Princeton

Princeton, located in New Jersey, was created in 1746 and is the fourth oldest school in the United States. It provides opportunities for undergraduate and graduate studies in the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and engineering. Today Princeton has 5,000 undergraduate students and 2,500 graduate students.

Their motto is Dei sub numine viget which means under God's power she flourishes in English. Their colors are orange and black. The cost to attend Princeton in 2009- 2010 is estimated at $50,620. This includes tuition, room and board, and miscellaneous expenses. However, Princeton has one of the best financial aid programs that can pay up to 100% of a student's admission based on their financial aid application.

Princeton has a 9.3% acceptance rate. 94% of the accepted students were in the top ten percent of their high school's graduating class, most have a SAT score of between 2050 and 2360, and an ACT score between 30-34. Princeton looks for students who achieve high academically and are involved in many extra curricular activities.

Princeton has one of the most reputable science departments. Research is carried on in many areas, including plasma physics and jet propulsion. The world today would be very different without Princeton's alumni from the science, mathematics, economics, and English departments. Alumni include, Albert Einstein, who spent the last two decades of his life at Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study, John F. Nash the Nobel Prize winner, Eugene O'Neill, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Toni Morrison.