<p>I will be taking a tour of Princeton University at the end of August. Are there any 'must dos' or 'must sees' while around the campus and in the city? Thanks.</p>
<p>well you should pretty much see everything there is :)
is that where you are going? or is it just somewhere you are considering to go 2 years later? Either way, take advantage of the visit and see everything you possibly can.</p>
<p>Well, hopefully I'll be going there! But for now I'm just applying. Hopefully the visit will help me decide whether it's early or regular.</p>
<p>Haha, don't expect there to be much of a "city"! </p>
<p>I recommend perhaps visiting the street with all the eating clubs, since they're such a major part of Pton's social life, and aren't included on the tour.</p>
<p>Walk around the town a little bit. Its a very nice town area. Get ice cream at "The Bent Spoon" in Palmer Square - possibly the best ice cream in the world. Go inside buildings - look at classrooms. Go down "the street." Stay after the tour and ask your tourguide questions about the must sees. The art museum is nice if you're into that. 185 Nassau is cool if you're into dance/art.</p>
<p>dont just plan for the tour and info session and leave. spend a few hours there. get a feel for it. you'll love it if you do.</p>
<p>Just walk around the whole campus, if possible alone. Go into the buildings, go up and down, north and south, and take all the day for your visit, as I said, alone or with a good friend. Sit here and there, watch the people, the gargoyles, and the gothic buildings, take a photograph, go and eat at Fritz, go to the beautiful cathedral, pray a little and enjoy the visit.</p>
<p>You could go to Prospect Avenue (home of the eating clubs), but...you won't see much since it's summer. They just look like houses right now.</p>
<p>I definitely suggest visiting places in town like Palmer Square (which has numerous shops and the AMAZING Bent Spoon ice cream shop ivyboy mentioned). A visit to the University Store is a must as well as the Art Museum Gift Shop. My favorite place down campus is Poe Field, a very large field bordered on the north by dorms and the genomics lab and on the south by athletic fields. Go to the western part of campus and take a look at (probably from the outside) the excellent McCarter and Berlind theatres as well as the train station.</p>
<p>Above all, just sit. The campus is so park-like that it could really make the difference for you.</p>
<p>Ask your tour guide plenty of questions. There's nothing more disappointing as a tour guide than to not have your tourists ask any questions (especially when you're trying to delay going back to your full-time summer job by talking about the greatness that is Princeton :))</p>
<p>I thought that the athletics area was worth visiting (the indoor track looks like a beehive). I'd just get out a map and visit the areas that correlate to your interests. </p>
<p>By the way, does anyone know if visiting the campus counts as a plus for the "demonstrated interest" category?</p>
<p>Thanks! :D</p>
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<p>Princeton does not officially track interest. In any case, campus tours and information are not given on a sign-in basis, so there will be no record of your visit.</p>
<p>The way to demonstrate your interest is applying ED; you're obligated to attend if you're admitted, and therefore there's no question about whether you'd prefer another school or are simply applying for the sake of applying.</p>