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Welcome to Princeton, Baby Tigers
Wednesday, 19 December 2012
by Abby Klionsky
The results are in. The Princeton admission office made 697 students (plus their parents) very happy today. Of the 3,810 students who applied to Princeton for the single-choice early action (SCEA) deadline, 18.3% were accepted–slightly more selective than last year’s 21.1%. You can read more statistics on the Princeton website, but The Ink is here
- Published in Academics, Goings On, Princeton in the News
College Confidential: One Prefrosh’s Burning Questions
Tuesday, 10 April 2012
by Vivienne Chen
Filed under the header “Social Questions” on the endless source of high school angst known as College Confidential, one prospective member of the class of 2016 is dying to understand the complex social fabric and intersectional identities at Princeton. Sorry, what I meant to say was this: Yes, I believe he identified himself as of the
- Published in Internet
Prefrosh Officially Freaking Out
Wednesday, 30 March 2011
by Lauren Zumbach
D-Day is upon us. That would be Decision Day, when the fateful email arrives: in? or out? You remember what it’s like to be there. I mean, this isn’t just any shot at acceptance, this determines the next four years of their lives – maybe the rest of their lives. This year’s admission rate was
- Published in Goings On
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
Some of these are going to be Princeton students
Wednesday, 31 March 2010
by Woody Hines
Admissions decisions loom over potential members of the Class of 2014. Tomorrow, April 1 at 5:00 pm Eastern, Princeton will inform a little over 26,000 students whether they will be able to attend. Yikes. Maybe that sounds a little too grave. (Also, April Fools seems like such a lousy date; I myself, in my initial
- Published in Goings On, The INKternet
Sports Illustrated tells us what we already know: Ohlendorf ’05 is the man
Thursday, 04 February 2010
by Giri Nathan
When Ross Ohlendorf ’05 isn’t pitching for the Pittsburgh Pirates, he’s raising longhorn cattle at his family’s ranch. And when Ross Ohlendorf ’05 isn’t raising longhorn cattle at his family’s ranch, he’s interning at the U.S. Department of Agriculture or giving interviews to Sports Illustrated. Ross Ohlendorf ’05 does not mess around. Clearly. Ohlendorf’s duties
- Published in Alumni, Goings On, Princeton in the News
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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