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Gunjan Aggrawal

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Indian students can get into Princeton University if they perform excellently in academics, take part in extracurricular and have an excellent record over the years. With a 4% acceptance rate, Princeton University is quite hard to get into, and students with average performance have a low probability of selection. Students must focus on the factors; the university considers during selection. Some of the crucial factors include the rigor of secondary school records, class rank, standardized test scores, character/ personal quality, extracurricular activity, and more.

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Nishtha Gupta

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Princeton University follows certain academic and non-academic factors during admission including class rank, academic GPA, work experience, and many more. As an undergraduate, if a student starts working on the factors required or asked by the university, they can easily get into it. Some of the crucial factors along with their level of importance are given below:

Academic/Non-Academic Factors

Level of Importance

Rigor of secondary school records

Very Important

Class rank

Very Important

Academic GPA

Very Important

Application Essay

Very Important

Extracurricular activity

Important

Volunteer work

Considered

Character/Personal quality

Very Important

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C Kranthi kumar

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If u stay off-campus then u will definitely miss the campus life and if u liked to stay off-campus and the houses will be too expensive since it is located in Cambridge, new york city and around 80 percentage students is living in campus and around 15 percentage of students is been living off-campus and if u stay in campus and u can reduce your daily expensives and comparing to total expenses it is quite less if u stay in campus

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Chandra Shekhar

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International students who wish to study at Princeton University are required to submit theonline application via the official website. They must follow the admission process and submit the application by the given deadline to get admission. 

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Chandra Shekhar

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Applicants who meet the Princeton University scholarships eligibility must get 100% financial support. As per the report,  almost 72% students receives financial aid for the class of 2028. The average annual undergraduate aid package at the university is USD 73,000 or INR 61.60 L (USD 1= INR 84.39).

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Chandra Shekhar

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Princeton University is known to be a member of QuestBridge, which helps high school students who are from low-income families and want scholarships for the entire duration of their chosen course. Students will be offered a full scholarship by the university if they have fulfilled all eligibility requirements.

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Akanksha Malhotra

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A few of the subjects of Princeton that rank well in the QS subject rankings are given below:

Particulars

Quacquarelli Symonds Subject Rankings 2025

Mathematics

#7

Politics

#3

Sociology

#8

Physics and Astronomy

#10

Accounting and Finance

#26

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Akanksha Malhotra

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As per the Times Higher Education subject rankings, Princeton University's subjects rank at the following positions:

Particulars

THE Subject Rankings 2025

Psychology

#3

Life Sciences

#7

Arts and Humanities

#6

Engineering

#8

PG Computer Science

#6

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Nikita Peter

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Brown University and Princeton University are top-ranking universities located in the United States of America. Brown University's ranking among the National Universities in 2025 is #13 whereas, Princeton University is ranked #1. Princeton's acceptance rate is around 4%, whereas, that of Brown University is 5.4% and Harvard University's acceptance rate is around 3.4%. This means that Harvard is more selective, however, Brown University is not that behind when it comes to admissions and is also very selective. 

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Kanishk Aggarwal

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Princeton has a remarkable alumni network of over 100,000 graduates worldwide, which further adds to its popularity. It has proved conducive to launching the dreams of many notable personalities. Some of the well-known names include:

Alumni NameKnown For
John F. Kennedy35th president of the United States from 1961 until his assassination in 1963
Jeff BezosAmerican businessman, media proprietor, and investor. He is the founder, executive chairman, and former president and CEO of Amazon
Michelle ObamaAmerican attorney and author who served as the first lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017
Woodrow Wilson28th president of the United States from 1913 to 1921. A member of the Democratic Party, Wilson served as the president of Princeton University and as the governor of New Jersey

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