Let's get to know each other - princeton applicants 2013!

<p>What is your:
1. Dream career, if money were irrelevant?
Novelist. Don't know if I'm good enough though.
2. Intended major/academic interests?
English.
3. Favorite book/author(s)/movies?
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man/James Joyce/City Lights.
4. Nerdiness on a scale of 1-10?
That would be a 10.
5. Guilty pleasure?
Masturbation, of course.
6. Favorite music genre?
Alternative or classic rock.
7. Greatest accomplishment?
Being me.
8. Greatest failure?
Not being me until recently.
9. Favorite nonacademic past time?
Going to the gym, I guess.
10. How high is PRINCETON ranked on your list? Be honest.
Now that Yale's out of the picture, pretty much number one.</p>

<p>ROFLMFAO at #5. OMG hahaha</p>

<p>on a serious note, PotAaaYM is a great book.</p>

<ol>
<li>Dream career, if money were irrelevant?
Stylist. I'm good at making people look good. Cant say the same for myself though due to financial and physical limitations. Sigh
Or maybe journalist, or critic.</li>
<li>Intended major/academic interests?
Pol Sci</li>
<li>Favorite book/author(s)/movies?
Faith of My Fathers by John McCain. haha. i actually wrote that in my supplement. maybe was a bad idea. We'll see..</li>
<li>Nerdiness on a scale of 1-10?
Outside 1, inside probably 6 or 7. I don't know. I'm a closet nerd i'd say.</li>
<li>Guilty pleasure?
Eating uncontrollably xD</li>
<li>Favorite music genre?
None in particular. I like things regardless of genre.</li>
<li>Greatest accomplishment?
Being good at English. Lol but seriously i always think it's a great achievement to be as good at a second language as a native speaker. I'm amazed that i'm actually quite there now.</li>
<li>Greatest failure?
Being so ridiculously short in a tall, picture-perfect family. Sister 5 years younger is already 5'7.. F. I can pass off as an 6th grader..</li>
<li>Favorite nonacademic past time?
SHOPPING!! To my parents' dismay.</li>
<li>How high is PRINCETON ranked on your list? Be honest.

3. I'm sorry.</li>

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<ol>
<li>Dream career, if money were irrelevant?</li>
<li>Intended major/academic interests?</li>
<li>Favorite book/author(s)/movies?</li>
<li>Nerdiness on a scale of 1-10?</li>
<li>Guilty pleasure?</li>
<li>Favorite music genre?</li>
<li>Greatest accomplishment?</li>
<li>Greatest failure?</li>
<li>Favorite nonacademic past time?</li>
<li>How high is PRINCETON ranked on your list? Be honest.</li>
</ol>

<p>1.Brewing my own booze
2.Math/Physics double major, anything involving numbers
3.Books ("Lord of the Rings"- Gandalf is a total badass!, Tucker Max (my hero)) Movies("Animal House", "Superbad", "40 Year Old Virgin", "Fight Club")
4. 3, I do a lot of math stuff but that isn't because I'm passionate about it but simply because I am just really really smart
5. Swearing
6. Rap. I love it all.
7. Doing really well on IQ test when I was three and getting a 1600/2350 at 14 years old.
8. Blacking out really badly that one night when I was partying.
9. Partying, Lacrosse, and Being A Libertarian
10. #1! Princeton is my #1 choice, baby! I'm so annoyed that they took away Early Decision cuz I would probably be a Princeton student by now otherwise.</p>

<p>^ Hopefully you and I will both do well, because I want to party with you if we both end up at Pton. And I thought I was the only one with a 1600/1600 SAT who knew how to get his rage on...</p>

<p>Lots of Stanford rejects here. :P Including me. I'm bored so I may as well fill this out.</p>

<ol>
<li>Dream career, if money were irrelevant? Chef!</li>
<li>Intended major/academic interests? Engineering or political science... not sure yet.</li>
<li>Favorite book/author(s)/movies? Probably The Stranger. Authors, Jane Austen, Orwell. Movies, that's a good question. :P I'd have to think.</li>
<li>Nerdiness on a scale of 1-10? A few years ago I'd have said 10 :P Now more like 4 or 5.</li>
<li>Guilty pleasure? Listening to video game music all the time?</li>
<li>Favorite music genre? Hard to say. I do like video game music, but other than that, I like various bands and artists (no specific genre). Led Zeppelin, Coldplay, Daft Punk, the Beatles...</li>
<li>Greatest accomplishment? Changing who I used to be.</li>
<li>Greatest failure? Changing who I used to be... Could be looked at both ways.</li>
<li>Favorite nonacademic past time? Video games, music, hanging out with friends.</li>
<li>How high is PRINCETON ranked on your list? Be honest. Probably like #4 or 5. It's a pretty cool school, has some nice programs, but there are others. Wouldn't mind going if I got accepted, though.</li>
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<ol>
<li><p>Dream career, if money were irrelevant?
Academy Award winning actor AND director</p></li>
<li><p>Intended major/academic interests?
* Theatre, Political Science, Sustainable Energy!</p></li>
<li><p>Favorite book/author(s)/movies?
* East of Eden (book and movie), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Gone with the Wind, Some Like It Hot, Chicago... etc
</p></li>
<li><p>Nerdiness on a scale of 1-10?
eight</p></li>
<li><p>Guilty pleasure?
College Confidential</p></li>
<li><p>Favorite music genre?
Classical, Broadway, Pop</p></li>
<li><p>Greatest accomplishment?
hahah probably getting into Yale</p></li>
<li><p>Greatest failure?
soooo many of these :(</p></li>
<li><p>Favorite nonacademic past time?
Pianoooooo and classical music endeavors, fo sho</p></li>
<li><p>How high is PRINCETON ranked on your list? Be honest.
Yale>Harvard/Columbia>Princeton... I'm applying for financial aid reasons. And because my friend who's a frosh there is making me. But it's beautiful and I might come to regard it strongly if I happen to get in!</p></li>
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5. Guilty pleasure?
Masturbation, of course.

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<p>hahahahahahahahhahaha</p>

<p>What is your:
1. Dream career, if money were irrelevant?
Studio Artist. With a profound knowledge of neurology.
2. Intended major/academic interests?
Biochemistry/Pre-med.
3. Favorite book/author(s)/movies?
Kafka on the Shore/Milan Kundera/ Amores Perros
4. Nerdiness on a scale of 1-10?
8-9
5. Guilty pleasure?
Talking to beautiful men. Unless they have an IQ below 100... in which case staring suffices.
6. Favorite music genre?
Alternative rock.
7. Greatest accomplishment?
Exhibiting/Selling Artwork.
8. Greatest failure?
Having no self-confidence, I suppose. I have yet to find myself.
9. Favorite nonacademic past time?
Painting/Reading.
10. How high is PRINCETON ranked on your list?</p>

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<p>Amen, TheMatrix411.
May both of us get into Princeton!!</p>

<ol>
<li>Dream career, if money were irrelevant?
game programmer</li>
<li>Intended major/academic interests?
computer science</li>
<li>Favorite book/author(s)/movies?
Orson Scott Card. amazing. Ender's Game and both branching sequels. Seventh Son and sequels. and for kicks, Artemis Fowl and Pendragon.</li>
<li>Nerdiness on a scale of 1-10?
6? 7? need a reference to be sure ;D</li>
<li>Guilty pleasure?
chocolate. chocolate. food. chocolate. </li>
<li>Favorite music genre?
punk rock-ish/alternative</li>
<li>Greatest accomplishment?
I guess winning the French prize in grade 9, since I had no previous knowledge of French and worked hard to beat my peers (who have been learning French for who knows how long since I live in Canada haha)</li>
<li>Greatest failure?
I dunno. right now it feels like getting rejected by Stanford. Three months from now it'll be getting rejected everywhere ;__;</li>
<li>Favorite nonacademic past time?
reading. video games. movies. does programming count?</li>
<li>How high is PRINCETON ranked on your list? Be honest.
1st now that Stanford rejected me :(</li>
</ol>

<ol>
<li>Piano rock star....just like Ben Folds</li>
<li>Mathematics, minor in music?</li>
<li>The Catcher in the Rye, John Grisham, Michael Crichton, Dan Brown, Dazed and Confused (absolute favorite), Crash</li>
<li>7....i love math but i'm seniorits has gotten to me</li>
<li>I'm gonna be vague....a certain artist that i listen to when driving home late at night</li>
<li>Classic rock - Beatles, Zeppelin, Elton John, Billy Joel, Pink Floyd ... and Ben Folds and Reel Big Fish</li>
<li>Passing the 5-foot mark</li>
<li>Not getting involved in certain clubs in high school sooner </li>
<li>Piano</li>
<li>#1 by a mile</li>
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<p>For anyone who's curious, I'm hell on wheel's that revolve on epicycles.</p>

<p>Absolutely hellacious. ;)</p>

<p>What is your:
1. Dream career, if money were irrelevant?
Neurosurgeon if amount of years for training were also irrelevant -_-
2. Intended major/academic interests?
Premed/Finance?/Music?/Polisci? ...
3. Favorite book/author(s)/movies?
Books?? -- Never Back Down / 24 / Entourage **
4. Nerdiness on a scale of 1-10?
**4-5, maybe a 6... maybe

5. Guilty pleasure?
Watching other's wallow in their epic fails..
6. Favorite music genre?
Blues/Classic -- SRV/Clapton/Zepplin/GunsnRoses.. and DMB/RHCP
7. Greatest accomplishment?
Between scholarship to college as a soph.. or getting laid junior-yr?
8. Greatest failure?
Hmmm car crash... yeh...
9. Favorite nonacademic past time?
Sleep / sex..
10. How high is PRINCETON ranked on your list? Be honest.
Tippity Top</p>

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5. Guilty pleasure?
Watching other's wallow in their epic fails..

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<p>This makes me sad :(</p>

<p>^ especially since the phrase "watching other*'s* wallow" is an epic fail, in and of itself.</p>

<p>^HAHAHAHHAHAHHAA</p>

<p>GASP! in that case, I guess I'm just as bad as you bWalker! I didn't realize how pleasurable watching you wallow in that could be!</p>

<p>(only kidding, only kidding)</p>

<ol>
<li><p>Dream career, if money were irrelevant?
President/Film Director/Skating Choreographer</p></li>
<li><p>Intended major/academic interests?
Poli Sci/ International Relation</p></li>
<li><p>Favorite book/author(s)/movies?
"The Picture of Dorian Grey"/ Lots/ "Atonement"</p></li>
<li><p>Nerdiness on a scale of 1-10?
5-ish...</p></li>
<li><p>Guilty pleasure?
America's Next Top Model</p></li>
<li><p>Favorite music genre?
Classical or Country. Some Rock</p></li>
<li><p>Greatest accomplishment?
idk....</p></li>
<li><p>Greatest failure?
Car Crash/ SAT Math score. :/</p></li>
<li><p>Favorite nonacademic past time?
Figure Skating</p></li>
<li><p>How high is PRINCETON ranked on your list? Be honest.
First or second...I haven't gotten to visit yet, so after that I'll know for sure.</p></li>
</ol>

<ol>
<li>Dream career, if money were irrelevant: Admissions officer for MIT.</li>
<li>Intended major/academic interests: Aerospace engineering.</li>
<li>Favorite book/author(s)/movies: Harry potter series.</li>
<li>Nerdiness on a scale of 1-10: 10, i do have a life LOL.</li>
<li>Guilty pleasure: College Confidential.</li>
<li>Favorite music genre: Rave.</li>
<li>Greatest accomplishment: Represented INDIA in the NATIONAL PHYSICS OLYMPIAD, 2007.</li>
<li>Greatest failure: got a 78 on AP Stats semester final, lost the last badminton match of the season.</li>
<li>Favorite nonacademic past time: Head coach for badminton at nearby badminton club.</li>
<li>How high is PRINCETON ranked on your list? Be honest: #4, got into CALTECH EA though, deferred in #1 ranked MIT EA round.</li>
</ol>

<p>What is your:
1. Dream career, if money were irrelevant? Secretary of state slash socialite
2. Intended major/academic interests? International Relations or Polisci or maybe Econ
3. Favorite book/author(s)/movies? Favorite book: Peter Pan. Favorite author: Oscar Wilde or Vladimir Nabokov. Favorite movie: Annie Hall
4. Nerdiness on a scale of 1-10? 2 or 3
5. Guilty pleasure? red dresses. I have more red dresses than most people have dresses.
6. Favorite music genre? Country and top 20 stuff
7. Greatest accomplishment? Getting a Spanish lady to the polls on election day. partly because it meant my Spanish skills sucked less than I thought they did, and partly because it meant I introduced her to her next door neighbor and I hope they're friends now.
8. Greatest failure? This time when I was in third grade and I was playing with one of my best friends at the time. He said "We really are best friends, aren't we?" and even though I should have said yes, I didn't want to be all sentimental so I just said "No we're not," or something else that kind of brushed him off. It was mean. And I didn't mean it.
9. Favorite nonacademic past time? Trying to come up with new ways to have fun in this small town.
10. How high is PRINCETON ranked on your list? Be honest. Number one!</p>