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Residential Life

All first- and second-year students at Princeton live and dine in one of five residential colleges. Each college consists of a cluster of dormitories (housing between 450 and 500 students) and a dining hall. The colleges have libraries and study spaces, game rooms, seminar rooms, coffeehouses, theaters, and computer clusters.

A senior faculty member serves as master of each college. The staff includes a director of studies, who is responsible for academic advising; two graduate students, who serve as assistant masters; juniors and seniors, who serve as resident and minority affairs advisers; and a senior faculty fellow.

More than 97 percent of Princeton undergraduates live on campus. Approximately 75 percent of juniors and seniors take their meals at one of 11 private, coed eating clubs. Six are open to all students on a sign-in basis; five are selective.

Other juniors and seniors cook their own meals in dormitory kitchens, dine in the residential colleges, join a cooperative, or make other arrangements. Princeton's Center for Jewish Life houses the University's kosher dining facility.

The Third World Center, the Women's Center, and the International Center are important resources and gathering places for Princeton students. In addition, the University recognizes more than 200 student organizations.

Athletics

Princeton offers 38 varsity sports and has nearly 40 club teams, with more than 2,300 students (50 percent of the undergraduate enrollment) participating in intercollegiate competition (varsity and club combined).

Last year, the Tigers claimed 14 Ivy League titles, the most by any school since the league was founded in 1954. Based on the "unofficial" Ivy League composite standings in 33 sports, Princeton had the highest overall finish of any Ivy school for the 14th consecutive year. Men's teams topped the Ivy League for the 13th straight year, while women's teams have earned eight of the last nine first-place finishes. Additionally, 21 of Princeton's 33 Ivy teams finished first or second in the league, and the Tigers have won at least one national championship in each of the last 14 years.

In the last four years, Princeton has had 76 teams compete in postseason competition and won seven national championships and 46 Ivy titles. There have been numerous individual honors as well, including 16 Academic All-Americans, 91 All-Americans, 21 Ivy League players of the year, and 16 Ivy League rookies of the year.

Nearly 600 teams participate in the intramural sports program, which schedules team competition among eating clubs, residential colleges, independent groups, and faculty and staff. In addition, a wide variety of noncredit physical education activity courses are offered each semester.

Princeton offers students a wide range of competitive and recreational athletic opportunities and facilities. The University completed in 1998 a two-tiered football and outdoor track complex. This new Princeton Stadium, with a seating capacity for approximately 30,000 spectators, plays host to Tiger football, soccer, and lacrosse events. The adjacent Weaver Track and Field Stadium has an eight-lane Olympic track. A common structure, with seating for 2,500, joins the two facilities, thus creating the new complex.

Currently the University is expanding and renovating its landmark boathouse and crew facilities, which will become the new Shea Rowing Center. The crew programs use the University-owned Lake Carnegie and its Olympic racing course.

Jadwin Gymnasium is a multipurpose facility that provides 250,000 square feet of indoor space for intercollegiate basketball, track, fencing, squash, and tennis, in addition to large practice areas for outdoor field sports.

The new Stephens Fitness Center in Dillon Gymnasium provides a centralized facility where men and women can pursue many personal health objectives with trained supervision. Dillon has facilities for aerobics, basketball, conditioning and weight training, dance, martial arts, recreational swimming, squash, volleyball, and wrestling.

The Olympic-size DeNunzio pool, next to Jadwin, provides complete facilities for competitive swimming and diving (it has one- and three-meter springboards and a 10-meter platform).

Caldwell Field House recently underwent an expansion, adding 16 new locker rooms that provide dressing and athletic training quarters for Princeton and visiting teams.

Baker Rink, constructed in 1923, is an historic venue for hockey and skating. The outdoor facilities include 27 tennis courts and eight lighted courts at the Lenz Tennis Center, the Class of 1895 Field for softball, Clarke Field for baseball, an 18-hole golf course, and various playing fields used for soccer, lacrosse, and rugby as well as many intramural sports. Lourie-Love Field, used for intercollegiate soccer, provides a lighted facility for nighttime contests. The Class of 1952 Stadium is a lighted, artificial-surface facility that accommodates approximately 4,000 spectators and is used primarily for field hockey, lacrosse, and intramural sports.

ROTC

Army ROTC is a nationally standardized program of precommissioning officer education and training that is offered at hundreds of colleges and universities throughout the United States. Army ROTC serves as the primary source of commissioning for U. S. Army officers. Military science courses complement all major areas of study by broadening the student's basic education and helping to prepare students for positions of leadership in the Army. As students earn their academic degree, they also earn a commission as a second lieutenant in the United States Army.

Cadets may be commissioned into Active Duty or into the Army Reserve or National Guard. In some cases, this decision can be locked in by contract when the cadet enters the ROTC program. In most cases, however, a centralized board makes these decisions based upon the needs of the Army, the cadet's stated preferences, academic performance, Advanced Camp performance, and recommendations of the cadet's director of Army Officer Education.

The focus of the ROTC program is leadership development. Students learn problem-solving techniques, decision-making skills, planning and organizing skills, interpersonal communications skills, professional ethics and responsibilities, and other management and leadership skills. Leadership labs and field training exercises supplement classroom work with practical leadership training and experience. Students receive developmental counseling routinely from their U. S. Army officer and noncommissioned officer (NCO) instructors.

Cadets normally attend a noncredit military science elective course each semester and a five-week Advanced Camp in the summer following their junior year. The military science courses are instructed by U. S. Army officers and NCOs.

Army ROTC sponsors a centralized training and development Advanced Camp conducted each summer at Fort Lewis, Washington. Successful completion of Advanced Camp is
a prerequisite for commissioning. Cadets are encouraged to participate in Army ROTC extracurricular activities such as the Ranger Challenge Team or the Princeton Color Guard. Cadets may also choose to attend professional development training programs each summer, such as Airborne School, Air Assault School, Northern Warfare School, Mountain Warfare School, or Cadet Troop Leadership Training. Army ROTC offers merit-based scholarships valued at $20,000 per year. Scholarship cadets also receive a monthly stipend of $200 for the academic year and $250 per semester for books. High school students may apply for a four-year scholarship, and Princeton students may apply for either a three- or a two-year scholarship.

For more information, write the Director of the Army Officer Education Program, P. O. Box 2151, Princeton, NJ 08543-2151, or call (609) 258-4224. Additional information is available on the Web at www.princeton.edu/ ~armyrotc/.

Air Force ROTC

Princeton students may enroll in the Air Force ROTC (AFROTC) program at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. Program courses are taught at Princeton. Students who complete the program successfully are commissioned as a second lieutenant.

Enrollment in AFROTC involves no military commitment during the freshman and sophomore years. The advanced portion of the program (junior and senior years) is contractual, involving future military service. AFROTC scholarships for two, three, and four years are available through this program on a competitive basis. The scholarships cover partial or full tuition and fees, a $480 book allowance, and a $200-per-month, taxfree subsistence allowance during the school year. Scholarship students incur a military commitment.

For more information, please call (732) 932-7706. Additional information is available on the Web site at web.rutgers.edu/ rotc485/.

Seniors' Plans

There were 1,116 students graduating in the Class of 2000. Ninety-nine percent (1,102 students) responded to the Career Plans Survey. Sixty-nine percent of the respondents planned to enter the work force in the coming year. Twelve percent (94 students) of those choosing employment accepted positions in extended internships that involved teaching and/or service in domestic and international settings for a period of one to two years. Of the 24 percent who were planning to continue their education, 26 percent (63 students) accepted admission into doctoral programs and 18 percent (45 students) into master's programs. Medicine and law continued to hold the attention of students planning to further their studies. Twenty-six percent (63 students) accepted positions in medical and dental schools and 30 percent (73 students) in law school.

Alumni

There are 72,056 living Princeton alumni, including 15,872 women and 18,633 Graduate School alumni. Princeton graduates live in all 50 states and 117 countries. In a typical year some 6,000 to 8,000 volunteers work for Princeton in class and regional association activities, fund-raising, programs in the local schools, a job placement network and internship program, and community service. Many serve in University advisory and leadership roles. Currently there are 140 Princeton regional associations throughout the world.

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	Residential Life All first- and second-year students at Princeton live and dine in one of five residential colleges. Each college consists of a cluster of dormitories (housing between 450 and 500 students) and a dining hall. The colleges have libraries and study spaces, game rooms, seminar rooms, coffeehouses, theaters, and computer clusters. A senior faculty member serves as master of each college. The staff includes a director of studies, who is responsible for academic advising; two graduate students, who serve as assistant masters; juniors and seniors, who serve as resident and minority affairs advisers; and a senior faculty fellow. More than 97 percent of Princeton undergraduates live on campus. Approximately 75 percent of juniors and seniors take their meals at one of 11 private, coed eating clubs. Six are open to all students on a sign-in basis; five are selective. Other juniors and seniors cook their own meals in dormitory kitchens, dine in the residential colleges, join a cooperative, or make other arrangements. Princeton's Center for Jewish Life houses the University's kosher dining facility. The Third World Center, the Women's Center, and the International Center are important resources and gathering places for Princeton students. In addition, the University recognizes more than 200 student organizations. Athletics Princeton offers 38 varsity sports and has nearly 40 club teams, with more than 2,300 students (50 percent of the undergraduate enrollment) participating in intercollegiate competition (varsity and club combined). Last year, the Tigers claimed 14 Ivy League titles, the most by any school since the league was founded in 1954. Based on the "unofficial" Ivy League composite standings in 33 sports, Princeton had the highest overall finish of any Ivy school for the 14th consecutive year. Men's teams topped the Ivy League for the 13th straight year, while women's teams have earned eight of the last nine first-place finishes. Additionally, 21 of Princeton's 33 Ivy teams finished first or second in the league, and the Tigers have won at least one national championship in each of the last 14 years. In the last four years, Princeton has had 76 teams compete in postseason competition and won seven national championships and 46 Ivy titles. There have been numerous individual honors as well, including 16 Academic All-Americans, 91 All-Americans, 21 Ivy League players of the year, and 16 Ivy League rookies of the year. Nearly 600 teams participate in the intramural sports program, which schedules team competition among eating clubs, residential colleges, independent groups, and faculty and staff. In addition, a wide variety of noncredit physical education activity courses are offered each semester. Princeton offers students a wide range of competitive and recreational athletic opportunities and facilities. The University completed in 1998 a two-tiered football and outdoor track complex. This new Princeton Stadium, with a seating capacity for approximately 30,000 spectators, plays host to Tiger football, soccer, and lacrosse events. The adjacent Weaver Track and Field Stadium has an eight-lane Olympic track. A common structure, with seating for 2,500, joins the two facilities, thus creating the new complex. Currently the University is expanding and renovating its landmark boathouse and crew facilities, which will become the new Shea Rowing Center. The crew programs use the University-owned Lake Carnegie and its Olympic racing course. Jadwin Gymnasium is a multipurpose facility that provides 250,000 square feet of indoor space for intercollegiate basketball, track, fencing, squash, and tennis, in addition to large practice areas for outdoor field sports. The new Stephens Fitness Center in Dillon Gymnasium provides a centralized facility where men and women can pursue many personal health objectives with trained supervision. Dillon has facilities for aerobics, basketball, conditioning and weight training, dance, martial arts, recreational swimming, squash, volleyball, and wrestling. The Olympic-size DeNunzio pool, next to Jadwin, provides complete facilities for competitive swimming and diving (it has one- and three-meter springboards and a 10-meter platform). Caldwell Field House recently underwent an expansion, adding 16 new locker rooms that provide dressing and athletic training quarters for Princeton and visiting teams. Baker Rink, constructed in 1923, is an historic venue for hockey and skating. The outdoor facilities include 27 tennis courts and eight lighted courts at the Lenz Tennis Center, the Class of 1895 Field for softball, Clarke Field for baseball, an 18-hole golf course, and various playing fields used for soccer, lacrosse, and rugby as well as many intramural sports. Lourie-Love Field, used for intercollegiate soccer, provides a lighted facility for nighttime contests. The Class of 1952 Stadium is a lighted, artificial-surface facility that accommodates approximately 4,000 spectators and is used primarily for field hockey, lacrosse, and intramural sports. ROTC Army ROTC is a nationally standardized program of precommissioning officer education and training that is offered at hundreds of colleges and universities throughout the United States. Army ROTC serves as the primary source of commissioning for U. S. Army officers. Military science courses complement all major areas of study by broadening the student's basic education and helping to prepare students for positions of leadership in the Army. As students earn their academic degree, they also earn a commission as a second lieutenant in the United States Army. Cadets may be commissioned into Active Duty or into the Army Reserve or National Guard. In some cases, this decision can be locked in by contract when the cadet enters the ROTC program. In most cases, however, a centralized board makes these decisions based upon the needs of the Army, the cadet's stated preferences, academic performance, Advanced Camp performance, and recommendations of the cadet's director of Army Officer Education. The focus of the ROTC program is leadership development. Students learn problem-solving techniques, decision-making skills, planning and organizing skills, interpersonal communications skills, professional ethics and responsibilities, and other management and leadership skills. Leadership labs and field training exercises supplement classroom work with practical leadership training and experience. Students receive developmental counseling routinely from their U. S. Army officer and noncommissioned officer (NCO) instructors. Cadets normally attend a noncredit military science elective course each semester and a five-week Advanced Camp in the summer following their junior year. The military science courses are instructed by U. S. Army officers and NCOs. Army ROTC sponsors a centralized training and development Advanced Camp conducted each summer at Fort Lewis, Washington. Successful completion of Advanced Camp is a prerequisite for commissioning. Cadets are encouraged to participate in Army ROTC extracurricular activities such as the Ranger Challenge Team or the Princeton Color Guard. Cadets may also choose to attend professional development training programs each summer, such as Airborne School, Air Assault School, Northern Warfare School, Mountain Warfare School, or Cadet Troop Leadership Training. Army ROTC offers merit-based scholarships valued at $20,000 per year. Scholarship cadets also receive a monthly stipend of $200 for the academic year and $250 per semester for books. High school students may apply for a four-year scholarship, and Princeton students may apply for either a three- or a two-year scholarship. For more information, write the Director of the Army Officer Education Program, P. O. Box 2151, Princeton, NJ 08543-2151, or call (609) 258-4224. Additional information is available on the Web at www.princeton.edu/ ~armyrotc/. Air Force ROTC Princeton students may enroll in the Air Force ROTC (AFROTC) program at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. Program courses are taught at Princeton. Students who complete the program successfully are commissioned as a second lieutenant. Enrollment in AFROTC involves no military commitment during the freshman and sophomore years. The advanced portion of the program (junior and senior years) is contractual, involving future military service. AFROTC scholarships for two, three, and four years are available through this program on a competitive basis. The scholarships cover partial or full tuition and fees, a $480 book allowance, and a $200-per-month, taxfree subsistence allowance during the school year. Scholarship students incur a military commitment. For more information, please call (732) 932-7706. Additional information is available on the Web site at web.rutgers.edu/ rotc485/. Seniors' Plans There were 1,116 students graduating in the Class of 2000. Ninety-nine percent (1,102 students) responded to the Career Plans Survey. Sixty-nine percent of the respondents planned to enter the work force in the coming year. Twelve percent (94 students) of those choosing employment accepted positions in extended internships that involved teaching and/or service in domestic and international settings for a period of one to two years. Of the 24 percent who were planning to continue their education, 26 percent (63 students) accepted admission into doctoral programs and 18 percent (45 students) into master's programs. Medicine and law continued to hold the attention of students planning to further their studies. Twenty-six percent (63 students) accepted positions in medical and dental schools and 30 percent (73 students) in law school. Alumni There are 72,056 living Princeton alumni, including 15,872 women and 18,633 Graduate School alumni. Princeton graduates live in all 50 states and 117 countries. In a typical year some 6,000 to 8,000 volunteers work for Princeton in class and regional association activities, fund-raising, programs in the local schools, a job placement network and internship program, and community service. Many serve in University advisory and leadership roles. Currently there are 140 Princeton regional associations throughout the world.
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