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Behind this Smile: A Conversation Series
Jan. 31, 2016
Take a look at PPP's first conversation series: Behind This Smile! We had around 50 students join in the filming of this video, and we are so excited to open up conversations about what is behind our smiles. Oftentimes, there is something else going on behind the smiling face of a student on campus. Whether this is stress, genuine contentedness, or anxiety, it is important we discuss the emotions underneath the surface. 
Battle for a Burrito For All
Jan. 6, 2016
Battle for a Burrito is typically an event hosted in a residential college as one of the weekly study breaks. However, the PPP team wanted to bring Battle for a Burrito to all students!
ReFRESH Retreat for Class of 2019
Nov. 23, 2015
Did midterms catch you by surprise? Wish you could press the pause button? ReFRESH is a FREE, overnight retreat where you can do just that. Sign up by Friday, Dec. 11th!
Neha Uberoi '12
Oct. 21, 2015

"In 2008 at 22 years old, I quit tennis and my world ended. I felt like a wounded soldier discharged from battle, someone who was suddenly stripped of her duty, given a new identity and asked to be happy, immediately..."

Read Neha's full story here: http://perspective.princeton.edu/find-story/read-story/#NU12

Sofi Inglessis '18
Oct. 21, 2015

"There’s the feeling that since you got into this school, you have your lives figured out and we don’t expect to go through any transformation, which is patently untrue – for me, at least.  I changed a lot as a person and I’m not even done with freshman year."

Read Sofi's full story here: http://perspective.princeton.edu/find-story

Beyond the Bubble Campaign
May 28, 2015

The Princeton Perspective Project is partnering with the Office of Career Services to pop the myth of effortless perfection and inspire Tigers to approach challenges with a sense of adventure and willingness to learn. Read below to learn more about our campaign and don't miss out on our events…

Elly Czajkowski '15
May 19, 2015

"I came into Princeton knowing that I wanted to be in the Near Eastern Studies department and knowing what I wanted to study and all of a sudden I realized this was not what I wanted to do anymore. I just felt really directionless and really scared like I had kind of almost wasted my time." 

 

Read Elly's full story here:…

Dr. Dominique' N. Reese '06
April 6, 2015

"Admittedly, I was not doing well and because I had come from an educational environment where I flourished--I was very successful--without having to ask for help, here I was now in a situation where I had no idea how to ask for help."

 

Read Dr. Reese's full story here: http://perspective.princeton.edu/videos/#DR06

Russell Dinkins '13
March 30, 2015
"The end result, earning an Ivy League degree, says nothing about the journey that was taken to get there. To someone else who may not know the back story, my degree, my track and field success, and my involvement in artistic groups and volunteer groups may appear to be the results of effortless perfection. Such could not be further from the truth."
Matt Blazejewski '17
Feb. 16, 2015
i know that to be vulnerable is to be strong, yet inside i am still hurled mercilessly by powerful currents, reeling from the pounding waves of emotions that crash, threatening to pull me under.

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