<p>Let’s talk about grade deflation because that is always fun.</p>
<p>^After spending 3 years in a grade deflating highschool, i’m not sure I can take that for another four years.</p>
<p>^I agree.
My post was arguably my first sarcasm on CC.
Sorry.</p>
<p>oh i knew you were being sarcastic; i doubt many people are happy about the prospect of grade deflation.</p>
<p>Yes, grade deflation does make Princeton somewhat less desirable for me.</p>
<p>Do you think that Princeton has severe grade deflation compared to the average United States’ colleges or just other ivy league/top universities?</p>
<p>I doubt grade deflation is a big thing at princeton. I mean everyone accepted will be at the cream of the crop so everyone is use to the brutal grind of competition.</p>
<p>Those recruited atheletes and hooked URM’s better watch out, cause competition doesnt care if you are a black native american living in alaska >: )</p>
<p>Do your best!!Good luck to all of u!!:)</p>
<p>Can somebody explain to me what Princeton’s environmental studies program is? [Princeton</a> Environmental Institute](<a href=“http://web.princeton.edu/sites/pei/]Princeton”>http://web.princeton.edu/sites/pei/) <—This doesn’t explain whether it’s a major or a minor or what, so I’m confused. I don’t really think I would like Princeton in the first place but I just kind of want to know.</p>
<p>Attended the Princeton graduation ceremony last week. Some of us will be there in four years lol.</p>
<p>Honesto–the environmental studies program is a certificate program (sort of like a minor although Princeton doesn’t allow official minors). It’s an interdisciplinary program, which offers two specific environmental courses and then requires the concentrator to take 4 additional courses from different areas. Here’s a link to the requirements for the certificate [PEI:</a> Princeton Environmental Institute](<a href=“http://web.princeton.edu/sites/pei/certprog.htm]PEI:”>http://web.princeton.edu/sites/pei/certprog.htm)</p>
<p>I hope that you’ll consider Princeton–if you can visit, you might be pleasantly surprised.</p>
<p>This is in need of a good bump.</p>
<p>Love Princeton!! <3
i live not too far from the campus</p>
<p>I will get accepted to Princeton this winter. Sorry if I take anyone’s spot.</p>
<p>^ yeah im gonna have to go ahead and take a spot too… sorry guys</p>
<p>Do any of you guys find that Princeton really doesn’t reach out to students? I mean I know it is one of the most prestigious schools in the nation and the name alone attracts thousands of applicants, but comparable schools have at least been sending materials. I’ve gotten some stuff MIT, Yale, Harvard, etc…but not Princeton, which really upsets me because it is indeed my number 1. Is it just because I’m not “good” enough for them, or do they not send stuff to anyone? Do I have to call and ask for material? I’d really like to know.</p>
<p>As you said, they don’t need to waste materials. Princeton is elite, best of the best, it’s universally acknowledged we have the best undergraduate education in the world. People flock to this school. If Princeton is indeed your #1 choice, take pride in that fact.</p>
<p>And compared to HYSM, Princeton is worlds better, not only because it’s undergraduate focused, but because it’s a jack of all trades school. It has the highest endowment per student, so all the resources are dedicated to us, the undergrads.</p>
<p>Out of all the ivies, Princeton has the strongest science and engineering programs, hands down. Yale is quite liberal artsy, really lacking in the sciences, and their focus on their law / med school distracts from undergrad attention. Same with Harvard…in fact, Harvard just has the name going for it, that’s why their yield is so high, but most people know Princeton is much better for undergrad. </p>
<p>Stanford may also be considered a “jack of all trades” school, but in recent years, it’s been seriously lacking. They have grade hyper-inflation and are notorious for having lazy, pretentious know-it-all interns don’t do ****. This may be several isolated personal anecdotes I’ve heard, but among high tech bay area companies, that is the prevailing opinion. Berkeley EECS grads get more attention than Stanford ones. Princeton’s grade deflation may be a turn off for prospective students, but it assures employers that they are getting students who actually did work during college, not just sip cognac under a palm tree. Stanford’s admissions are also highly URM, athlete, and rich kid centered; only a small proportion of their student body is composed of truly brilliant students. The opposite is true for Princeton. </p>
<p>Enough of the Stanford bashing, which is actually quite warranted, but MIT isn’t nearly as bad. They have the best science and engineering programs along with great students. However, Princeton again is a much more versatile school. WWS places people into the top rungs of government, and Bendheim assures great placement into IB. If you are inclined toward science and engineering though, you have similar opportunities as an MIT student, but in an undergraduate centered environment. </p>
<p>In short, out of HYPSM, Princeton rules!</p>
<p>Princeton 2014, let me know if you have any questions</p>
<p>OP- Yes, just call and request information and the viewbook. Somehow they did not get your name on a list. Or it was lost. Do not consider the lack of attention as an insult to your qualifications.</p>
<p>^ Correct. However, for some reason Princeton is about the only school that has not sent me anything as well.</p>
<p>Considering HPYSM and the Ivies send letters to just about every student who scores above 200 on the PSAT, I wouldn’t be worried about it at all. There’s actually not much prestige in even getting a letter in the first place.</p>