<p>^You only have a b c d as options. Joke fail. 
It would have been funny though. :D</p>
<p>Not that Iāve opened a book for the past 3 months ā¦ but Iām going to Jaipur tomm. to give the paper ā¦ Just for fun, you know ā¦ Walk proudly amongst that crowd with not a shred of disappointment/fear/nervousness on my face ā¦ Will try to attempt those question to see how much I can recall ā¦
Oh, itāll be be good :D</p>
<p>I did coaching till September, pixie. Iād know! Iām saying that bubble it in such a way that the bubbling pattern looks like an āHā and āPā. </p>
<p>And looks like Chanakya is planning on fighting Tippu Sultan 
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<p>September of 11th or 12th ?</p>
<p>^^Chanakya appears to be so much more of a mature person. Plus Tippuās left CC or so he says. Guess I can frolic with C eh?</p>
<p>Pix, I have so many things to say in support of Princeton, but I wont. Youāre more excited about Harvard, so thatās clearly the school for you. And Iām nobody to tell you otherwise. Best of luck!</p>
<p>P.S: If you decide against pursuing a Politics major, and go towards the Applied Sciences, your Harvard degree will hold as much respect as a prostitute does in a Country Club.
[Sorry, but you asked for it by calling Stanford students āwannabesā. :)]</p>
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<p>That would require one of us to do time travel. You think CMU has something I could use for this purpose? </p>
<p>I think PP vs. PD will be more entertaining.</p>
<p>^^If you change your mind, let me know! :)I like Princeton for many many things tbh.
Yes, Iām not going to go into the sciences dw. Iām sure of that.</p>
<p>And haha, doesnāt the rivalry come in the package with the letter of acceptance from HYPSM? 
I think Stanford is amazing, no doubt. And the fact that I am nice enough to admit it just shows how much better Harvard students are than the ones at Stanford. :p</p>
<p>Cheater cheater pumpkin eater.</p>
<p>But then again, winner winner chicken dinner.</p>
<p>And Chanakya, I said that merely because Chanakya is a historical figure and so is Tippu.</p>
<p>Isnāt it just HYPS? Where did the M come from?</p>
<p>And thereās no rivalry. Pix is awesome. I canāt argue with her. </p>
<p>Lol, Chanakya is so Tippu. :)</p>
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<p>This is useless since you already know youāre more excited about H, but Iāll give you one:</p>
<p>At Princeton, your Intro to Econ class will be taught by Paul Krugman, a Nobel-Prize winning economist.
At Harvard, your Intro to Econ class will be taught by a lowly Boston College MA in Economics, whoāll be trying to earn a quick buck on the side while pursuing his PhD.
āWhich do you prefer?</p>
<p>Basically, thereās a reason why Princeton has the most loyal alumni base in the world [more alumni that give back than any other school]. Princetonians love their school to death. That kind of fierce loyalty is absent at H.</p>
<p>You know PD, the reason Iāve found it so hard to really like Harvard is that I really disliked it at first. But then, once I got in (or okay, researched for my interview before which I basically knew as little about H as to be able to fill out the CA and supp), I found that itās a really good institution, and Iām sure that what I said before about āHarvard being so perfect in every sphere that itās difficult for me to find something to cling on, that I really likeā is something I might be proud of in future. And I find myself falling for H every day (as much as I try to deny it). So, yeah, Iāll be happy.:)</p>
<p>Btw, the real lectures are taught by the actual Profs only. Then classes get divided into sub-groups, or āblocksā as they are called, where you have a smaller group of students discussing from those TAs. I agree with your other point, thanks for sharing it. :)</p>
<p>PS: Either ways, Econ at Princeton is unbeatable. But since Iām not at all sure about my major and am only sure that itās not the sciences, Iām trying not to let specific majors influence my decision.</p>
<p>PPS: being a Nobel Prize Laureate in no way certifies someone as a good teacher. I have experienced many a time that those teachers (in IIT coaching) who are from IIT didnāt teach very well, and the ālowerā teachers made the syllabus so much fun and easy to learn. Not saying thatās the norm, but donāt underestimate the teaching skills of a BU grad. For me, itās important to have the best teacher so that I can go forward the most, not the teacher with most merits on his resume.</p>
<p>Good for you. It is a great school.</p>
<p>Yeah, every school has those sub-groups for discussions etc. But at Princeton theyāre way more personalized. At H and S, not so much. Plus, it has residential colleges, a better-looking campus, marginally better weather, is closer to NYC, is better in the Sciences, has more funding for undergraduates to pursue research, a more efficient administration that is keen on listening to any concerns the undergraduates may have etc etc. Princeton is just so much better.</p>
<p>I agree with you though, about just falling in love with one school and not being able to even remember why you were so obsessed with the others haha.
In my case, deciding to enrol was somewhat like an act of rebellion, that, in hindsight, was probably a little rash. But whatever, I still love Stanford. :)</p>
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Okey dokey Sir. <em>rolls eyes</em>
Why donāt we say that āthereās no ābetterā school here, itās where you find your fit between those twoā and end it? :)</p>
<p>I wasnāt obsessed with any of the Ivies I liked or other top choices of mine (except wellesley and uchicago). Didnāt want to learn enough to fall for them and then later end up all disappointed. It gets a bit embarrassing now when on either forum I see kids with so much knowledge about the school making me feel like a total nincompoop. It would have made things easier for me now had I made effort to know more than just their postage addresses (that too, for the time span of printing them out and sticking them on the top of envelopes).</p>
<p>Youāre regretting your decision of withdrawing your application from P now?</p>
<p>^^ Itās more exciting to collaborate with Nobel-laureates on research projects. Itās just better. Like working out drunk. :)</p>
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<p>I regretted it all throughout December and January. Feb was fine, I was pretty much distracted during the entire month. And then the regret came back in March. My sister thinks Iām being an ungrateful idiot. And I kinda agree. But itās so hard to not regret being so ridiculously rash and immatureā¦ :(</p>
<p>Anyways, gotta move on. And Iām genuinely excited about Stanford, so it helps. :)</p>
<p>I hope that you end up liking S as much as you did P in the end! I personally feel that itās going to be difficult to not like the school you are at by the time the first year is overā¦unless you keep comparing the two (high possibility! I know Iām probably going to fall in this trap so Iām going to try look at only high points).</p>
<p>Oh, one factor I really disliked about P was the grade deflation (only 35% of each department getting As). It would screw me if I choose to go for law school which is a very high possibility (unless Iām always one of those 35%, [ha!]),. Iām aware that P sends a little note explaining how it works, but itās also true that law schools focus very largely on plain GPA.
Again, not making decisions based on only departments! Anyway, I find whenever I have a H vs P discussion, I find myself indignantly supporting the one the other person is against.:rolleyes:
Ridiculously immature? I fit the bill here too.;)</p>
<p>Ok, this forum moves on very fast ā¦</p>
<p>@pixie : Acceptance rate of Tufts is 7.44% and i dont think it can be considered as a safety by any group of students ā¦Its one of the best dental and pre-med schools on the East coast if not in USā¦</p>
<p>@Chanakya : Congratulations on Tuftsā¦its a great schoolā¦plus its just a few subway stops away frm one of the most exciting cities in the world ā¦</p>
<p>tufts sucks. Nobody wants to go there. Plus the high point of social life there seems to be getting into harvard parties. Chanakya wouldnāt go there in his dreams. I know, coz chanakya and i have had some āprogressā.
Guess tippuās out of the picture now!</p>
<p>PS: stanford dreams, why donāt you remove H ā15 from your location if uāve been rejected? 
And please have some originality wrt screen names. Dreams, dreams and more dreams. PD seems to hold a large influence over you. And you might want to check out tuftsā yield. Anyway, you shouldnāt bother since ur going to S arenāt u? I must ask PD to hand our newbie a nice present from our side. But i doubt PD will come across him at college. Such a big school, isnāt it stanforddreams? <em>smiles angelically</em></p>
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<p>That is not true. It was 21% for the college of arts and sciences and 26% for the engineering school. I got into tufts and have been in correspondence with the admissions office. </p>
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<p>Have you had an opportunity to sit in on a section at all these schools to enable such a bold statement? Or is this resolution made through hearsay?</p>
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<p>Haha! I do the same thing when I have a H vs S vs M vs P argument! lol! :D</p>
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<p>Iāve been told by many people in elite colleges that most of these accomplished professors are douch***** and that they do not care about teaching but rather about their research. As a result, they hardly cover any ground during their lectures and most of the work falls on the sectional leadersā¦ YMMV though.</p>
<p>PD, I didnāt know that Paul Krugman taught intro classes at Princeton. He is the best and Obama should have picked him to head his team of economic advisors instead of that crook who managed to shrink Harvard endowment from $36b to $26b.</p>
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i think he has multiple personality disorder.</p>