<p>I never knew this! “Princeton has both the finance certificiate program, as well as ORFE (Operations Research and Financial Engineering”</p>
<p>Does Harvard or Yale have anything similar to this?</p>
<p>AY8888, neither Harvard nor Yale has a major similar to the ORFE program, and neither has the option to award a degree in finance. However, I’m sure they both have classes in operations research and also offer financially oriented economics classes. That said, I believe Princeton’s selection in these fields is far superior.</p>
<p>Thanks for this information, it could come in handy if meaning a BIG if I even have the option. =). Of course, I’ll be visiting every college that I get into besides the safeties to make sure that I will fit on campus and bring something special intellectually to the classroom and contribute to the sucess through ECs at any school I attend. Thank you =)</p>
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<p>I just wanted to say that Princeton has been kicking my @$$ this semester. I’m literally in a cut-my-losses-and-retreat stage, and it’s unlike anything in [my fairly rigorous] HS. And I was a decent student in HS, too, with perfect/almost-perfect scores across the board.</p>
<p>Admittedly, I made the bad decision to take a set of tough 300/400 level classes both inside and outside my major (which is among the harder ones as is), but wow, I’d never anticipated actually being in physical pain.</p>
<p>Just be warned - grade deflation will rape you hard.</p>
<p>lol. College levels the playing fields so there are no more extra credit and more effort=higher grades which is rampant in high school. That is probably a better policy because you get a feel for what real life is like. No more hand holding as some my teachers say. :)</p>
<p>what kind of grades would get their acceptance from princeton rescinded? c final grades or c semester grades? do princeton look at semester grades?
what are the lowest grades that can still let the kid keep their acceptance during their senior year (im talking about the final school report not mid-year)</p>
<p>Lots of questions…pick and choose the ones you want to answer :)</p>
<p>How does shopping period work? What are your recommendations for how to pick courses? What have been your favorite courses so far? </p>
<p>Foreign language placement: I’m sure there are a lot of us who have taken AP language classes, gotten 4’s and 5’s on the exams, but still need to brush up a little before entering an advanced Princeton language course. Do you have any recommendations for how to pick a foreign language class for a language that you have taken for all of high school? </p>
<p>Is there a Princeton community service club/group/office of some sort? How does it work? Do any of you current students tutor or do com serv in Trenton? How does transportation to Trenton work…train only??</p>
<p>I know some sports have both JV and Varsity…how does the JV thing differ from club? Are there any Varsity sports that take walk-ons? What club sports are known to be really fun?</p>
<p>How do the terms work? Do y’all have a February intercession or something? And what’s up with reading week?</p>
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<p>The best way, I believe, is to sign up for all of the courses you might be interested. Then spend the first week going to lectures, reading syllabi, and generally finding out the level of difficulty / work / interest. Once you decide what four or five classes you like best, drop the others. What classes you should select depends greatly on your academic and career interests, as well as the level of certainty you have in each, so without that information it would be presumptuous to suggest any guidelines (let along specific courses).</p>
<p>However, speaking purely from personal experience (I am a philosophy major, for full disclosure), my favorite courses by far have been seminars. The combination of lecture, discussion, and detailed consideration of the subject is terrific.</p>
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<p>In the fall, we have one week off in October for fall break and a few days off for Thanksgiving. In the winter, we end classes in December, then immediately after have three weeks of vacation. Following that is a one week reading period, during which you’re expected to study for upcoming exams and finish your term papers. At the end of reading period (or, for some classes, at the beginning), you’ll have to turn in your final papers. Then there are two weeks of exams, followed by one final week of vacation. For the spring term, there are six weeks of classes followed by one week of vacation followed by another six weeks of class. Then there’s a one week reading period (same deal as before) followed by two weeks of exams.</p>
<p>Note: midterms come the week before fall and spring breaks (and are held even though classes are still in session). Also, you’re not required to be on campus during reading period or exam time unless (a) a professor requires you to hand in a paper on campus one day or (b) you have a final exam on that day, so if you’d like (and geography permits) you may expand your vacation time considerably.</p>
<p>When are the dorms closed? We’re a long way from Princeton, so travel isn’t cheap.</p>
<p>The dorms themselves are never actually closed (other than over the summer), however the dining halls are closed for all of the breaks (fall, thanksgiving, winter, intercession, spring). However there are tons of people who stay on campus over breaks, although almost everyone goes home for winter break. </p>
<p>Re foreign language placement- I placed out of Spanish through the AP test, but decided junior year that I wanted to take a language class again. I took a 200 language class and was mostly fine in it-- and I am by no means fluent in Spanish, and it would have gone much better if I hadn’t been taking 5 classes and a junior seminar. So I wouldn’t repeat any of the classes, however you are of course welcome to. </p>
<p>Student Volunteers Council (SVC) runs a lot of the volunteer work on campus. Lots of options for tutoring both in trenton and within princeton (there is a surprising number of ESL students in the princeton community). SVC has a fleet of cars, which I assume can be used to get to trenton, although I dont know.</p>
<p>Does anyone know whether there’s compulsory medical insurance? (I’m an international)</p>
<p>And should I buy a printer so that all my printing can be done in my dorm? Or does Princeton offer free printing?</p>
<p>assuming i have all the requisite AP credits to graduate in 3 years, how tough is it still gonna be to do so? would it still be tougher than graduating in 4 years even though i can skip 8 courses as a 3-year candidate?</p>
<p>would it be tougher than at other schools, say non-HYPSM brown/duke/dartmouth? (i know some ppl there graduating in 3 years and i’d like to compare)</p>
<p>Yes there is compulsory medical insurance. Don’t buy a printer! Most people don’t. The University has free printing on high quality laser jet printers which are located in all of the residential colleges. It’s a lot faster to use these when you have a 50 page print job (which happens fairly often).</p>
<p>Weasel8488 is actually incorrect; medical insurance is only compulsory if you don’t already have some kind of medical coverage. In my case, my father’s company covers me in the States even though I’m from Canada, so I had no need to get the University health plan.</p>
<p>Speaking of health insurance, what if you don’t have health insurance and you’re on financial aid? Does the university accommodate that or is my family supposed to make up those costs through loans?</p>
<p>Sorry for being unclear. It’s compulsory in the sense that you are required to have some sort of medical coverage, be that through a private company or through the school.</p>
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<p>People will give you different advice on this. Printing, like laundry, is free (hooray!), but there are times when it’s nice to have one of your own. If you’re in a hurry for a class and don’t want to go to the cluster, if the cluster computer is broken, etc., a personal printer (or a room printer) is nice.</p>
<p>If I were you, I’d get a printer to campus if I already had one sitting around at home, but probably not go buy one.</p>
<p>Financial aid will increase to cover the $1000 policy you can take out with the school for insurance. You’ll be automatically enrolled (unless you sign a form saying you have your own comprehensive insurance plan) so you don’t even have to worry about it! This insurance covers you for the whole year, so even if you’re back home for the summer, the insurance can kick in. Just read the paper work or ask questions at the McCosh Health Center.</p>
<p>Wow, that’s fantastic! Thank you very much!</p>
<p>If not for anything else, I’m glad I decided on a school like Princeton because it gets me health insurance :)</p>