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Princeton campus

PRINCETON

BASIC INFORMATION:

BRIEF HISTORY:

  • Located in Princeton, New Jersey

  • The school's motto is Dei Sub Numine Viget, which means ''Under God's Power She Flourishes''

  • The number of students attending is approximately 8,500

  • The student-faculty ratio is 5:1

  • It's the fourth-oldest university in the U.S., one of the nine colonial colleges established before the American Revolution

  • In 1896 Princeton officially became a university and was renamed Princeton University

  • Known for its upperclassmen eating clubs

UNDERGRADUATE MAJORS AND MINORS:

  • Over 80 majors and minors

  • Majors - Astrophysical Sciences, Computer Science, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Molecular Biology and more

  • Minors/ Certificate - Climate Sciences, Engineering Biology, Finance, Geological Engineering, Neuroscience, Optimization and Quantitative Decision Science...

Princeton campus

ALUMNI:

SOME FAMOUS ALUMNI:

  • 75 Nobel Prize laureates (October 2021)

  • 16 Fields Medalists

  • 16 Turing Award laureates

  • 21 National Medals of Science

  • 5 Abel Prizes

  • 11 National Humanities medalists

  • 217 Rhodes Scholars

  • Woodrow Wilson (U.S. President)

  • Michelle Obama (former First Lady of the U.S.)

  • Pete Conrad (Apollo 12)

  • Jeff Bezos (Amazon)

  • F. Scott Fitzgerald (writer)

  • Maria Ressa (Nobel Peace Prize)

CAMPUS INFO:

  • The main campus consists of more than 200 buildings

  • Campuses are situated around 1 hour by train from New York City and Philadelphia

  • At the southern edge of the campus is an artificial lake called Lake Carnegie, named after Andrew Carnegie

  • The most famous buildings are the Nassau Hall, University Chapel, and Art Museum

REQUIREMENTS:

princeton requirements
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