<p>And as of June 30th, 2007, the endowment of the Radcliffe Institute (Radcliffe in its surviving form) had a value of $587 million, since heavily whacked.</p>
<p>[The</a> Harvard Crimson :: News :: Budget Crunch Hits Radcliffe, HDS](<a href=“http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=526019]The”>http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=526019)</p>
<p>Is jomjom Byerly? But I think Byerly’s English was better…</p>
<p>Danas, I believe I remember your saying that you did your undergrad work at Harvard. Isn’t that correct? I’ve appreciated your thoughtful and rational comments on these boards.</p>
<p>Just for a term. Long enough to know it is an amazing place, as advertised.
I’m very happy my daughter chose Princeton, though, for reasons having to do with the undergraduate social experience and access to faculty. I got my graduate degree at the University of Chicago and work there now. A great institution, but not strong on either social experience or access to faculty, at least for undergraduates. I guess I’m glad my daughter chose the “not U of C”.</p>
<p>A friend of my d who ended up at Yale(he dn apply to Princeton) just refused to attend Harvard as an undergraduate despite the fact his family had attended for generations.While he never addressed his reasons why friends of his family found out his mother was displeased by the sink or swim attitude displayed towards undergraduates(including his sister who had just graduated the year before he applied).</p>
<p>The number one thing our daughter appreciates is the social atmosphere at Princeton. She’s not interested in eating clubs yet found that in no way has limited her friendships.She has four classes this semester and three have under 30 kids in them - she’s a sophomore.She’ll have her first huge class in the fall, Psychology, to satisfy a science requirement.</p>
<p>Same thing in my family. My middle sister and brother went to Harvard and found it too competitive. Not like cutthroat people hurting eachother. Just that the type of people it attracts thrive on competition vs. thriving on belonging. I went to Princeton and loved it even though I didn’t fit the social profile at the time. So, my kids are at Princeton. Even my little sister says that’s where she wants her kids to go…</p>
<p>BUMP! this is important :)</p>
<p>If I were accepted at both I’d go to Harvard, just because it’s Harvard. If I didn’t got to Harvard I’d still be elated to attend Princeton.</p>
<p>I’m not even applying to Harvard…</p>
<p>I agree with jomjom, Harvard is the best in the world. Princeton does have a very good music program (so I have heard, one that allows you to major in music while you are majoring in something else), but Harvard has much more to offer and is more well known throughout the world.</p>
<p>Harvard has much more to offer? Arguable. And world recognition does not equal quality.</p>
<p>You can argue the comparable quality of the two schools without dabbling in irrationality, so please do so. :)</p>
<p>Who gives a crap which school is better? If one school has a higher rank and then, because you have some need to augment your ego, go there for the prestige, then what do you gain? Just choose the school that is best suited for you and stop worrying about which one will sound more impressive.</p>
<p>jillianseymour36: you say that like it’s so easy, “Just choose the school that is best suited for you.” Well, I visited both and have no freaking idea which is better for me. I’m leaning toward Princeton just bc the people I met there were cooler than the ppl I met at Harvard. But that’s a dumb reason too, but it’s all I got.</p>
<p>Actually, it’s not a dumb reason if you met people who were cooler. Not when choosing between Princeton and Harvard. All else being equal, i.e., you don’t NEED to be in Cambridge or Princeton Township, or you don’t want to major in something unique that only one place or the other offers, choose the place where you felt comfortable. That stuff matters. The kids now feeling they like Yale or Stanford more than Princeton should go there. If you liked Princeton more, that’s where you should go. I’m a Princeton alum. My sister and brother went to Harvard. Turns out we all like Princeton more. Nothing against Harvard, it’s just a temperament thing.</p>
<p>but i don’t doubt that there are cool poeple at harvard, I just wasn’t able to meet them. Is my reasoning still good? Should I still go to Princeton?</p>
<p>Put it this way. Why NOT go to Princeton? Remind me, what do you want to major in? And then, how do you feel about suburbs vs. cities, and how much do you like to fight? Then I will apply the eHarmony college match algorithm:). Seriously.</p>
<p>I like cities more than suburbs. I was entirely put off by the city of Princeton. But, I console myself with the idea that I don’t ever need to leave campus. I want to major in economics, but maybe premed as well. I want to go somewhere where I can do anything and everything and be successful. I’m 17 and don’t really know waht I love to do yet. Why NOT Princeton? Princeton, NJ. Fighting? hmmm. Well, I’m not much for initiating competition with others, but I never back down from a fight…</p>
<p>cornfed, won’t psychology also have a precept or two a week with less than 20 students?</p>
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<p>People don’t realize how truthful this statement is at Princeton.</p>
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<p>If you prefer cities, and you never back down from a fight, I’d say you might be happier at Harvard.</p>