<p>Out of the ivies, what is princeton known for, like
Cornell: engineering
Harvard: Law
Penn: Bussiness
Yale: History</p>
<p>I would say Yale is journalism and Princeton is histry (although I don't see why both can't be history)</p>
<p>Math/Philosophy.</p>
<p>Yale is best known for English. Princeton is best known for the non-engineering sciences and the WW school.</p>
<p>English or math. Just look at the amazing faculty. Andrew Wiles and John Nash in math. Toni Morrison, Joyce Carol Oates, and Paul Muldoon in English. 'Nuf said.</p>
<p>Toni Morrison rocks! I would love to meet her :).</p>
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I thought Princeton had a great engineering department.</p>
<p>I think it does. Not as much as Cornell, but it is ranked somewhere near the top 10</p>
<p>Here is a pretty good link about the programs:
(its a pdf so it might lock up your comp for a couple seconds)
<a href="http://www.grad.berkeley.edu/publications/pdf/nrc_rankings_1995.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://www.grad.berkeley.edu/publications/pdf/nrc_rankings_1995.pdf</a></p>
<p>architecture! this is an easy one!</p>
<p>That study was done in 1995, things may have changed since then. I had no idea Berkeley has such a dominant graduate program. I knew they were good, but not at the top of all those programs</p>
<p>I guess what one can take from this thread is that there are so many amazing departments.</p>
<p>Princeton is in the top 10 for mechanical, chemical, civil, and electrical engineering. So I wouldnt say Princeton is not very good in engineering</p>
<p>uh, top 10 is not bad at all considering the competition between the universities etc...</p>
<p>Change Yale history to English in the original post. I think of math when I think of Princeton.</p>
<p>Probably Woody Woo or econ...</p>
<p>Woody Woo (Princeton's really selective IR and PP school), Econ, Math, Physics, Philosophy, Classics, Engineering, English.</p>
<p>Tivesrx, Harvard Law school and Penn's Wharton, for instance are professional schools. Princeton has no professional schools, so you really can't compare law/business/med, etc. We're discussing undergraduate education. ;)</p>
<p>Well, Wharton's both really, but the Hahvahd Law thing is true.</p>
<p>Princeton is number one for undergraduate education...graduate, its top ten...</p>
<p>Princeton may be most remarkable for its across-the-board excellence. It is true that the English department is top-rated, but the professors named above are actually all in the Creative Writing program.</p>