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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I went to Princeton  back in the day but it has changed. It now seems to funnel students to Wall St jobs, finance. When I was there, a few students were interested in that sort of thing but I had classmates going into journalism, academia, even -- gasp -- public service. Now things are completely flipped where its the small minority who go for that sort of thing while the majority goes for finance.

Princeton may rank #1 but my opinion of the school as an educational institute has gone way down. I'm sure it has everything US News wants -- enormous spending on facilities, students with sky high grades and scores -- but I question what they are actually giving the students.

Yes, let's all stand up and applaud for Princeton. But I wouldn't want my children going there.[/quote]

The finance jobs get a lot of attention when the focus is on students' first jobs out of college.  It has been that way for decades. Many of the students doing one or two-year stints on Wall Street, however, end up doing different things entirely.  There are plenty of great schools, but it doesn't get any better than Princeton for bright students who want to have the opportunity to explore many different disciplines. 
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