<p>now that the elation is dimming down, do any of you guys feels intimated by going to princeton and dealing with the pressure of pleasing your parents?</p>
<p>…you’re going to princeton to please your parents?</p>
<p>haha bball. Im not going for my parents but am slightly intimidated by the prospect of attending one of the top universities in the world</p>
<p>^same here</p>
<p>yeah, im only waitlisted, but i can see how you feel. even if i go to my backup, im still going to what people call the best university in canada.</p>
<p>well don’t worry, youll do great!</p>
<p>Im not really scared about pleasing my parents. Im just a little nervous about competing with so many smart people.</p>
<p>who said anything about competing?</p>
<p>I am just going to learn. If I get straight cs and actually learn something from the other people there… so be it.
Do you honestly look at college as competing with the other students? I mean really…</p>
<p>Im pretty intimidated and nervous. It will be so amazing though. I think going to college is pretty intense, but going to one of the best universities in the country (even the world) is going to be even more intense. Intense meaning kinda scary/amazing/stressful</p>
<p>Okay I know I’m not going to Princeton, but Yale is pretty close so I feel like I can answer here…</p>
<p>I agree that I’m feeling pretty intimidated at this point. I mean, I got into Yale EA so I’ve spent a lot of time getting to know my future classmates, and I really feel part of the Yale community already. So it isn’t exactly a matter of “competing”… </p>
<p>It’s more of the fact that it’s among the top universities in the world… so I feel like I’ve gotta do something GREAT with it. As if just studying and getting my grades just isn’t good enough. You know?</p>
<p>I’m a sophomore here, just thought I’d put in my two cents. I think pretty much all freshman/pre-frosh are intimidated a little bit (Will I stack up to my peers? Do I really “deserve” to be going? How much is college life going to be a change?), but honestly, those feelings will evaporate really quickly once people are on-campus and interacting. The master of my residential college gave a speech one of the first nights I was here, during frosh week; one of the things he actually said was that we should stop worrying - we had all deserved to attend, none of us were going to suddenly get dragged off-campus because we weren’t “good enough” to be here.</p>
<p>Also, as a sidebar, the pre-frosh activities (OA and CA) really help, in a general sense, pre-frosh get acclimated to life here, I’d strongly suggest doing one of the two. Hope this helps/allays any fears. Congrats on getting admitted!</p>
<p>I’m really nervous. Coming from a decently smart and competitive school, I still have no idea how I stack up to the rest of the country. Especially the very bright students, which I assume is the majority of the incoming '13 class to Princeton. I know how well I can do math in relation to my current peers, but I really don’t know how much other people in other places know. So yeah, I’m pretty nervous right now. Not to mention the mere magnificence of the history of the place; walking along the same paths as some of the brightest minds ever. It’s such an epic experience.</p>
<p>To echo previous sentiments, I think that all students come here very worried about whether they actually deserve to be here. The answer is always, of course, yes. You also will find that while everyone is very gifted in general, no one can have talents in ALL areas. You find what you’re good at, and then do that. Just make the most of the four years.</p>
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<p>McGill?</p>
<p>Canada represent!</p>
<p>I’m a freshman, and I’ll admit I was indeed nervous about coming here. Well, nervous would not be the best word to describe how I felt. I’d say I was EXCITED to meet a lot of extremely smart people, and I certainly have. However, as Qwertulen said, I got over those feelings very quickly and soon just began to feel natural to be here, as a member of the university. </p>
<p>As for the pressure of pleasing your parents…it really shouldn’t be a big deal for you (even though it may seem like it depending on what kind of parents you have) since you are after all at Princeton, one of the most prestigious university in the country. It’s okay to get a B+ here (after trying your hardest of course)… in fact grades don’t matter very much unless you’re planning to continue your education after you graduate. For jobs, all grades do is get you the first interview. After that, how you perform in the subsequent interviews are way more important than your grades (this is what I learned here from very talented upperclassmen who got very good summer internships/jobs).</p>
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<p>Haha yeah exactly… but I’m not too excited since I tried soooo hard to get into my schools in the states… oh well they were all reaches, and the ones i did get into won’t give me financial aid. Plus, McGill scholarship + Millenium Scholarship = dirt cheap university! haha Anyways I’m trying to get excited for it, but I know I’d drop it for Princeton even if it were Aug 31. So if any of you are going to either HYP, please choose wisely 
(i.e. CHOOSE HARVARD OR YALE ) haha, lol jk… just wish me luck lol… and don’t stay on the WL if you’re not going to go there.</p>
<p>My son is a freshman, too, and he loves the school as much as he thought he would (wanted to go since 9th grade). The classes are challenging, but if you got in, you are ready for them! </p>
<p>The biggest difficulty he has had is to resist all the great social temptations and study enough. He was successful and did well grade-wise his first semester, but some of his friends did not. It’s not only going to school with incredibly intelligent peers, but finding out how fun it is to be around people who are so imaginative and energetic.</p>
<p>Make sure and do outdoor action-it’s an unforgettable experience.</p>