<p>I was curious if anyone who attends boarding school on the East Coast used a bike for getting around. I know the campuses aren't usually that spread out and I also realize that a good part of the year it snows, but I love to ride my bike so I was just wondering! Thanks!</p>
<p>“I know the campuses aren’t usually that spread out”
^ LOL andover is a different story altogether</p>
<p>apparently there are lots of skateboarders at andover. not sure about bikes, but i’m sure they’re prevalent</p>
<p>I used to use a bike but then stopped because I found that the pathways at Lville were not wide enough for people to walk in both directions and then for me to zoom by on a bike.</p>
<p>Aww. But bikes would have been a pretty good method of transportation. 
But aren’t the campuses still pretty big? Probably not college size but isn’t Lawrenceville like 700 acres? That’s pretty big… Princeton UNIVERSITY’S campus is 2.4 square kilometers which is only 600 acres.</p>
<p>Lawrenceville owns 700 acres of land but only uses 200 acres for the students. The other 500 acres are faculty housing, buildings and grounds facilities, and contracted out to farmers.</p>
<p>@LLVILLE, oh okay. But even then, how do people get around on campus? Oh and also, I wanted to ask, is it true about this whole phenomenon at Lawrenceville that Princeton faculty kids who go to L’ville get a better shot at admission to Princeton? Or is that just a myth? Don’t any kids get to Princeton without knowing the Dean or having a parent whose a professor there or something?</p>
<p>A few people have longboards, but the majority of people walk. You have 10 minutes passing time between classes so I haven’t had any problems. And all of the academic buildings are really close to eachother. The biggest hike is if you are going from the girls senior dorms to the soccer field… but with a name like PreppyDude I dont see that being an issue haha. If you have the chance, I highly recommend coming for a tour (if you haven’t already). You will see that the campus is really well organized so getting around campus is fine. </p>
<p>About getting into Princeton, it is true that we seem to have a fair number of students going to Princeton every year. That said, I do not think that having Princeton faculty students is the reason why students are accepted, so I’d say that is a myth. The Princeton faculty children are still quite bright (since they need to get into Lville first) but I would not say that their admission to Princeton is automatic.</p>
<p>@LLVILLE, haha, yeah so I guess it’s a plus if you have 10 minutes before each period. Thanks for the reassurance though. A lot of people probably have it wrong; I’m sure all of the Lawrenceville students get in on their own merit and hard work. Do you get to go home on the weekends if you live in and around NJ? Or is that a rarity? And, also what’s the closest mall? Do you get to go to town or Princeton during the weekends? Is saturday class long or just a few periods? Sorry for so many questions - Lawrenceville is pretty much my first choice (over A/E) so yeah. What else is there to do in and around campus? Is the golf-course open to all students?</p>
<p>Yes, you can go home on weekends, but most students do not unless there aren’t any saturday classes (at least once a month). Some kids go home more often than others. Saturday classes start at 8:30 and end at 11:30. If you have a free period or two then this will be different though. </p>
<p>There are a lot of malls and such on NJ Route 1 which is ~10 min away. Princeton is only 5 miles up the road so yes, a number of students go to princeton to go out to dinner on weekends. There is a bus stop right in front of lville’s main gate. </p>
<p>There are always plenty of activities on campus during weekends. Clubs, student council, and individual dorms will all host activities. Also, you are around all of your friends 24/7 so its hard to get bored.</p>
<p>The golf course is open to all students.</p>
<p>Lawrenceville’s campus is very nicely designed. The entrance is good to prevent sketchy people from immediately entering in since its so large and round and diverges into 2 paths. The buildings are all relatively near each other. But the fields are kind of far haha…</p>
<p>I remember when I went to Deerfield and Hotchkiss that many students used bikes for getting around campuses. I believe Hotchkiss has a program where they leave school-owned bikes around the campus, so if you need one, you grab one and go.</p>