Missing Princeton student

[Anonymous]

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.

[Anonymous]

Remember that one YouTube from that Princeton kid that was posted here last year?

Wow eye-opening.

Immediately took it off of my kids list. It is not a happy place. Buyer beware

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Remember that one YouTube from that Princeton kid that was posted here last year?

Wow eye-opening.

Immediately took it off of my kids list. It is not a happy place. Buyer beware

Lol my dc is there and is pretty happy

[Anonymous]

He’s from a small town in Indiana, won the needs based Gates Scholarship (you must qualify for a Pell grant). Wants to major in math or science.

I was a similar student at Princeton, coming from a rural high school (though my SAT were lower, much easier admissions then).

Math and science departments are brutal, he probably had to take a bunch of labs, and is competing against kids from elite public and private schools for whom much of the first year curriculum is a review or even easier than their high school experience

Plus, being a poor kid is awful at such a school flush with cash. The first BMW I ever saw I think was my dorm neighbor. He probably doesn’t have money for an eating club, which is the central social life for Princeton upperclassman. It’s very isolating.

I hope he is okay.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Remember that one YouTube from that Princeton kid that was posted here last year?

Wow eye-opening.

Immediately took it off of my kids list. It is not a happy place. Buyer beware

Lol my dc is there and is pretty happy

m
Curious what is your HHI?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Perfectionistic kids who struggle in such a competitive environment. Little resilience, poor mental health after years of competing and being valued for external accomplishments.

Is this just guessing? Gross

[Anonymous]

It worries me a lot. What is wrong? Why is it more wrong at Princeton than, say, Yale? I Praying for this kid and his family.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Remember that one YouTube from that Princeton kid that was posted here last year?

Wow eye-opening.

Immediately took it off of my kids list. It is not a happy place. Buyer beware

Lol my dc is there and is pretty happy

m
Curious what is your HHI?

$350k
My kid gets aid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:He’s from a small town in Indiana, won the needs based Gates Scholarship (you must qualify for a Pell grant). Wants to major in math or science.

I was a similar student at Princeton, coming from a rural high school (though my SAT were lower, much easier admissions then).

Math and science departments are brutal, he probably had to take a bunch of labs, and is competing against kids from elite public and private schools for whom much of the first year curriculum is a review or even easier than their high school experience

Plus, being a poor kid is awful at such a school flush with cash. The first BMW I ever saw I think was my dorm neighbor. He probably doesn’t have money for an eating club, which is the central social life for Princeton upperclassman. It’s very isolating.

I hope he is okay.

This exactly!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It worries me a lot. What is wrong? Why is it more wrong at Princeton than, say, Yale? I Praying for this kid and his family.

Eating clubs probably a factor.

Yale has 4 year residential colleges.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Again? What the heck is Princeton doing to these kids? You don’t seem to hear these stories coming out of Harvard.

What is Princeton doing to these kids? These kids have been pressured since elementary/middle.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Remember that one YouTube from that Princeton kid that was posted here last year?

Wow eye-opening.

Immediately took it off of my kids list. It is not a happy place. Buyer beware

Lol my dc is there and is pretty happy

m
Curious what is your HHI?

$350k
My kid gets aid.

From Princeton.

You aren’t getting a Pell grant. You can easily afford eating clubs, ski trip weekends, and walking around money for food or NYC nights.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Remember that one YouTube from that Princeton kid that was posted here last year?

Wow eye-opening.

Immediately took it off of my kids list. It is not a happy place. Buyer beware

Lol my dc is there and is pretty happy

m
Curious what is your HHI?

$350k
My kid gets aid.

From Princeton.


You aren’t getting a Pell grant. You can easily afford eating clubs, ski trip weekends, and walking around money for food or NYC nights.

not if you live in a high COL area, you can't

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Remember that one YouTube from that Princeton kid that was posted here last year?

Wow eye-opening.

Immediately took it off of my kids list. It is not a happy place. Buyer beware

Lol my dc is there and is pretty happy

m
Curious what is your HHI?

$350k
My kid gets aid.

How much aid do you get with $350k?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It worries me a lot. What is wrong? Why is it more wrong at Princeton than, say, Yale? I Praying for this kid and his family.

Eating clubs probably a factor.

Yale has 4 year residential colleges.

I don’t think it’s eating clubs, most are sign in clubs these days. It’s some combo of the stem kids they are admitting and the grading.