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>> Hi, my name is Anna Macknick.
I'm a sophomore, class of 2021.
I'm from Sheboygan, Wisconsin.
I'm studying linguistics with certificates
in cognitive science and translation.
I'm going to plug a group that I'm a part of.
It's the First Generation Low Income Council.
I'm the Co- President of it this year.
We do a lot of study breaks,
community building events.
We also do a lot of advocacy and
activism to improve the experiences
of the first gen low income students here.
You should join when you're here, it's great.
>> So my name is Daniel Pallares-Bello
[phonetic].
I'm in the class of 2020.
I'm studying computer science
and I'm from Colombia.
[Inaudible] alternative to
[inaudible] on campus.
And what's great is that
you can come as a person
who is a low income student
[inaudible] cover most of the class
of [inaudible] we actually help meet
whatever the person doesn't cover
so that everyone can be a part of it.
And some of the things that
do happen here is here
so I get all my meals [inaudible]
we have study spaces.
And it just creates this feeling of
community among people because you spend --
you can study together all the time,
eating together, it just build community.
And at the end of the year or
[inaudible] when you graduate [inaudible].
>> Hi, I'm Shoichi Hayashi.
I'm a current freshman in the class of 2022.
And my home town is Stone Mountain, Georgia.
And I'm pursuing a major in civil
engineering with a certificate
in architecture and engineering and Spanish.
Before I came on campus I was part of the
summer program called FSITU [phonetic].
There's also another one where you
do start off on campus which is FSI.
But through my program I was able to get
an inside on what writing seminar was,
and also pretty much get to
know other people who were
in the same like low income status as I was.
And it really helped me connect
with people because we had a mentor
who is a current grad student,
a grad student at the school.
And being able to connect with him and also
with my peers it really set forward what kind
of like friendships or what kind of
guidance I would have once I came on campus.
Definitely come [inaudible] if you want free
coffee from like our CAs, PAAs, you know,
go to Small World Coffee,
they really good, eat out.
You get falafels with I guess like
faculty advisors if you want to.
Like there's so many different options for
free food and like that's really nice, so.
>> My name is Josiah Gouker, class of 2022.
I'm from Yucca Valley, California,
and I plan on studying public policy
at the [inaudible] Wilson School.
One of my favorite resources available on
campus is the field center and the LGBTQ center.
Typically you can find support there.
The field center hosts a variety
of things for different groups.
I'm part of the Black Student Union,
and we have a variety of events
that we have throughout the year.
I participate in the SIFP program.
SIFP is the Scholar Institute Fellows Program.
They provide mentorship and support
for first general low income students.
And they will help you apply for internships
or help you figure out what you want to do
for your classes or just give general
advice about student life at Princeton.
>> Hi, I'm Danielle.
I'm a junior here at Princeton from Colorado.
I'm a chemistry major and
I'm also a pre-med student.
So I visited Princeton for the first
time during the admitted students weekend
which is called Princeton Preview here.
And so since I'm from a little
bit further away I got
to stay an extra night with my host student.
And so she was kind of up late
working in the dining hall
after hours like after it had closed.
And she was kind of -- like all her friends were
working on this like really hard problem set
and they were staying up late doing work.
But they were all doing it together.
And they were like eating Lucky Charms.
And I had heard of all these
about Princeton being
like really competitive and
like a pressure cooker.
And like I just realized all those things
just weren't true when I saw everyone.
And I get the same sort of feel from
the campus since it's its own entity
and not really incorporated with the town.
You get like a really strong sense of community
both like within the students and also just
like by the way the campus is designed.
And so I really liked just
the way the campus felt.
And also since there's a really strong like
undergraduate focus here it makes it really easy
to like get [inaudible] opportunities
or work with really famous
professors and things like that.
So I think both academically and like
socially it was a really great fit.
>> Go Tigers.
>> Go Tigers.
>> Go Tigers.
>> It's up to us to make it ours.
So wherever you end up make it yours.
