프린스턴에서의 학생 생활: 도전과 조언

### 프린스턴 학생으로서의 생활: 학업, 다양성, 개인적 성장의 균형 잡기
* 😴 프린스턴의 많은 학생들이 **하루에 2~3시간밖에 수면**을 취하지 못한다고 답했는데, 이는 건강에 좋지 않다는 것을 인정합니다.
* 👩 케이트, 마야, 브라이언, 멜, 켄달과 같은 학생들은 **양적 사회과학, 인류학, 경제학, 분자생물학, 항공우주공학 등 다양한 분야**를 추구하고 있습니다.
* 🏫 프린스턴 학생들은 **'고급스럽고 프레피하다'는 고정관념**이 널리 퍼져 있지만, 많은 사람들은 **학생 단체가 다양하고 공공 서비스에 대한 열정**을 가지고 있다고 생각합니다.
* 📚 학부 경험에 중점을 둔 이 대학은 **교수와의 긴밀한 관계**를 조성하여 학생들이 학업 여정에서 보살핌을 받는다는 느낌을 받을 수 있도록 합니다.
* 💻 학생들은 다양한 리스트서브에서 **매일 50~60통의 이메일**을 받는 경우가 많기 때문에 매일 받는 이메일의 압도적인 수에 압도당할 수 있습니다.
* 🌟 학생들은 대학은 탐험과 자기 발견의 시기이므로 **비교의 압박보다 수면과 자기 계발에 우선순위**를 두는 것이 좋다고 조언합니다.
* 🐝 동아리 가입이나 전공 외 수업 수강과 같은 새로운 활동에 참여하면 **개인의 성장과 동료들과의 관계**를 증진할 수 있습니다.
* 💬 궁극적으로 학생들은 **대학은 학업뿐만 아니라 다양한 경험과 관계**를 통해 최고의 자신을 만들어가는 곳이라고 강조합니다.

프린스턴 학생들은 수면과 극심한 학업 부담의 균형을 맞추면서 다양한 경험을 쌓습니다.

Are you able to sleep enough as a student here? I mean, 2-3 hours a night really, which is like, not good at all. What is your name and what are you studying at Princeton?

Hi, I'm Kate. I'm undecided, but I will probably do a quantitative social science. Hi, I'm Maya. I don't know what I want to study, but maybe anthropology or the School for Public and International Affairs. Hi, I'm Brian, an econ major. My name is Mel, and I'm studying molecular biology. Um, I'm Kendall, and I'm studying mechanical and

aerospace, more on the aerospace side of engineering.

What do you think is the biggest stereotype of Princeton students? I think a lot of people assume that we're all like posh and preppy. That's not necessarily the case. People are pretty serious and like passionate about

public service; like that's the whole Princeton feel, you know. I've heard pretentious, obviously, like, fair to a degree, but I also think that people here are so cool and like come from all different backgrounds, which has been really cool to like interact with.

That's kind of hard to guess, cuz I think Princeton students are pretty diverse. Although one thing is like everybody is super—they grind a lot; they're all like super driven.

What did you think coming in? Were you intimidated, or did you have false conceptions? Because I come

from like a pretty predominantly white area, so I was kind of expecting it just to be like that again. But getting here, I mean, a lot of people say it's not that diverse, but to me, I think it's extremely diverse from what I'm used to, so I think...

It's pretty cool. Did you see the Wall Street Journal just ranked you guys number one? I think so, yes. Surely you knew about that?

Heard it. How do you feel about that? Do you think it's deserved?

Uh, honestly, I think education-level, you'll probably be just as well off at UCLA or another school that's fairly well-ranked as well. I think what makes it number one is that it's very focused on the undergraduate experience. You feel cared for; we have really close relationships with our professors, which is so cool, and they're all doing super interesting research.

There are a lot of faculty here that genuinely do care about you being able to succeed, and also there's a lot of teaching assistants, or UAs they call them now. Are they human? Why would they call them AI? I learned from AI, but it's actually a person.

Yeah, I mean, I think it's deserved. I mean, like, it didn't fully sink in to me what it meant to go to Princeton until I got here. First night, they were like, okay, we're going to have an ice cream social for you guys, and there's like... it's like a rave! I thought we were just going to have like a little bit of Popsicles or something, but like they just go so overboard. Things like that where it's just like, dang, that's crazy culture.

You like... did you find yourself having to study a lot as an Ivy League student?

Myself, and like, every second I would take a break, I'd stop the timer. So I think I would average like eight hours a day outside of class. Yeah, I started having class, so I think freshman year I was grinding. Do you find yourselves

procrastinating a lot? I'm trying not to this year. Last year was terrible. I think there's so much to do all the time that, like, inherently you will procrastinate, but I get it done. Do you think you work better under pressure, or is that just because you're distracted?

I think I do. Like, if I start writing something two days before versus like a week before, it's going to be better two days before. Maybe that's just what I'm telling myself. I don't know. What do you procrastinate with?

I think just like bigger projects. I usually take a bit more time with those. If it's like something that's smaller, I'll do it right away. For instance, like all seniors do a thesis, and honestly, I'm not touching that until I get a job. So are you able

to sleep enough as a student here? I have to sleep in order to be functioning, so I get eight to nine hours a night. How about you? I mean, in high school I was like the type of person who would get like two or three hours a night, which is like not good at

all. Here, I've actually been getting more sleep than I did in high school, which is lovely. On a good night, six to eight. Yeah, you? On a good night, I can get in a good eight. I think like six hours is pretty normal.

But I've been trying to get more like, maybe 7 hours. It's really like, how much do you value sleep? I don't think a lot of people schedule their sleep; it just happens at the end of the day when everything else is done. For me, I think

that's the biggest problem I face in college. Do you think that there are any bigger problems that college students face? When you get to college after high school, at least in America, you haven't been able to specialize very much, and I think you get here and you see a lot

of people who at least pretend to be super interested in a couple of things. I think it can be kind of stressful to feel like you don't know what you're doing or what you want to do with your life. Like, a lot of these things just

kind of come pretty naturally, and it's not something that you have to force or feel bad that you haven't figured out yet. I think like, just adjusting from high school—like you're just not used to actively having to put effort into studying. Mine's more like the social

aspect. I feel like it's like isolation, kind of. When you're studying, you're kind of just by yourself all the time, or like, especially I felt it last year. When you come here and you're in a new place, you might not be the most

willing to go out and make friends. If you feel isolated, there's a chance everyone else does too. I think there's always a feeling that you have to be busy, especially at Princeton, like to take harder classes than you need to, and there's a feeling where it's like, oh, if

I'm not doing anything if I spare time; that's actually bad. I'm not maximizing my chances as an engineering student, which I feel like is a pretty toxic way of thinking about time. Did you ever feel imposter syndrome when first coming here? Were you intimidated?

Oh yeah, for sure! Like, we have a pretty hard math class called Math 2011, and I thought I was good at math. Like, I got a 5 on the AP BC exam; that wasn't that bad. But Princeton math? Wow, different level! I would not recommend taking it unless you're BC. How'd you get through it?

A lot of studying freshman year—8 hours a day. That's what most of it went towards. Yeah, honestly, this is something I experienced. But have you already noticed that it's really hard to go through your emails? Are you bombarded by a ton of random emails?

So many emails, like all the time! There's a lot of emails from different listservs that we're part of—like, free food from the college, different clubs. Most of the stuff I don't really look at. There's a lot of spam.

Yeah, probably like 50-60 emails a day. They can get really overwhelming sometimes. I like never got that many emails before I came to school, and then I'll close my phone for like 10 minutes and I already have like 15 emails. So I'm curious about your thoughts on this. There's a new platform coming out,

it's called Cloaked. They create working identities for you so that way when you sign up for things, you're detached from the email list, and then also your privacy isn't being sold to other companies.  'Cause I don't know if you heard, but the College Board is recently...

accused of selling SAT/GPA data to Facebook.  Yeah, I should get that; that's what I need. Cloak was super nice enough to sponsor this video, so go check them out if this interests you at all. This aims to help students who are constantly bombarded by discount codes,

loyalty program invites, and other unwanted spam. Don't let discounts come at the cost of your privacy. Get Cloaked and use my code for 20% off your first 3 months. Okay, I have one more question, and it's: What is your best college advice?

Whatever school you go to—I won't say you will like it 100%, but there are a lot of different things that stats, rankings, and, to be quite frank, even college videos like reviews don't tell you about. You really have to be there

in person as a student to really absorb the whole thing. So I guess, like any college, as long as you do your diligence, I think it's fine. Prioritize your sleep. I really mean that. I think as the year progresses, more and more stuff starts to pile up, and I get

less and less sleep, and whenever it's time for me to go to lecture, it gets even harder for me to stay awake. So I think if you consistently get enough sleep to just keep you going, I think that might be really helpful. Don't pay so much attention to whatever

everyone else is doing. We're adults; we can live our own lives and not be pressured by other people. Comparison is the thief of joy, right? I think when you get to college, there are a lot of opportunities; there are so many clubs and classes and everything you can take and

I feel like in high school, you're running the rat race a little bit, just trying to reach the endpoint, trying to do all the best activities and everything. But I think when you get to college, there really isn't a bad way to do it, as long

as you're passionate about what you're doing. Try not to define activities as productive or unproductive; instead, evaluate how they make you feel—like, doing it for yourself rather than others. Yeah, because I think ultimately, part of the goal of college is

personal development, you know? It's not always professional development; it's like, how do you become the best person you can be? I've heard advice like, try new things—like beekeeping. There's a beekeeping club, and I want to join an equestrian club.

I saw that they have one here; I'll join it, too. And also, I joined an acting class, just randomly. I feel like you learn a lot about yourself, and you learn a lot about other people through just trying new things, like being part of new

communities. It's kind of funny, though—like, I've been going to some auditions. You meet people at these auditions, and then the next day you see them all, and there are so many more people to just say hi to.  It's

like, that's a good thing—people are friendly. Yeah, that's all. Thank you so much; this is so fun. I appreciate it.

Asking Princeton Students If They Ever Sleep

Colby Martel

학생들은 자신의 이름과 희망 전공(또는 미정)을 밝히며 자기소개를 합니다.

프린스턴 학생에 대한 일반적인 고정관념(고급스러움, 프레피, 허세 등)에 대해 토론합니다.

학생들은 다양한 배경과 공공 서비스에 대한 열정을 강조하는 반론을 제시합니다.

한 학생이 프린스턴 학생들의 노력과 추진력이라는 공통점에 주목합니다.

프린스턴의 다양성에 대한 초기 기대와 현실에 대해 토론합니다.

월스트리트 저널이 선정한 프린스턴대학교의 랭킹 1위 언급.

학생들은 학부 경험, 긴밀한 교수 관계, 지원 시스템에 중점을 두고 순위를 매길 만한 가치가 있는지 토론합니다.

한 학생이 프린스턴의 환영하는 문화에 대한 긍정적인 일화를 공유합니다.

학생들은 평균 학습 시간, 미루는 성향 등 자신의 학습 습관에 대해 이야기합니다.

압박감 속에서 더 잘 일하기와 미루기 전략에 대해 토론합니다.

학생들은 대규모 프로젝트와 논문 작업에 대한 접근 방식을 공유합니다.

수면, 스트레스, 대학 생활의 어려움

학생들은 고등학교와 대학교의 수면 패턴을 비교합니다.

미래 계획에 대한 불확실성, 대학 수준의 학업에 대한 적응 등 대학생들이 직면하는 일반적인 문제에 대해 토론합니다.

학생들은 고립감과 끊임없이 바쁘게 지내야 한다는 압박감 등 개인적인 어려움을 공유합니다.

사기꾼 증후군 및 이메일 과부하

학생들은 사기꾼 증후군과 어려운 수학 과목의 어려움에 대해 이야기합니다.

학생들은 매일 받는 이메일의 압도적인 수에 대해 설명합니다.

클로킹된 플랫폼 및 개인정보 보호 문제

이메일 스팸 및 데이터 판매 관행으로부터 학생의 개인정보를 보호하기 위한 플랫폼인 Cloaked를 소개합니다.

학생들은 예비 대학생들에게 수면을 우선시하고 다른 사람과 자신을 비교하지 않는 것이 중요하다는 점을 강조하며 조언을 전합니다.

자기 계발에 집중하고 다양한 관심사와 활동을 탐색하는 방법에 대한 조언을 제공합니다.

학생들은 대학 경험을 향상시키기 위해 새로운 것을 시도하고 클럽에 가입한 개인적인 사례를 공유합니다.