<p>Princeton engineering is well-known and well-regarded. Unlike many other schools with good undergrad engineering, however, Princeton stands out because it’s good at everything. Along with a couple hundred other top-notch engineering students, you’ll encounter brilliant writers, published researchers, dancers, singers, D1 athletes, “politically-minded” kids, etc. You will encounter much more academic / intellectual diversity than you will at, say, MIT (where everyone is an engineering / NS major).</p>
<p>Princeton has no weak points. (For example, Yale’s undergrad engineering is ranked 30-40…or even unranked in some lists. Rankings don’t mean too much but COME ON. The third oldest American university is ranked behind noted stoner school UCSB in engineering? Yale didn’t/doesn’t give a crap about engineering and science.)</p>
<p>Princeton’s math is top. Princeton’s econ is top. Princeton’s bio/chem is top. Princeton’s policy/international relations is top. Everything is strong. Students gravitate to areas that they’re passionate about and help foster an awesome campus atmosphere.</p>
<p>No med school? No problem. 90+% med school admission rate (alongside Harvard and Yale; compare with Stanford and MIT’s ~70 percent admission rate?)</p>
<p>No law school? No problem. Still have high numbers, etc., etc. Plus A THIRD of the Supreme Court went to Princeton for undergrad. ( bragging rights 
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<p>Far from Silicon Valley? Who cares? The companies situated there come HERE to recruit. Entrepreneurs / businessmen: Jeff Bezos of Amazon, Meg Whitman of Ebay, Eric Schmidt of Google, the list goes on.</p>
<p>Change your mind about pursuing engineering? Use your math / problem solving in finance to make a boatload of money. Princeton is a top-tier TARGET school for Wall Street recruiting (upwards of 35 percent of grads work in finance I believe).</p>
<p>You go to some engineering schools to learn how to become an engineer. You come to Princeton to learn how to engineer…and to LEAD.</p>
<p>That’s what you get with your “useless” liberal arts degree.</p>