<p>I'm deciding between Harvard, Yale, and Princeton. :'(</p>
<p>I THINK I'm leaning towards Harvard but I'm reallly torn. </p>
<p>Really hard decision to make and I haven't ruled out any of the three.</p>
<p>I think Yale is the best out of all of the three.</p>
<p>Harvard has a reputation for subpar undergraduate education</p>
<p>Princeton has a reputation for an elitist social scene and social hierarchy.</p>
<p>Yale has a reputation for an emphasis on undergraduate education and an inclusive, fun social scene.</p>
<p>Note: although some might agree with these assumptions, remember that stereotypes must come from somewhere. They do not just come from nowhere.</p>
<p>Search "undergraduate education" at thecrimson.com and youll see articles talking about the problems in Harvard's undergraduate education.</p>
<p>Search "social scene" and "eating clubs" at dailyprincetonian.com and youll see articles referring to those topics.</p>
<p>Type in both at yaledailynews.com and look for more relevant articles as well.</p>
<p>All in All, theyre all great institutions and most people will be happy at whichever one they attend.</p>
<p>and yale has a reputation for a crappy location and a schoolwide inferiority complex. see, aren't stereotypes fun?</p>
<p>Don't forget that the Jews are a bunch of dirty, thieving usurers. Man, I'm so glad I won't have to see any of them at Harvard.</p>
<p>Princeton is New Jersey, right? Which exit?</p>
<p>yes, princeton is located in the wealthiest state in the country.</p>
<p>While you're laying out all the negative Harvard and Yale stereotypes, scottie (your "fun" speciality) would you tell us candidly, as a graduate, what the negative PRINCETON stereotypes are?</p>
<p>already been done for me, above:</p>
<p>"Princeton has a reputation for an elitist social scene and social hierarchy."</p>
<p>your turn.</p>
<p>f.scottie, what drinking club were you in? I mean "eating" club.</p>
<p>Very gently put! Try pulling the ball rather than tapping it to the opposite field!</p>
<p>And what's this weaselwording? "Has a reputation for ...???"</p>
<p>And I join in the prior poster's request: what "eating club" were you in? Did you get into the one you "bickered" for, or did you settle for one of the lower status outfits?</p>
<p>"weaselwording" courtesy of diamondt. just following his format. how about sharing what "final club" you were in, forty years ago? or were you not among the few fortunate to be "punched"?</p>
<p>What's a final club?</p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_club%5B/url%5D">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_club</a></p>
<p>Deciding between Harvard, Brown PLME and Haverford... if anyone has any advice i need help!</p>
<p>Haverford is the closest thing to private tutoring one can get. A fantastic education. The atmosphere is VERY quiet, however.</p>
<p>Few people, including me bother/bothered to join "final clubs" at Harvard, They have a infinitessimal fraction of the students as members, and do not have the hammerlock on social life at Harvard - compared with the hammerlock the "eating clubs" have on Princeton social life, where 70% or more are forced to join a club of greater or lesser "eliteness" or be deemed losers.</p>
<p>I take it you are going to dodge the question asked of you, as you have in the past. Are you ashamed of the "eating club" you joined, or are you ashamed because you didn't make it through the "bickering"?</p>
<p>in other words, you didn't get punched. i'm sorry.</p>
<p>Byerly, the only school scottie knocked in this thread is Yale, as far as I can tell.</p>
<p>PorSK, scottie has done plenty of "knocking" of schools he sees as Princeton's "rivals" - on this site and others, for the last five years or so. That's OK, though. He's a loyal "Tiger".</p>
<p>People who don't join clubs are not deemed "losers." Those who join clubs generally think that those who don't are missing out, and those who don't join clubs don't care. If they did, they could join one of the non-exclusive eating clubs. There may be some students who look down on those who didn't get into the most elite clubs, but they are a tiny fraction of students. I would imagine that the same small fraction of elitists exists at Harvard - a school that, as you frequently state, attracts students in part by being the ultimate "name brand." There are far more students inclined to mock snobbery than to mock those who choose not to join an eating club.</p>