<p>Questions:
What is the lowest GPA that anyone has known to get into Princeton? (This does not include those recruited for athletics)</p>
<p>Just wondering...for those majoring in economics...why not just major in business as an undergrad somewhere? </p>
<p>What do those applying to Princeton think of the other colleges that they have visited (Stanford, Northwestern, and Dartmouth among them)? I just figure that I would like to hear the oppinions of those who are as enthusiastic about princeton as I am- about the other schools I am interrested in.</p>
<p>Comments
Princeton is the best school ever! I have done tons of research to decide upon my top-choice schools...and although I have found other schools that I like, none of them have even compared to Princeton!</p>
<p>It seems impossable to get in...I wish that there was some kind of guarantee:)</p>
<p>Okay, to the second part: some people either a) don't want to major in business; they're more interested in the overall economic scheme of things (macro or micro) versus business, which usually limits economic study to the micro perspective (and applied micro at that), or b) want to study at a university that has a particularly strong faculty in the department or perhaps a better curriculum than they would receive at a business school. I was planning on applying to several b-schools (Penn-Wharton, USC-Marshall, and UT-McCombs), but in retrospect I'm glad that I got into Princeton because now I don't have to be limited in my studies for my undergrad years. A business major has much less freedom than an economics major to get a full liberal arts undergraduate experience, especially when you consider that it's much easier for an economics major to change his/her major than a business one.</p>
<p>And to the last part: I was planning on applying to all three of those schools. However, what puts Princeton above them (and all others) in my eyes is its unparalleled financial aid, excellent location in a quaint little town nestled between two of the largest urban centers of the nation, easy access to the awesome faculty, tremendous undergrad focus, and the smaller size (although Dartmouth is small as well). Stanford's beautiful, it's gorgeous, and I would have had no qualms going there, but paying for it would have been a serious problem. Same for Northwestern and Dartmouth. Princeton had the total package (i.e. the things I liked about all the other schools, minus Stanford's weather, hehe) plus the excellent financial aid. That sealed the deal for me, so I went ED.</p>
<p>It's definitely not impossible to get in (it's hard hard hard, but not impossible), so work hard on that application, throw all of yourself into everything you do related to Princeton, and if you don't end up there, know you'll end up at another great school that will end up being the best for you. Buona fortuna!</p>