<p>Ok so let me do a quick introduction of myself. My name is Derek, and I am a 15 year old high school sophomore with a dream of getting into Princeton. I like new challenges, will take classes that are beyond hard to get into Princeton because I wanna have a nice future and I want to be a educated person. Plus, it's just something to be proud of, and a nice life achievement if you get into Ive league Universities I think we all know this.
Ok so my questions are, what classes do I need to take to have the best chances of getting into Princeton? Here is a list of classes I am taking now:
1.Spanish 1
2.Honors English
3.Biology
4.Honors World History
5.Geometry
6.Personal finance (it's just basically an really boring and useless math class)
DO you think these classes are a good choice? And what extra curricular activities do you recommend me doing? and I'm planning on taking IB classes next year. Basically I wanna know all the information I should know to have the best chances to get into Princeton. And is teacher recommendation letters important? if yes, how do you get them to write you one if you have good grades? do you ask them for one up front? also what is the procedure of getting into Princeton? And when you get into Princeton, how is it? like on average how busy are you? I hear that Harvard students study in the Library for the whole night almost everyday.... If that's the case, it's totally cool for me. Also what degrees do you recommend if I'm interested in being an either an accountant or a investment banker later on? Also are these jobs in the business or financial field of study? And does joining sports really matter? I do understand that they want a person that is involved in all areas not just being a nerd. And I have a kind of random and irrelevant question: do they allow you to eat lunch outside the school? or do you have to stay in the school cafeteria? and what foods do they serve? So that's basically it. Thank you very much for reading and answering, as you know this website is pretty huge and trustworthy, so I will take your words very seriously.
- Derek B.</p>
<p>Also does joining sports matter? </p>
<p>And what degree do you recommend me getting If I wanna be an accountant? Masters? I think it’s funny how people these days think degrees doesn’t even matter on getting an high salary job. I know you can’t just be a nerd but I’m sure if you apply at wall street with no degree and attended a community college, There’s probably a very very high chance they won’t apply you… lmaoI don’t know what is up with this generation. But it’s incredibly stupid and scary. </p>
<p>I think you’d be advised to read through some of the threads on this forum and try re-posting with just a couple specific questions. Most of what you are wondering has been discussed at length on various threads. </p>
<p>Thank you Cantiger. I didn’t realize how many people had the same question as me.</p>
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<p>@Ayitsderek, instead of Princeton, you might consider a college that offers accountancy. </p>
<p>bro are you kidding me? lol</p>
<p>^^^ Sorry, no, I’m not. </p>
<p>Princeton has a web site that would answer most of your questions including courses of study offered, application procedures, recommended secondary school credentials, meal plans, dining options etc…</p>
<p>Best of luck</p>
<p>And when you get into Princeton, how is it? like on average how busy are you? --You are busy all day everyday including weekends…</p>
<p>I hear that Harvard students study in the Library for the whole night almost everyday… If that’s the case, it’s totally cool for me. —Good because its the same way at Princeton ! </p>
<p>^ accurate. very accurate.</p>
<p>The dearth of responses here reflects not only a reluctance to answer these questions whose answers you could easily uncover yourself, but also, I suspect, a suspicion that your post is not genuine. Your questions border the absurd. (Of course you’re “allowed” to eat lunch off-campus – it’s college.)</p>
<p>If you really are who you represent yourself to be in this post, do not worry so much about getting into Princeton. You will have a “nice future” and “be an educated person” regardless of which college you go to. It is astounding to me that you have your sight set on Ivy League universities when you have no conception of what they are like (or what any university is like, for that matter). Just be a good high school student and person, and go where life takes you.</p>
<p>I would like Princeton one day to open a medical school, business school, dental school. and law school. All the other Ivies have some or all of these. Little 'ol Dartmouth has a med school and a business school; Brown has a med school. With the massively wealthy Princeton alumni base, it baffles me that this university doesn’t have professional schools.</p>
<p>Because @makennacompton 's ideas of what’s best for Princeton, arguably one of the best universities in the world, is more important than what the Princeton corporation feels is best?</p>
<p>PTon doesn’t march to anyone else’s drumbeat. It’s not served them badly up til now, right?</p>
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<p>I asked the question and got the arrogant answer, “PTon knows best.” I am asking why they would think this way. I have posted before my opinion that Princeton (absent professional graduate schools) could be more or less indistinguishable from Amherst or Williams (comparable in prestige) other than by size. I certainly acknowlege that “PTon” can march to its own drumbeat, but I am just curioius for an informed opinion as to why that drumbeat is what it is. I would have expected this issue to have been the subject of some alumni discussion, given that any number of wealthy “PTon” alumni could easily establish a “named” professional school if “PTon” found it useful to their mission. As just one example, we could certainly use a few more medical schools in this country, given the current and future demand for doctors, and “PTon” is full of pre-meds, but has no medical school. I just think that “PTon” is not doing its fair share, that’s all – it offloads its graduates onto all the other professional schools and yet fails to afford graduates of other universities the opportunities its own graduates avail themselves of elsewhere.</p>
<p>By its own description, Princeton’s focus is the undergraduate experience. This stands in contrast to schools like Harvard where the graduate schools are the greater focus. Freshmen will have the majority of their classes taught by profs, not grad students as in many other schools. Many of these academics are world renowned in their respective fields…even Nobel laureates and other distinguished honor recipients. You are correct that they could easily establish a professional school if they found it useful to their mission, but it in fact is not their primary mission. Rather than assuming they “offload” all their graduates onto other professional schools, consider that instead they focus on preparing those students exceptionally well which enhances the programs of all the professional schools those students attend in other locations. </p>
<p>@makennacompton please accept my apology for my tone, which I regret. The fact is PTon wants to focus on its undergrad and not expand in those directions. Just like some businesses pass up expansion after doing a cost-benefit analysis, the same with Princeton. They might feel they’re watering down their best feature. By your logic, why shouldn’t Amherst or Williams become full-fledged research universities and “do their part” as well? The fact that Princeton may resemble a traditional LAC is not necessarily a negative.</p>
<p>@sheflourishes thank you so much. Just the answer I was looking for. By the way, it sounds like you are a Princeton Student, any advice or suggestion for me? you give me a good vibe lol 
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