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BASIC INFORMATION:

• It is located in Princeton, New Jersey.

• It was founded in 1746 by John Witherspoon, William Tennent, Jonathan Dickinson, Aaron Burr.

• The school colors are orange and black and their mascot is the Princeton tigers.

• School population is 7,912 students and 2,648 of them are undergrad.

• The 2012-13 undergrad admission rate is 7.4%

• 98% of undergrads live on campus.

GENERAL HISTORY.

• Princeton was founded in 1746 and has been in business 150 years. It was British America’s 4th college. In 1896 the college of New Jersey was officially re-named Princeton University in honor of its host community of Princeton. The school consists of 180 buildings on 500 acres of land.

EXPENSES • Tuition = $41,750

• Rooms = $7,500

• Board Rate = $6,045

• Estimated miscellaneous expenses = $3,525

• Your total for your 1st year would be about $58,820.

• Undergraduates on financial aid = 60%

POPULAR MAJORS & SAT/ACT SCORES.

• Undergraduates usually prefer smaller size classes, mostly on natural science (7%) and humanities (15%).

• 38% of sophomores have chosen to major in economics, politics, history, and English.

• SAT critical reading 700/790

• SAT math 710/800

• SAT writing 710/800

• ACT composite 31/35

• ACT English 32/35

• ACT math 30/35

• ACT writing 8/10

ATHLETICS & CLUBS

• Princeton has a lot of different activities for students to participate in.

• They have 38 varsity teams (sprint football, soccer, track and field, volleyball, fencing, hockey, basket ball, etc.)

• 20 of those teams are men's and 18 are women’s

• More than 1,000 people participate in Princeton athletics.

• They also provide different clubs that you could join as well which include eating clubs and office of religious life.

EXTRA INFORMATION

• There are students of different ethnicities attend.• Demographics:• 10% of men are accepted• 10% of women are accepted• Overall % of graduation = 95%

Percentages of students.

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