After our stop in Omaha, we flew over to Princeton to visit WF's youngest brother there. He's residing in Princeton University to study for his PhD. And since Princeton is about pretty near to NYC (2 hours train ride), we might as well take this opportunity to visit the famous Ivy League campus.
Princeton had produced many well-known scholars and scientists. One of them is John Nash. The guy featured in the movie "A Beautiful Mind". He's still in Princeton, according to my brother-in-law.
I must say, this is a very beautiful university with those traditional buildings. They're famous for its high ratio of teaching staff to students. It is 1:7. So their tutorial classes are really small. Not more than 7 students at any one time. This gives the tutor and students a lot of personal sharing time.
And another amazing part is, there is a guided tour offered in the campus. And the guides are all student volunteers. There are zero incentives whatsoever for doing such a social work for the school. They volunteered to bring visitors and potential applicants around for a more than an hour's tour, to share and explain the school architecture and academic structures. They're so proud of their school that they're willing to put aside a few hours per week to do such volunteer work.
Enough said, here are some photos of the university to share.
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