Missing Princeton student

[Anonymous]

Princeton junior found dead after days of searches

https://www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2025/04/princeton-news-lauren-blackburn-death-found-lake-carnegie

[Anonymous]

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2019 High School Interview

https://www.wave3.com/2019/05/09/corydon-senior-named-national-merit-scholar-ready-attend-princeton-university/

Per the article, he was starting Princeton in August 2019 but is a 23 year-old junior and class of 2026, so 7 years undergrad at Princeton. Maybe he took some time off. Hope he is ok.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Princeton junior found dead after days of searches

https://www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2025/04/princeton-news-lauren-blackburn-death-found-lake-carnegie

So sad. This thread has been ghoulish.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Princeton junior found dead after days of searches

https://www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2025/04/princeton-news-lauren-blackburn-death-found-lake-carnegie

May he RIP, gone too soon.

[Anonymous]

How devastatingly sad

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Princeton junior found dead after days of searches

https://www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2025/04/princeton-news-lauren-blackburn-death-found-lake-carnegie

Awful. Was hoping for a different outcome.

[Anonymous]

Very sorry for his family.

[Anonymous]

I am sorry to hear this. Ma Peace and comfort be with his family and friends.

[Anonymous]

So sad. RIP.

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Anonymous wrote:I went on reddit and the kids report being happy. Some even say they are living the happiest years of their life.
Sorry you had a poor experience and were depressed 30 years ago.

https://www.reddit.com/r/princeton/s/HFhBBnFxKr

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So? Lots of people posting on the Internet are masking issues. Sometimes being in denial is worse.

But let’s say 99% of the students at Princeton are perfectly content. That doesn’t mean more can’t be done for the other 1%, and in a way that educates the content 99% on how to respond to issues they may have later in life. Princeton has the resources to do things other schools can learn from, but all schools should be asking how to help students learn about holistic health in ways that help them now and in the future.

The comments were blaming the school and making it look like everyone there is miserable. Mental health resources exist at Princeton and are accessible. The kids need to recognize when they are in trouble, reach out and get help.

A symptom of depression is distorted thinking, which can make it hard to recognize depression in yourself. I don’t know what the solution is but blaming suicidal kids for not accessing help would not be my go-to.

What do you suggest they do?

Look at the culture they are creating—both by grade deflation and kids they are admitting , particularly in stem.

A Princeton degree really means something because they don't water down academic standards like some of their peers. That's not a bad thing - young adults who've been coddled at their universities often struggle in professional settings. Princeton kids have been prepared, with rigorous course work and requirements for independent projects like a senior thesis.

They are strong in STEM and more STEM-focused than decades ago, but that reflects the preferences of top students today. Look at the plans for graduating seniors at any top local high school and you are going to find more planning on major in STEM fields than comp lit and art history. Even so, Princeton is committing additional resources to humanities and it's a great place to study humanities because you get even more attention.

Once again, tone deaf. Lady, there is a big mental health problem at Princeton.

The kids with suicide ideation and eventually a plan at Princeton were primed to spiral before they ever got to Princeton and a handful of other elite schools with a suicide problem (Standford, Cornell, Yale, a few others). When you take care of these young adults admitted to inpatient psych, as I have, you read their medical records and you realize immediately how tightly strung and fragile they've been for years. My own experience is with Georgetown students. Never GW or AU or Catholic, interestingly. No, just the most prestigious and hardest admit of the DC schools.

Because these at-risk kids wouldn't ever apply to GMU or Catholic.

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Anonymous wrote:Princeton has had 7 student suicide since 2022. I do hope they consider whether they need to make some culture changes. Suicides have not historically been an issue ar the school so it’s something unique to the current culture at the school.

Maybe it’s increase in Asian students and parental pressure vs preppy nepotism babies who are more confident in their futures and are less stressed and often less perfectionistic. Not meaning to be racist but different cultures.

When you don't mean to be racist but you are actually racist...

culture =/= race

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Anonymous wrote:I went on reddit and the kids report being happy. Some even say they are living the happiest years of their life.
Sorry you had a poor experience and were depressed 30 years ago.

https://www.reddit.com/r/princeton/s/HFhBBnFxKr

NP.

So? Lots of people posting on the Internet are masking issues. Sometimes being in denial is worse.

But let’s say 99% of the students at Princeton are perfectly content. That doesn’t mean more can’t be done for the other 1%, and in a way that educates the content 99% on how to respond to issues they may have later in life. Princeton has the resources to do things other schools can learn from, but all schools should be asking how to help students learn about holistic health in ways that help them now and in the future.

The comments were blaming the school and making it look like everyone there is miserable. Mental health resources exist at Princeton and are accessible. The kids need to recognize when they are in trouble, reach out and get help.

A symptom of depression is distorted thinking, which can make it hard to recognize depression in yourself. I don’t know what the solution is but blaming suicidal kids for not accessing help would not be my go-to.

What do you suggest they do?

Look at the culture they are creating—both by grade deflation and kids they are admitting , particularly in stem.

A Princeton degree really means something because they don't water down academic standards like some of their peers. That's not a bad thing - young adults who've been coddled at their universities often struggle in professional settings. Princeton kids have been prepared, with rigorous course work and requirements for independent projects like a senior thesis.

They are strong in STEM and more STEM-focused than decades ago, but that reflects the preferences of top students today. Look at the plans for graduating seniors at any top local high school and you are going to find more planning on major in STEM fields than comp lit and art history. Even so, Princeton is committing additional resources to humanities and it's a great place to study humanities because you get even more attention.

Once again, tone deaf. Lady, there is a big mental health problem at Princeton.

The kids with suicide ideation and eventually a plan at Princeton were primed to spiral before they ever got to Princeton and a handful of other elite schools with a suicide problem (Standford, Cornell, Yale, a few others). When you take care of these young adults admitted to inpatient psych, as I have, you read their medical records and you realize immediately how tightly strung and fragile they've been for years. My own experience is with Georgetown students. Never GW or AU or Catholic, interestingly. No, just the most prestigious and hardest admit of the DC schools.

Because these at-risk kids wouldn't ever apply to GMU or Catholic.

Classy to be a healthcare worker talking about patients this way ?

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So sad. His poor family.

[Anonymous]

Found dead in lake. Horrible.

[Anonymous]

Very sad news.