Life at Princeton University?

[SaVvy]

How is the social life there? How hard are the classes freshman year? How much free time do you have? And anything else lolz? TY

[2moreyears3]

well seeing as princeton is a fricking ivy league, im guessing the classes are extremely hard and you dont have much free time if you dont want to fail. unless youre one of those genius kids that can balance things, youre not going to have much of a social life.

[vVv affliction - is UVa.]

I have a cousin who goes to Princeton, one of my lacrosse coaches went to Princeton, and I visited Princeton over the summer, so I'm hoping I can give you an overall idea of the Princeton experience.

My cousin says Princeton is tough. No doubt about it. Princeton does this thing called Grade Deflation, where they take your A and make it a B+. This makes it so you have to work harder for your grades. Many people don't like this so, they shied away from Princeton or they just didn't take them up on their acceptance.

If you want to fit in at Princeton, expect to party alot and drink alot. That's just how Princetonians wind down at the end of a long week. Some people don't drink, but a large percentage do.

There's lots of diversity at Princeton, of course you've got your stuck up people, your snobs, and you've got the ordinary masses. There's alot of foreign students there. Just don't do anything stupid and you'll be fine.


When I visited Princeton, I was impressed by how beautiful it's architecture was. The campus is great, the professors are top notch, but it didn't seem like it was the school for me.

Eventually, I decided on University of Virginia. Has best value and I really liked the campus.


Good luck on your college decision,


affliction

[MerStun]

Princeton U is pretty nice and all but, i  prefer the other ivys like Yale.

my neighbor down the block had a 4.0/4.0 gpa unweighted and 4.9/5.0 weighted! unbelievable!

hes going to yale on a scholarship.


he applied early decision and told me the campus is beautiful and princeton dosent even feel so nice cause its such an old school. Yale is more nicer and i think probably a better social life.  Yale also has a better rep. it really depends on what your going for.


check out these videos of the ivy leagues and  breaking it down to the following categories:

Intro
Admissions
The Food
The Shelter
Academics
The Scene(Social Life)
The Crowd
the Setting

YALE:
http://www.theu.com/college_videos_list/yale_university/theu

PRINCETON:
http://www.theu.com/colleges_view/princeton_university

HARVARD:
http://www.theu.com/colleges_view/harvard_university

COLUMBIA:
http://www.theu.com/colleges_view/columbia_university