<p>i’m tired of the arguments that Princeton is “conservative”, and I’m glad to see others on this thread who agree. regardless of how the school itself has changed over the past few decades (THE best financial aid system among the Ivies), it never seems to be able to drop the “elitist”, “preppy” stereotype that it no longer deserves. </p>
<p>in terms of the question being asked, i think it’s pretty worthless, to be honest. answering the question requires a gross generalization, which takes out perhaps the most distinctive aspects of whatever school, of both Princeton and its “comparable” schools. I could point to some aspect of Princeton that makes it somehow “like” pretty much every school in the country, but could also argue, using different yet still indisputable criterion, that Princeton is “unlike” pretty much any school in the country.</p>