<p>this will probably sound stupid but i'm curious so i'll ask. :) despite not being wealthy myself, i love the "upper-class" sophisticated lifestyle, and princeton has a reputation for that, obviously. is it actually true? are most people at princeton sophisticated, high-class, preppy individuals?</p>
<p>I doubt it.</p>
<p>Dude, no. Princeton’s a COLLEGE.</p>
<p>absolutely not</p>
<p>aww really?? there are rarely any “high tea and then boating later?” types there? 
where does princeton get the rep from? did it used to be like that?</p>
<p>Yes, in 1929. (See F. Scott Fitzgerald’s book This Side of Paradise.)</p>
<p>i’m sure you can find some if you search hard for it. but remember, everything’s about diversity now.</p>
<p>wow, you have to search HARD to find it? darn, that’s a shame. and also strange. i mean, if well-educated, private prep school, new england “old money” kids are hard-pressed to find at princeton, where are they all flocking to nowadays? many diverse schools across the nation? would be an interesting development.</p>
<p>also, did princeton seriously get its rep for wasps solely or primarily from ‘this side of paradise’? :-/ or did the book accurately portray that period in princeton’s history?</p>
<p>I’m on a boat.</p>
<p>I can’t answer your original question, but Princeton does have a lower percentage of Pell Grant recipients in its entering class than many peer institutions (a rather measly 9.5%).</p>
<p>^any particular reason or just because more wealthy people tend to apply?</p>
<p>whitecaddy -</p>
<p>Q: How many Princetonians does it take to screw in a lightbulb?</p>
<p>A: Two; one to mix martinis while the second calls the electrician.</p>
<p>Does that answer your question?</p>
<p>^Hahahaha!</p>
<p>Of course. It’s Princeton. It only allow princes in. It’s not some lousy school like Duke which allows the likes of dukes in.</p>
<p>Everyone just kind of sits around drinking tea all day.</p>
<p>Of course not. Consider the fact that the majority of the students are on financial aid.</p>
<p>And it’s a college. Why would you be looking for that lifestyle?</p>
<p>Whitecadillac- Yes, the book portrays the upper crust ruling forces at Princeton in the early 1900s. But really, the trend of elitism at the Ivies lasted until the mid 1960s,or later. Women were only allowed into Princeton in 1969.</p>
<p>@ saugus, “Everyone just kind of sits around drinking tea all day.”</p>
<p>obviously a poor exaggeration of what i was asking. obviously they don’t sit around drinking tea all day; that’s very different from people being sophisticated in general, in the extracurriculars they choose or the lifestyles they lead.</p>
<p>“Consider the fact that the majority of the students are on financial aid.”</p>
<p>doesn’t mean they aren’t high-class or sophisticated…</p>
<p>“And it’s a college. Why would you be looking for that lifestyle?” </p>
<p>i don’t understand what this is supposed to mean. you assume everyone is looking for a traditional “frat, drinking, parties, hook-ups” kind of college experience? wow…</p>
<p>@ fauve, so once they allowed women in, it stopped being elitist? doesn’t make any sense. there are leagues of sophisticated women…</p>
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<p>Lol what? Yes it does. “High class” is synonymous with “high socioeconomic group” when referring to a type of people. Usually, rich kids aren’t given fin aid.</p>
<p>uhh high-class is also synonymous with “classy”, “elegant”, “cultured”, etc. high-class can describe behavior/mentality just as much as it can describe literal socioeconomic status. seems pretty easy to pick out the right connotation of the word given the context of my post.</p>
<p>lol at the whole post =P</p>
<p>^
agreed with selter01.</p>