Columbia vs Princeton vs Dartmouth

[sparky]

Anonymous wrote:Princeton doesn’t allow double majors. Don’t know if that would be a voting issue for you. And you have to write a senior thesis.

Personally, I’d choose Princeton (these days — undergrad vibe is quite different from what it was in the 1980s — now it’s significantly more academic, less WASPy) from an educational standpoint (and it would be an easy choice), but depends on what you want from college.

That's the problem. no double majors

[sparky]

I just got into Duke too

[Anonymous]

Would you ever choose Duke over Princeton? So that information wasn't relevant and you're starting to annoy me.

[sparky]

Anonymous wrote:Would you ever choose Duke over Princeton? So that information wasn't relevant and you're starting to annoy me.

Always possible.

[Anonymous]

sparky wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Princeton doesn’t allow double majors. Don’t know if that would be a voting issue for you. And you have to write a senior thesis.

Personally, I’d choose Princeton (these days — undergrad vibe is quite different from what it was in the 1980s — now it’s significantly more academic, less WASPy) from an educational standpoint (and it would be an easy choice), but depends on what you want from college.

That's the problem. no double majors

Usually, I’d say “so what?” re lack of double majors. Just take the relevant coursework for both (easier to do if you don’t have Core requirements as well). But the junior paper and the senior thesis do mean that at Princeton your major is much more than just a particular number of courses. Have you looked at the Woodrow Wilson school? — if you see your two academic interests as overlapping (and you may well not), then that might be the major that enables you to bridge them. In general, I don’t think employers care about major(s) — grades and skills are what count. Grad/prof schools certainly don’t care.

[sparky]

Anonymous wrote:

sparky wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Princeton doesn’t allow double majors. Don’t know if that would be a voting issue for you. And you have to write a senior thesis.

Personally, I’d choose Princeton (these days — undergrad vibe is quite different from what it was in the 1980s — now it’s significantly more academic, less WASPy) from an educational standpoint (and it would be an easy choice), but depends on what you want from college.

That's the problem. no double majors

Usually, I’d say “so what?” re lack of double majors. Just take the relevant coursework for both (easier to do if you don’t have Core requirements as well). But the junior paper and the senior thesis do mean that at Princeton your major is much more than just a particular number of courses. Have you looked at the Woodrow Wilson school? — if you see your two academic interests as overlapping (and you may well not), then that might be the major that enables you to bridge them. In general, I don’t think employers care about major(s) — grades and skills are what count. Grad/prof schools certainly don’t care.

I applied WWS actually

[Anonymous]

sparky wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

sparky wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Princeton doesn’t allow double majors. Don’t know if that would be a voting issue for you. And you have to write a senior thesis.

Personally, I’d choose Princeton (these days — undergrad vibe is quite different from what it was in the 1980s — now it’s significantly more academic, less WASPy) from an educational standpoint (and it would be an easy choice), but depends on what you want from college.

That's the problem. no double majors

Usually, I’d say “so what?” re lack of double majors. Just take the relevant coursework for both (easier to do if you don’t have Core requirements as well). But the junior paper and the senior thesis do mean that at Princeton your major is much more than just a particular number of courses. Have you looked at the Woodrow Wilson school? — if you see your two academic interests as overlapping (and you may well not), then that might be the major that enables you to bridge them. In general, I don’t think employers care about major(s) — grades and skills are what count. Grad/prof schools certainly don’t care.

I applied WWS actually

Really?

“Do students apply to specific academic departments or schools?
We ask you to tell us on the application which degree program you may be most interested in following: A.B. (bachelor of arts), B.S.E. (bachelor of science in engineering) or undecided. We look closely at the math and science preparation of students considering engineering studies. However, students apply to the first-year class of Princeton University, not to the engineering or liberal arts programs, and are not locked into a degree program (or a specific department within that degree program) upon admission. Students in the engineering school choose a concentration (major) by the end of the first year; bachelor of arts students have two years to choose a concentration.”

[sparky]

Anonymous wrote:

sparky wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

sparky wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Princeton doesn’t allow double majors. Don’t know if that would be a voting issue for you. And you have to write a senior thesis.

Personally, I’d choose Princeton (these days — undergrad vibe is quite different from what it was in the 1980s — now it’s significantly more academic, less WASPy) from an educational standpoint (and it would be an easy choice), but depends on what you want from college.

That's the problem. no double majors

Usually, I’d say “so what?” re lack of double majors. Just take the relevant coursework for both (easier to do if you don’t have Core requirements as well). But the junior paper and the senior thesis do mean that at Princeton your major is much more than just a particular number of courses. Have you looked at the Woodrow Wilson school? — if you see your two academic interests as overlapping (and you may well not), then that might be the major that enables you to bridge them. In general, I don’t think employers care about major(s) — grades and skills are what count. Grad/prof schools certainly don’t care.

I applied WWS actually

Really?



“Do students apply to specific academic departments or schools?
We ask you to tell us on the application which degree program you may be most interested in following: A.B. (bachelor of arts), B.S.E. (bachelor of science in engineering) or undecided. We look closely at the math and science preparation of students considering engineering studies. However, students apply to the first-year class of Princeton University, not to the engineering or liberal arts programs, and are not locked into a degree program (or a specific department within that degree program) upon admission. Students in the engineering school choose a concentration (major) by the end of the first year; bachelor of arts students have two years to choose a concentration.”

I mean I put that down as my prospective major

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

sparky wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

sparky wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Princeton doesn’t allow double majors. Don’t know if that would be a voting issue for you. And you have to write a senior thesis.

Personally, I’d choose Princeton (these days — undergrad vibe is quite different from what it was in the 1980s — now it’s significantly more academic, less WASPy) from an educational standpoint (and it would be an easy choice), but depends on what you want from college.

That's the problem. no double majors

Usually, I’d say “so what?” re lack of double majors. Just take the relevant coursework for both (easier to do if you don’t have Core requirements as well). But the junior paper and the senior thesis do mean that at Princeton your major is much more than just a particular number of courses. Have you looked at the Woodrow Wilson school? — if you see your two academic interests as overlapping (and you may well not), then that might be the major that enables you to bridge them. In general, I don’t think employers care about major(s) — grades and skills are what count. Grad/prof schools certainly don’t care.

I applied WWS actually

Really?

“Do students apply to specific academic departments or schools?
We ask you to tell us on the application which degree program you may be most interested in following: A.B. (bachelor of arts), B.S.E. (bachelor of science in engineering) or undecided. We look closely at the math and science preparation of students considering engineering studies. However, students apply to the first-year class of Princeton University, not to the engineering or liberal arts programs, and are not locked into a degree program (or a specific department within that degree program) upon admission. Students in the engineering school choose a concentration (major) by the end of the first year; bachelor of arts students have two years to choose a concentration.”

Unless OP is applying to grad school I don't think he appled to WWS. It looks like a major you can declare in your sophomore year.

[sparky]

sparky wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

sparky wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

sparky wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Princeton doesn’t allow double majors. Don’t know if that would be a voting issue for you. And you have to write a senior thesis.

Personally, I’d choose Princeton (these days — undergrad vibe is quite different from what it was in the 1980s — now it’s significantly more academic, less WASPy) from an educational standpoint (and it would be an easy choice), but depends on what you want from college.

That's the problem. no double majors

Usually, I’d say “so what?” re lack of double majors. Just take the relevant coursework for both (easier to do if you don’t have Core requirements as well). But the junior paper and the senior thesis do mean that at Princeton your major is much more than just a particular number of courses. Have you looked at the Woodrow Wilson school? — if you see your two academic interests as overlapping (and you may well not), then that might be the major that enables you to bridge them. In general, I don’t think employers care about major(s) — grades and skills are what count. Grad/prof schools certainly don’t care.

I applied WWS actually

Really?



“Do students apply to specific academic departments or schools?
We ask you to tell us on the application which degree program you may be most interested in following: A.B. (bachelor of arts), B.S.E. (bachelor of science in engineering) or undecided. We look closely at the math and science preparation of students considering engineering studies. However, students apply to the first-year class of Princeton University, not to the engineering or liberal arts programs, and are not locked into a degree program (or a specific department within that degree program) upon admission. Students in the engineering school choose a concentration (major) by the end of the first year; bachelor of arts students have two years to choose a concentration.”

I mean I put that down as my prospective major

yeah. I just said on my app on the major section I am interested in WWS

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

sparky wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Princeton doesn’t allow double majors. Don’t know if that would be a voting issue for you. And you have to write a senior thesis.

Personally, I’d choose Princeton (these days — undergrad vibe is quite different from what it was in the 1980s — now it’s significantly more academic, less WASPy) from an educational standpoint (and it would be an easy choice), but depends on what you want from college.

That's the problem. no double majors

Usually, I’d say “so what?” re lack of double majors. Just take the relevant coursework for both (easier to do if you don’t have Core requirements as well). But the junior paper and the senior thesis do mean that at Princeton your major is much more than just a particular number of courses. Have you looked at the Woodrow Wilson school? — if you see your two academic interests as overlapping (and you may well not), then that might be the major that enables you to bridge them. In general, I don’t think employers care about major(s) — grades and skills are what count. Grad/prof schools certainly don’t care.

i will say "so what" about a double major. That's a crazy reason to pick a school. You can still take most of the courses and you don't need to worry about every prerequisite. No one will ever care if you have two majors. And who knows what you will actually want to major in (never mind double major) in two years from now.

[Anonymous]

Unless things have changed WWS is the only undergraduate major at Princeton that requires an application and turns down applicants. Just about every Woody Woo senior in my class who wanted to go to law school ended up at Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Columbia, or Chicago.

[Anonymous]

Columbia. Hottest college in the country. Everyone wants to go to college in NYC.

[Anonymous]

When I was in grad school at Columbia a lot of the undergraduates seemed quite lost and miserable. I don’t think Morningside Heights has changed that much, and the city was better run under Bloomberg than it is now under de Blasio.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Columbia. Hottest college in the country. Everyone wants to go to college in NYC.

Ditto.

Sparky, go to Columbia. Live the dream I could never make happen.