<p>I posted the prices from the Princeton Station, which is right on campus, to NYPenn. Here’s the description in the Princeton Parent’s Handbook<br>
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<p>Here’s another description from the University website [Princeton</a> University - Train Travel](<a href=“http://www.princeton.edu/main/visiting/travel/trains/]Princeton”>http://www.princeton.edu/main/visiting/travel/trains/) </p>
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<p>As you you can see from your own example above, the train ride on the Dinky (leaving Princeton Junction at 4:11) is about 5 minutes.</p>
<p>I’m going to take one final pass at this. Princeton has a location that is equidistant from NYC and Philly. This is an asset that Princeton students often take advantage of. It is about 1 hr. 20 mins. door to door to NYC (and can be as fast as 1 hour 5 minutes on the quickest trains) and there are over 25 trains a day. You can go into the city for an evening and return the same night. You can go for an early morning interview and be back in time for an afternoon class. Of course kids spend money in the city and I have never suggested that they’re going every night or that kids on financial aid might not have financial constraints that would limit their visits. But to pooh-pooh it not being an asset for many kids or act as if it’s the same as a Dartmouth’s student more limited ability to go to Boston (about a 2 1/2 hour trip and only seven buses a day) is silly.</p>
<p>Dartmouth and Princeton are both wonderful schools, with great academics and school spirit and enormous student loyalty. They have different locations, which is a factor for many applicants. I wish the OP good luck in her choice–they’re both terrific schools.</p>