Princeton University

All overseas first-year applicants must meet the Princeton University admission requirements listed below, to stand a chance of securing admission to the university:

• A Completed Online Application: Must be submitted through the Coalition/Common Application.
• Princeton-specific Questions: Applicants must submit the Princeton-specific Questions online through the Coalition Application or Common Application website.
• Application Fee/Fee Waiver: Candidates must either pay USD 75 (INR 6.4 K) or apply for a fee waiver.
• Graded Written Paper: Applicants must submit a graded written paper, preferably in the subjects of English or history.
• Academic Transcripts: An official transcript must be sent by a school counselor or school official.
• School Report: Candidate's school counselor or other school official must complete and submit the SR form available on the Coalition Application or Common Application website.
• Counselor Recommendation: Applicant's recommender must complete and submit the form.
• Two Teacher Recommendations: Candidates must request two of their teachers who taught them higher level courses in different academic areas of study to complete and send the teacher recommendation forms, available on the Coalition Application or Common Application website. Note that the subjects should be in core academic areas, such as English, Language, Humanities, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences or Math.
• Midyear School Report: Applicant's school counselor or other school official must complete and submit this form once the student's midyear grades are available.
• SAT or ACT Scores: Princeton is test-optional for the academic year 2024-25 as well. However, if candidates wish to submit their standardized test scores, they must take the SAT or the ACT by the October test date for single-choice early action and the December date for regular decision.
• TOEFL, IELTS or PTE Academic Scores: All applicants whose native language isn't English must submit their English language proficiency exam scores. Students who have spent at least three years at a secondary school where English is the primary language of instruction are not required to take the language tests.
• Arts Supplement (if applicable): If a candidate has performed well architecture, creative writing, dance, music, music theater, theater or visual arts, and would like the admission committee to consider their talent, they can submit an optional Arts Supplement.
• Interview: An interview is applicable once the AdCom has received the candidate's application, Usually, these interviews last for 30-45 minutes, where students can discuss the things that are important to them with alumni members and also ask questions to someone who attended Princeton. Since the interview is optional, a candidate who didn't get the invite is not put at any disadvantage.

Conversion Rate: 1 USD = INR 85.59

Princeton faculty members comprise 32 Nobel Prize holders and some of the best scholars around the world. With the student-to-faculty ratio of 5:1, students get to interact one-on-one with the world class faculty. Mentioned below are some of the top Princeton University faculty:

• Sir Angus Stewart Deaton: Professor of Economics and International Affairs Emeritus at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and the Economics Department at Princeton University
• Robert Owen Keohane: Professor Emeritus of International Affairs at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs
• Edward William Felten: Robert E. Kahn Professor of Computer Science and Public Affairs at Princeton University
• Peter Albert David Singer: Emeritus Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University
• Anthony Thomas Grafton: American Historian of Early Modern Europe and the Henry Putnam University Professor of History at Princeton University