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INFOGRAPHIC: Interactive Admissions Statistics for the Princeton Class of 2017
Friday, 29 March 2013
by Jean Wang
With a record low admissions rate of 7.29% this year, Princeton welcomes another generation of baby tigers to Nassau Hall. Check out the preliminary stats of the new class of 2017! (All stats from here.) Class of 2017 Acceptance Rate | Create infographics Class of 2017 Applicant Pool | Create infographics Anatomy of the Class
- Published in Princeton in the News
Princeton’s Famous (Fictional) Alumni
Sunday, 17 February 2013
by University Press Club
We’ve all heard about Woodrow Wilson, Michelle Obama, and Brooke Shields at Princeton. But what about all of the fictional characters who have matriculated at this great, ivy-bathed institution? It seems the University can’t get enough of our fake alumni: DID YOU KNOW: Princeton has a Program in Linguistics, but contrary to what you may
- Published in Alumni
Watch These People Dole Out the Fates of Thousands of High Schoolers
Thursday, 29 March 2012
by Giri Nathan
Maybe you’ve already heard about the record-low 7.86% admit rate out of 26,664 applications, but in this digital age you’ve probably forgotten that all 26,664 of those strivers still need to be notified by mail, by physical things made of out paper. Which makes for a lot of paper. Check out admissions folk loading all those
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admission letters, admissions, callousness, Class of 2016, facial expressions, West College
We’re Back, Baby: Princeton ranked #1 National University
Wednesday, 14 September 2011
by Vivienne Chen
Like a J-Lo summer pop single, Princeton has made a comeback, tying Harvard for #1 on the US News and World Report 2011-12 Ranking of the best undergraduate colleges in the United States. After a year of being slighted by the Crimson menace, Princeton has returned to its former place on the leaderboard chart. One trivial beef
- Published in Princeton in the News
Tagged under:
admissions, college rankings, Emma Watson, Ivy League, Jay-Z, School rivalry, US News and World Report
21 Questions With … the Prefrosh of 2015
Sunday, 10 April 2011
by Lauren Wyman
PRINCETON PREFROSH ARE CONFUSED BY CAMPUS MAPS, THINK GRITS SOUND DISGUSTING AND REALLY, REALLY LIKE SUPERMAN [Editor’s Note: I am extremely excited to reveal our first-ever 21 Questions with a composite person! Here, one collective prefrosh answers all our questions.] What were you doing 72 minutes before the admit decisions came out? Since I’m a
- Published in 21 Questions
Tagged under:
admissions, bobble heads, grits, knock knock jokes, nameless buildings, oatmeal, prefrosh, Princeton Preview, Princetonians, Rugrats, smelly books, superman
Class of 2015 sets new applications record, College Confidential is like, meh.
Wednesday, 19 January 2011
by Angela Wu
Princeton received a record 27,115 applications for the class of 2015, according to a statement from the university. The number is a 3.3 percent increase from last year’s 26,247 applications for the class of 2014, when applications jumped by almost 20 percent over the class of 2013. The university intends to enroll 1,300 freshmen in
- Published in Goings On, Princeton in the News
IN PRINT: On prefrosh impressions, and undocumented students at Princeton
Wednesday, 12 May 2010
by Angela Wu
The most recent issue of the Princeton Alumni Weekly has two articles that shed some light on what life at Princeton is like. According to some pre-frosh, the world outside Fitzrandolph Gate thinks we are “squares,” with “windswept hair,” “weird shorts,” and “boat shoes and everything.” This may in fact be true. More serious, but
- Published in In Print
Tagged under:
admissions, Alumni, DREAM Act, Princeton Alumni Weekly, Princeton Preview, Princeton University, stereotypes
Admissions 2010: Just the Facts
Thursday, 01 April 2010
by David Walter
Here it is: – 2,148 out of 26,247 admitted for an 8.18% acceptance rate — falling from 9.94% in 2009 and 9.25 in 2008. (Harvard admitted 6.9%, Yale 7.5%) – 50% men, 50% women. – 9.4 percent admitted identify as African American; 21.5 percent as Asian American; 10 percent as Hispanic or Latino; less than
- Published in Princeton in the News
The Emma Watson Effect
Friday, 22 January 2010
by Angela Wu
After only a two percent increase in applications for the Class of 2013, Princeton University has been pushing its hefty financial aid package–and it’s working. The 19 percent jump in applications to Princeton this year was greater than that of Harvard (5 percent) and Yale (Not really a jump, more like a…tiny step backward.), prompting
- Published in Princeton in the News
Tagged under:
admissions, Brown University, class of 2014, competition, Emma Watson, Harvard, Hogwarts, Princeton University, Yale
Yale’s musical? Try Princeton’s 3D period seriocomedy
Wednesday, 20 January 2010
by Will Saborio
If you haven’t heard of it already, Yale’s Admissions Office recently released a new video called “Why I Chose Yale.” Here it is. Insane, right? Some blogs have called it “Why I Didn’t Choose Yale,” others are scratching their heads as to why this was created, and, naturally, Yalies are up in arms about it
- Published in Musings, Princeton in the News
Prince joke issue really stresses out College Confidential posters
Saturday, 16 January 2010
by Angela Wu
College Confidential, virtual home to thousands of angsty 17-year-olds college-prepped to within an inch of their lives, is a pretty easy gauge for the general College Admissions Stress Level. This week’s stress-inducer: The Prince’s annual joke issue–specifically, “Princeton sees steep drop in applications for Class of 2014.” (Oh, Class of 2014…we’re a little worried for
- Published in Goings On
A Look at the Class of 2013
Thursday, 17 September 2009
by Brian No
[Updated 9/21] So just who are these cute little freshmen oozing around campus in large swarms? According to Princeton’s admissions office, there are 1,301 freshmen this year, which means they outnumber all other classes! Eek! They were plucked from 21,963 applicants, of whom 2,209 were originally accepted. Thirteen percent of students in the freshman class
- Published in Student Guides
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