Princeton
New Jersey Ivy
Princeton is a town in central New Jersey, home to Princeton University, one of America's oldest and most prestigious institutions.
The name often stands for the university itself: She got into Princeton, a Princeton economist.
Princeton carries associations of elite education, ivy-covered Gothic architecture, and academic prestige.
Systematic fact-finding effort
- thesisAcademic argument requiring defense
- scholarshipEducational funding or erudition
- philosophyStudy of fundamental truths
- economicsScience of resource allocation
mathematics · physics · engineering · biology · neuroscience · Einstein · Turing · Nash
Mid-Atlantic coastal state
Institutional grounds and buildings
- studentsThose receiving instruction
- professorsHighest-ranking university instructors
- alumniFormer school members
- dormitoriesCommunal student lodgings
library · tuition · degree · enrollment · tigers · Firestone · commencement · undergraduate
Elite university athletic conference
- prestigiousHaving high standing
- renownedWidely known and esteemed
- distinguishedNotable and respected
- eminentHigh in rank, respected
selective · exclusive · influential · notable · acclaimed · celebrated · prominent · high-status
Colonial uprising against Britain
- colonialOf occupied territories
- Continental CongressColonial era legislature
- landmarkNotable point of reference
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
restoration · conservation · chronicle · ancestral · pioneer · time-honored · founding fathers
research
Systematic fact-finding effort
- thesisAcademic argument requiring defense
- scholarshipEducational funding or erudition
- philosophyStudy of fundamental truths
economics · mathematics · physics · engineering · biology · neuroscience · Einstein · Turing · Nash · Nobel laureates
New Jersey
Mid-Atlantic coastal state
campus
Institutional grounds and buildings
- studentsThose receiving instruction
- professorsHighest-ranking university instructors
- alumniFormer school members
dormitories · library · tuition · degree · enrollment · tigers · Firestone · commencement · undergraduate · graduate
Ivy League
Elite university athletic conference
- prestigiousHaving high standing
- renownedWidely known and esteemed
- distinguishedNotable and respected
eminent · selective · exclusive · influential · notable · acclaimed · celebrated · prominent · high-status · world-class
Revolutionary War
Colonial uprising against Britain
- colonialOf occupied territories
- Continental CongressColonial era legislature
- landmarkNotable point of reference
heritage · restoration · conservation · chronicle · ancestral · pioneer · time-honored · founding fathers
- higher educationuniversity, college, degree, diploma, graduate school
- universitiesuniversities, Harvard, Yale, Oxford, Cambridge
- US UniversitiesUCLA, USC, Stanford, Duke, MIT
- Mid-Atlantic PlacesPhiladelphia, Baltimore, Washington D.C., Wilmington, Trenton
- Colonial AcademiaHarvard, Yale, Brown, Dartmouth, Columbia
- East Coast CollegesHarvard, Yale, Columbia, Brown, Cornell
Princetoncommunity college
Two-year public institution
UC Berkeley · University of Michigan · UCLA · University of Virginia · state school
- Princeton UniversityIvy League institution, New Jersey
- Princeton ReviewTest preparation publisher
town, prince, principal, downtown, principled, uptown, princely, township, principality