<p>Proud to be an American and a Princeton student!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>Princeton sucks with business.</p>
<p>jeff bezos, eric schmidt, and meg whitman all went to princeton for undergrad and did okay in business. they are now the CEO's of amazon, google, and ebay, respectively (with bezos the founder of his company).</p>
<p>Way to give him the business, scottie.</p>
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Yet, heard a lot of their graduates went to wall street without advanced dgree.</p>
<p>In fact, of the Ivies, arguably Princeton is the best for a business career.</p>
<p>a)Many hiring managers are still suspicious of undergraduate business degrees. In other words, they would rather see you get a liberal arts or engineering degree and then an MBA later.
b) Princeton's engineering and economics are fantastic - and the ORFE certificate is a direct preparation for a career in finance
c) The Street, for all its quirks, is one of the best preparations for the social and networking skills required in a VP-level type business career
d) It's possible to major in Comparative Literature and still become a VP of Product at a high tech company;).</p>
<p>PtonGrad2000, I was very touched by your post. Princeton has been so very good to my son (a freshman). I have found the employees there to be refreshingly nice. Financial Aid even increased our aid. My son has described his professors as "amazing." On the non-academic front, he told me that he gets constant emails from his RA about activities, such as "study break tonight," movies, free sushi, massages during exams, etc. </p>
<p>Regarding the issue of whether Princeton prepares you for a career in Business, I know somone who recruits for a top investment firm in NY City, and he said that when students come from Princeton, they know they are qualified whether the degree is in Finance or liberal arts.</p>
<p>is it possible that i have once again stumbled upon the best post on CC?
bump, this deserves to be read by as many people as possible.</p>
<p>Overrated.</p>
<p>I agree. I was brought to tears. </p>
<p>This is beautiful.</p>
<p>From what i have seen of campus videos, Princeton seemed to have the best dorms and friendliest people. Of course, what you don't see first-hand can be misleading.</p>
<p>I loved this post, it was so helpful when I was in the midst of writing dozens of essays and still trying to keep up with school...what a stressful time in our lives, huh? this highlights why it would be a dream come true to go to princeton, but for now, with a >10% acceptance rate, i probably should just focus on not getting my hopes up : /</p>
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<p>Not to take away from Princeton's many great virtues, but high quality housing is, alas, not one of them.</p>
<p>Thank you for writing this. I'll keep it to look back on if that fateful day comes...</p>
<p>Thank you.</p>
<p>Yeah, the Whitman dorms are nice, but the other ones.... Though if you get a really good room draw you can get an awesome room in a tower or something. I think there's even a 14 person suite right over Blair arch!</p>
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<p>There's not. Evan Thomas (a journalist in residence) lives in an apartment in Blair Arch some days of the week, but no students do.</p>
<p>I loved this post, but unfortunately it just made me want to go to Princeton EVEN MORE. I guess that's kind of counter to the whole point of it...</p>
<p>When my dad was at Princeton in the early 80s there was... too bad they gave it to some journalist.</p>
<p>Beautiful essay.</p>