Now I am interviewing an alumnus from Princeton. It is a honor to know some one who gives major importance to his education and that helps others also achieve educational success.
Peter Kurz is the father of David Kurz.
Both father and son are part os the Princeton community: he as an alumnus who majored in Politics, and his son as a major in biology (graduating in 2012).
Princeton is considered one of the best universities in many areas, such as mathematics physics and astronomy, economics, history, and philosophy. The university has only 5000 undergraduates and 2400 graduate students. Notwithstanding, it is one of the wealthiest universities in the world, with an endowment of more than eleven billion dollars (the forth in the world), that comes from donations made by alumni.
Thus, anyone can study in Princeton even though they are not able to pay the US$50620 tuition, because the university offers need-based scholarships.
Questions: click on read more to read the answers
What did you major in?
How is life after graduation? Is it harder or easier?
How do you feel about having your son studying at the university you graduated from?
What do you already know about Brazil?
Questions from blog readers (they are also part of my Creative Writing group):
Was studying at Princeton determinant, important, fundamental? How? (Question from Marilia Costa, Portuguese and English Language teacher, PhD student in Linguistics and Portuguese Language at Unesp (São Paulo State University )).
What has changed in the University since you graduated? How were these changes responsible for the maintenance or even the increase of the status of the University? (Question from Rafael Jordan).