Turning down Princeton for ....

<p>Anyone here who got admitted to Princeton but has decided against attending? Where are you going to go instead?</p>

<p>YALE!!!!!!!</p>

<p>I'm 99.9% sure, though princeton was very generous with finaid!!</p>

<p>99% sure columbia! princeton is a great school though, i just didnt like it as much on my visits</p>

<p>dartmouth was my first choice but I got waitlisted... i might transfer out after frosh year</p>

<p>It is widely known that many princeton-admittees turn down the school once they visited and stayed for a while, mostly due to its preppiness/snobibishness/elitism, which is all around the campus.</p>

<p>Alas, that rich tradition is still alive and well.</p>

<p>Whetdreamweaver, I go to Princeton and I don't know what you're talking about. Although there is (one) section of students who are preppy, the fact that you are judging them on what clothes they wear smacks of snobishness, and detracts from your claims of snobishness and elitism. These are both completely untrue. Well if you discount Ivy Eating Club maybe!</p>

<p>It is widely known that many people who have never attended Princeton make assumptions about Princeton students based on outdated stereotypes.</p>

<p>With 55 % of the class on financial aid, it would be a bit difficult for the vast majority of students to be spoiled rich kids, wouldn't it?</p>

<p>I love how people think Princeton's student body is so different from everyone else's. You do realize that there's a nice hunk of common admits that are spread throughout the top schools (and elsewhere, too)? Princeton is no more preppy/elitist than any other top school. Really, folks. Coming from people who've lived on campus for seven months, we swear it :)</p>

<p>Hey, I was accepted at Princeton and Yale (and Brown and some others) but I'm FOR SURE going to Yale.</p>

<p>Yes, who else is turning Princeton down so waitlistees know if there's any hope? Wonder how many extra students they accept to begin with.</p>

<p>Am I crazy? I'm seriously thinking about turning down Princeton for BYU. And it's not for money; Princeton's need aid > BYU merit money.</p>

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It is widely known that many princeton-admittees turn down the school once they visited and stayed for a while, mostly due to its preppiness/snobibishness/elitism, which is all around the campus.

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I beg to differ. As a low-income, first-generation child of immigrants, I did not find Princeton preppy, snobbish, or elitist. I was there for a month over the summer, and the townspeople were surprisingly gracious and helpful. When I visited again in the fall, my host and his roommates, as well as all the random people I bumped into in two days on campus, were some of the most down-to-earth and approachable people I've ever met.</p>

<p>I am personally convinced that Princeton is not any more snobby, preppy, or elitist than any other college and university can be expected to be.</p>

<p>almost positive turning down for Upenn Jerome Fisher</p>

<p>I'm putting Princeton and Yale on the bottom of my list (unfortunately) for Stanford, Harvard, and Penn M&T. I'm visiting all the campuses, so I'll see which college fits me the best :).</p>

<p>Either for Penn or Chicago.</p>

<p>It seems the DreamWeaver is all "Whet" with his trolling on this forum.
Every school especially elite Ivies have their preppy and snobby kids.
The good news is in Princeton there will always be a group where you can fit in. For the other point made about being turned off after visiting
Princeton generally achieves around a 70% matriculation rate losing some cross admits to HYS. A visit during April Hosting will certainly not disappoint.</p>

<p>megalo:</p>

<p>Agreed that Penn and Chicago are very different from Princeton. So I can imagine why you'd be turning down princeton.</p>

<p>But Penn and Chicago are extremely different from each other as well...so I'm surprised you're considering them in the same breadth. What is going to tilt you one way or another?</p>

<p>Yeah, I'm wondering that too... though you def. have to go to Chicago lol (I'm going there, so do take my comments with a grain - well, a whole bunch - of salt)</p>

<p>I am considering Carleton quite seriously still, but I had to laugh at the claims of snobbishness. When visiting Princeton I stayed with my brother, one of the nicest, most down-to-earth kids you'll meet, and his friends were a remarkable combination of intellectual brilliance and social friendliness. Even the friend who owned "every color of Polo shirts" (there are over seventy) was quite nice. It was that relaxed but engaged atmosphere that convinced me to apply, even though Princeton was a larger school than I had planned on. I found the students to be quirky, accepting, and very interesting in learning. What more can you ask of a student body?</p>

<p>Well, my intended career is somewhere in the world of business, maybe the drug industry, or the field of economics. I haven't figured that out yet. Thing is, I'm an intellectual at heart, so Chicago's course selections really appeal to me. At the same time, the people at both schools are really cool. Penn does have Wharton, and the Vagelos Program in Life Sciences and Management, which is How to be a Drug Industry CEO 101. So I don't know. I'm thinking Chicago more and more though.</p>

<p>megalo, u cant go wrong with either Uchicago or UPenn: These two schools have top business-related programs.</p>

<p>Top 6 Business School: Harvard, Wharton, Stanford, UChicago, Kellogg (NW) and Sloan (MIT)</p>

<p>You will be successful in either. However, I would suggest that based on ur aspiration to be an entreprenuer, i might suggest Wharton. If your long term career path includes DBA and/or professor, Uchicago has a slight edge, tho</p>