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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't like all these attacks from alumni on the credibility of anyone who did not have a positive experience at Princeton. Big red flag as to the competitive and possibly unpleasant nature of the place.[/quote]

Here’s your challenge:  the overwhelming majority of students have a great experience and the overwhelming majority of alumni are both appreciative and loyal.

That does not mean every student will have a positive experience, but it does suggest that those who have had a negative experience need to recognize that far more have had positive experiences before trying to portray their own negative experiences as typical, much less anything remotely approaching universal.

And, of course, most people are aware that this is an anonymous forum, and that people with a particular axe to grind or animosity towards a school tend to be the most vocal.  It’s not like Princeton, as a general matter, has to work overtime to sell itself. [/quote]

I think it’s subtler than that. My friends and I are loyal and appreciative alums AND we have mixed feelings about our experience and think going someplace else might have served us better. But it’s hard to express that when it’s an expensive school and you’re getting an opportunity a lot of people want. It feels ungrateful to express doubt. [/quote]

My daughter is a recent grad and I think she feels the same way as the poster making a subtle point.   She did have a great experience, but the perils of the pressure cooker were never that far away.   I went to Duke in the late 70's and it was a fine academic experience.   I was a scholarship athlete in a honors program with no time on my hands, and often found myself studying on Saturday night.  You could count on one hand the undergrads studying on Saturday night at Duke (I didn't mind, I was all too grateful for the free education). While visiting my daughter at Princeton, the library was absolutely full on Saturday night, and this was nowhere near finals time.  Now this is an anecdotal snapshot to be sure,  but it really struck me as to the intensity of the place.  I got in Princeton and it was my first choice, but with a single mother with addiction problems and a well off divorced father who abandoned us, in the absence of athletic scholarships in the Ivy League I could not go.  My visits to the school with my daughter it reminded me it all works out in the end with effort. On a sad note, my daughter's advisor did commit suicide.  [/quote]

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