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Dear Maryam

Last weekend, I sat at the University Orchestra's last concert of the year. I watched two of my best friends play their trumpet and cello and realized that this wasn't just their last concert.

NEWS | 04/30/2008

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Dear Isabel

Dear Freshman Self, Ah, if I knew then what I know now, I could fill a thousand blue books. Or write 10 theses.

NEWS | 04/30/2008

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Princeton in transition

Stepping off the train in early September - out of summer and back into Princeton - I was greeted by friends who couldn't stop talking about one thing: the new Whitman College."Just wait till you see Whitman, Elinor, it's gorgeous.""The building is so huge; it's like trying to navigate through a maze.""The dining hall is so good!

NEWS | 04/30/2008

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Dear Roger

Dear Mr. Rog,I am so glad you are taking a moment to read this letter before you walk from Nassau Street to the other side of the FitzRandolph Gate.

NEWS | 04/30/2008

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Dear Sarah

Dear Sarah,You think you've planned everything perfectly. From the time you were accepted to Princeton in December, you spent hours mapping out your ideal undergraduate experience.

NEWS | 04/30/2008

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Dear Veronica

Dear Veronica,Senior spring at Princeton is a kind of romantic, eternal orange sunset that leaves seniors surprisingly detached from their manic, sleep-deprived selves of the previous three-and-a-half years and finally able to reflect a bit.

NEWS | 04/30/2008

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Dear Rob

Dear Rob,Go out and meet people during freshman year. It's comfortable, no doubt, to spend every weekend with the people in your dorm.

NEWS | 04/30/2008

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Dear Brian

Dear Brian,Reopen your high school literature textbook and re-read that poem by Lord Alfred Tennyson, "Ulysses." An "idle king" you are not - more like a traveler from a foreign country taking in a place, its customs, traditions, smells and vistas, going through the motions of daily life with an intimate understanding of a life and way of doing things that exists miles away (high school). From "Ulysses" take four quotations, understand and apply them, and you will have the general guidelines for a robust and fulfilling four years at Princeton (because to claim to have a successful four years relies on metrics too easily bent by the shifting currents of the years). "I am part of all that I have met;/ Yet all experience is an arch wherethrough/ Gleams that unraveled world whose margin fades/ Forever and forever when I move." Take a bit from those you meet.

NEWS | 04/30/2008

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Dear Antonia

Dear Antonia,Reading this letter, you are probably expecting a cheat sheet: a bulleted list that details your adventures and doles out advice that will ensure your wellbeing at Princeton.

NEWS | 04/30/2008

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Dear Tom

Dear Tom of 2004,Salutations! You have just chosen your future alma mater based on the most important of criteria: the Dinky.

NEWS | 04/30/2008