<p>Just that, I'd like to you, Princeton's students to tell me why Princeton's the best college for future leaders</p>
<p>please ^^</p>
<p>I'm sure you'll hear a lot about undergraduate focus on this board, and I'd like to think that this is absolutely correct. Of the Ivies, Princeton and Dartmouth are known the most for their undergraduate focus--Princeton, for example, doesn't have any professional schools, a small graduate school (that happens to be rather far from the center of campus, I think), and excellent professors that routinely teach undergraduate courses. </p>
<p>Princeton also has fabulous financial aid. I honestly think it is the best in the country. Their no-loan policy is amazing, and it's one of the main reasons why I'll be in New Jersey next year.</p>
<p>And, of course, it's beautiful there. It's routinely praised for its campus, and I'd argue that it has the best in the Ivy League.</p>
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<p>a small graduate school (that happens to be rather far from the center of campus, I think)</p>
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<p>it's important to distinguish betwen the graduate SCHOOL and the graduate COLLEGE. the graduate college is a collegiate-gothic style residential complex west of campus that today houses only a small fraction of princeton's graduate students, most of whom live in university housing but are scattered in several complexes now at the campus periphery. the graduate school, on the other hand, is not a single institution with a single physical location. graduate students take their classes and do their research in the same academic buildings used by undergraduates. so while they don't live together with undergrads (a handful will, with the new four-year colleges), they are certainly part of every day campus life, sometimes identifiable only by their european accents (a huge fraction, probably approaching half, of all grad students are international students) and often decidedly un-princeton clothing.</p>
<p>ooooh nicolas, look around this board and you shall find!</p>
<p>out of curiosity what's "un-princeton clothing"? or an example? i visited yesterday for a tour...but i don't get it...:/ :)</p>
<p>an example: metro clothing like slim black turtlenecks.</p>
<p>Are you posting this on all the Ivy League boards, or just here and Yale...?</p>
<p>I saw it on the Brown board as well.</p>
<p>whichever school provides the juiciest answers wins....an additional applicant.</p>
<p>ahhh, this is just a question from someone who is trying to find out more about these colleges...</p>
<p>it would be great if someone could give some distinct qualities specific to princeton, like the responses about princeton's notable focus on undergraduates.
i know i'm very tempted to apply to just about all the ivies; i'm sure many people are and were. any distinctions would be appreciated</p>
<p>Hmm, 8 of the OP's 10 posts were starting threads for differentiating between Ivy Leagues. That doesn't seem like the best way to get information on the different schools.</p>
<p>Have you tried <a href="http://www.collegeboard.com%5B/url%5D">www.collegeboard.com</a> to look up stats, or going to the college's respective websites to find out about their courses, requirements, setting, etc.?</p>
<p>the stats, college websites, and self promotions of these top colleges are a blur. i know that honestly, the college websites and collegeboard are no help in differentiating between them, or deciding where to apply. hearing from other people that for instance, princeton has a great undergraduate focus, or that princeton and harvard have outstanding math depts among the ivies is helpful.
if someone is trying to gather conversational responses about the atmospheres of these schools, they're not doing anything offensive</p>
<p>princeton clothing, what a laugh. are popped collars a princeton trademark too?</p>
<p>undergraduates and grad students dress differently everywhere. it's just a fact of life, dude.</p>