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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't think of Princeton as having a grind reputation.[/quote]

STEM is a grind at Princeton[/quote]

Princeton is at an academic crossroad. They want to admit more FGLI (it's now the #1 institutional priority as they have more money than god and legacy preference is gradually diminishing), but FGLI often have lower preparedness and were admitted TO. TO ends at P this year so it will be interesting  [/quote]

Couldn’t Princeton just lower the academic expectations for FGLI admits, but keep everything the same for the rest of the students? [/quote]
Ha! Trust me, it is not just FGLI kids who struggle. Many, many kids from top privates, top magnets, legacy kids, etc. have a hard time at Princeton, especially first year. You deal with it, [b]go into easier majors, get academic support[/b], deal with the grade deflation and hope grad schools will give you the Princeton pass when evaluating you against a Harvard gentleman's B. [/quote]

Or schools can admit the right students to begin with.[/quote]

Sone classes are hard for almost everyone, regardless of who you are. Anecdotally I think some students think Princeton will be nurturing because it’s small, the way SLACs are, and they are surprised to find it’s not.[/quote]

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