<p>I'm a rising senior, so I'm looking at colleges now and trying to find some that I like. Can current Princeton students tell me a bit about the social scene at Princeton? My second question - how do students dress?</p>
<p>The social scene is good for a school of this academic caliber. Its much smaller scale than say Penn, but also there are less students here. There are people go out to the street every night(basically the street where the eating clubs, the center of social activity, are located. they are probably most relatable to fraternities but they are still quite different). However, the population that goes ou on say Monday-Wednesday and Friday are considerably smaller than Thursday and Saturday. Thursday/Saturdays are the major days of social life, most Princeton students know/recognize some sense of moderation. THey study hard and have a good time too. There are also frats/sororities that occasionally throw room parties. If not, Frist Center also shows movies for like 2 dollars in its theater (say like V for Vendetta, Harry Potter, etc.) There are shows and student productions what not. Theres plenty to do you just have to look for it.</p>
<p>Students dress extremely preppy. Coming from the west where most of the population wears a t shirt and shorts, at princeton it is not rare to see bright pink or lime green pants, or even both colors splotched together to create some ultra-preppy pants. But there are also a good number of regular dress too. Its nothing really, it doesnt really affect you whether you dress preppy or not, no one really cares.</p>
<p>agreed...one of the things I love about pton is that people really do seem able to balance work and play!</p>
<p>i am not a current student- but a prospective one.
i actaully met a princeton professor a few weeks ago and asked the same question.
she said that most of the students dress in "dark" clothing and very casually. she also added that sometimes she'd be walking around campus and see men and women in tux/dresses for eating clubs (formals i beleive she called them?).
everyone is supposed to be accepting and humble of their amazing classmates.... but she noticed a fairly competitive environment.
hope this helps!</p>
<p>dress-wise, get ready for a sea of polo and lacoste. yes, people are pretty preppy on average, but would you expect any different when half the class comes from prep schools?</p>
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<p>would you expect any different when half the class comes from prep schools?</p>
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<p>it's not nearly that high a fraction. i haven't seen numbers yet for the most recent <em>matriculants</em>, but among <em>admits</em> to the class of 2010, only 32% are from private schools. which means that the percentage from preparatory schools (a term not coextensive with private schools) is even lower. see:</p>
<p>alrite, so prep schools are a bit different from private schools, but i think that most of the private admits to pton are from preps. also, your numbers are for admits, and i'm pretty sure that theres a higher yield on prep admits than on public admits (just as there is a significantly higher yield on caucasians as opposed to minorities). so i'm guessing that the percentage of matriculants would be higher than this by a good bit. i'm not completely sure what the stats are like now, but I remember seeing the percentage of matriculants being around 50% from private schools about 2 years ago. i wouldn't be surprised tho if this was more representative of the dean fred era.</p>