Each undergraduate degree candidate completes a senior thesis, a rite of passage for Princeton students. The thesis gives seniors the opportunity to pursue original research and scholarship on topics of their own choice under the guidance of faculty advisers.

a good thing to do if you are planning on going to graduate school or would just like the extra research experience

a major research project (enrolled in and completed over two quarters) resulting in an essay ranging approximately from fifty to eighty pages

a way to document your independent research conducted while an undergraduate, leading to Graduation with Distinction in Physics

The Senior thesis is a research-based paper written at many universities and high schools. It widely varies from school to school, and from class to class. A student picks a thesis, an argument that he or she can prove, that has antithesis, and they write a lengthy paper based on their main statement.