<ol>
<li>The students!! World Class!!</li>
<li>residential college system</li>
<li>Excellent Politics department.</li>
<li>the gothic architecture</li>
<li>Size</li>
<li>particle accelerator</li>
<li>Part of Harvard/Yale rivalry</li>
<li>YPMB</li>
<li>Summer internship help</li>
<li>Post-graduation fellowship</li>
<li>Access to graduate school classes</li>
<li>Incredible restaurants within 3 seconds of your dorm.</li>
<li>President Richard Levin and Provost Peter Salovey (they are great leaders)</li>
<li>Study any language you want, Yale will provide materials and find a tutor</li>
<li>Yale Daily News</li>
<li>Yale Journalism Initiative</li>
<li>awesome theater resources</li>
<li>The Tyng Cup</li>
<li>Pepe’s and Sally’s</li>
<li>Master’s Teas</li>
<li>Beautiful Courtyards</li>
<li>Shopping Period and the Blue Book</li>
<li>Incredible orchestra</li>
<li>Almost half-way between NYC and Boston</li>
<li>Absurd school spirit</li>
<li>tailgating at the Game (when it’s in New Haven)</li>
<li>great alumni network</li>
<li>beautiful, wood-paneled suites overlooking courtyards</li>
<li>huge number of publications to write for</li>
<li>2 weeks of spring break</li>
<li>Yale Political Union</li>
<li>Amazingly funded sports teams and Payne Whitney Gym</li>
<li>WE ARE BULLDOGS!!! Come on guys, that’s really the coolest mascot ever</li>
<li>Third largest tennis center in the world! (after US and French Opens)</li>
<li>Yale’s serious serious Financial Aid policy and the time and money they devote to recruiting from non-traditional applicant pools (rural, inner city, low income)</li>
<li>David Swensen, Yale’s investment director and the Yale endowment portfolio and the many many generous alums who have donated so much (which make most of the previous 35 possible)</li>
<li>The name</li>
<li>Petting zoos come to you</li>
<li>Exams before winter break</li>
<li>Camp Yale</li>
<li>Beinecke (check out the Gutenberg Bible)</li>
<li>Yale Whale</li>
<li>YCBA</li>
<li>Yale Art Gallery</li>
<li>Peabody</li>
<li>Collection of Musical Instruments</li>
<li>toad’s in town</li>
<li>good food (menu by famed chef Alice Waters)</li>
<li>sustainable food</li>
<li>3-day commencement</li>
<li>Secret Societies</li>
<li>Arguably the best graduate school of environmental science in the world!</li>
<li>Tony Blair (i.e. an outrageous venue for amazingly accomplished profs/guest lecturers)</li>
<li>Incredible intellectual environment, that is probably unmatched anywhere</li>
<li>Global name recognition, which opens doors just about anywhere</li>
<li>History of famous alumni and future famous alumni (who in your class or college is going to be famous next? And there are plenty just from my time.)</li>
<li>Singing groups, improv comedy groups, theater groups, political unions, investor clubs, ethnic clubs, student concerts, etc.</li>
<li>Hillel bagel and lox open to all</li>
<li>Top notch cognitive science and neuroscience programs.</li>
<li>Weather (for those who like to taste a bit from each season</li>
<li>Directed Studies and other interdisciplinary opportunities!</li>
<li>Faculty, masters and deans (some even partake in Jell-O wrestling!) who are dedicated to undergraduate education. </li>
<li>The opportunity to continue taking music lessons with student/faculty members at Yale’s School of Music! </li>
<li> Spring Fling!<br></li>
</ol>
<ol>
<li>The students!! World Class!!</li>
<li>residential college system</li>
<li>Excellent Politics department.</li>
<li>the gothic architecture</li>
<li>Size</li>
<li>particle accelerator</li>
<li>Part of Harvard/Yale rivalry</li>
<li>YPMB</li>
<li>Summer internship help</li>
<li>Post-graduation fellowship</li>
<li>Access to graduate school classes</li>
<li>Incredible restaurants within 3 seconds of your dorm.</li>
<li>President Richard Levin and Provost Peter Salovey (they are great leaders)</li>
<li>Study any language you want, Yale will provide materials and find a tutor</li>
<li>Yale Daily News</li>
<li>Yale Journalism Initiative</li>
<li>awesome theater resources</li>
<li>The Tyng Cup</li>
<li>Pepe’s and Sally’s</li>
<li>Master’s Teas</li>
<li>Beautiful Courtyards</li>
<li>Shopping Period and the Blue Book</li>
<li>Incredible orchestra</li>
<li>Almost half-way between NYC and Boston</li>
<li>Absurd school spirit</li>
<li>tailgating at the Game (when it’s in New Haven)</li>
<li>great alumni network</li>
<li>beautiful, wood-paneled suites overlooking courtyards</li>
<li>huge number of publications to write for</li>
<li>2 weeks of spring break</li>
<li>Yale Political Union</li>
<li>Amazingly funded sports teams and Payne Whitney Gym</li>
<li>WE ARE BULLDOGS!!! Come on guys, that’s really the coolest mascot ever</li>
<li>Third largest tennis center in the world! (after US and French Opens)</li>
<li>Yale’s serious serious Financial Aid policy and the time and money they devote to recruiting from non-traditional applicant pools (rural, inner city, low income)</li>
<li>David Swensen, Yale’s investment director and the Yale endowment portfolio and the many many generous alums who have donated so much (which make most of the previous 35 possible)</li>
<li>The name</li>
<li>Petting zoos come to you</li>
<li>Exams before winter break</li>
<li>Camp Yale</li>
<li>Beinecke (check out the Gutenberg Bible)</li>
<li>Yale Whale</li>
<li>YCBA</li>
<li>Yale Art Gallery</li>
<li>Peabody</li>
<li>Collection of Musical Instruments</li>
<li>toad’s in town</li>
<li>good food (menu by famed chef Alice Waters)</li>
<li>sustainable food</li>
<li>3-day commencement</li>
<li>Secret Societies</li>
<li>Arguably the best graduate school of environmental science in the world!</li>
<li>Tony Blair (i.e. an outrageous venue for amazingly accomplished profs/guest lecturers)</li>
<li>Incredible intellectual environment, that is probably unmatched anywhere</li>
<li>Global name recognition, which opens doors just about anywhere</li>
<li>History of famous alumni and future famous alumni (who in your class or college is going to be famous next? And there are plenty just from my time.)</li>
<li>Singing groups, improv comedy groups, theater groups, political unions, investor clubs, ethnic clubs, student concerts, etc.</li>
<li>Hillel bagel and lox open to all</li>
<li>Top notch cognitive science and neuroscience programs.</li>
<li>Weather (for those who like to taste a bit from each season</li>
<li>Directed Studies and other interdisciplinary opportunities!</li>
<li>Faculty, masters and deans (some even partake in Jell-O wrestling!) who are dedicated to undergraduate education.</li>
<li>The opportunity to continue taking music lessons with student/faculty members at Yale’s School of Music!</li>
<li>Spring Fling! </li>
<li>“The Dead Shall Be Raised” (inscribed on cemetery gates) … Yale sets you up for a pretty swell afterlife.</li>
</ol>
<ol>
<li>The students!! World Class!!</li>
<li>residential college system</li>
<li>Excellent Politics department.</li>
<li>the gothic architecture</li>
<li>Size</li>
<li>particle accelerator</li>
<li>Part of Harvard/Yale rivalry</li>
<li>YPMB</li>
<li>Summer internship help</li>
<li>Post-graduation fellowship</li>
<li>Access to graduate school classes</li>
<li>Incredible restaurants within 3 seconds of your dorm.</li>
<li>President Richard Levin and Provost Peter Salovey (they are great leaders)</li>
<li>Study any language you want, Yale will provide materials and find a tutor</li>
<li>Yale Daily News</li>
<li>Yale Journalism Initiative</li>
<li>awesome theater resources</li>
<li>The Tyng Cup</li>
<li>Pepe’s and Sally’s</li>
<li>Master’s Teas</li>
<li>Beautiful Courtyards</li>
<li>Shopping Period and the Blue Book</li>
<li>Incredible orchestra</li>
<li>Almost half-way between NYC and Boston</li>
<li>Absurd school spirit</li>
<li>tailgating at the Game (when it’s in New Haven)</li>
<li>great alumni network</li>
<li>beautiful, wood-paneled suites overlooking courtyards</li>
<li>huge number of publications to write for</li>
<li>2 weeks of spring break</li>
<li>Yale Political Union</li>
<li>Amazingly funded sports teams and Payne Whitney Gym</li>
<li>WE ARE BULLDOGS!!! Come on guys, that’s really the coolest mascot ever</li>
<li>Third largest tennis center in the world! (after US and French Opens)</li>
<li>Yale’s serious serious Financial Aid policy and the time and money they devote to recruiting from non-traditional applicant pools (rural, inner city, low income)</li>
<li>David Swensen, Yale’s investment director and the Yale endowment portfolio and the many many generous alums who have donated so much (which make most of the previous 35 possible)</li>
<li>The name</li>
<li>Petting zoos come to you</li>
<li>Exams before winter break</li>
<li>Camp Yale</li>
<li>Beinecke (check out the Gutenberg Bible)</li>
<li>Yale Whale</li>
<li>YCBA</li>
<li>Yale Art Gallery</li>
<li>Peabody</li>
<li>Collection of Musical Instruments</li>
<li>toad’s in town</li>
<li>good food (menu by famed chef Alice Waters)</li>
<li>sustainable food</li>
<li>3-day commencement</li>
<li>Secret Societies</li>
<li>Arguably the best graduate school of environmental science in the world!</li>
<li>Tony Blair (i.e. an outrageous venue for amazingly accomplished profs/guest lecturers)</li>
<li>Incredible intellectual environment, that is probably unmatched anywhere</li>
<li>Global name recognition, which opens doors just about anywhere</li>
<li>History of famous alumni and future famous alumni (who in your class or college is going to be famous next? And there are plenty just from my time.)</li>
<li>Singing groups, improv comedy groups, theater groups, political unions, investor clubs, ethnic clubs, student concerts, etc.</li>
<li>Hillel bagel and lox open to all</li>
<li>Top notch cognitive science and neuroscience programs.</li>
<li>Weather (for those who like to taste a bit from each season</li>
<li>Directed Studies and other interdisciplinary opportunities!</li>
<li>Faculty, masters and deans (some even partake in Jell-O wrestling!) who are dedicated to undergraduate education.</li>
<li>The opportunity to continue taking music lessons with student/faculty members at Yale’s School of Music!</li>
<li>Spring Fling!</li>
<li>“The Dead Shall Be Raised” (inscribed on cemetery gates) … Yale sets you up for a pretty swell afterlife. </li>
<li>Only International Studies major in the Ivy League</li>
</ol>
<ol>
<li>The students!! World Class!!</li>
<li>residential college system</li>
<li>Excellent Politics department.</li>
<li>the gothic architecture</li>
<li>Size</li>
<li>particle accelerator</li>
<li>Part of Harvard/Yale rivalry</li>
<li>YPMB</li>
<li>Summer internship help</li>
<li>Post-graduation fellowship</li>
<li>Access to graduate school classes</li>
<li>Incredible restaurants within 3 seconds of your dorm.</li>
<li>President Richard Levin and Provost Peter Salovey (they are great leaders)</li>
<li>Study any language you want, Yale will provide materials and find a tutor</li>
<li>Yale Daily News</li>
<li>Yale Journalism Initiative</li>
<li>awesome theater resources</li>
<li>The Tyng Cup</li>
<li>Pepe’s and Sally’s</li>
<li>Master’s Teas</li>
<li>Beautiful Courtyards</li>
<li>Shopping Period and the Blue Book</li>
<li>Incredible orchestra</li>
<li>Almost half-way between NYC and Boston</li>
<li>Absurd school spirit</li>
<li>tailgating at the Game (when it’s in New Haven)</li>
<li>great alumni network</li>
<li>beautiful, wood-paneled suites overlooking courtyards</li>
<li>huge number of publications to write for</li>
<li>2 weeks of spring break</li>
<li>Yale Political Union</li>
<li>Amazingly funded sports teams and Payne Whitney Gym</li>
<li>WE ARE BULLDOGS!!! Come on guys, that’s really the coolest mascot ever</li>
<li>Third largest tennis center in the world! (after US and French Opens)</li>
<li>Yale’s serious serious Financial Aid policy and the time and money they devote to recruiting from non-traditional applicant pools (rural, inner city, low income)</li>
<li>David Swensen, Yale’s investment director and the Yale endowment portfolio and the many many generous alums who have donated so much (which make most of the previous 35 possible)</li>
<li>The name</li>
<li>Petting zoos come to you</li>
<li>Exams before winter break</li>
<li>Camp Yale</li>
<li>Beinecke (check out the Gutenberg Bible)</li>
<li>Yale Whale</li>
<li>YCBA</li>
<li>Yale Art Gallery</li>
<li>Peabody</li>
<li>Collection of Musical Instruments</li>
<li>toad’s in town</li>
<li>good food (menu by famed chef Alice Waters)</li>
<li>sustainable food</li>
<li>3-day commencement</li>
<li>Secret Societies</li>
<li>Arguably the best graduate school of environmental science in the world!</li>
<li>Tony Blair (i.e. an outrageous venue for amazingly accomplished profs/guest lecturers)</li>
<li>Incredible intellectual environment, that is probably unmatched anywhere</li>
<li>Global name recognition, which opens doors just about anywhere</li>
<li>History of famous alumni and future famous alumni (who in your class or college is going to be famous next? And there are plenty just from my time.)</li>
<li>Singing groups, improv comedy groups, theater groups, political unions, investor clubs, ethnic clubs, student concerts, etc.</li>
<li>Hillel bagel and lox open to all</li>
<li>Top notch cognitive science and neuroscience programs.</li>
<li>Weather (for those who like to taste a bit from each season</li>
<li>Directed Studies and other interdisciplinary opportunities!</li>
<li>Faculty, masters and deans (some even partake in Jell-O wrestling!) who are dedicated to undergraduate education.</li>
<li>The opportunity to continue taking music lessons with student/faculty members at Yale’s School of Music!</li>
<li>Spring Fling!</li>
<li>“The Dead Shall Be Raised” (inscribed on cemetery gates) … Yale sets you up for a pretty swell afterlife.</li>
<li>Only International Studies major in the Ivy League</li>
<li>Intelligence without pretentiousness</li>
</ol>
<ol>
<li>The students!! World Class!!</li>
<li>residential college system</li>
<li>Excellent Politics department.</li>
<li>the gothic architecture</li>
<li>Size</li>
<li>particle accelerator</li>
<li>Part of Harvard/Yale rivalry</li>
<li>YPMB</li>
<li>Summer internship help</li>
<li>Post-graduation fellowship</li>
<li>Access to graduate school classes</li>
<li>Incredible restaurants within 3 seconds of your dorm.</li>
<li>President Richard Levin and Provost Peter Salovey (they are great leaders)</li>
<li>Study any language you want, Yale will provide materials and find a tutor</li>
<li>Yale Daily News</li>
<li>Yale Journalism Initiative</li>
<li>awesome theater resources</li>
<li>The Tyng Cup</li>
<li>Pepe’s and Sally’s</li>
<li>Master’s Teas</li>
<li>Beautiful Courtyards</li>
<li>Shopping Period and the Blue Book</li>
<li>Incredible orchestra</li>
<li>Almost half-way between NYC and Boston</li>
<li>Absurd school spirit</li>
<li>tailgating at the Game (when it’s in New Haven)</li>
<li>great alumni network</li>
<li>beautiful, wood-paneled suites overlooking courtyards</li>
<li>huge number of publications to write for</li>
<li>2 weeks of spring break</li>
<li>Yale Political Union</li>
<li>Amazingly funded sports teams and Payne Whitney Gym</li>
<li>WE ARE BULLDOGS!!! Come on guys, that’s really the coolest mascot ever</li>
<li>Third largest tennis center in the world! (after US and French Opens)</li>
<li>Yale’s serious serious Financial Aid policy and the time and money they devote to recruiting from non-traditional applicant pools (rural, inner city, low income)</li>
<li>David Swensen, Yale’s investment director and the Yale endowment portfolio and the many many generous alums who have donated so much (which make most of the previous 35 possible)</li>
<li>The name</li>
<li>Petting zoos come to you</li>
<li>Exams before winter break</li>
<li>Camp Yale</li>
<li>Beinecke (check out the Gutenberg Bible)</li>
<li>Yale Whale</li>
<li>YCBA</li>
<li>Yale Art Gallery</li>
<li>Peabody</li>
<li>Collection of Musical Instruments</li>
<li>toad’s in town</li>
<li>good food (menu by famed chef Alice Waters)</li>
<li>sustainable food</li>
<li>3-day commencement</li>
<li>Secret Societies</li>
<li>Arguably the best graduate school of environmental science in the world!</li>
<li>Tony Blair (i.e. an outrageous venue for amazingly accomplished profs/guest lecturers)</li>
<li>Incredible intellectual environment, that is probably unmatched anywhere</li>
<li>Global name recognition, which opens doors just about anywhere</li>
<li>History of famous alumni and future famous alumni (who in your class or college is going to be famous next? And there are plenty just from my time.)</li>
<li>Singing groups, improv comedy groups, theater groups, political unions, investor clubs, ethnic clubs, student concerts, etc.</li>
<li>Hillel bagel and lox open to all</li>
<li>Top notch cognitive science and neuroscience programs.</li>
<li>Weather (for those who like to taste a bit from each season</li>
<li>Directed Studies and other interdisciplinary opportunities!</li>
<li>Faculty, masters and deans (some even partake in Jell-O wrestling!) who are dedicated to undergraduate education.</li>
<li>The opportunity to continue taking music lessons with student/faculty members at Yale’s School of Music!</li>
<li>Spring Fling!</li>
<li>“The Dead Shall Be Raised” (inscribed on cemetery gates) … Yale sets you up for a pretty swell afterlife.</li>
<li>Only International Studies major in the Ivy League</li>
<li>Intelligence without pretentiousness</li>
<li>As close to Hogwarts as you can get (at least in America)!</li>
</ol>
<ol>
<li>The students!! World Class!!</li>
<li>residential college system</li>
<li>Excellent Politics department.</li>
<li>the gothic architecture</li>
<li>Size</li>
<li>particle accelerator</li>
<li>Part of Harvard/Yale rivalry</li>
<li>YPMB</li>
<li>Summer internship help</li>
<li>Post-graduation fellowship</li>
<li>Access to graduate school classes</li>
<li>Incredible restaurants within 3 seconds of your dorm.</li>
<li>President Richard Levin and Provost Peter Salovey (they are great leaders)</li>
<li>Study any language you want, Yale will provide materials and find a tutor</li>
<li>Yale Daily News</li>
<li>Yale Journalism Initiative</li>
<li>awesome theater resources</li>
<li>The Tyng Cup</li>
<li>Pepe’s and Sally’s</li>
<li>Master’s Teas</li>
<li>Beautiful Courtyards</li>
<li>Shopping Period and the Blue Book</li>
<li>Incredible orchestra</li>
<li>Almost half-way between NYC and Boston</li>
<li>Absurd school spirit</li>
<li>tailgating at the Game (when it’s in New Haven)</li>
<li>great alumni network</li>
<li>beautiful, wood-paneled suites overlooking courtyards</li>
<li>huge number of publications to write for</li>
<li>2 weeks of spring break</li>
<li>Yale Political Union</li>
<li>Amazingly funded sports teams and Payne Whitney Gym</li>
<li>WE ARE BULLDOGS!!! Come on guys, that’s really the coolest mascot ever</li>
<li>Third largest tennis center in the world! (after US and French Opens)</li>
<li>Yale’s serious serious Financial Aid policy and the time and money they devote to recruiting from non-traditional applicant pools (rural, inner city, low income)</li>
<li>David Swensen, Yale’s investment director and the Yale endowment portfolio and the many many generous alums who have donated so much (which make most of the previous 35 possible)</li>
<li>The name</li>
<li>Petting zoos come to you</li>
<li>Exams before winter break</li>
<li>Camp Yale</li>
<li>Beinecke (check out the Gutenberg Bible)</li>
<li>Yale Whale</li>
<li>YCBA</li>
<li>Yale Art Gallery</li>
<li>Peabody</li>
<li>Collection of Musical Instruments</li>
<li>toad’s in town</li>
<li>good food (menu by famed chef Alice Waters)</li>
<li>sustainable food</li>
<li>3-day commencement</li>
<li>Secret Societies</li>
<li>Arguably the best graduate school of environmental science in the world!</li>
<li>Tony Blair (i.e. an outrageous venue for amazingly accomplished profs/guest lecturers)</li>
<li>Incredible intellectual environment, that is probably unmatched anywhere</li>
<li>Global name recognition, which opens doors just about anywhere</li>
<li>History of famous alumni and future famous alumni (who in your class or college is going to be famous next? And there are plenty just from my time.)</li>
<li>Singing groups, improv comedy groups, theater groups, political unions, investor clubs, ethnic clubs, student concerts, etc.</li>
<li>Hillel bagel and lox open to all</li>
<li>Top notch cognitive science and neuroscience programs.</li>
<li>Weather (for those who like to taste a bit from each season</li>
<li>Directed Studies and other interdisciplinary opportunities!</li>
<li>Faculty, masters and deans (some even partake in Jell-O wrestling!) who are dedicated to undergraduate education.</li>
<li>The opportunity to continue taking music lessons with student/faculty members at Yale’s School of Music!</li>
<li>Spring Fling!</li>
<li>“The Dead Shall Be Raised” (inscribed on cemetery gates) … Yale sets you up for a pretty swell afterlife.</li>
<li>Only International Studies major in the Ivy League</li>
<li>Intelligence without pretentiousness</li>
<li>As close to Hogwarts as you can get (at least in America)! </li>
<li>Huh! The best info video: “That’s Why I Chose Yale!”</li>
</ol>
<ol>
<li>The students!! World Class!!</li>
<li>residential college system</li>
<li>Excellent Politics department.</li>
<li>the gothic architecture</li>
<li>Size</li>
<li>particle accelerator</li>
<li>Part of Harvard/Yale rivalry</li>
<li>YPMB</li>
<li>Summer internship help</li>
<li>Post-graduation fellowship</li>
<li>Access to graduate school classes</li>
<li>Incredible restaurants within 3 seconds of your dorm.</li>
<li>President Richard Levin and Provost Peter Salovey (they are great leaders)</li>
<li>Study any language you want, Yale will provide materials and find a tutor</li>
<li>Yale Daily News</li>
<li>Yale Journalism Initiative</li>
<li>awesome theater resources</li>
<li>The Tyng Cup</li>
<li>Pepe’s and Sally’s</li>
<li>Master’s Teas</li>
<li>Beautiful Courtyards</li>
<li>Shopping Period and the Blue Book</li>
<li>Incredible orchestra</li>
<li>Almost half-way between NYC and Boston</li>
<li>Absurd school spirit</li>
<li>tailgating at the Game (when it’s in New Haven)</li>
<li>great alumni network</li>
<li>beautiful, wood-paneled suites overlooking courtyards</li>
<li>huge number of publications to write for</li>
<li>2 weeks of spring break</li>
<li>Yale Political Union</li>
<li>Amazingly funded sports teams and Payne Whitney Gym</li>
<li>WE ARE BULLDOGS!!! Come on guys, that’s really the coolest mascot ever</li>
<li>Third largest tennis center in the world! (after US and French Opens)</li>
<li>Yale’s serious serious Financial Aid policy and the time and money they devote to recruiting from non-traditional applicant pools (rural, inner city, low income)</li>
<li>David Swensen, Yale’s investment director and the Yale endowment portfolio and the many many generous alums who have donated so much (which make most of the previous 35 possible)</li>
<li>The name</li>
<li>Petting zoos come to you</li>
<li>Exams before winter break</li>
<li>Camp Yale</li>
<li>Beinecke (check out the Gutenberg Bible)</li>
<li>Yale Whale</li>
<li>YCBA</li>
<li>Yale Art Gallery</li>
<li>Peabody</li>
<li>Collection of Musical Instruments</li>
<li>toad’s in town</li>
<li>good food (menu by famed chef Alice Waters)</li>
<li>sustainable food</li>
<li>3-day commencement</li>
<li>Secret Societies</li>
<li>Arguably the best graduate school of environmental science in the world!</li>
<li>Tony Blair (i.e. an outrageous venue for amazingly accomplished profs/guest lecturers)</li>
<li>Incredible intellectual environment, that is probably unmatched anywhere</li>
<li>Global name recognition, which opens doors just about anywhere</li>
<li>History of famous alumni and future famous alumni (who in your class or college is going to be famous next? And there are plenty just from my time.)</li>
<li>Singing groups, improv comedy groups, theater groups, political unions, investor clubs, ethnic clubs, student concerts, etc.</li>
<li>Hillel bagel and lox open to all</li>
<li>Top notch cognitive science and neuroscience programs.</li>
<li>Weather (for those who like to taste a bit from each season</li>
<li>Directed Studies and other interdisciplinary opportunities!</li>
<li>Faculty, masters and deans (some even partake in Jell-O wrestling!) who are dedicated to undergraduate education.</li>
<li>The opportunity to continue taking music lessons with student/faculty members at Yale’s School of Music!</li>
<li>Spring Fling!</li>
<li>“The Dead Shall Be Raised” (inscribed on cemetery gates) … Yale sets you up for a pretty swell afterlife.</li>
<li>Only International Studies major in the Ivy League</li>
<li>Intelligence without pretentiousness</li>
<li>As close to Hogwarts as you can get (at least in America)! </li>
<li>Huh! The best info video: “That’s Why I Chose Yale!” </li>
<li>Darkrooms in Basements!!</li>
</ol>
<ol>
<li>The students!! World Class!!</li>
<li>residential college system</li>
<li>Excellent Politics department.</li>
<li>the gothic architecture</li>
<li>Size</li>
<li>particle accelerator</li>
<li>Part of Harvard/Yale rivalry</li>
<li>YPMB</li>
<li>Summer internship help</li>
<li>Post-graduation fellowship</li>
<li>Access to graduate school classes</li>
<li>Incredible restaurants within 3 seconds of your dorm.</li>
<li>President Richard Levin and Provost Peter Salovey (they are great leaders)</li>
<li>Study any language you want, Yale will provide materials and find a tutor</li>
<li>Yale Daily News</li>
<li>Yale Journalism Initiative</li>
<li>awesome theater resources</li>
<li>The Tyng Cup</li>
<li>Pepe’s and Sally’s</li>
<li>Master’s Teas</li>
<li>Beautiful Courtyards</li>
<li>Shopping Period and the Blue Book</li>
<li>Incredible orchestra</li>
<li>Almost half-way between NYC and Boston</li>
<li>Absurd school spirit</li>
<li>tailgating at the Game (when it’s in New Haven)</li>
<li>great alumni network</li>
<li>beautiful, wood-paneled suites overlooking courtyards</li>
<li>huge number of publications to write for</li>
<li>2 weeks of spring break</li>
<li>Yale Political Union</li>
<li>Amazingly funded sports teams and Payne Whitney Gym</li>
<li>WE ARE BULLDOGS!!! Come on guys, that’s really the coolest mascot ever</li>
<li>Third largest tennis center in the world! (after US and French Opens)</li>
<li>Yale’s serious serious Financial Aid policy and the time and money they devote to recruiting from non-traditional applicant pools (rural, inner city, low income)</li>
<li>David Swensen, Yale’s investment director and the Yale endowment portfolio and the many many generous alums who have donated so much (which make most of the previous 35 possible)</li>
<li>The name</li>
<li>Petting zoos come to you</li>
<li>Exams before winter break</li>
<li>Camp Yale</li>
<li>Beinecke (check out the Gutenberg Bible)</li>
<li>Yale Whale</li>
<li>YCBA</li>
<li>Yale Art Gallery</li>
<li>Peabody</li>
<li>Collection of Musical Instruments</li>
<li>toad’s in town</li>
<li>good food (menu by famed chef Alice Waters)</li>
<li>sustainable food</li>
<li>3-day commencement</li>
<li>Secret Societies</li>
<li>Arguably the best graduate school of environmental science in the world!</li>
<li>Tony Blair (i.e. an outrageous venue for amazingly accomplished profs/guest lecturers)</li>
<li>Incredible intellectual environment, that is probably unmatched anywhere</li>
<li>Global name recognition, which opens doors just about anywhere</li>
<li>History of famous alumni and future famous alumni (who in your class or college is going to be famous next? And there are plenty just from my time.)</li>
<li>Singing groups, improv comedy groups, theater groups, political unions, investor clubs, ethnic clubs, student concerts, etc.</li>
<li>Hillel bagel and lox open to all</li>
<li>Top notch cognitive science and neuroscience programs.</li>
<li>Weather (for those who like to taste a bit from each season</li>
<li>Directed Studies and other interdisciplinary opportunities!</li>
<li>Faculty, masters and deans (some even partake in Jell-O wrestling!) who are dedicated to undergraduate education.</li>
<li>The opportunity to continue taking music lessons with student/faculty members at Yale’s School of Music!</li>
<li>Spring Fling!</li>
<li>“The Dead Shall Be Raised” (inscribed on cemetery gates) … Yale sets you up for a pretty swell afterlife.</li>
<li>Only International Studies major in the Ivy League</li>
<li>Intelligence without pretentiousness</li>
<li>As close to Hogwarts as you can get (at least in America)! </li>
<li>Huh! The best info video: “That’s Why I Chose Yale!” </li>
<li>Darkrooms in Basements!! </li>
<li>Carillon (and the opportunity to play it)</li>
</ol>
<ol>
<li>The students!! World Class!!</li>
<li>residential college system</li>
<li>Excellent Politics department.</li>
<li>the gothic architecture</li>
<li>Size</li>
<li>particle accelerator</li>
<li>Part of Harvard/Yale rivalry</li>
<li>YPMB</li>
<li>Summer internship help</li>
<li>Post-graduation fellowship</li>
<li>Access to graduate school classes</li>
<li>Incredible restaurants within 3 seconds of your dorm.</li>
<li>President Richard Levin and Provost Peter Salovey (they are great leaders)</li>
<li>Study any language you want, Yale will provide materials and find a tutor</li>
<li>Yale Daily News</li>
<li>Yale Journalism Initiative</li>
<li>awesome theater resources</li>
<li>The Tyng Cup</li>
<li>Pepe’s and Sally’s</li>
<li>Master’s Teas</li>
<li>Beautiful Courtyards</li>
<li>Shopping Period and the Blue Book</li>
<li>Incredible orchestra</li>
<li>Almost half-way between NYC and Boston</li>
<li>Absurd school spirit</li>
<li>tailgating at the Game (when it’s in New Haven)</li>
<li>great alumni network</li>
<li>beautiful, wood-paneled suites overlooking courtyards</li>
<li>huge number of publications to write for</li>
<li>2 weeks of spring break</li>
<li>Yale Political Union</li>
<li>Amazingly funded sports teams and Payne Whitney Gym</li>
<li>WE ARE BULLDOGS!!! Come on guys, that’s really the coolest mascot ever</li>
<li>Third largest tennis center in the world! (after US and French Opens)</li>
<li>Yale’s serious serious Financial Aid policy and the time and money they devote to recruiting from non-traditional applicant pools (rural, inner city, low income)</li>
<li>David Swensen, Yale’s investment director and the Yale endowment portfolio and the many many generous alums who have donated so much (which make most of the previous 35 possible)</li>
<li>The name</li>
<li>Petting zoos come to you</li>
<li>Exams before winter break</li>
<li>Camp Yale</li>
<li>Beinecke (check out the Gutenberg Bible)</li>
<li>Yale Whale</li>
<li>YCBA</li>
<li>Yale Art Gallery</li>
<li>Peabody</li>
<li>Collection of Musical Instruments</li>
<li>toad’s in town</li>
<li>good food (menu by famed chef Alice Waters)</li>
<li>sustainable food</li>
<li>3-day commencement</li>
<li>Secret Societies</li>
<li>Arguably the best graduate school of environmental science in the world!</li>
<li>Tony Blair (i.e. an outrageous venue for amazingly accomplished profs/guest lecturers)</li>
<li>Incredible intellectual environment, that is probably unmatched anywhere</li>
<li>Global name recognition, which opens doors just about anywhere</li>
<li>History of famous alumni and future famous alumni (who in your class or college is going to be famous next? And there are plenty just from my time.)</li>
<li>Singing groups, improv comedy groups, theater groups, political unions, investor clubs, ethnic clubs, student concerts, etc.</li>
<li>Hillel bagel and lox open to all</li>
<li>Top notch cognitive science and neuroscience programs.</li>
<li>Weather (for those who like to taste a bit from each season</li>
<li>Directed Studies and other interdisciplinary opportunities!</li>
<li>Faculty, masters and deans (some even partake in Jell-O wrestling!) who are dedicated to undergraduate education.</li>
<li>The opportunity to continue taking music lessons with student/faculty members at Yale’s School of Music!</li>
<li>Spring Fling!</li>
<li>“The Dead Shall Be Raised” (inscribed on cemetery gates) … Yale sets you up for a pretty swell afterlife.</li>
<li>Only International Studies major in the Ivy League</li>
<li>Intelligence without pretentiousness</li>
<li>As close to Hogwarts as you can get (at least in America)! </li>
<li>Huh! The best info video: “That’s Why I Chose Yale!” </li>
<li>Darkrooms in Basements!! </li>
<li>Carillon (and the opportunity to play it)</li>
<li>Underground tunnels!</li>
</ol>
<p>And “Nothing Left Unsaid” is definitely enough to make anyone not want to attend Yale. </p>
<p>That being said, </p>
<ol>
<li>The students! World class!</li>
<li>residential college system</li>
<li>Excellent Politics department.</li>
<li>the gothic architecture</li>
<li>Size</li>
<li>particle accelerator</li>
<li>Part of Harvard/Yale rivalry</li>
<li>YPMB</li>
<li>Summer internship help</li>
<li>Post-graduation fellowship</li>
<li>Access to graduate school classes</li>
<li>Incredible restaurants within 3 seconds of your dorm.</li>
<li>President Richard Levin and Provost Peter Salovey (they are great leaders)</li>
<li>Study any language you want, Yale will provide materials and find a tutor</li>
<li>Yale Daily News</li>
<li>Yale Journalism Initiative</li>
<li>awesome theater resources</li>
<li>The Tyng Cup</li>
<li>Pepe’s and Sally’s</li>
<li>Master’s Teas</li>
<li>Beautiful Courtyards</li>
<li>Shopping Period and the Blue Book</li>
<li>Incredible orchestra</li>
<li>Almost half-way between NYC and Boston</li>
<li>Absurd school spirit</li>
<li>tailgating at the Game (when it’s in New Haven)</li>
<li>great alumni network</li>
<li>beautiful, wood-paneled suites overlooking courtyards</li>
<li>huge number of publications to write for</li>
<li>2 weeks of spring break</li>
<li>Yale Political Union</li>
<li>Amazingly funded sports teams and Payne Whitney Gym</li>
<li>WE ARE BULLDOGS!!! Come on guys, that’s really the coolest mascot ever</li>
<li>Third largest tennis center in the world! (after US and French Opens)</li>
<li>Yale’s serious serious Financial Aid policy and the time and money they devote to recruiting from non-traditional applicant pools (rural, inner city, low income)</li>
<li>David Swensen, Yale’s investment director and the Yale endowment portfolio and the many many generous alums who have donated so much (which make most of the previous 35 possible)</li>
<li>Payne Whitney, one of the largest gyms in the world</li>
<li>Petting zoos come to you</li>
<li>Exams before winter break</li>
<li>Camp Yale</li>
<li>Beinecke (check out the Gutenberg Bible)</li>
<li>Yale Whale</li>
<li>YCBA</li>
<li>Yale Art Gallery</li>
<li>Peabody</li>
<li>Collection of Musical Instruments</li>
<li>toad’s in town</li>
<li>good food (menu by famed chef Alice Waters)</li>
<li>sustainable food</li>
<li>3-day commencement</li>
<li>Secret Societies</li>
<li>Arguably the best graduate school of environmental science in the world!</li>
<li>Tony Blair (i.e. an outrageous venue for amazingly accomplished profs/guest lecturers)</li>
<li>Incredible intellectual environment, that is probably unmatched anywhere</li>
<li>Global name recognition, which opens doors just about anywhere</li>
<li>History of famous alumni and future famous alumni (who in your class or college is going to be famous next? And there are plenty just from my time.)</li>
<li>Singing groups, improv comedy groups, theater groups, political unions, investor clubs, ethnic clubs, student concerts, etc.</li>
<li>Hillel bagel and lox open to all</li>
<li>Top notch cognitive science and neuroscience programs.</li>
<li>Weather (for those who like to taste a bit from each season</li>
<li>Directed Studies and other interdisciplinary opportunities!</li>
<li>Faculty, masters and deans (some even partake in Jell-O wrestling!) who are dedicated to undergraduate education.</li>
<li>The opportunity to continue taking music lessons with student/faculty members at Yale’s School of Music!</li>
<li>Spring Fling!</li>
<li>“The Dead Shall Be Raised” (inscribed on cemetery gates) … Yale sets you up for a pretty swell afterlife.</li>
<li>Only International Studies major in the Ivy League</li>
<li>Intelligence without pretentiousness</li>
<li>As close to Hogwarts as you can get (at least in America)!</li>
<li>The best info video: “That’s Why I Chose Yale!”</li>
<li>Darkrooms in Basements!!</li>
<li>Carillon (and the opportunity to play it)</li>
<li>Underground tunnels! </li>
<li>Yale Society for Exploration of Campus Secrets (YSECS)</li>
<li>Freshman Holiday Dinner</li>
</ol>
<ol>
<li>The students! World class!</li>
<li>residential college system</li>
<li>Excellent Politics department.</li>
<li>the gothic architecture</li>
<li>Size</li>
<li>particle accelerator</li>
<li>Part of Harvard/Yale rivalry</li>
<li>YPMB</li>
<li>Summer internship help</li>
<li>Post-graduation fellowship</li>
<li>Access to graduate school classes</li>
<li>Incredible restaurants within 3 seconds of your dorm.</li>
<li>President Richard Levin and Provost Peter Salovey (they are great leaders)</li>
<li>Study any language you want, Yale will provide materials and find a tutor</li>
<li>Yale Daily News</li>
<li>Yale Journalism Initiative</li>
<li>awesome theater resources</li>
<li>The Tyng Cup</li>
<li>Pepe’s and Sally’s</li>
<li>Master’s Teas</li>
<li>Beautiful Courtyards</li>
<li>Shopping Period and the Blue Book</li>
<li>Incredible orchestra</li>
<li>Almost half-way between NYC and Boston</li>
<li>Absurd school spirit</li>
<li>tailgating at the Game (when it’s in New Haven)</li>
<li>great alumni network</li>
<li>beautiful, wood-paneled suites overlooking courtyards</li>
<li>huge number of publications to write for</li>
<li>2 weeks of spring break</li>
<li>Yale Political Union</li>
<li>Amazingly funded sports teams and Payne Whitney Gym</li>
<li>WE ARE BULLDOGS!!! Come on guys, that’s really the coolest mascot ever</li>
<li>Third largest tennis center in the world! (after US and French Opens)</li>
<li>Yale’s serious serious Financial Aid policy and the time and money they devote to recruiting from non-traditional applicant pools (rural, inner city, low income)</li>
<li>David Swensen, Yale’s investment director and the Yale endowment portfolio and the many many generous alums who have donated so much (which make most of the previous 35 possible)</li>
<li>Payne Whitney, one of the largest gyms in the world</li>
<li>Petting zoos come to you</li>
<li>Exams before winter break</li>
<li>Camp Yale</li>
<li>Beinecke (check out the Gutenberg Bible)</li>
<li>Yale Whale</li>
<li>YCBA</li>
<li>Yale Art Gallery</li>
<li>Peabody</li>
<li>Collection of Musical Instruments</li>
<li>toad’s in town</li>
<li>good food (menu by famed chef Alice Waters)</li>
<li>sustainable food</li>
<li>3-day commencement</li>
<li>Secret Societies</li>
<li>Arguably the best graduate school of environmental science in the world!</li>
<li>Tony Blair (i.e. an outrageous venue for amazingly accomplished profs/guest lecturers)</li>
<li>Incredible intellectual environment, that is probably unmatched anywhere</li>
<li>Global name recognition, which opens doors just about anywhere</li>
<li>History of famous alumni and future famous alumni (who in your class or college is going to be famous next? And there are plenty just from my time.)</li>
<li>Singing groups, improv comedy groups, theater groups, political unions, investor clubs, ethnic clubs, student concerts, etc.</li>
<li>Hillel bagel and lox open to all</li>
<li>Top notch cognitive science and neuroscience programs.</li>
<li>Weather (for those who like to taste a bit from each season</li>
<li>Directed Studies and other interdisciplinary opportunities!</li>
<li>Faculty, masters and deans (some even partake in Jell-O wrestling!) who are dedicated to undergraduate education.</li>
<li>The opportunity to continue taking music lessons with student/faculty members at Yale’s School of Music!</li>
<li>Spring Fling!</li>
<li>“The Dead Shall Be Raised” (inscribed on cemetery gates) … Yale sets you up for a pretty swell afterlife.</li>
<li>Only International Studies major in the Ivy League</li>
<li>Intelligence without pretentiousness</li>
<li>As close to Hogwarts as you can get (at least in America)!</li>
<li>The best info video: “That’s Why I Chose Yale!”</li>
<li>Darkrooms in Basements!!</li>
<li>Carillon (and the opportunity to play it)</li>
<li>Underground tunnels!</li>
<li>Yale Society for Exploration of Campus Secrets (YSECS)</li>
<li>Freshman Holiday Dinner </li>
<li>They’re the original Bulldogs.</li>
</ol>
<p>And “Nothing Left Unsaid” is definitely enough to make anyone not want to attend Yale.*</p>
<p>^^ Disagree. What an amazing and well-earned honor for Kurt Schneider to present this to his graduating class as a good-bye message. I liked it but then I’m a sentimental alum about to send my son to join the class of '14.</p>
<p>Oh, definitely not dissing Kurt! His other work is amazing (the ongoing “quirky instrument” battle is particularly hilarious), but I personally found the dialogue in that film painful. However, I have the same gripe about Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith, the last two Pirates of the Caribbean movies and a host of other popular films, so perhaps it’s all due my natural persnickety-ness. </p>
<p>Another great thing about Yale, though, is that you get access to all kinds of technological equipment if you’re so inclined. The production quality for Yale videos is always so fantastic. Even the Pi Phi recruitment video blew me away in its sophistication.</p>
<ol>
<li>The students! World class! - Y</li>
<li>residential college system - Y</li>
<li>Excellent Politics department. - Y</li>
<li>the gothic architecture - When it exists</li>
<li>Size - Y</li>
<li>particle accelerator - Not really a large component of undergrad life</li>
<li>Part of Harvard/Yale rivalry - Y</li>
<li>YPMB - No is every capacity, except the one time they manage a half decent halftime show</li>
<li>Summer internship help - Y</li>
<li>Post-graduation fellowship -Y</li>
<li>Access to graduate school classes - Y</li>
<li>Incredible restaurants within 3 seconds of your dorm. - Incredible isn’t exactly the most appropriate adjective</li>
<li>President Richard Levin and Provost Peter Salvoney (they are great leaders) - Y</li>
<li>Study any language you want, Yale will provide materials and find a tutor - To an extent, yes</li>
<li>Yale Daily News - Way overrated, and the writing quality is subpar</li>
<li>Yale Journalism Initiative - N/A</li>
<li>awesome theater resources - Y</li>
<li>The Tyng Cup - Y</li>
<li>Pepe’s and Sally’s - Yes, but too far away to be regular</li>
<li>Master’s Teas - Y</li>
<li>Beautiful Courtyards - Unless you are stuck in the “Tuscan” colleges</li>
<li>Shopping Period and the Blue Book - Y</li>
<li>Incredible orchestra - Y</li>
<li>Almost half-way between NYC and Boston - Not halfway, but yes</li>
<li>Absurd school spirit - Absurd is an exaggeration</li>
<li>tailgating at the Game (when it’s in New Haven) - Getting offered a bottle of gin at 10:00 AM is amazing, yes</li>
<li>great alumni network - Y</li>
<li>beautiful, wood-paneled suites overlooking courtyards - Y</li>
<li>huge number of publications to write for - Y</li>
<li>2 weeks of spring break - Y</li>
<li>Yale Political Union - If you like that type of thing, yes, otherwise they are incredibly annoying</li>
<li>Amazingly funded sports teams and Payne Whitney Gym - Y</li>
<li>WE ARE BULLDOGS!!! Come on guys, that’s really the coolest mascot ever - So trite</li>
<li>Third largest tennis center in the world! (after US and French Opens) - If you’re a tennis player</li>
<li>Yale’s serious serious Financial Aid policy and the time and money they devote to recruiting from non-traditional applicant pools (rural, inner city, low income) - Y</li>
<li>David Swensen, Yale’s investment director and the Yale endowment portfolio and the many many generous alums who have donated so much (which make most of the previous 35 possible) - His -25% return in 2008 was nice, wasn’t it? But mostly, yes.</li>
<li>Payne Whitney, one of the largest gyms in the world - Hmm, didn’t we just see this?</li>
<li>Petting zoos come to you - We’re college kids?</li>
<li>Exams before winter break - Y</li>
<li>Camp Yale - Y</li>
<li>Beinecke (check out the Gutenberg Bible) - Yes, though the architecture is disgusting</li>
<li>Yale Whale - Y</li>
<li>YCBA - N/A</li>
<li>Yale Art Gallery - No one goes here?</li>
<li>Peabody - Definitely no one goes here.</li>
<li>Collection of Musical Instruments - Y</li>
<li>toad’s in town - Overrated heavily, it’s a cesspole and not really the haven of debauchery you envision</li>
<li>good food (menu by famed chef Alice Waters) - It gets old in, say, two weeks. The quality deteriorates after the freshman get acclimated.</li>
<li>sustainable food - Partially responsible for the above</li>
<li>3-day commencement - Y</li>
<li>Secret Societies - W/e</li>
<li>Arguably the best graduate school of environmental science in the world! - Y</li>
<li>Tony Blair (i.e. an outrageous venue for amazingly accomplished profs/guest lecturers) - Y</li>
<li>Incredible intellectual environment, that is probably unmatched anywhere - No</li>
<li>Global name recognition, which opens doors just about anywhere - Y</li>
<li>History of famous alumni and future famous alumni (who in your class or college is going to be famous next? And there are plenty just from my time.) - Y</li>
<li>Singing groups, improv comedy groups, theater groups, political unions, investor clubs, ethnic clubs, student concerts, etc. - Yes, kind of</li>
<li>Hillel bagel and lox open to all - Y</li>
<li>Top notch cognitive science and neuroscience programs. - Y</li>
<li>Weather (for those who like to taste a bit from each season - CT summers (i.e. first three weeks of September and May) are terrible</li>
<li>Directed Studies and other interdisciplinary opportunities! - Y</li>
<li>Faculty, masters and deans (some even partake in Jell-O wrestling!) who are dedicated to undergraduate education. - Y</li>
<li>The opportunity to continue taking music lessons with student/faculty members at Yale’s School of Music! - Y</li>
<li>Spring Fling! - Not when terrible bands such as MGMT are the headliner</li>
<li>“The Dead Shall Be Raised” (inscribed on cemetery gates) … Yale sets you up for a pretty swell afterlife. - Uh</li>
<li>Only International Studies major in the Ivy League - Yes, except it’s still only possible as a double major with something real</li>
<li>Intelligence without pretentiousness - Maybe less so than other Ivies, but certainly present</li>
<li>As close to Hogwarts as you can get (at least in America)! - Harry Potter is for kids?</li>
<li>The best info video: “That’s Why I Chose Yale!” - No, its terrible.</li>
<li>Darkrooms in Basements!! - Y</li>
<li>Carillon (and the opportunity to play it) - Y</li>
<li>Underground tunnels! - Y</li>
<li>Yale Society for Exploration of Campus Secrets (YSECS) - No</li>
<li>Freshman Holiday Dinner - Y</li>
<li>They’re the original Bulldogs. - Y</li>
</ol>
<p>Just needed to constrain your enthusiasm to some reality. It’ll make you happier when you get there.</p>
<p>The point is clearly contained within the final sentence of my post. It’s not unnecessary at all, unless you want to be a naive, idealistic freshman.</p>
<ol>
<li>The students! World class!</li>
<li>residential college system</li>
<li>Excellent Politics department.</li>
<li>the gothic architecture</li>
<li>Size</li>
<li>particle accelerator</li>
<li>Part of Harvard/Yale rivalry</li>
<li>YPMB</li>
<li>Summer internship help</li>
<li>Post-graduation fellowship</li>
<li>Access to graduate school classes</li>
<li>Incredible restaurants within 3 seconds of your dorm.</li>
<li>President Richard Levin and Provost Peter Salovey (they are great leaders)</li>
<li>Study any language you want, Yale will provide materials and find a tutor</li>
<li>Yale Daily News</li>
<li>Yale Journalism Initiative</li>
<li>awesome theater resources</li>
<li>The Tyng Cup</li>
<li>Pepe’s and Sally’s</li>
<li>Master’s Teas</li>
<li>Beautiful Courtyards</li>
<li>Shopping Period and the Blue Book</li>
<li>Incredible orchestra</li>
<li>Almost half-way between NYC and Boston</li>
<li>Absurd school spirit</li>
<li>tailgating at the Game (when it’s in New Haven)</li>
<li>great alumni network</li>
<li>beautiful, wood-paneled suites overlooking courtyards</li>
<li>huge number of publications to write for</li>
<li>2 weeks of spring break</li>
<li>Yale Political Union</li>
<li>Amazingly funded sports teams and Payne Whitney Gym</li>
<li>WE ARE BULLDOGS!!! Come on guys, that’s really the coolest mascot ever</li>
<li>Third largest tennis center in the world! (after US and French Opens)</li>
<li>Yale’s serious serious Financial Aid policy and the time and money they devote to recruiting from non-traditional applicant pools (rural, inner city, low income)</li>
<li>David Swensen, Yale’s investment director and the Yale endowment portfolio and the many many generous alums who have donated so much (which make most of the previous 35 possible)</li>
<li>Payne Whitney, one of the largest gyms in the world</li>
<li>Petting zoos come to you</li>
<li>Exams before winter break</li>
<li>Camp Yale</li>
<li>Beinecke (check out the Gutenberg Bible)</li>
<li>Yale Whale</li>
<li>YCBA</li>
<li>Yale Art Gallery</li>
<li>Peabody</li>
<li>Collection of Musical Instruments</li>
<li>toad’s in town</li>
<li>good food (menu by famed chef Alice Waters)</li>
<li>sustainable food</li>
<li>3-day commencement</li>
<li>Secret Societies</li>
<li>Arguably the best graduate school of environmental science in the world!</li>
<li>Tony Blair (i.e. an outrageous venue for amazingly accomplished profs/guest lecturers)</li>
<li>Incredible intellectual environment, that is probably unmatched anywhere</li>
<li>Global name recognition, which opens doors just about anywhere</li>
<li>History of famous alumni and future famous alumni (who in your class or college is going to be famous next? And there are plenty just from my time.)</li>
<li>Singing groups, improv comedy groups, theater groups, political unions, investor clubs, ethnic clubs, student concerts, etc.</li>
<li>Hillel bagel and lox open to all</li>
<li>Top notch cognitive science and neuroscience programs.</li>
<li>Weather (for those who like to taste a bit from each season</li>
<li>Directed Studies and other interdisciplinary opportunities!</li>
<li>Faculty, masters and deans (some even partake in Jell-O wrestling!) who are dedicated to undergraduate education.</li>
<li>The opportunity to continue taking music lessons with student/faculty members at Yale’s School of Music!</li>
<li>Spring Fling!</li>
<li>“The Dead Shall Be Raised” (inscribed on cemetery gates) … Yale sets you up for a pretty swell afterlife.</li>
<li>Only International Studies major in the Ivy League</li>
<li>Intelligence without pretentiousness</li>
<li>As close to Hogwarts as you can get (at least in America)!</li>
<li>The best info video: “That’s Why I Chose Yale!”</li>
<li>Darkrooms in Basements!!</li>
<li>Carillon (and the opportunity to play it)</li>
<li>Underground tunnels!</li>
<li>Yale Society for Exploration of Campus Secrets (YSECS)</li>
<li>Freshman Holiday Dinner</li>
<li>They’re the original Bulldogs.
Although I am not a Current Yalie, but instead a Prospective/Hopeful Future Yalie, my one of the Main Reasons why I’m Crazy about Yale is because:-</li>
<li>Ethics, Politics & Economics Major</li>
</ol>