<p>2013 Rhodes scholarship winner were announced.</p>
<p>8 winners from Yale University
7 from Harvard university</p>
<p>2 from Stanford University
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<p>ZERO from Princeton University</p>
<p>The quality of Princeton students are getting worse ?</p>
<p>Clearly that is the only reasonable conclusion to draw from an extremely narrow set of data that only considers a tiny fraction of students</p>
<p>/sarcasm</p>
<p>Rest assured, there is no reason to worry about the success of Princeton students in the most prestigious fellowship competitions. </p>
<p>Here are the results from last year. </p>
<p>Combined Rhodes, Marshall, Gates, Hertz, Goldwater, Luce, Churchill and Truman Scholars for 2012</p>
<p>19—Princeton
12—Stanford
10—Harvard, Yale
9----Berkeley, MIT
8----
7----
6----Caltech, Cornell</p>
<p>Rhodes Scholarships</p>
<p>Four years ago, Princeton led the nation with three Rhodes. Two years ago, Princeton again led the nation but was tied with Harvard, Stanford and the U. of Chicago each of which had three Scholars. (One of Princetons was an international Rhodes Scholar from Zimbabwe.) Last year, Stanford led the nation with five Scholars while Princeton, Harvard and Brown tied for second with four each. </p>
<p>This year, Princeton had no Rhodes. It was particularly surprising given that the university had, I believe, the second largest group of finalists of any American university. Fifteen Princeton applicants made it to the final round while a 16th made it to the final round in the Canadian Rhodes competition. Harvard had the highest number of American finalists at 22 while Yale trailed with 11. Despite this great showing among the finalists, no Princeton graduates were chosen for the class of 2013. I would expect many of them to reapply for the 2014 competition which could be another good year for Princeton. For 2013, Yale led the nation with seven American Rhodes and an additional two international Rhodes. It was a wonderful year for Yale and easily the largest Rhodes class in the history of that school. Harvard was second with six American Rhodes and one Canadian Rhodes. Even for Harvard, this was a good showing. Stanford and Cornell shared third place with two American Rhodes each. </p>
<p>On a per capita basis, Yale finally pulled even with Princeton this year in terms of Rhodes winners per thousand graduates. Harvard easily leads both of the other two schools in total numbers and per capita.</p>
<p>American Rhodes Scholars</p>
<p>341—Harvard
229—Yale
199—Princeton
93----Stanford </p>
<p>Marshall Scholarships</p>
<p>It was a bit of an odd year for Princeton in the Marshall Scholarship competition as well. Last year, Princeton led the nation with five Marshalls. This year it had just a single Marshall Scholar while Georgetown, Harvard and the U.S. Naval Academy led the nation with two each. There were no Marshall Scholars from either Yale or Stanford this year. </p>
<p>Marshall Scholars Since Founding of Award in 1954
(Through Marshall Scholar Class of 2013)</p>
<p>240–Harvard<br>
125–Princeton
107–Yale
83----Stanford
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<p>Camerajim, it’s not enough to simply change your screen name when you come back a-trolling.</p>
<p>Seriously. These things are unpredictable. There aren’t quotas; it’s not a science. Princeton is no worse because of the lack of Rhodes Scholars this year. Maybe next year some alum win a Nobel and a Pulitzer. </p>
<p>Stop trolling.</p>