<p>My interviewer said the food at Princeton is decent. Not good, but edible. Is this true? I assumed since Princeton has so much money going through it, they'd be able to afford really good food. After all, they get almost $1.5 million dollars of endowment per student</p>
<p>Hahaha I assumed they had good food. You know, Eatings Clubs? But maybe not...</p>
<p>The eating club food offerings vary. Some are like good home cooking, some more elaborate, some very basic. The students complain about the dining halls, but anytime I've eaten there it has been way better than anything I had in college.</p>
<p>I'm an incredibly picky eater, plus I have some dietary restrictions, so you can't judge by me. However, most people do think that dining hall food is just ok - not too bad, but not great either. The desserts are pretty nice, though.</p>
<p>The food is also supposed to be getting better in the next couple of yeras to try to make the res colleges a more attractive option to upperclassman.</p>
<p>With $1.5 million dollars per student, I thought living at Princeton would be, lets just say, very comfortable.</p>
<p>Since you bring up living at Princeton, know that the dorms also vary a lot. The current admin is busy putting up magnificent dorms all over the campus, and there is a lot of good housing, but there are also tiny, crowded rooms. Within four years the whole picture will be different. The frosh and sophs do enjoy the residential colleges, though, and these offer a great deal you won't find at a school that doesn't have them.</p>
<p>I was looking at the housing options and it said one of the residential colleges offers private bathrooms. That sounds great after just visiting Berkeley and see a community bathroom with 4 showers for 30 people.</p>
<p>Princeton is a wealthy university, not a luxury estate. The housing and food quality are probably pretty similar to that of most colleges, although (at least up-campus) we have the architecture to make it all look nice.</p>
<p>Take a look at this latest opinion story: <a href="http://dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2006/03/03/opinion/14725.shtml%5B/url%5D">http://dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2006/03/03/opinion/14725.shtml</a>. :)</p>
<p>DS and DD agreed that Princeton and Stanford have the best food of the 15 schools we visited (CMU was the worst). Count your blessings!</p>
<p>I've heard stanford's food is amazing. Also Cornell's</p>
<p>Cornell's, depending on which dining room you go to, is amazing. They sell milk and ice cream and veggies raised by the Ag(riculture) students. Princeton is very attentive to sustainable agriculture, etc., but the students complain. At my age anything somebody else cooks tastes great ;) but they are not there yet.</p>
<p>i went and visited many schools</p>
<p>food, lets just say, isnt princeton's forte :)</p>
<p>As part of the 4 year college initiative, the food in the dorms is to be upgraded. The target is the Frist student center, administered by the same foodservice team as in the colleges. The goal would be to improve presentation, variety and quality. There are lots of articles in the student newspaper dealing with eating (as is this case with all colleges) so search.</p>