Anonymous
09/29/2024 19:10
Subject: Harvard, Yale, or Princeton
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Not looking to troll. Sincerely curious how people choose between the three.
Context: we’re new to DC. Well educated and here for professional reasons like most. However, we’re from a region where people don’t talk about exclusive colleges much (think big rectangular states). This is interesting to us.
You will likely have much more success applying to Harvard, Yale, and Princeton from your big rectangular state. The odds of an unhooked student in the DMV being accepted to any of these three is becoming vanishingly small. But fortunately, there are many other great colleges for the best students. So I wouldn't focus exclusively on those three.
With that caveat out of the way, without doubt Princeton is the best of the three. The focus is on undergraduate education - unlike Harvard. It has fantastic STEM programs - unlike Yale. It has a beautiful campus, a great network of alumni, and a Princeton degree is universally respected by everyone. Both Harvard and Yale have massive grade inflation. People know a Princeton degree is earned. And among the three, Princeton grads tend to be saner, kinder, and more down to earth than the Harvard and Yale people. Obviously there will be exceptions, but Princeton does a better job shaping smart young people today. There's a reason why every list always has Princeton as the best university in America. It just is.
Princeton troll returns.
Anonymous
09/29/2024 19:09
Subject: Harvard, Yale, or Princeton
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:there's a reason that princeton alum have the highest rates of engagement and donation among the 3 schools. just take a look at reunions.
Princeton's a fkn cult. I've never seen harvard grads go out of their way to help out other harvard grads like I've seen princeton grads do. They think it's some sort off duty or something.
pp. it's absolutely fantastic. i have a daughter at P and a son at Y and the difference between the two schools is night and day in quality.
Can you tell us more about your impressions of Princeton and Yale? Having a kid at each is a helpful perspective...
When she says P and Y she means Pace and Yeshiva.
Anonymous
09/29/2024 18:42
Subject: Harvard, Yale, or Princeton
Anonymous wrote:Not looking to troll. Sincerely curious how people choose between the three.
Context: we’re new to DC. Well educated and here for professional reasons like most. However, we’re from a region where people don’t talk about exclusive colleges much (think big rectangular states). This is interesting to us.
You will likely have much more success applying to Harvard, Yale, and Princeton from your big rectangular state. The odds of an unhooked student in the DMV being accepted to any of these three is becoming vanishingly small. But fortunately, there are many other great colleges for the best students. So I wouldn't focus exclusively on those three.
With that caveat out of the way, without doubt Princeton is the best of the three. The focus is on undergraduate education - unlike Harvard. It has fantastic STEM programs - unlike Yale. It has a beautiful campus, a great network of alumni, and a Princeton degree is universally respected by everyone. Both Harvard and Yale have massive grade inflation. People know a Princeton degree is earned. And among the three, Princeton grads tend to be saner, kinder, and more down to earth than the Harvard and Yale people. Obviously there will be exceptions, but Princeton does a better job shaping smart young people today. There's a reason why every list always has Princeton as the best university in America. It just is.
Anonymous
09/29/2024 17:22
Subject: Harvard, Yale, or Princeton
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:there's a reason that princeton alum have the highest rates of engagement and donation among the 3 schools. just take a look at reunions.
Princeton's a fkn cult. I've never seen harvard grads go out of their way to help out other harvard grads like I've seen princeton grads do. They think it's some sort off duty or something.
pp. it's absolutely fantastic. i have a daughter at P and a son at Y and the difference between the two schools is night and day in quality.
I have a child who recently graduated from Princeton and in some ways it is hard for me to say this as a Yale grad, but I agree that P is absolutely fantastic. I don't want to bias my younger children so I keep my thoughts to myself, but they also are drawn toward P more than Y. Not only for the incredible focus on undergraduates, but the facilities (many new dorms, new wellness facilities, new health center, museum (soon) etc) and campus as well. The food is also better. Princeton's strength in STEM is another factor and we are all impressed with the new engineering campus P is building and that will be complete within the next year or two. it is incredible. P reunions are also out of this world. The school spirit those P alum have is next level. I'm jealous as a Yale alum tbh. Yale's reunions are a huge disappointment compared to Princeton's.
Anonymous
09/29/2024 12:24
Subject: Re:Harvard, Yale, or Princeton
Anonymous wrote:If you want to X-register with MIT, Harvard is the only choice.
Not true. Wellesley College has a cross-registration arrangement with MIT.
Anonymous
09/27/2024 12:57
Subject: Harvard, Yale, or Princeton
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:there's a reason that princeton alum have the highest rates of engagement and donation among the 3 schools. just take a look at reunions.
Princeton's a fkn cult. I've never seen harvard grads go out of their way to help out other harvard grads like I've seen princeton grads do. They think it's some sort off duty or something.
pp. it's absolutely fantastic. i have a daughter at P and a son at Y and the difference between the two schools is night and day in quality.
Quality of what? Teaching, dorms, food, campus culture or ?!?
Seeing as they were responding to a comment on alumni, likely alumni network and support…
In that case, the reference to "quality" seems a bit off, but perhaps PP can elaborate. The endowment per student at Princeton is higher than the endowment per student at Yale, and Princeton is certainly more undergraduate-focused, but it's hard to see how that could translate into a big difference in the "quality" of a student's experience, academic or otherwise. Some would argue the 4-year residential college experience at Yale is preferable to the 2-year residential college + eating club/independent/odd-man "upperclassman remaining at residential college" experience at Princeton.
not the pp, but have a child at Princeton and she was able to easily get 1. international educational program as a freshman 2. numerous introductions to alumni network for internships 3. on campus job for pocket money.
Our other child is at another top three (HYSM) school and Princeton definitely uses its resources to help make their undergrads successful compared to our other experience with a school that has major professional programs and makes accessing resources harder.
But Princeton is rigorous and pushes them hard academically. Not of the faint of heart.
This is true of all top colleges. Even the last statement, no durr a top college will be rigorous- that’s the point.
Anonymous
09/27/2024 12:37
Subject: Harvard, Yale, or Princeton
Princeton or Yale -- not Harvard
Anonymous
09/27/2024 12:35
Subject: Harvard, Yale, or Princeton
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:there's a reason that princeton alum have the highest rates of engagement and donation among the 3 schools. just take a look at reunions.
Princeton's a fkn cult. I've never seen harvard grads go out of their way to help out other harvard grads like I've seen princeton grads do. They think it's some sort off duty or something.
pp. it's absolutely fantastic. i have a daughter at P and a son at Y and the difference between the two schools is night and day in quality.
Can you tell us more about your impressions of Princeton and Yale? Having a kid at each is a helpful perspective...
Anonymous
09/27/2024 12:11
Subject: Harvard, Yale, or Princeton
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:there's a reason that princeton alum have the highest rates of engagement and donation among the 3 schools. just take a look at reunions.
Princeton's a fkn cult. I've never seen harvard grads go out of their way to help out other harvard grads like I've seen princeton grads do. They think it's some sort off duty or something.
pp. it's absolutely fantastic. i have a daughter at P and a son at Y and the difference between the two schools is night and day in quality.
Quality of what? Teaching, dorms, food, campus culture or ?!?
Seeing as they were responding to a comment on alumni, likely alumni network and support…
In that case, the reference to "quality" seems a bit off, but perhaps PP can elaborate. The endowment per student at Princeton is higher than the endowment per student at Yale, and Princeton is certainly more undergraduate-focused, but it's hard to see how that could translate into a big difference in the "quality" of a student's experience, academic or otherwise. Some would argue the 4-year residential college experience at Yale is preferable to the 2-year residential college + eating club/independent/odd-man "upperclassman remaining at residential college" experience at Princeton.
not the pp, but have a child at Princeton and she was able to easily get 1. international educational program as a freshman 2. numerous introductions to alumni network for internships 3. on campus job for pocket money.
Our other child is at another top three (HYSM) school and Princeton definitely uses its resources to help make their undergrads successful compared to our other experience with a school that has major professional programs and makes accessing resources harder.
But Princeton is rigorous and pushes them hard academically. Not of the faint of heart.
Anonymous
09/27/2024 09:02
Subject: Harvard, Yale, or Princeton
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:there's a reason that princeton alum have the highest rates of engagement and donation among the 3 schools. just take a look at reunions.
Princeton's a fkn cult. I've never seen harvard grads go out of their way to help out other harvard grads like I've seen princeton grads do. They think it's some sort off duty or something.
pp. it's absolutely fantastic. i have a daughter at P and a son at Y and the difference between the two schools is night and day in quality.
Exactly what you would expect cultists to say.
Normal people go to harvard or MIT and tell everyone they went to school in boston.
Anonymous
09/26/2024 13:19
Subject: Harvard, Yale, or Princeton
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:there's a reason that princeton alum have the highest rates of engagement and donation among the 3 schools. just take a look at reunions.
Princeton's a fkn cult. I've never seen harvard grads go out of their way to help out other harvard grads like I've seen princeton grads do. They think it's some sort off duty or something.
pp. it's absolutely fantastic. i have a daughter at P and a son at Y and the difference between the two schools is night and day in quality.
Quality of what? Teaching, dorms, food, campus culture or ?!?
Seeing as they were responding to a comment on alumni, likely alumni network and support…
In that case, the reference to "quality" seems a bit off, but perhaps PP can elaborate. The endowment per student at Princeton is higher than the endowment per student at Yale, and Princeton is certainly more undergraduate-focused, but it's hard to see how that could translate into a big difference in the "quality" of a student's experience, academic or otherwise. Some would argue the 4-year residential college experience at Yale is preferable to the 2-year residential college + eating club/independent/odd-man "upperclassman remaining at residential college" experience at Princeton.
Anonymous
09/26/2024 11:31
Subject: Harvard, Yale, or Princeton
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:there's a reason that princeton alum have the highest rates of engagement and donation among the 3 schools. just take a look at reunions.
Princeton's a fkn cult. I've never seen harvard grads go out of their way to help out other harvard grads like I've seen princeton grads do. They think it's some sort off duty or something.
pp. it's absolutely fantastic. i have a daughter at P and a son at Y and the difference between the two schools is night and day in quality.
Quality of what? Teaching, dorms, food, campus culture or ?!?
Seeing as they were responding to a comment on alumni, likely alumni network and support…
Anonymous
09/26/2024 11:28
Subject: Harvard, Yale, or Princeton
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:there's a reason that princeton alum have the highest rates of engagement and donation among the 3 schools. just take a look at reunions.
Princeton's a fkn cult. I've never seen harvard grads go out of their way to help out other harvard grads like I've seen princeton grads do. They think it's some sort off duty or something.
pp. it's absolutely fantastic. i have a daughter at P and a son at Y and the difference between the two schools is night and day in quality.
Quality of what? Teaching, dorms, food, campus culture or ?!?
Anonymous
09/26/2024 00:59
Subject: Harvard, Yale, or Princeton
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:there's a reason that princeton alum have the highest rates of engagement and donation among the 3 schools. just take a look at reunions.
Princeton's a fkn cult. I've never seen harvard grads go out of their way to help out other harvard grads like I've seen princeton grads do. They think it's some sort off duty or something.
pp. it's absolutely fantastic. i have a daughter at P and a son at Y and the difference between the two schools is night and day in quality.
Anonymous
09/25/2024 22:51
Subject: Harvard, Yale, or Princeton
Anonymous wrote:there's a reason that princeton alum have the highest rates of engagement and donation among the 3 schools. just take a look at reunions.
Princeton's a fkn cult. I've never seen harvard grads go out of their way to help out other harvard grads like I've seen princeton grads do. They think it's some sort off duty or something.