At Princeton University, the undergraduate residential
colleges are the residential-dining complexes that house freshmen, sophomores, and a handful of junior and senior resident advisers. Each college
consists of a set of dormitories, a dining hall, a variety of other amenities (study spaces, libraries, performance spaces,
darkrooms, and the like), and a collection of administrators and associated faculty.Princeton presently has five undergraduate residential colleges. Rockefeller College and Mathey College are located in the
northwest corner of the campus; their Collegiate Gothic
architecture often graces University brochures. Wilson College and Butler College, located south of the center of the campus, are
more recent additions, built specifically to become residential colleges. Forbes College, located slightly southwest of the
southwest corner of the campus, is a former hotel, purchased by the university and expanded to form a residential college. Ground
for a sixth college, named Whitman College after its principal sponsor, Meg
Whitman, the CEO of eBay, was broken in late
2003.A variant on the present college system was originally proposed by University President Woodrow Wilson in the early twentieth century. Wilson's model was much closer to Yale's present system, which features four-year colleges. Lacking the support
of the Trustees, the plan languished until 1968, when Wilson College was established, capping a series of alternatives to the
Eating Clubs. A series of often fierce debates raged before the present
underclass-college system emerged. A further addition to the system is slated for the completion date of Whitman College. At the
same time that 500 new students will be added to the Princeton undergraduate student body under the Wythes Plan, two of the six
residential colleges will be expanded to accommodate upperclassmen—representing the realization of Wilson's plan a century
after he proposed it.In addition, Princeton has one graduate residential college, known simply as the Graduate College, located beyond
Forbes College at the outskirts of campus. Its primarily Collegiate
Gothic architecture is crowned by Cleveland Tower, a local landmark that also houses a world-class carillon.