<p>Where is everyone applying along with Princeton? Or for you EDers- where are you applying if... you get deferred/rejected? Just trying to get an idea of what schools are similar to Princeton.</p>
<p>I hear a lot of Duke/Stanford comparisions to Princeton. I'm not sure how true it is!</p>
<p>Yesss I was hoping someone would say that! I haven't visited Duke but I saw some awesome gothic stone buildings on their virtual tour. I don't really see how Stanford is similar to Princeton though, but I hear it's beautiful. Well I guess palm trees can make almost anywhere beautiful :)</p>
<p>ya, that and valleys and an ocean on one side of campus!</p>
<p>haha yeah.. wow that would be amazing. I guess life can go on if I don't get into Princeton... as long as I get into Stanford! (ha yeah right) where else are you guys applying? I was thinking Northwestern. Doesn't it have stone/gothic buildings kind of like Princeton?</p>
<p>I'm totally going for the small LAC thing if I don't get into Princeton...Swarthmore, Amherst, Williams...well, you get the picture! And a few all-women's schools somehow crept onto my list: Smith, (I'm a legacy there) Wellesley, and Bryn Mawr. Seems like I'm in the minority on this one!</p>
<p>well that's awesome there are other schools you love. what are swarthmore/amherst/williams like? I always pictured them as in the middle of nowhere.. is that true? are the campuses pretty?</p>
<p>Hey kraor, seems like we're kind of carrying on this discussion on 2 different threads! I think "pretty" would be an understatement; I found all of the campuses absolutely stunning (maybe not <em>quite</em> as gorgeous as Pton, but as close as is humanly possible). Williams is in the middle of nowhere, really, and the other 2 feel like it but aren't really to the same extent: Swat is fairly close to Philly, and Amherst has the 5-College Consortium to make it feel a little less isolated. Also, Amherst is not too far from where I live, so it just feels less isolated to me personally because it would be easy for me to get home. Anyway, all of them are kind of similar--small, lovely, very personal.</p>
<p>Hmm.. I've really got to visit them. I think I'd prefer a city though. I'll need to be in NYC or something to distract myself from my misery from being rejected at Pton, haha. Maybe I should apply to NYU or Columbia...</p>
<p>At Williams, the surrounding Berkshires look purple at sunset. Is this enough of a distraction?
JK; I know what you're saying. I decided early on that I didn't want to be in a city, but to each his own, especially when it comes to college!</p>
<p>Haha maybe... well I just love to be able to walk places and have a lot to do, but I'm sure I could do that at suburban colleges too. I just need to visit some places... after I finish this stupid pton essay. by the way, what are the buildings like at Amherst, Swarthmore, Williams, etc? are they brick or stone/gothic like some of pton's? (I LOVE stone buildings :) ) oh and by the way again, I looked at your chances thread from a while ago and I was amazed!!! We are actually kind of similar in some ways, except you have a ton more than me and you look a lot more impressive lol. I think you'll definitely get into pton.</p>
<p>omg we can be such good friends if we get into P'ton!!!</p>
<p>ok, if we all get in, promise to share names and location to meet. LOL!!</p>
<p>we can share a sub at Hoagie Haven (lol if you know what that is)</p>
<p>lol anyone like jogging? i heard theres a thing each year where all the Freshmen go jogging around the city. I WANNA DO THIS SO BAD!!</p>
<p>Punch and pie!</p>
<p>yeah i LOVE jogging!!!</p>
<p>oh and WHOA btlesgirl: I just looked at your chances thread again: I got the Rensselaer Medal too, I am pres of the key club, I took the same SAT IIs as you and got the same score in History, I play the piano too, I'm interested in art & architecture, and we have the exact same PSAT score and almost the same SAT score! except all that other stuff you have... i don't have lol.</p>
<p>lol, it seems to me that Princeton only has room for one of you.</p>
<p>we'll settle it on a dual, hehe.</p>
<p>hey Kraor, post the hyperlink for btlesgirl's CHANCES thread. </p>
<p>I wanna read it hehe.</p>
<p>thx</p>
<p>Hahaha yeah I was thinking that too!!! btlesgirl will get in :( but maybe once she gets the acceptance letter she can write back and set one condition: she will only go if I am accepted RD! and then the rest of you can revolt too until I'm accepted. Princeton will not want their yield rate to go down.... please? I'll make you cookies...</p>
<p>here's her chances thread. i hope she doesn't mind</p>