5th reunions
Five years have passed since I finished my undergraduate education at Princeton. 2020 seems like it was so long ago … Continue reading 5th reunions
Reunions
The lights come on and the restraints come off as night falls on Princeton’s campus. Noxious beats of thumping bass … Continue reading Reunions
Graduated, at last
MAY 18, 2022— Two years of waiting came to an end when Princeton’s Class of 2020 assembled on Weaver Field … Continue reading Graduated, at last
The pandemic turbocharged college grade inflation
As soaring prices are hitting consumers in their wallets, higher education is facing its own inflation challenges that will cause … Continue reading The pandemic turbocharged college grade inflation
The culmination of college
“If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants,” physicist Isaac Newton famously wrote in … Continue reading The culmination of college
Observations from the Daily Princetonian’s first class-wide surveys
The Daily Princetonian published its second annual survey of the freshman class last semester, following in the Harvard Crimson’s tradition. … Continue reading Observations from the Daily Princetonian’s first class-wide surveys
The A’s have it
When administrators reviewed Princeton’s grading practices in 1998, they thought that they had a crisis of falling academic standards on … Continue reading The A’s have it
Delaware’s admissions game (federal data analysis part VI)
My applications to the Ivy League six years ago were shots in the dark. I neither knew how to prepare … Continue reading Delaware’s admissions game (federal data analysis part VI)
The big money of a low-key athletics conference (federal data analysis part V)
One of the biggest misunderstandings that high school seniors who are applying to the Ivy League have is the belief … Continue reading The big money of a low-key athletics conference (federal data analysis part V)
Elite colleges have elite benefits (federal data analysis part IV)
There’s a reason why tens of thousands of high school seniors apply for only 20,000 seats at a dozen selective … Continue reading Elite colleges have elite benefits (federal data analysis part IV)
My Side of Paradise 