Students and alumni can access resources here relating to their professional and academic development. Our office is dedicated to facilitating the success of FLI students through Princeton and beyond. Students can learn more about professional networking sites, tips for interviewing, resume templates, and graduates school timelines here.
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Campus Resources
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SIFP has compiled a list of updated resources and offerings from our major campus partners.
Health and Wellness
CPS services
CPS provides a full range of time-limited mental health services, including clinical assessments, individual and group psychotherapy, psychopharmacological treatment, referrals to treatment providers in the community, urgent-care assessment, and crisis intervention.
Office of Disability Services
Offering a range of services, The Office of Disability Services facilitates reasonable accommodations to support our students with disabilities. The Office of Disability Services also serves as a resource to the many University administrative units and academic departments that have responsibility for or obligations to accommodate faculty, staff and campus visitors with disabilities.
S.H.A.R.E
The Sexual Harassment/Assault Advising, Resources and Education (SHARE) office is a survivor-centered, trauma-informed confidential resource on campus for the Princeton University community. SHARE provides crisis response, support, short-term counseling, advocacy, education, and referral services to those who are dealing with and/or supporting survivors of interpersonal violence and abuse including sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating/domestic violence, and stalking.
Campus Recreation
Campus Recreation engages the Princeton University community in co-curricular experiences to inspire lifelong health and well-being including but not limited to the 1986 Fitness & Wellness Center/Dillon Gymnasium, Baker Rink, Jadwin Gymnasium, the Denunzio Pool, Poe/Pardee Field, and Meadows Campus.
Academic
Princeton University Library
Library staff are here to help you with your research and teaching needs. Staff are available to answer questions both virtually and in person. You can also request appointments with librarians, data and statistics experts, special collections experts, and/or a GIS/Map experts. There are guided online tours on using our library catalog by request, including the online subset of materials, as well as any of our hundreds of databases. Students can contact their subject librarian for discipline-focused support with teaching and learning or your Personal Librarian for general library or research questions. We also encourage you to check the events and workshops page for information regarding workshops.
McGraw Learning Center
The Learning Program engages all students as partners in learning in order to equip them with the knowledge, skills, strategies, and mindsets to thrive academically and holistically in Princeton's distinctive liberal arts / research university setting. The McGraw Center partners with students individually and in small groups in supportive, non-evaluative ways to further develop their knowledge, skills, strategies and mindsets so that you can engage and learn deeply, study purposefully and efficiently, in order to meet and master Princeton’s distinctive demands, achieve your goals and flourish academically and holistically.
Writing Center
Located in New South, the Writing Center welcomes undergraduate and graduate students working on any kind of writing project, as well as postdocs and faculty working on writing related to their research. Writing Center Fellows can help with any part of the writing process: brainstorming ideas, developing a thesis, structuring an argument, or revising a draft. The goal of each conference is to develop strategies that will encourage students to become astute readers and critics of their own work.
Office of Undergraduate Research
The Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) is the place for all things research! From getting started with research, finding a research program that matches your interests, reading student-authored research advice on the PCUR blog, perusing Independent Work Guides, applying for funding, and subscribing to PURC, the central calendar for upcoming events and deadlines.
Program for Community-Engaged Scholarship
The Program for Community-Engaged Scholarship (ProCES) supports academic courses and research collaborations grounded in Princeton's commitment to research and education that benefit humanity. ProCES fosters relationships that bring community-identified priorities and interests into conversation with academic learning goals through experiential learning, including: community-based research, empirical analysis, service learning, citizen science, participant observation, public humanities, practicing arts, and other collaborative modalities and methods of knowledge co-creation.
Life
Davis International Center
The Davis International Center offers specialized support for international students and scholars at Princeton University. Our team of advisors can assist you with questions about your immigration status and your practical adjustment to the United States. Through our programs and events, you will have an opportunity to develop social connections and gather information that will help you as you settle into the U.S. culture.
Office of Religious Life
The Office of Religious Life at Princeton University believes that all people experience a continuous process of coming to understand who they are, as individuals and communities, and why they are here. This journey of reflection and self-discovery happens in many ways— spiritual, cultural, and secular—and we support all of them. We welcome all members of the University community to find support from us, to participate in our programs, and to spend time with us in reflection, connection, celebration, and action.
Carl A. Fields Center for Equality and Cultural Understanding
The Carl A. Fields Center (CAF) is Princeton University's unique Cultural Center. CAF strives to empower members of the University community as they seek to learn about self, understand the breadth of cultural and social differences among us, and build the skills needed to create and lead a more just world.
Gender + Sexuality Resource Center
The Gender + Sexuality Resource Center (GSRC) fosters a supportive and inclusive campus community for women, femme, trans, and queer Princetonians through collaborative programming, education, advocacy, and mentorship.
Office of Financial Aid
While Princeton University meets full demonstrated need, understanding the guidelines and intricacies of financial aid can be difficult; the financial aid office is here to answer questions and concerns before and during your enrollment!
Professional Development
Center for Career Development
The Center for Career Development (CCD) supports all undergraduate and graduate students to identify their interests and strengths, explore a diverse range of opportunities to build experience and clarity about their goals, and empower them to pursue paths they find personally meaningful.
Health Professions Advising
Health Professions Advising seeks to be a student's home base for “all things prehealth”—that is, anything related to the prehealth experience at Princeton. We are here to offer guidance and resources, both academic and non-academic, in the welcoming environment of our HPA library and offices.
Pace Center for Civic Engagement
Service and civic engagement are a central part of the Princeton University student experience. At the Pace Center, we help undergraduate and graduate students learn how to respond to the needs of the world in responsible ways.
Transfer/Veteran Student Support
Transfer, Veteran, and Non-Traditional Student Programs
In 2018, Princeton University proudly relaunched its transfer program as an access and inclusion initiative. Each year we admit a cohort of academically promising students who have excelled at other institutions of higher learning. We seek out transfer students who can bring a variety of perspectives and experiences to campus, and especially encourage applications from first-generation, low-income students, community college students, and U.S. military veterans.
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Financial Literacy
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Resources taken from the Financial Literacy Initiative page.
Budgeting
- JP Morgan Chase Monthly Budget Worksheet
- Budget Builder
- Creating a College Budget
- How to Prepare for Your Financial Graduation- PNC
- Emergency Fund Plan Course -- National Endowment for Financial Education
- Personal Financial Education from Better Money Habits (bankofamerica.com)
- Credit Unions vs. Banks: What's the Difference?
Credit
- Free Credit Report
- Better Money Habits - Credit - Bank of America
- Portfolio Diversification: Dark Clouds & Silver Linings
- Free Credit Score
- A College Student’s Guide to Build Good Credit
- Fraud Protection
- Credit Card Academy - Credit Card Insider
- Myth or Truth: What you need to know about your credit score-JP Morgan Chase
- Credit card minimum payment calculator
Emergencies
- How to Prepare for a Financial Emergency | MoneyKey
- Financial Preparedness | Ready.gov
- How to start an emergency fund and how much to save
Debt
- Home | Federal Student Aid
- The Road to Zero: A Strategic Approach to Student Loan Repayment | AccessLex
- Annual Credit Report.com - Home Page
- Loan Simulator | Federal Student Aid
Insurance
International Students
Investing
- Personal Finance Assessment Tools
- Stocks, Markets, and Investments | Princeton Student Explains - The Princetonian (dailyprincetonian.com)
- Securities and Exchange Commission | Investor.gov
Princeton Resources
- iGrad: Find all the things you need to get started on your financial wellness journey!
- Umatter
- TigerHub
- Student Employment
- Davis International Center
- Scholars Institute Fellows Program (SIFP)
- Undergraduate Financial Aid
- The Graduate School Costs and Funding
- Student Financial Center: View & Pay Your Account
- ODUS - Finance and Funding
- SAFE - Student Activity Funding Engine
- Princeton on a Dime -- Tips for Thrifty Tigers
Privacy and Security
- Identity Theft: Me & My Shadow - PNC
- 6 Student Scams to Watch Out For and How to Avoid Them (bankofamerica.com)
Taxes
- Moneyzine Guide for College Students and Taxes
- Tax Assistance at the Princeton Public Library
- Financial Literacy tax session 02.27.23
- IRS Free File Online Options
- Student Tax Information
- Tax Information Webcast for Graduate Students
- Payroll Tax Issues for Foreign National Students and Employees
- Taxation of Scholarships and Fellowships
- Tax tutorials from the IRS
- MyFreeTaxes by United Way
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Library Resources
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Career & Professional Development
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- Check out the Center for Career Development for resources on career advising, professional development, resume building, and networking tips.
- Health Professions Advising is also a great resource for students who are pre-med/pre-health and plan on pursuing careers in medicine/healthcare/public health etc. upon graduation.
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Employment Resources
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- Students can access on-campus employment opportunities through Princeton's job portal
- Handshake was created to ensure that all college students have equal access to meaningful careers.
- Idealist is a job posting site to identify positions in social impact work. Idealist is a nonprofit organization based in New York. Working with others, in a spirit of generosity and mutual respect, they work to connect changemakers with mission-driven companies and organizations.
- LinkedIn is a social network that focuses on professional networking and career development. They share a wide variety of employment and career opportunities.
- Jopwell is a career platform designed specifically for Black, Latinx, and Native American students and professionals. They present personalized career opportunities: Their platform allows you to create a profile that highlights your interests and aspirations, not just your most recent work experience.