<p>This may be a more appropriate question for current Princeton students on CC, but I would definitely appreciate any opinions.</p>
<p>I'm currently having trouble deciding which school is my "number one," if you will. (I haven't gotten into all of the schools I'm about to mention, so I'm trying to avoid considering my favorite as the school I'm surely going to attend...) My top four preferences at this moment are the following: Columbia, Penn, Princeton, and Yale. Thus, I wanted to ask,</p>
<p>Why did you choose Princeton? What was the deciding factor that drew you to sign on the dotted line? And, to those of you who are Engineering students, how did you decide between the amazing Engineering programs present at the institutions you were considering?</p>
<p>Instead of helping me and responding to my question with your reason behind why you chose Princeton, you decide to sabotage another school. Why? Are you (and Princeton) that insecure as to feel the need to bring schools down in order to establish a sense of superiority? Just tell me why you chose to go to Princeton.</p>
<p>What did it for me was preview weekends. I didn’t have any programs in mind when applying or deciding, so what I was to pick was, objectively, fairly arbitrary. However, actually going to each of the colleges that I was admitted to allowed me to feel the energy on each individual campus. When it came down to it, I was just in tune with Princeton. You can’t get a good sense of a campus from what’s written about it. Withhold a final judgement on a “first choice” school until you’ve gotten in and really had a chance to compare the feel of each place. Personally, I made the mistake of choosing a top school before getting in and was rejected. I don’t need to remind you that the chance of getting admitted to Penn, Yale, Princeton, and Columbia is indeed slim.
Just to get a little more info, what concentration are you thinking of in engineering?</p>
<p>And as a final note, I hardly think that newestnewb was trying to sabotage yale. It’s not known for its engineering department. That’s just a fact ;)</p>
<p>Yes and the fact that the OP thought that Yale would provide a comparable engineering education means either a. he does not care much about the actual education and is instead fixated on big name schools, or b. he does not know anything about the schools that he is so fixated on, or c. both of the above.</p>
<p>Which altogether means that he is not worth the time to provide a response to such a vapid question.</p>
<p>I’m sorry. While Yale is not as recognized for its engineering as the other schools I’ve mentioned, it is still considered among the best by many in the engineering field and among the top reviewers, such as U.S. News and Princeton Review. If I solely wanted a big name, I would have just chosen Harvard. Yet, I asked the question because I am having trouble balancing the strengths and weaknesses of each university as a whole, and then as an Engineering school.</p>
<p>The kids I talk to who are attending say they chose Princeton (program/major aside) because of the undergraduate focus, idyllic campus, and proximity to New York (easy to get to by train). It’s not for everyone though. It’s a small and quiet campus. The town is also low key. There are a lot of great places to eat but I don’t think there’s a thriving bar nightlife scene.</p>