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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That preppy & privileged feel is fading significantly at Princeton. My DS says that it only really exists with the athletes & legacies at the eating clubs. Otherwise, Princeton heavily favors and targets underprivileged kids for admission.[/quote]

Same at Dartmouth. My child is a freshman. There are wealthy boarding school kids but 30% of the students pay nothing. 
There are a ton of FGLI, etc kids.  The downside is that the students are underprepared.  My smart but not a superstar kid finds it super easy and is on the second trimester of 99% or something ridiculous in all courses (has accelerated the rigor when able but a lot of classes have been required).

Is your freshman at Dartmouth taking STEM courses? Which ones? I'm surprised academics are that easy now/[/quote]

Dude, it's fiction[/quote]

Yeah this person is a troll. My DS is a junior there, and there are enforced medians of B/B+ in many classes. There are certainly classes that are known as being easier than others (this is true at every college), but I think it's a gross exaggeration to say that students are unprepared and that it's 'super easy'. [/quote]

DD’s close friend is at Dartmouth this year. The friend, who had good stats in high school but was not at the top of the GPA distribution in high school, says that first year classes at Dartmouth are easy. She feels much smarter than she did in high school. [/quote]

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