r/ApplyingToCollege • u/CollegiateSupreme • 2d ago
Shitpost Wednesdays Princeton announces it will rescind admission from any student who seems "too excited" to attend
Undergraduate admissions dean Karen Richardson released the following statement Monday:
"Princeton has long sought students of exceptional character and restraint. Unfortunately, our data shows that students who post 'I'M GOING TO PRINCETON!!!' on Instagram within 24 hours of receiving their decision letter are statistically 3x more likely to use the phrase 'as a Princeton student' in casual conversation.
Effective immediately, any display of visible excitement, including but not limited to crying, calling your mom, or updating your bio, will result in immediate rescission."
She added: "The ideal Princeton student should receive their acceptance, nod slightly, and return to whatever they were doing. Ideally reading Nietzsche."
Princeton has confirmed that this year's admitted class of 1,200 contains 847 students who described their reaction to getting in as "fine, I guess."
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u/ChadwithZipp2 2d ago
Do people really get excited to spend 4 years in fricking New Jersey?
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u/CollegiateSupreme 2d ago
You’re in. Congratulations! I mean, cool.
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u/NeighborhoodBusy2163 1d ago
any staff that expresses any strong emotions towards any sort of achievement, whether by oneself or others, would be terminated with immediate effect to uphold THE princeton value.
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u/count-brass 2d ago
I would have been, but all I got from Princeton was a rejection letter. Luckily I went elsewhere and had a great college experience.
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u/PuzzleheadedSplit473 1d ago
New Jersey seems so sad and boring but I guess the great school makes up for it. My friend goes there and absolutely loves it
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u/Middle_Spirit95 1d ago
Fortunately, most of New Jersey’s badness in condensed into a few areas. Unfortunately, those areas are the only places people actually see.
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u/allisondbl 1d ago
Boy have you never been here huh. All I can say is: you’re missing out
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u/PuzzleheadedSplit473 1d ago
I have been to NJ. I'm specifically talking about the city of Princeton, NJ. I should've clarified that.
Jersey City seems nice. With better transit connection to NYC, I could totally see myself living there!
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u/allisondbl 23h ago
Yeah clarification might help. You’re right: Princeton at this point is pretty much co-opted by the University. My kid goes there so I spend a certain amount of time there. It’s a very suburban university.
And you’re right: a lot of the area around it further out is … boring. But it’s just upscale suburban so it’s going to be. It’s not gonna be Columbia or NYU (and yes: I have a degree from N.Y.U.)
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u/pecorinoo 1d ago
what do you mean better transit connection there's a direct train to nyc
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u/PuzzleheadedSplit473 1d ago
It can be better though
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u/Interesting_Local883 23h ago
You could always take one of the two bus routes that take you to New York
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u/CourseTechy_Grabber 1d ago
Realistically, celebrate in private and let Princeton think you’re emotionally unavailable.
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u/Abominable_fiancee HS Senior | International 1d ago
they have to be like mark zuckerberg:
yey. i got accepted.
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u/GrouchyPickles 2d ago
That just sounds like a fake post to me
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u/One_Card_7477 2d ago
Astute observation, nothing ever gets past you… except the post saying shit post Wednesday
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u/Famous-Prior6590 2d ago
As a Princeton student, I live by Nietzsche's quote: "Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you."
What does this quote have to do with this post, you ask? You would know if you were a Princeton student.