8 takeaways from the 2023 senior survey

April 24, 2023 1 min read

8 takeaways from the 2023 senior survey

by Laura Robertson, Daily Princetonian

Last year, The Daily Princetonian launched the Senior Survey, asking a range of questions of the senior class and breaking it down in over 200 ways. Today, the ‘Prince’ released its second senior survey. Here are eight takeaways from the data collected about the class of 2023. [The last takeaway is:]

Conservatives on campus report feeling very uncomfortable sharing their political views

64.3 percent of very conservative students and 55.2 percent of somewhat conservative students feel somewhat or very uncomfortable sharing their political views on campus, compared to 3.2 percent of leftists and socialists.


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