<p>i completely agree with prettyfish's post....hehe, hijacking this thread, GOOO PRINCETON!! </p>
<p>'09 all the way ;)</p>
<p>haha I'm totally not trying to hijack the post because that's an annoying thing to do in other forums, it's just that I'm mildly insulted by the claim that because Princetonians don't have lots of sex, that means it's a sucky college ;)</p>
<p>EDIT: But yes, Princeton 09 all the way!</p>
<p>anyway...ive put this off for long enough, i must go and prepare for my yale interview tomorrow....arghh...wish me luck, peeps :)</p>
<p>p.s. to all u yalies out there, i got luvv for ya ;)</p>
<p>Agreed, much love for the Yalies! It was my dream school for a long time... and it still has my most favorite math building out of everyone... it's like a freaking castle!</p>
<p>Having sex over the course of 4 years at one place is a sign of healthy relationships... not "indescriminate sex". If you're 22, male, and haven't had sex (like so many Princeton students), honestly you're not normal (and if you are male, you are past your sexual prime at 21). When you are in college and no longer a high school student, you'll understand.</p>
<p>But, alas, the sex thing was just kind of a joke I've taken a long ways. The other 4 things are legitimate things about Princeton and its many attempts to copy Yale, no one can argue that. I'll stick to the academic beef and not the cracks about Princeton's social wasteland.</p>
<p>Princeton has...
1.) Tried to copy Yale's system of residential colleges for undergraduates.
2.) Broken into Yale's admissions website entering student info w/o permission.
3.) Instituted an Early Decision program to falsely boost its yield and lower its acceptance rate.
4.) Been shown to be #6 (H-Y #1/#2)in the actual preferences of high school students.</p>
<p>Ok I tried to PM you because I don't feel like starting a flame war but you aren't accepting them... so let's just say we'll agree to disagree, yes?</p>
<p>3.) Instituted an Early Decision program to falsely boost its yield and lower its acceptance rate.</p>
<p>what?
Harvard and Yale all used to have ED. You can't say that they INSTITUTED ED for that reason! And ED is well liked by a lot of people and it makes it easier for them...if what you've said is true then the same goes for all ED schools!</p>
<p>ED scares me :o</p>
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This is correct, but the top schools like HYS don't have 'em anymore though, precisely because they are used to manipulate statistics at the expense of the students and closing their options. I don't think Princeton will ever switch to an Early Action system like HYS because its yield would plummet if its early acceptees were allowed to apply to Yale or Harvard or Stanford. HYS are more confident in the pull of their institutions, IMO.</p>
<p>Princeton wants the students who underestimated themselves and could have gotten into Yale or Stanford if they had been able to try.</p>
<p>It is presumptuous to think that applicants "settle" for princeton because they underestimate themselves. I really doubt that. We're talking about Princeton, not University of Nowhere.</p>
<p>pton=pton for better of for worse HYP share the honor as top school in the nation and possibly in the free world(though Oxbridge would give them a run for their money)</p>
<p>From my perspective, it's HYP. The fall from there is dramatic, far more than not getting into your first choice among those three. (IE, you wanted H but got into P only, not so bad; having to go to Brown/Dartmout/Columbia much worse than not getting into P)</p>
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<blockquote> <p>Then why do you think they are increasingly copying Yale's system of undergraduate residential colleges? It appears that Yale has defined undergraduate education for Princeton. Yale is the leader, Princeton a follower.<<</p> </blockquote>
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<p>Yale copied its residential college system (and its architecture) from the British Cambridge/Oxford system. I guess its a follower too.</p>
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<p>Princeton is just as good as HYS for some people. I would certainly turn harvard down for Princeton in a heartbeat (actually, won't be having that problem since I didn't apply to H). I wouldn't say that people who apply to princeton are underestimating themselves and thinking they wouldn't get into HYS. Princeton has a lot of things going for it that appeals to people. I truly think that these four schools are very different and that you can't just compare them based on selectivity. </p>
<p>For the record, my school's policy is that if you apply early and get in you have to go, whether it be ED or EA, single choice or not. So I loved ED for Princeton because it does give you a better chance.</p>
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<p>I would turn down Harvard, Yale and pretty much any other school for Princeton in a heartbeat. OK maybe not yale in a heartbeat but any other school...yeah :)</p>
<p>In the words of a Princeton alumni. "Don't go to Princeton, a lot of snotty rich kids trying to make your life impossible" He was Hispanic, He was not the first, nor the last, who has told me something along the lines of that. One of my GC flat out told me not to apply to Princeton. My friend visited the school and he told me that the students saw his skin color and immediately assumed that he did not belong there, whereas in Yale I had students actually ask me several times if I was a freshman. Coming from a P alumni I don't think that it is hearsay to assume that P is populated by certain elements of our society, namely the pink sweater around the waist Andover steryotype.</p>
<p>Stereotypes are great, aren't they?</p>
<p>So does the bad experience of one alumni define a whole school for you? There are people at any school who hate it.</p>
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True. It's just that so many of them seem to be Harvard undergrads.</p>