs to the extent you know? In terms of quality of food/facility, selectivity of bicker/what they're looking for, popularity, quality of parties, general vibe... if I go to Princeton (the big if!) I really want to have an idea of where, if anywhere, I want to bicker from the getgo. </p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
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<p>That's something you find out by actually going on campus and going out to the street. The eating clubs are hard to put in words, because then the experience becomes largely generalized and stereotyped.</p>
<p>well, does princeton focus more on aca result or activities?</p>