Education: Princeton '85?

The ultimate coed applicant

The entrance application that found its way to Princeton was nothing if not creative. In the filled-out forms, the applicant for the class of '85 was identified simply as "God." Birthdate? "B.C." Sex? The applicant checked both "male" and "female." God listed perfect 800 scores on the math and verbal portions of the Scholastic Aptitude Test but a mere 770 on the College Board's biology achievement test. Why? "I was marked 'wrong' on the evolution question."

Personal activities included 336 hours each week "arranging weather" and "listening to prayers." How was last summer's vacation spent? Causing the "eruption of...

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