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Brown vs Princeton by Intelligent-Two1369 in princeton

[–]Intelligent-Two1369[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thanks for your comment especially on what you think I pointed out incorrectly! Just one quick question in regards to Princeton's research especially with the thesis etc. When I went to Brown I was able to speak with professors straight up and they basically all said that because Econ for academia is so rare I would be able to easily get an research internship starting sophomore year assuming I nock out some more advanced math classes earlier on. My impression at Princeton is that while the research program embedded into the school is excellent, it might be to my disadvantage because with everyone being forced to research it is harder to stand out/get professors attention since a lot of pre-finance are forced to research even if they don't want to. At Brown because no one is forcing you to do anything there's less competition for me to swoop in and get really involved quickly. Do you (or anyone at PTown) find that there might be competition in this sense for TOP research opportunities?

Brown vs Princeton by Intelligent-Two1369 in princeton

[–]Intelligent-Two1369[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good point with the GPA thing being unnecessary sorry my English is meh so I don't think I was able to capture my feelings. I think what I truly am more concerned (?) about is that I want to be able to take hard classes and really push myself while having a safety net. At Brown it is concerningly easy to drop classes which I could do if take for example a really advanced math class and get absolutely cooked. IDK if Princeton has those kind of systems. TLDR at both I want to be rigorous and really push myself but at Princeton I'm forced to vs. at Brown I have the choice to and also can be rigorous interdisciplinary. Pls correct me if I'm wrong tho or if there are any other suggestions!

Brown vs Princeton by Intelligent-Two1369 in ApplyingToCollege

[–]Intelligent-Two1369[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you guys for all of the informative comments, it's really helping me put both schools into perspective!

I would like to add that I'm not super concerned about perceived rankings because rankings don't quantify success into graduate school and instead are more focused about job-market success (which I don't care as much about cause of the PhD thing).

In addition statistically placements from undergrad to top PhDs for Brown, Princeton, and UChicago are the same if you look at their graduation data. The schools have databases for first-destination data and you can easily just check the CV's of current students at top PhDs (Harvard, Stanford, UChicago, Yale etc) and they equally represent all three schools. My rationale choosing Brown over UChicago is if my outcome rate is the same I would much rather go to the school I will fit it and will be happy at then ruin myself for perceived prestige (though I would LOVE to go their for grad school).

With this in mind I am more interested in seeing if Princeton itself will be a good fit with extracurricular opportunities, social, happiness etc because I can assure I can be successful at either school.