<p>PtonAlumnus - Thank you so much for your response. Right now, he is thinking finance, but who knows where he will end up - as a mom I like the fact that Princeton would provide him with such wonderful opportunities to learn in so many different fields. I think even he has been surprised by his growing interest in political science! Who knows what may come next. Princeton and Stanford do seem to have some similar personality traits. My personal concern with Stanford is that its programs are not as evenly balanced and that there may be too much focus on the hard sciences. Also, the presence of so many grad students is just not a good thing and I worry about the teacher/student interaction. I don’t think that the frosh/soph seminars solve the issue.</p>
<p>PtonGrad2000 - Thank you again for all of your wonderful advice and information. The think tank model is something I know my son would enjoy. The Woodrow Wilson School may very well be in his future. Absent such a sophisticated program I am not sure how long political science would hold his interest, but finding a way to solve a real problem - well that I know he will enjoy. To be honest, I think he is going to have trouble choosing which classes to take if he ends up at Princeton. And that is the way it should be. </p>
<p>Alumother - I am so glad to hear that there really is balance. He wants a good edcuation and he is aching for an academic challenge, but he has a sense of humor and enjoys being social. I think that he and I are both convinced that there is no better academic environment for him; he just needed to find the personal connection with classmates. I think he may have found that during his visit today. I hope so.</p>