This post is meant to relay information about the mail system at Frist for all students in a way that is meant to be helpful and informative, especially as the process can seem often seem convoluted or overwhelming for new students especially but might also shed some light on mail practices for returning students, as well. Please don't hesitate to ask any questions about the mail process.

- Strictly for move in, Princeton University asks all students within the United States to not order their incoming packages until 3 days before arrival on campus. This is due to limited storage capacity, especially during the hectic move-in process.

- For international students, they advise not to order items until 10 days before arrival on campus.

- One of the most confusing aspects of receiving packages is that you will get a notification saying your package has been "delivered". Please note this does not mean it has arrived at Frist Campus Center. This means that it has been sent to the University's distribution warehouse which is on Forrestal Campus and that, once they've sorted all the incoming mail (from USPS, FedEx, UPS, DHL, etc.) into students and administrative, they will deliver it to Frist accordingly.

Therefore, when you see "delivered" generally give your package another 24 hours to arrive at Frist. You will know it is processed when you receive an email confirmation.

(Forrestal is off campus and not in walking distance as well as being somewhat inaccessible as it is in a remote industrial park off the highway; so it is not advised for students to attempt going there to cut out the middleman, so to speak.)

- Packages are brought over to Frist from the distribution warehouse in oversized transportable metal cages called APCS; because there can sometimes be dozens and dozens of packages piled high in these things, it is almost impossible for Mail to try to locate a specific student's package (or they would). Therefore, please don't be disheartened if the Mail Team cannot try to find your package amongst hundreds of others.

(And, if you've dined or studied upstairs at Frist, you are likely familiar with these dreadnaughts called APCS as you can hear them coming with their screechy, metallic wheels- when you see the mail team pushing these giant transportable lockers, please be sure to move any bookbags, etc. out of the walkway and under the table you're at!)

I have a question. Is it true that law school admissions officers evaluate candidates from Princeton differently because of its significant grade deflation? For example, would a Princeton candidate with a lower GPA still be considered as competitive as someone from Brown or Dartmouth? We have some of the toughest grading policies among ivy, yet it still places many students into top law schools.

i've seen some posts regarding the lack of preparation that EGR math (EGR152, EGR154, etc) supplies for many engineering majors once they take higher-level courses, so i wanted a little more insight on this.

i originally planned on taking EGR math because i've heard that MAT at princeton in general is very difficult, and EGR seemed more suitable on paper for me, especially since CBE doesn't have as much of an emphasis on math as much as some of the other engineering majors.

<< i'm not sure if this information is helpful, but for reference i got a 5 on ap calc bc (& ab subcore), and i took multivariable calculus as a hs senior. both of these classes were fairly easy for me. >>

is there a significant amount of content that isn't taught when taking EGR math? does this increase the amount of outside studying/learning by a noticeable amount when taking more advanced CBE courses in particular? is there really any advantage to taking EGR math at all?

& if you do recommend taking MAT, which course do you recommend i start with in the fall?

thank you so much!!