Representative from Princeton

Colleges and Universities A-Z Princeton University
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<p>Today a rep from Princeton came to my school. I don't know his name or if he worked for them because he never said. Many students asked questions he was unable to answer. A lot of people left with a poor impression of Princeton.</p>

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<p><em>sniff sniff</em></p>

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<p>every cloud has a silver lining - less competition for us :p</p>

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<p>He probaby saw the several motels less than one-half mile down the street that rent rooms by the hour and wanted to get out of the 'hood' ASAP.</p>

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<p>what questions couldn't he answer? Were they like "what do you look for in a Pton applicant" (this question is always answered vaguely) or something similar? Or was it a legitimate question and he didn't know what he was talking about? I'm hoping it was the first one....</p>

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<p>Legitimate questions, for example someone asked if Princeton had fraternities. He was very short and seemed to be rushed to leave. You know how much you've read lately about Princeton trying to be more diversified? Well the school in question was an IB school and is about 85% URM. He showed no interest and even the g.c. was puzzled and embarassed for the students. The Princeton rep was not polite to the g.c. at all. Funny thing was that Princeton called the school and asked to visit. Let's just say my school will NOT be recommending Princeton to anyone after the way they treated us.</p>

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<p>Everyone got the impression that he hated his job, the school or both. It is Princeton's loss - these kids who are highly desirable will apply to Princeton's competitors.</p>

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<p>yay! less competition!</p>

<p>But seriously, don't dismiss Princeton just because of one representative that may have not been to your liking.</p>

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<p>I wouldn't judge a school by one admission officer having a bad day. I have to tell you that Princeton was by far the least responsive school that my S had contact with early in the admissions cycle last year. He notified them several times that he was interested and they never sent him anything. Meanwhile, he was receiving all this nice unsolicited mail from Yale, MIT, and Harvard that was very warm and welcoming. However, he toured Princeton, and talked to some professors and fell in love with the place and applied ED. </p>

<p>Once he was admitted it was a whole different story. He received lots of nice mail and they seemed to be very organized. Now that he's a student the school itself is very supportive and the students are helpful and friendly. What I'm trying to say is that the admissions office is not very good at recruiting, and they don't reflect the real atmosphere of the school.</p>

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<p>I won't.</p>

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<p>We toured another Ivy campus with a student guide who was really a ditz. She made a number of remarks that showed ignorance about the school and life in general. The admissions office asked for feedback, and, well, we gave it. I hope someone from your school tells the admissions department what happened. Princeton definitely is committed to URM recruitment and I am sure Janet Rapelye, the admissions dean, would be very upset to know how this visit went. Do you know whether this person was an adcom or a local alum?</p>

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<p>OMG I have a similar story...I went to an Ivy school (won't tell which! :p) and wanted to buy a t-shirt and the girl I was trying to buy the shirt had no idea what she was doing. At all. I bought it in an off-beat place (not the main store or anything)...it was a little desk that had some obscure purpose (IDK what lol) and it also advertised that it sold shirts. So I ask for one, and she takes about a minute to realize what I wanted, and then takes me to a little closet where they keep the shirts. Then, when I'm trying to buy it she (a)got the price wrong and (b)couldn't multiply 14.95 by 2 (my friend was also getting one). I'm not kidding, she whipped out some paper for long multiplication. I know she may have been new and flustered or whatever, but come on...it's an Ivy league school....has anyone heard of the math section of the SAT?</p>

<p>Lol I know it seems like I'm being hard on her, but I thought it was funny, and also revealing: it shows that people who get into prestegious schools aren't perfect. Which gives hope to people like me :D. </p>

<p>Anyway, apart from that my tour was spectacular--my tour guide, unlike aparent5's, was extremely intelligent and answered questions very well. Alright....lol I'll spill the beans...it was Dartmouth. I'm always bad at keeping secrets :p</p>

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<p>No, he never said. I will say that in the spring I visited Princeton and found the tour guide exceptional (both with knowledge and personality). It was a very good experience.</p>