Chances of getting into an Ivy league such as Princeton or Columbia

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<p>And as for you, my friend Truazn, your characterization of Princeton as “preppy” is a statement that you MUST expect will receive a response here on the Princeton board. This tired stereotype is quite outdated.</p>

<p>If, by the definition of “preppy” you mean an atmosphere associated with a large number of prep school students, then you should know that Princeton’s student body, comes, for the most part, from public schools. Now I can’t find the statistics for your alma mater Columbia, but Princeton has a higher percentage of public school students than many of its peers, including Yale, a school which no one ever describes as “preppy.” Here are the comparable figures:</p>

<p>Class of 2010 % of Students From Public Schools</p>

<p>61% Princeton
54.4% Yale</p>

<p>(<a href="http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S14/41/92C18/index.xml?section=newsreleases%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S14/41/92C18/index.xml?section=newsreleases&lt;/a&gt;)
(<a href="http://www.yaledailynews.com/articles/view/17694%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.yaledailynews.com/articles/view/17694&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p>

<p>Princeton is also a diverse place. Here are some statistics relevant to a discussion of both economic and racial diversity as well as country of origin. All of these figures are reported by U.S. News & World Report: </p>

<p>Class of 2009 % of Students on Financial Aid (U.S. News & World Report)</p>

<p>55% Princeton
55% Columbia
52% Harvard
49% Dartmouth
47% Cornell
45% Yale
43% Stanford
42% Brown
41% Penn</p>

<p>Total % of Undergraduates on Financial Aid During 2004-2005 (U.S. News & World Report)</p>

<p>52% Dartmouth
51% Princeton
50% Harvard
48% Columbia
46% Cornell
45% Stanford
44% Penn
42% Brown
42% Yale</p>

<p>Total % of Undergraduates Who Are White (U.S. News & World Report)</p>

<p>66% Yale
66% Brown
66% Cornell
65% Dartmouth
62% Princeton
61% Columbia
60% Penn
56% Harvard
46% Stanford</p>

<p>Total % of Undergraduates Who Are International (U.S. News & World Report)</p>

<p>9% Princeton
9% Penn
9% Harvard
8% Cornell
8% Yale
7% Columbia
6% Brown
6% Stanford
5% Dartmouth</p>

<p>Total % of Students Accepted to the Class of 2011 Who Are Minority</p>

<p>44% --- Princeton (<a href="http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2007/04/03/news/17914.shtml%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2007/04/03/news/17914.shtml&lt;/a> )
42% --- Penn (<a href="http://media.www.dailypennsylvanian.com/media/storage/paper882/news/2007/04/02/News/Admission.Rate.Drops.To.Record.Low.15.9-2816943.shtml%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://media.www.dailypennsylvanian.com/media/storage/paper882/news/2007/04/02/News/Admission.Rate.Drops.To.Record.Low.15.9-2816943.shtml&lt;/a> )
42% --- Harvard ( <a href="http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=517933%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=517933&lt;/a> )
41% --- Yale ( <a href="http://www.yaledailynews.com/articles/view/20617%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.yaledailynews.com/articles/view/20617&lt;/a> )</p>

<p>In terms of African-American students, Princeton was lauded just a year ago by the Journal of Blacks in Higher Education as the best in the Ivy League (and third best in the nation) for attracting Black students and faculty.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2006/02/08/news/14379.shtml%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2006/02/08/news/14379.shtml&lt;/a> </p>

<p>Less than a month ago, Princeton was recognized “Hispanic Magazine” as the top college in the nation for Latinos.</p>

<p><a href="http://hol.hispaniconline.com/HispanicMag/2007_3/features-26Colleges.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://hol.hispaniconline.com/HispanicMag/2007_3/features-26Colleges.htm&lt;/a> </p>

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<p>So, Princeton consists mostly of public school students and well over half of all students are on financial aid. It has been recognized by nationally-circulated ethnic magazines as one of the best schools in the nation for minorities and, among Ivy League schools, it is tied for the largest percentage of international students and is about average in its percentage of minority students.</p>

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<p>junelay: I still don't get why you assume one can't like cities AND rural areas. Not that Princeton is rural, but even if it were, why do you think somebody can't like both?</p>

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<p>well columbia and princeton, to me, seem like such contrasting colleges that's </p>

<p>all. as to why i assume one can't like cities and rural areas is because when i </p>

<p>ask my friends to choose between city and rural setting, 0% answered city </p>

<p>AND rural areas :p go ahead and blame me, to me they are black and white</p>

<p>P.S i don't have problem if you are one of those people who like city AND rural</p>

<p>area</p>

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<p>Lol fine Princeton's may not be really preppy. But it gives that vibe. I swear the first time i've seen people that looks like they just walked out of a Brooks Brother's catalogue is at Princeton. But yea to someone who said Princeton is in the middle of nowhere... not quite. =P. Columbia also doesn't neccessarily have an urban feel to it because the campus is so enclosed from the rest of the city kinda like Harvard's campus. Unlike Yale's, which you have to cross like streets to get to class which i really don't like.</p>

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<p>i think you should take our SATs again if you can and try to raise your math score.</p>