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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This makes sense. Do you think the TO policies have let in students who can't do the work which would cause them to be more stressed out?[/quote]
I had a relatively elite educational background going into Princeton but still found it extremely difficult when I attended. In my experience, even strong students were very stressed. Personally, I think it has more to do with the institution itself. [/quote]

Were you a STEM major? Bc this is extremely far from my Pton experience, my dh's Pton experience, any of my friends, or my current Pton dd's experience. If anything it was less work than high school for many of us. Granted we were all lib arts majors, but we were also athletes, involved in clubs etc and it was not the soul crushing grind you are describing. Not trying to negate your experience, just offering a different perspective on this thread. [/quote]

DP.  In the four years I was at Princeton, I only remember two instances where students seemed overtly competitive.  First, I wasn't pre-med but took an intro Chemistry class that was graded on a curve.  The final grades were posted outside a lecture hall.  I was talking to a friend who was pre-med and when she saw that I'd gotten an A in the course she lit into me about how I was messing up the curve for no reason since I wasn't planning on medical school.  Second, one of my roommates had a medical condition and got an extension to complete their senior thesis, which subsequently got departmental honors.  I remember some other students complaining about my roommate getting an extension even though they probably should have just been happy they'd finished their theses on time.  Apart from that, people never seemed overtly competitive and, if anything, were collaborative.

At the school that I attended for my next degree, there were a lot of students, including undergraduates, who tended to visibly wear their alienation on their sleeve.  That's never been Princeton's style - if there are disaffected kids they tend to put up a good front (or join Terrace, lol) and that's not always a good thing.  Hard to say if it's a Protestant legacy, an Asian mindset, or something else entirely.  [/quote]

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