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Our Students

Curious, Committed, Creative

Princeton students are driven by the desire to push the boundaries of knowledge and service on campus and around the world.

Student Profiles

Akil Word-Daniels, Graduate Student
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Akil Word-Daniels, a Princeton Ph.D. student in electrical engineering, balances his study of quantum cascade lasers with activities such as intramural softball and playtime with his dog, Zoe.

Paulita Lara Mejia, Class of 2018
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Born in Ecuador but raised mainly in the U.S., Paulita Lara remembers asking herself at International Orientation, “Am I really that international?” After meeting her classmates from around the world, she was surprised to learn that many students had lived in several nations and cultures.

Naoum Fares Marayati, Class of 2019
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Naoum Fares Marayati, a psychology major from Syria and North Carolina, stays busy studying psychology, advising students in Forbes College, singing in an a cappella group and exploring new interests.

Camden Olson, Class of 2019
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Camden Olson, an ecology and evolutionary biology major, wants to dedicate her career to helping those with disabilities by training and raising service dogs.

Newby Parton, Class of 2018
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Newby Parton grew up in McMinnville, Tennessee, a small town where nearly a quarter of the residents live below the poverty line, and most of the students who graduate from its only public high school stay pretty close to home.

Shruthi Rajasekar, Class of 2018
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Music major Shruthi Rajasekar has been awarded a Marshall Scholarship to pursue graduate studies in the U.K., with a long-term goal of writing an opera set in India.

Facts & Figures

  • 5,260

    Undergraduate enrollment

  • 98%

    Undergraduate students living on campus

  • 51%

    Undergraduate men

  • 49%

    Undergraduate women

  • 2,845

    Graduate enrollment

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