<p>Does being a New Jersey resident have any weight on the admissions process...?</p>
<p>Nope. Princeton is a private school and doesn’t take state residency into account (unless you live in an underrepresented state which NJ is not).</p>
<p>^ yeah, state residency doesn’t matter to private schools. they just look for the best students world-wide.</p>
<p>Thanks thats what I thought.</p>
<p>idk I’ve heard nj residents have a slight advantage?</p>
<p>A lot of Princeton students come from NJ simply because a lot of Princeton students apply from NJ.</p>
<p>fair enough, thanks!</p>
<p>It should count against you. ;)</p>