Congratulations! You had two great choices! Go Tigers, as much as I’m partial to Owls!
Congratulations! @ejc000
You’ll have no difficulty finding your people at Princeton, especially through music extracurriculars. Musicians make quick friends and bond together very closely at Princeton. My musician son, in my opinion as a concern parent, has made too many to be potentially disruptive in his studies. They hang out in NY a lot via one-hour, $20 train ride, exploring great food and music scenes. In fact, he was at the Metropolitan Opera House last night watching Richard Wagner’s Die Walküre with some of his friends and a professor.
Now that you made your decision, you might want to chill and enjoy yourself by tuning in to the live streaming of Princeton University Orchestra and Glee Club conducted by Maestro Gustavo Dudamel tonight at 7:30 p.m. EST. The live streaming can be found here:
http://bc.princeton.edu/live/richardson/
Dudamel, the music director of the Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, is capping his residency at the university with this concert and another concert tomorrow in Trenton.
@ejc000 : Great choice. Your entire family should benefit from a shared experience at a school new to the family in a different region of the country.
Congrats and thanks for the recap of your thoughtful decision making process. Have a great adventure.
Welcome aboard Tiger. A good Princeton friend of mine from Houston Texas returned to Rice for his PhD and became a Rice professor. The Houston Princeton alumni club has had events at Rice. Enjoy your time at Princeton while realizing that you may benefit from Rice in the future.