Spotted Friday afternoon: Princeton male students sporting blazers and khaki shorts while their female counterparts were clad in preppy sundresses. They were playing croquet near Dillon gym on the lawn outside some dorm rooms. And blasting classical music. While drinking. Another one of your What in the world?! musings of the day. It’s not Lawnparties yet, guys.
Evidently this “polo and top-sider” prefrosh won’t feel out of place then. Here come the College Confidential posts…
from ivy-style.com
The most recent issue of the Princeton Alumni Weekly has two articles that shed some light on what life at Princeton is like.
Read these articles and more in the Princeton Alumni Weekly.
Stereotypes tend to be nasty conjectures, and Princeton has plenty of them. But recently released survey results from the USG seem to indicate that many campus stereotypes are more or less true. The COMBO II survey was administered in spring 2009 (the first COMBO was administered in 2007), an anonymous survey that looks at the effects and relationship of family income, high school type, eating club membership, ethnicity, happiness, and academic major choices.
A lot of the findings (analyzed by ORF 245 and James Coan ’09) are quite interesting and even troubling. For the most part, they just confirm everything we’ve always suspected. A summary of the survey findings (with graphs!):
Part 2: Choose Your Ivy Type
So you’ve decided to give up on the job search and try out for a Reality TV show. Congratulations! Like I said before, you’re a total shoo-in.
Why, again? America, as you probably know, has a love-hate relationship with the Ivy League. Wealth! Power! Privilege! Great stuff. When push comes to shove, though – at least on Reality shows – people really just want to see Ivy Leaguers fail. Hard.
And who can blame them? It’s always satisfying to see the high and mighty brought low. Remember this: You’re going to get cast because producers want someone the audience can instantly root against.
So when you’re trying out, give those producers what they want. Show up to the interview sporting your preppy best. Begin every statement with the phrase, “As a Princeton student…” Say the words “Eating Club” at least six times, and “bicker” at least twice.
Most importantly, know just what kind of Ivy Reality type you’re going to be, and play that part to the hilt.
Are you…
