# I got in to Princeton! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 2, 2006, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-in-to-princeton/350902 "2006-04-02T02:28:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Zahava424](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/76d3ee/32.png) [@Zahava424](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zahava424)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-in-to-princeton/350902/21 "2006-04-06T02:29:17Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > [Here](http://www.princeton.edu/main/admission-aid/) it is: > > “Princeton also prides itself on ensuring economic diversity within our student body. To do this, the University admits undergraduate students without regard to their family financial circumstances and provides 100 percent of determined need. Since the 2001-02 academic year, no Princeton aid student, domestic or international, has been required to take out a loan to pay for his or her education.” “Determined need” is different than actual need, of course; they assume that you’ll be putting up a sizeable percentage of your income (possibly more than you can afford) to pay. But I’m pretty blessed, as far as that sort of thing goes, and my parents can pay for the tuition. We don’t qualify for financial aid. ---
**Author:** ![Zahava424](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/76d3ee/32.png) [@Zahava424](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zahava424)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-in-to-princeton/350902/22 "2006-04-06T02:30:40Z")
> [@Orbifold](#): > > Congratulations! > > One tip: get on-campus housing (this should be much easier for you as an undergraduate student than it was for me as a graduate student). Off-campus housing in the Princeton area ranges from “pricey” to “you gotta be kidding me”. I’m definitely planning to dorm on campus. The dorm thing really seems like such a large part of college to me that I wouldn’t want to miss it anyway. What grad program were you in? ---
**Author:** ![Zahava424](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/76d3ee/32.png) [@Zahava424](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zahava424)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-in-to-princeton/350902/23 "2006-04-06T02:39:06Z")
> [@Orbifold](#): > > Congratulations! > > One tip: get on-campus housing (this should be much easier for you as an undergraduate student than it was for me as a graduate student). Off-campus housing in the Princeton area ranges from “pricey” to “you gotta be kidding me”. I’m definitely planning to dorm on campus. The dorm thing really seems like such a large part of college to me that I wouldn’t want to miss it anyway. What grad program were you in? ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-in-to-princeton/350902/24 "2006-04-06T14:21:06Z")
> [@Zahava424](#): > > I’m definitely planning to dorm on campus. The dorm thing really seems like such a large part of college to me that I wouldn’t want to miss it anyway. At least when I was there, it was required that you live on campus for the first two years of undergrad. > [@meow meow](#): > > Film people really like the Frist building (formerly known as Palmer). It was used in both IQ and Beautiful Mind. I’m sitting in East Pyne right now. It’s a great old gothic building that has recently been rennovated. weep…Palmer was where my ass got kicked by Physics and math classes and where I panicked my way through exams…I still think about that one lecture hall upstairs that had the great old traditional feel with all-wood stationary chairs… [Here’s](http://www.housemd-guide.com/housemd-locations/locations.php) more description of the use of Princeton and surrounding landmarks in House. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-in-to-princeton/350902/25 "2006-04-06T14:59:41Z")
Congratulations and good luck! ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-in-to-princeton/350902/26 "2006-04-06T20:17:36Z")
Oh **Zahava** , that’s wonderful. Congratulations! And big props to **Athelas** , too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-in-to-princeton/350902.md?page=1)