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Princeton University

Located in Princeton, New Jersey, Princeton University is a research university established in 1746. It provides graduate and undergraduate instruction in natural sciences, social sciences, engineering and humanities. It has the fourth biggest endowment in the US at US$14.4 billion.

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What is the total number of students attending Princeton University?

1st-year students: 52% Men

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1st-year students: 52% Men

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1st-year students: 52% Men

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1st-year students: 52% Men

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1st-year students: 52% Men

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1st-year students: 52% Men

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What year did Princeton get started?

Princeton Univeristy was founded as "The College of New Jersey." It did not adopt the name "Princeton University" until Woodrow Wilson became the University President in the early 20th century.

What GPA do you need to get accepted to Lehigh University?

The typical costs of attendance for the '09-'10 academic year include the following:

Tuition: $38,330

Technology fee: $300

Typical first-year housing: $5,910

Full meal plan: $4,290 ---------------------------- Direct-billed expense: $48,830 ---------------------------- Estimated books and personal expenses: $2,220 Total expected cost of attendance*: $51,050

Where are Princeton and Rutgers Universities located?

Princeton University is located in Princeton, NJ. Rutgers University, The State University, has several campuses throughout the state of New Jersey. Its original campus is located in New Brunswick, NJ, about 20 miles from Princeton. Other substantial campuses are in suburban areas near New Brunswick, and additional campuses are located in Newark , NJ and in south Jersey.

What is the average gpa for Princeton?

The average GPA at Princeton is 3.9. This makes Princeton Extremely Competitive for GPAs. With a GPA of 3.9, Princeton requires you to be at the top of your class. You'll need nearly straight A's in all your classes to compete with other applicants.

What SAT score required for a scholarship?

Unfortunatly, most colleges look at both an SAT score and a GPA requirement for merit scholarships, if they offer any at all. An individual college's financial aid page will give more adequate details on what is available. For example, enrollment in a small private school with an SAT score of 1350 (combined Critical reading and math, not Writing) may result in a more generous offer than a state school or a school with a very high calibur.

What is the ratio of heterosexual to gay students at Princeton University?

== == As of October 2007, Princeton University had 4918 undergraduate students and 2416 graduate students, for a total enrolment of 7334 students. There are about 850 full-time faculty members.

Which school is better Harvard or Princeton?

Both Princeton University and Yale University are widely agreed to be among the best universities in the US, and perhaps the world. Each has strengths in a variety of areas. Selecting one as better that the other, overall, is purely a matter of personal opinion.

What high schools do Ivy League freshmen come from and is there a year-by-year list?

Ivy League freshman do not come from a certain high school and Ivy League Schools do not give any more attention to private high schools than they do public high schools.

Who are some famous alumni from Vanderbilt?

Lamar Alexander, John Nance Garner, Al Gore, Jr., Tipper Gore, Supreme Court Associate Justice James Clark McReynolds, Congressman Steve Cohen, David Boaz, John R. Steelman, Senator Theodore Bilbo. Dinah Shore, Rosanne Cash, Amy Grant, and Dierks Bentley. Delbert Mann (B.A. 1941), Tom Schulman (B.A. 1972), actors Molly Sims (B.S. 1995) and Joe Bob Briggs (B.A. 1974). Three U.S. Poet Laureates are Vanderbilt alums: Allen Tate (B.A. 1922), Robert Penn Warren (B.A. 1925), and Randall Jarrell (M.A. 1938). Novelists James Dickey (B.A. 1949) and James Patterson (M.A. 1970). Two well-known sportswriters, Grantland Rice (B.A. 1901) and Fred Russell (B.A. 1927), have a scholarship named after them at the university, and Buster Olney (B.A. 1988) writes for ESPN.com and The New York Times. Journalist David Brinkley attended briefly. Debora Shuger graduated with three degrees (B.A. 1975), (M.A. 1978), and (M.A.T. 1978) Current Denver Broncos quarterback Jay Cutler (B.S. 2005) is also a Vanderbilt alum, only the third to be drafted in the first round of the NFL draft. Three alumni, biochemist Stanford Moore (B.A. 1935), economist Muhammad Yunus (Ph.D. 1971), and Al Gore have won the Nobel Prize.

What does Princeton do on the weekends?

Ctr African American Studies

African Studies

American Studies

Anthropology

Atmospheric & Oceanic Science

Appl.& Computational Math

Arabic

Architecture

Art & Archaeology

Astrophysical Sciences

Atelier

Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian

Chemical & Biological Engr

Civil and Environmental Engrng

Chinese

Chemistry

Center for Human Values

Classics

Classical Greek

Comparative Literature

Computer Science

Creative Writing

Czech

Dance

East Asian Program

East Asian Studies

Economics

European Cultural Studies

Ecology and Evol. Biology

Engineering

Electrical Engineering

English

Environmental Studies

Contemporary European Politics

Finance

French

Freshman Seminars

Geosciences

German

Global Health & Health Policy

Global Seminar

Gender and Sexuality Studies

Hebrew

Hindi

History

Hellenic Studies

History of Science

Humanistic Studies

Integrated Science Curriculum

Italian

Judaic Studies

Japanese

Journalism

Korean

Latino Studies

Latin American Studies

Latin

Linguistics

Mech. and Aerospace Engr.

Mathematics

Medieval Studies

Media and Modernity

Modern Greek

Molecular Biology

Materials Sci/Engingr

Music

Near Eastern Studies

Neuroscience

Oper Res and Financial Engr

Ancient World

Persian

Philosophy

Physics

Polish

Politics

Population Studies

Portuguese

Psychology

Quantitative Computational Bio

Religion

Russian

South Asian Studies

Slavic Languages and Lit

Sociology

Spanish

Science and Technology Council

Swahili

Theater

Teacher Preparation

Translation, Intercultural Com

Turkish

Urban Studies

Visual Arts

Princeton Writing Program

Woodrow Wilson School

What is fraternity and sorority?

Strictly speaking, a fraternity is a "brotherhood." In the United States, on colleges campuses, fraternities are organizations that young men join, in which they live together in a house close to campus - acceptance of a newcomer into a fraternity is frequently dependent on successful completion of "initiation rites," also known as "hazing." Unfortunately, this frequently involves the consumption of massive amounts of alcohol, in fact, one reads about a young man dying of alcohol poisoning at a school almost every year.

What state did Albert Einstein live in?

New Jersey, sort of.

Albert Einstein was born in Ulm, Württemberg, Germany in 1879; he didn't immigrate to the United States until 1933. Einstein taught at the Institute for Advanced Study, at Princeton (NJ), until his death in 1955.

What famous people attended Princeton University?

John F. Kennedy attended Princeton briefly but was forced to withdraw because of illness before completeing his first semester. Lisa Halliby, later Queen Noor al Husein of Jordan, graduated from Princeton as a member of the first undergraduate class to include women. Jose Ferrer graduated from Princeton, as did Jimmy Stuart (actor) and Josh Logan (Broadway Producer) James Madison, President of the United States, graduated from Princeton. Brooke Shields, model and actress from Blue Lagoon and other films, went to Princeton

Are jamaicans from Africa?

Jamaicans come from Jamaica, which is not in Africa. Jamaica is in the Caribbean Sea. Of course, a Jamaican person has not neccessarily been born or ever lived in Jamaica but may have had Jamaican ancestors and been born in a completely different country

Why was the American victory at Yorktown especially important?

The Battle of Yorktown was important to the Americans because the American and French soldiers got the British soldiers to surrender which gave the Americans freedom from Britain but, even after that there were little battles because the word hadn't spread fully to everyone because the couldn't just call them and say " Hey Britain surrendered." p.s. To the guy on top that is very imature and if you did "write it code" why would you have commas? If you are going to just mess with people you might as well say " It gave them chocolate." because that still would be a better answer than you pressing random buttons. -SuperDalton101

How much will it cost to attend Princeton University?

The average amount is about 41,910 including tution fees, romm and borad, and estimated personal expeneses. Tuition and fees- $29,910 Room and board- $8,387 Estimated personal expeneses- $3,083

Which presidents graduated from Princeton?

James Madison graduated from what is now Princeton University. Woodrow

got his bachelor's at Princeton and later returned as a professor and president of the college.

President of US who was governor of New Jersey and Princeton university?

Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924), the 28th President of the United States (1913-1921), was president of Princeton University from 1902 until 1910 - He resigned from Princeton in 1910 to accept the Democratic nomination for Governor of New Jersey - He served as Governor of New Jersey from 1911 until 1913; and became President of the United States in 1914.

How do you get into Princeton University?

You can get into Princeton University by getting straight A's and having many extracuricular activities. That will get them to notice you, but if you can't acheive this at least have a unweighted GPA of 3.7 or higher and a great essay.

Why do you need this scholarship?

I deserve this scholarship, cuz I have the ability to follow through with all the hard work it will take to achieve my dreams and my goals. I blieve in myself and I believe, with this scholarship, it will give me the foundation I need to build a better me, and enable me to become a person who makes a difference in this world. "