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[quote=Anonymous]If you ever do see this thread,

Please seriously consider Princeton.  There is a tight bonded AA community there who come from impoverished backgrounds and at least when I was there there was a lot of interaction between them and Latinos from places like East LA, because everyone feels kind of like a fish out of water for a while.

There is an incredible amount of diversity in general because admissions are need blind.  It is a small school, which means you will have contact with professors without having to be aggressive or pushy about it, and many kids go straight from there to GS or other investment banks to cut their teeth.  It is also not that far from DC, so you will be able to come home fairly often.

If you ever feel like you need academic help, there is no shame in it.  Something like 1/3 of first years went to the writing center this year to get help on term papers and it is a useful thing to do although I guess you won't need help with spelling.  Most Ivy League schools do not have "finance" majors - just like they do not have "business" - just take econ and the classes that are known prerequisites for business school if you ever decide you want to go.  You might need those credentials if you want to run a company, but most of our friends did so well straight out they never looked back.  And a whole bunch went to Goldman together.

I went back for my 25th and ran into a bunch and solved a mystery - one of my old friends from East LA had established a scholarship and I thought he did it in a bequest but he is alive and well in London, just giving something back.

Do well, have fun, and know that you will find a place you are comfortable and also learn a lot from people who are not like you.

Good luck,
mom who married fellow Princeton grad who came from your kind of background.  Our kids will be double legacies, minorities, and smart.  And we want them to go there as well![/quote]

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