<p>Don’t worry about grade deflation guys. It’s not nearly as significant as people make it out to be. You’ll feel it in intro classes a little bit, but you can still do well in those by just studying a little bit more than everyone else, which for introductory classes is not that much.</p>
<p>Lol, yup, all the people I know who are seriously concerned about grade deflation…are high schoolers / parents of high schoolers.</p>
<p>Dorms are fine! Compared with my friends at other schools I’d say that we’re on par / a bit better.</p>
<p>Here’s a video about the dorms which I think are pretty nice:</p>
<p>[Princeton</a> University - ‘Welcome to My Dorm!’](<a href=“http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S33/52/81C56/]Princeton”>'Welcome to My Dorm!')</p>
<p>Wow! Those facilities are truly wonderful! Than you. <em>^▁^</em></p>
<p>Hi! I heard that Princeton requires you to live on-campus for Freshman and Sophmore years. Is this true?</p>
<p>Yes it is true that freshman and sophomore students are required to live on campus. They are also not permitted to have a vehicle on campus those two years. The housing department did a great job in matching my son with a compatible roommate - the questionaire they use is extensive and detailed. Not having a car has not been an issue either since the public transit system is very good.</p>
<p>Well, I wouldn’t worry about the grade deflation. I got into Chicago early and I’m going for HYP just to get some easy grades. Princeton is also a great school with awesome spirit and longstanding history.</p>
<p>Hi guys, I’m sorry if this has been discussed before, but I didn’t have the heart to look through all 40 pages of the thread. :P</p>
<p>I’m just wondering… is winter break the worst thing ever? Worrying about finals over Christmas sounds absolutely hellish. Insight?</p>
<p>im not going to lie. having finals after winter break sucks. especially since all of my friends are done and free over break. that being said, unless you’re super hardcore, most people still find time to enjoy break and have fun. you just need to find a balance between working and relaxing. i have friends that worked their butt off for a week and then took like a two week vacation. or you can just do a little bit each day. if you have papers to write that are due dean’s date, most people do some of it during break and finish it up during reading period. there are also those that choose to do nothing over break and relax. and then work when they get back to campus. they can afford to do this cause we have like a week and a half of reading period before finals start. so its still doable</p>
<p>My son didn’t seem to think exams after the break were a big deal. In fact the course work before the break was so heavy he wouldn’t have had one minute to study for exams. </p>
<p>He took most of the break off from school work until the last 3-4 days when he started back at his problem sets.</p>
<p>I don’t <strong>like</strong> doing work over break. OTOH, it diffuses the stress – I can get a head start, theoretically, or recover from being sick / stressed before I have to do finals…etc. Personally it’s never been too stressful for me to have finals after break.</p>
<p>My parents were shocked at the variety, quality and freshness of the dining hall foods at Parents Weekend. The majestic dining halls and the food really do put Hogwarts to shame.</p>
<p>Do we know if we’re allowed to send in additional information for RD applications? Just got back a test score, and I think it might be worth a mention.</p>
<p>Wrong thread to ask that question, sorry.</p>
<p>Is there a specific set of AP courses that Princeton likes see on a person’s transcript. I understand that mostly you are compared to students in your own region and I come from one of the most competitive regions in the country. My school offers 25 AP courses and so there is no excuse to not taking an AP course. The general progression for the top 10% in my school is to take all core APs in junior including APUSH. I am a sophomore and I currently have the highest weighted GPA in my school. However I find history very time consuming and boring to do. I would like to double up on my Math ( AP Calc and AP Stat) and drop APUSH, next year. I plan to sign up for AP Economics in senior year. Will not taking AP PUSH look bad on my EA application? Otherwise I have a lot of writing awards, school newspaper etc. to show my strength in humanities, but primarily I am a Math and Science person and that’s what I plan to major in. </p>
<p>The question is, drop APUSH and focus on my ECs or struggle to get a well rounded transcript?</p>
<p>As an aside, I am an Asian female and a Princeton legacy.</p>
<p>@Opinion559 I don’t think that taking apush is a necessity. Given your current courses, you are already challenging yourself academically. While being well-rounded is nice (and there are other ways to be well-rounded), ultimately you should make your high school experience meaningful to you. If apush is just going to bore you to death, then i would think twice before taking it because a lack of interest may even negatively affect my performance in the class. Personally, i did do apush, but i decided not to take ap euro, which is common at my high school, so that i could concentrate more on my math/science aps. So i know where you are coming from :p</p>
<p>@CannedPineapple:</p>
<p>Thanks for the insight. I will feel miserable doing APUSH and there is a good chance my GPA will also drop.</p>
<p>@jacob15: There are lots of students in our school with resumes like yours and they usually end up in the lesser ivies. The two who got ED to princeton this year won international awards. One got it in science and the other student won for writing. Frankly, I do keep wondering can Princeton fill all its seats with just such candidates. It would be great if current students posted their high school resumes/ethnicity/hooks on this page and that will give us an better idea. I still believe there is some formula because they are processing 10000 application in 3 months. So they have to have some expectations and see if the application meets that or not, at least for the first and second round of cuts… They can’t just randomly accept or reject students as most people say they do.</p>
<p>Hey guys! It’s been awhile since I’ve posted… I have a question to ask you guys…</p>
<p>I’m a HS Sophomore, and am interested in International Relations. Last summer, I did the Columbia Summer Program in International Relations and Humanities. This summer (before Junior year), I want to pursue a research. Since I live in NJ and Princeton is only a 15 min commute, I’d like to ask you guys if the professors are friendly/accessible at Woodrow Wilson. </p>
<p>Is it even okay for a HS student to mail some of the International Relations/ Foreign Policy profs for assistant researcher positions? Is it hear of at Princeton? Thanks!</p>
<p>I kind of wonder - why would a professor take you when he could take actual students?</p>