Mary Cate Hyde
Hey! My name is Mary Cate and I’m from a small city north of San Francisco. I’m concentrating in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, planning to pursue a PhD in wildlife conservation. I’m a big…
Dean Alex Bustin
Alex Bustin '08 is the Senior Associate Dean and Director of Transfer and Military/Veteran Admission. Originally from New Jersey, he received his B.A. in chemistry from Princeton, and his master of…
Thomas Emens
Thomas transferred to Princeton in 2022 from Middlesex College in Edison, NJ. In the fall of 2022, at 20, he became the youngest and first openly gay man elected to Jamesburg Borough Council (his…
Lauren Maynard
Lauren transferred to Princeton from Saddleback College in Mission Viejo, CA, a community college. She is mentor for the Scholars Institute Fellows Program, a Peer Career Advisor at the Center for…
Taehwan Kim
Taehwan was born and raised in Korea, but moved to Minnesota at age 14. He was a member of the U.S. Army prior to studying at Princeton. While in the Army Taehwan worked as a diesel mechanic, team…
Caroline Coen
Hello everyone! My name is Caroline, and I am a member of the Great Class of 2025). I hail from Pacific Grove, CA, a small town on the central coast. Here at Princeton, although I originally intended…
The Princetonian Work Ethic: Work Hard Play Hard?
Work hard, play hard. It’s a phrase we’ve all heard, but is Princeton a place where “work hard, play hard” is alive and well, or perhaps, where does Princeton lie on that spectrum? Work hard, play…
A Summer of Startups
Recently, I began a short internship for a startup in New Zealand. The internship consists of making an interactive model of solar panel installations in augmented reality—fun—but not something I…
My Sojourn in the South of France: Lessons From a Summer Abroad in Aix-En-Provence
Image Me in front of the Mediterranean Sea at St. Tropez. In April of last year, a few weeks before I…
So What’s the Difference Between Politics and SPIA?
As a Politics major—and even more specifically, as a Politics major who is also a Peer Academic Adviser (PAA)—there is one question that I find myself answering quite frequently. Whether I am at…
Testing, Rigor, AI, and What Are We Really Looking For? Your Questions Answered by Dean Richardson
Oops. I blinked and it was August.The days are getting shorter (though no less hot, it seems!), and the “back-to-school” displays have taken over my local Target. These are sure signs that the summer…
On Applying to College...
It’s the summer before senior year and you’re set on becoming a Princeton tiger, all ready to stride through FitzRandolph Gate next August—or honestly insert your dream school. One obstacle remains…