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A Foolproof Flowchart for Friendless Freshmen
Monday, 17 February 2014
by Matthew Silberman
I know what you’re thinking: your first semester at Princeton is already over, and you still don’t fit in. As various activities have taken over your schedule, you and your fellow freshmen have lost the friendly attitude of your first weeks here. These days, your social circle is limited to the few friends you see
- Published in Fun, Musings, Satire, Student Guides
Tagged under:
being cool, bradley schneider, college is awesome, flowcharts, i <3 flowcharts, social climbing
Walter Kirn is Lost in the Meritocracy
Friday, 01 May 2009
by Angela Wu
In his upcoming book Lost in the Meritocracy: The Undereducation of an Overachiever, novelist Walter Kirn ’83 writes about his experience at Princeton, where, as he said in an interview with the Chicago Maroon, he felt “alienated among the indoctrinated.” The book description on Amazon describes the university as: an arena for gamesmanship, snobbery, social climbing, ass-kissing,
- Published in Alumni
Tagged under:
books, Ivy League, meritocracy, Princeton University, social climbing, The Atlantic, The Daily Princetonian, Walter Kirn