What’s happening to the fortunes of Princeton students in the job market and in admission to graduate and professional schools?
At the same time that we have focused on communication, we also have focused on monitoring carefully the fortunes of Princeton applicants for jobs and admission to graduate and professional programs. Based on the record thus far, we can report with a high degree of confidence that the success of Princeton students in the job market and in admission to graduate and professional school remains largely unchanged since the implementation of the new grading policy. Here is what we know. EMPLOYMENT Career Services’ annual Career Plans Survey Reports yield data that can be used to compare the fortunes of members of the Class of 2004, the last class to graduate before the new grading standards went into effect, with those of members of the Classes of 2005-2010 (2005 had senior-year grades given under the new grading standards; 2006 had junior- and senior-year grades under the new standards; 2007 had sophomore-, junior-, and senior-year grades under the new standards; 2008, 2009, and 2010had al