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Princeton University

Princeton, NJ. 340 fields, verified each cycle. from the Department of Education, the Common Data Set and the school's own bulletin, not scraped once and forgotten.

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“Boston is the campus, for better and worse. No quad to sit on, no bubble to stay in. I loved it.”

Alum, 2024, College of Communication

“I was in a lab the second semester of sophomore year. Professors answer email here.”

Junior, Engineering

“The education is worth it. The cost is not the number on the website.”

Sophomore, College of Arts and Sciences

“Consulting and finance firms recruit through Questrom. Three internships before senior year.”

Senior, Questrom

“Four years of guaranteed housing in a city this expensive is the underrated benefit.”

Senior, College of Arts and Sciences

“Sixty of my sixty four credits transferred. Get the agreement in writing first.”

Transfer, 2025, Engineering
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“My funding package covered five years. That decision was made for me before I arrived, and it changed everything.”

Doctoral candidate, Biology

“The clinical placements are in Boston hospitals. You are working with patients in your first year.”

Second year, Medicine

“My advisor has eleven students. Ask how many before you accept an offer anywhere.”

Doctoral candidate, Economics

“The part time law option let me keep working. Four years instead of three, no debt.”

Third year, Law

“Teaching load is two sections a term. Budget for that when you plan your dissertation timeline.”

Doctoral candidate, English

“Master of Public Health placement was strong. Career services is thinner than the undergraduate side.”

Alum, 2025, Public Health
4.1 ★★★★ 2,840 student reviews
4.3 ★★★★ 1,120 graduate reviews
Private, 4 yearPrinceton, NJ5,709 undergraduates2025-2026 cycle
Private, doctoralBoston, MA15,200 graduate students196 programs

Acceptance rate

4.6%

2025-2026

SAT middle 50%

1510-1580

Test optional

ACT middle 50%

34-35

Composite

Average net price

$6,128

After grants

Graduation rate

98%

Within six years

Acceptance rate

28%

34,100 applied, 9,500 admitted

Median undergraduate GPA

3.5

Across all master's programs

Funded doctoral offers

94%

Five year package, tuition and stipend

Average net cost

$41,800

Master's, after aid and assistantships

Completion rate

82%

Doctoral, within eight years

Deadlines

Regular Decision (RD) January 1, 2026
Restrictive Early Action (REA) November 1, 2025

Requirements

Application platform Common App
Application fee $75
Test scores Not required (test-optional)
Writing supplement Not required
Counselor recommendation Required
Teacher evaluations 2
Supplemental prompt 250 words As a research institution that also prides itself on its liberal arts curriculum, Princeton allows students to explore areas across the humanities and the arts, the natural sciences, and the social sciences. What academic areas most pique your curiosity, and how do the programs offered at Princeton suit your particular interests? (Please respond in 250 words or fewer)
Supplemental prompt 250 words As a research institution that also prides itself on its liberal arts curriculum, Princeton allows students to explore areas across the humanities and the arts, the natural sciences, and the social sciences. What academic areas most pique your curiosity, and how do the programs offered at Princeton suit your particular interests? (Please respond in 250 words or fewer)
Supplemental prompt 250 words Please describe why you are interested in studying engineering at Princeton. Include any of your experiences in, or exposure to engineering, and how you think the programs offered at the University suit your particular interests. (Please respond in 250 words or fewer)
Supplemental prompt 500 words Princeton values community and encourages students, faculty, staff and leadership to engage in respectful conversations that can expand their perspectives and challenge their ideas and beliefs. As a prospective member of this community, reflect on how your lived experiences will impact the conversations you will have in the classroom, the dining hall or other campus spaces. What lessons have you learned in life thus far? What will your classmates learn from you? In short, how has your lived experience shaped you?
Supplemental prompt 250 words Princeton has a longstanding commitment to understanding our responsibility to society through service and civic engagement. How does your own story intersect with these ideals? (250 words or fewer)
Supplemental prompt 50 words What is a new skill you would like to learn in college?
Supplemental prompt 50 words What brings you joy?
Supplemental prompt 50 words What song represents the soundtrack of your life at this moment?
Supplemental prompt 500 words Princeton requires you to submit a graded written paper as part of your application. What graded paper will you submit and what grade did you receive? Paste/summarize the paper here for the AI to review; make sure to include the grade received and the teacher's comments.
Supplemental prompt 50 words Who will you ask for recommendation letters? Teachers: 2 required. Other recommenders: up to 2 optional. List only.

Where Princeton University stands on AI

The school's published guidance, in plain terms. The line is authorship, not tooling.

What is allowed

Research, brainstorming and feedback on your own drafts. Using a tool to understand a prompt or to check your writing is not what the policy is aimed at.

What is not

Submitting text you did not write. The application asks for your voice, and a generated essay is a misrepresentation under the same rule that covers a ghostwritten one.

How it is read

Readers judge the file, not a detector score. An essay that sounds like nobody in particular is the failure mode, whatever produced it.

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