With that being said, it is important to note that a small campus is not for every student. But I must say that is one of the more special parts of going to school here: the people you meet and the community you are encouraged to build. I know that sounds like a typical admission phrase even I was skeptical when I first arrived here. This creates a sort of bonding effect that connects Princetonians across the years. This alone is an incredible aspect of Princeton-to develop robust research alongside a Princeton professor!Īnother benefit to the number of students is the sense of community that exists between current students and the alumni. As students work their way through Princeton and begin the quintessential independent work their junior and senior years, everyone either is assigned or chooses a departmental adviser who meets and works with them to see their work from start to finish. Students are also made aware of dozens of other resources, including group and individualized tutoring, Counseling and Psychological Services and dozens of other centers or offices that focus primarily on supporting undergraduate students. Upon matriculation, each student is assigned to a residential college (their home for the first two years), a residential college adviser, a peer academic adviser and a residential graduate student.
Princeton’s size allows for a more intentional focus of resources on the undergraduate students. If you spend enough time around here or even just take a tour, the University’s “undergraduate focus” is sure to come up, and rightly so it is a significant part of what makes Princeton the school that it is. But it is precisely this size that enables the University to focus on the undergraduate experience. With fewer than 6,000 undergraduates, Princeton is a relatively small school compared to its peer institutions. One of the aspects of Princeton that surprises most people when I am talking about the University is its size.
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