<p>wtf california1600...what'd you do, apply to princeton and get rejected? why are you so negative?</p>
<p>yeah, that's just ridiculous. Again, I've spoken with minorities who've attended Princeton and loved it. Sub-humanly? Don't think so.</p>
<p>do you think it was a bad move to write a whole princeton essay on that topic then? i wrote about how the latino community should be more prominent in today's society, etc. they might not like that, being pton....</p>
<p>why wouldn't they like it...?</p>
<p>Come on, Cali...first Princeton was "anti-Asian," and now this.... You seem to have a chip on your shoulder when it comes to Ivy league schools. You're certainly entitled to believe that minorities receive "sub-human" treatment at Princeton, but that doesn't make it any less ridiculous. Ask mzhang, a Princeton student, or shrek, who is a board regular....or try to convince the two Valdez CCer's....you'll get nowhere, because it simply isn't true. If you had a friend who had a negative experience at Princeton, then I'm sorry for him/her, but don't assume that all minorities experience the same.</p>
<p>And Calc boy: that's a fine essay topic...Princeton will look on it admirably.</p>
<p>I meant as on campus activism. Latinos can't walk around and display proudly shirts that say "LA RAZA" on it at Princeton. That sort of environment will lead to lower ceiling thoughts of the second derivative order for community activists. </p>
<p>I applied to UPenn, Cornell, Harvard, Yale. Got into UPenn and Cornell ended up going to Berkeley. I didn't bother apply to Princeton because of the subtle racism at that school and for the perception in California that Harvard and Yale are the top notch Ivy's. I was however interested in Wharton and Cornell's interdisciplinary potential.</p>
<p>BTW I don't see any actual minorities coming here and defending Princeton wholeheartedly.</p>
<p>What I see is a lot of hearsay. And guess what, for many top notch minority students, helping out their community in the future is a HUGE reason they want to go to a top school.</p>
<p>i heard that 1200 is the score to beat to be competitive for a minority as opposed to maybe 1400 for a white</p>
<p>philntex is a minority.</p>
<p>ivyleaguechamp: you might have heard wrong....</p>
<p>actually i heard it from Michelle Hernandez, a former admissions officer at Dartmouth..</p>
<p>Yes. And in the 1980's Asian average SAT was 200 points higher than Whites on average at Harvard. Even Asian community activists are frowned upon in Princeton. This is very obvious, and I do not want some unsuspecting Asian/Latino/Black National Merit Scholar to be surprised by what they find at Princeton. </p>
<p>Asian Americans, All Races at Berkeley/UCLA/UCSD etc... are for Affirmative Action for Blacks, Mexicans, Native Americans, and SouthEast Asians. Peace out.</p>
<p>Helping out their community in the future is a reason why many people try to obtain the best education they can. That's not limited to any specific group. And yet again, it always seems to go back to SAT scores. But whatever.</p>
<p>"This is very obvious." Please clarify, because it most certainly isn't obvious to me. Do you go to Princeton, btw?</p>
<p>Asian/Black/Mexican/International/Native American Kiddies with the good scores. Remember you heard the inside scoop on Princeton only on College Confidential. </p>
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<p>We need mzhang to check in here...</p>
<p>Seriously. I think this is a bunch of BS. I have yet to see anything backing his arguments up.</p>
<p>Yes, and offensive BS at that...</p>
<p>I'm also glad that UC-Berkeley is responsible for the Princeton "inside scoop".</p>
<p>Actually, I heard this from Princeton students and alumni. Remember that UC's, West Coast Ivies (Berkeley, Cal Tech, Stanford, UCLA, UCSD, Claremont Colleges, Pomona, USC) and the entire state of California frowns upon a learning environment that restricts free speech. We're watching.</p>
<p>"We're watching."
<em>I'm terrified</em></p>
<p>That last post bordered on funny...</p>
<p>I find it a little difficult to believe that the entire state of California is behind you in your vendetta against Princeton.</p>
<p>Agreed, Kebree.</p>
<p>And I've actually heard the opposite from Princeton students and alumni. So what does that mean? That everyone has a different experience wherever they go? Exactly! Now we're getting somewhere...</p>
<p>I find it hilarious that some people are so devoted to perpetuating the Princeton stereotype. But if it passes the time for you, go for it. Doesn't make it any more true, but if it floats your boat...</p>
<p>why oh why do we buy his bullcrap?!</p>