Princeton vs the University of Chicago

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<p>Princeton and UChicago both have phenomenal physics programs; however, I prefer the more close-knit and collaborative nature of Princeton's physics. I'm also a little more secure in my belief that at Princeton I will always have opportunities for research considering their funding.</p>

<p>cc2, haha! Thanks for the laugh. Maybe he is on the waitlist. :)</p>

<p>Silly Puddy: Your words are very comforting. Quirky was probably the perfect word to use to make me even more comfortable about choosing Princeton.</p>

<p>I have also considered a few more extremely significant factors to make myself more certain that Princeton is the right choice:</p>

<p>*Being in the eastern time zone will make one step ahead of Chicago, and three steps ahead of California! And Berkeley thinks they're progressive!</p>

<p>*My high school's colors are orange and black, and it is nice to know that I can work my high school shirts at college without anyone saying anything, assuming Princeton students are illiterate.</p>

<p>*I enjoyed riding the dinky from Newark to Princeton. It's such a pleasant-sounding word.</p>

<p>I'm just doing everything I can to try not to think "what if?" about Chicago. :)</p>

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<p>JoeTrumpet - I'm enjoying reading your posts - you have an upbeat positive tone and they're well written.</p>

<p>My dd will be at Princeton in September as well - astrophysics or math or physics. And e/c with clarinet. Possibly rowing. At any rate, she considered Chicago as well, and decided it (along with places like MIT, and Stanford) might be fabulous for graduate school, but that Princeton was ideal for u/g.</p>

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<p>Thank you very much for the compliment, mtpaper! I really appreciate that :)</p>

<p>That's really cool that someone else sounds so similar to me: UChicago, math/physics/astrophysics, and wind instrument for extracurricular. I'm sure we'll definitely run into each other, then. I must ask, though... what does dd stand for?</p>

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<p>dear daughter</p>