<p>The thread is pretty self-explanatory. While they're fairly different schools, and I haven't visited either, I was wondering what other CCer's take was on the two.</p>
<p>If the thread already exists, forgive me for posting this again unnecessarily... kindly link me to the other? </p>
<p>Note - I posted this on the Stanford page as well, to gage the views from "both sides" (even though I know a lot of people post on both pages pretty fairly).</p>
<p>There is a thread in the parent's forum. Parents, like me, tend to want to reassure each other that with such two fine schools, there is nothing to worry about. You can see how parents look at the world lol. You could say that they are different, but from what? Each other? Neither has much in common with your average state university. What happens in each makes sense mostly in the context of the place that college has carved out for itself in the national system of higher education. Take limits on A's given at Princeton. The students at Princeton are not well rounded - they are good at everything they do. The grading policy specifically says that in order to get an A+ you must show evidence of being able to do outstanding work in the field. Your work in a class is being held against a standard of what is meaningful professional scholarly promise! Think about what an incredible thing it would be to know you could really do important work in a field? Stanford on the other hand is a fine school, but the emphasis is on professional school preparation. Such as method as Princeton uses wouldn't make any sense there. Try to understand what each institution is about. Princeton is THE classic college experience - on fast forward.</p>
<p>This has been discussed quite a few times. Here are a few threads:
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/princeton-university/497871-princeton-vs-stanford.html?highlight=stanford%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/princeton-university/497871-princeton-vs-stanford.html?highlight=stanford</a>
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/princeton-university/318952-princeton-vs-stanford.html?highlight=stanford%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/princeton-university/318952-princeton-vs-stanford.html?highlight=stanford</a>
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/princeton-university/65192-princeton-stanford-cross-admits.html?highlight=stanford%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/princeton-university/65192-princeton-stanford-cross-admits.html?highlight=stanford</a>
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/princeton-university/50394-princeton-stanford.html?highlight=stanford%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/princeton-university/50394-princeton-stanford.html?highlight=stanford</a></p>