<p>so, would a 3.9 ucla student have a good chance at princeton as grad student? majoring in art history.</p>
<p>You can't tell just by your GPA</p>
<p>I founded princeton. Oh and my bf is Al Gore. That's best friend btw. I'm reclaiming that A.C.R.O.N.Y.M.!!!!</p>
<p>charizard, i don't know what ur ranting about. but u remind me of something...i watched a movie with al gore in it lecturing about global warming. i just thought that it was really boring when the movie went off track to talk about his life's tragedies like every minute or so. ..anyway.</p>
<p>so, what other factors affect my chances? work? extra curriculars? </p>
<p>omg, please don't tell me i have to go through the whole high school torture again.</p>
<p>This board is mostly populated by undergraduates, so your question is probably better served in the Graduate School thread. I've actually seen people claim on here that Princeton doesn't have a graduate school (it most certainly does, and trust me, we get all sorts of attention). Then again, it may not be so appropriate there either.</p>
<p>Anyways, I'm a Princeton graduate student. You really need to give us a lot more to work with here. Are you currently going into your senior year? You have an impressive GPA and went to a pretty good school, so I wouldn't worry about that. However, your GPA alone will not get you in. For the sciences/engineering at least, strong research experience are also vital, though I don't know if it's as important for the liberal arts. </p>
<p>What's important across the board though are letters of recommendation. These are really what set aside those who get in and those who don't. It's good to get professors to write these for you who are well-established in their fields; if you happen to know a Princeton grad alum it's even better.</p>
<p>GRE scores are often least important aspect of your application. Just don't screw up the quant and you'll be fine. People worry way too much about these. They definitely don't have the same weight that the SAT/ACT did when you were applying to undergrad.</p>
<p>No one really cares about random extracurriculars not directly related to your major (i.e. clubs you were in, volunteer work, etc). That may have been important when you were applying to undergrad, but graduate schools just want to see that you're good in your field of study. It might help to show that you're well-rounded, but that's it.</p>
<p>The average acceptance rate is about 13%, so it's a little higher then for the undergraduates, but not by much. You'll be competing with some really smart kids. Prepare to be humbled a lot. Often the liberal arts are even more competitive because you'll be competing for teaching positions so you can stay here, as they don't have money quite like the engineering/science departments do.</p>
<p>Bottom line: Princeton is a great place to go to graduate school. You'll hear a lot about the great divide between undergrads and grads here, but really we lead pretty productive and fun lives.</p>
<p>Algore and my bio proffessor refuse to use hair-spray, drive cars, use air-conditioning, paper-products (or anything manufactured in a factory) and sleep in a little cave drilled into the side of a beach by the ocean.</p>
<p>Incidently, I found out that I need to get a PERFECT score on my final to get an A in biology. Talk about high pressure. On the other hand for Japanese....</p>
<p>bezel, it doesn't sound that bad...teacher recommendation, GRE. i can handle those. i'm majoring in art history by the way. will they be impressed if u graduated in three years, though?</p>
<p>charizard, i wasn't kidding with al gore. his pretty serious about global warming. he had gone on lecture all over america, europe, asia.</p>
<p>also, i'm not a senior. but i just want to prepare in advance.</p>
<p>Al gore is just making a scene over Global Warming because of unresolved feelings of jealousy and bitterness. Apparantly during Bush's early term, he used to visit bush in the Oval office (always carrying a pepsi can in his hand as he left so he wouldn't look suspicious) but Bush rejected him for John Kerry. Gore left in tears but he still has the dress that he wore into the office, tucked away in a closet home and he's thinking about bringing it when he goes to court in retribution, then maybe writing a memoir about it.</p>
<p>I doubt it would figure much into the equation (you graduating in three years). We have graduate students here that graduated from college when they were 18.</p>
<p>Also, why do you keep responding to such an obvious troll?</p>
<p>read:</p>
<p>Great job derailing the thread everyone. Can we get a moderator to change the title?</p>
<p>Oh yeah, OMG GLOBAL WARMZING IS A LIE!!! DEMONCRATS SUX! LOL</p>
<p>Wow. Logic with an A. Impressive.</p>