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[quote=Anonymous]I never considered Princeton seriously in the 70s because of the WASPy/private school atmosphere, but my DD, somewhat to my surprise and her own, settled on it as her first choice, based on the undergrad focus, location/campus (close enough to home and other NE schools to see friends and family pretty easily; gorgeous safe campus but quick train ride to NYC or Philadelphia), and believe it or not pretty open social scene (compared to Harvard, which really seems to have become the high pressue clubby status-obsessed campus these days) because social life all on campus and not segregated by who can afford to go out to restaurants and clubs (unlike Columbia and Penn), most eating club parties are open to all or can easily get a pass, they are cheap (covers of $5 for live music and beer), and most clubs are now lottery or if bicker are not particularly hard to get into. My DD initially looked there in the context of crew as well, in the end decided she did not want to row in college (completely overtakes your life, but if your son is really good it and he is recruited it will get him in and he can always quit later if he doesn't love it), but during the process loved the place and glad crew got her to look at it. After several year at Princeton she has been academically and socially extremely happy. 
He should visit, stay over with crew and noncrew students, and see what he thinks.  Make his own decision, but the information provided by people on this forum regarding the 70s or 80s or hearsay shouldn't be part of it. Around DC schools Yale seems to be the obsession, with huge numbers of top students applying and wanting to go there, not sure why, New Haven really not an ideal place to live while in college, so Princeton also probably less competitive (a bit) to get into from DC[/quote]

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