<p>I'm not a parent of a Yalie, but if I was I'd like to think I would have better things to do than defend the $160,000 I'm spending on my son's fancy degree to a college messageboard of anonymous teenagers...</p>
<p>Miserable people love company and stupid people love conformity. Sometimes people who cry "foul" are unpopular because they make conformists feel uncomfortable. Uncomfortable enough to post on a college chat board 3 years after their child is already in college.</p>
<p>Hmm...</p>
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<p>Would that be landfowl or waterfowl?</p>
<p>all manner of fowl... peafowl, domestic fowl</p>
<p>Personally, I think this Hannah person would have been unhappy anywhere. And now she is hoping to profit off of it.</p>
<p>Are schools perfect? No. I have had my complaints about my years at Duke (MANY years ago) and complaints about Ss years at Tufts. Do I honestly believe that I would have had NO complaint had I gone somewhere else or S had gone somewhere else? Again, no. I have my complaints but when I have expressed them I express them without the inflamatory language the blogger choses to use. For me, the manner that the blogger choses to express herself detracts from her claims.</p>
<p>Main point it for me is that I think she is out for the buck, plain and simple, and our bringing attention to her just increases the odds that one more book will be sold.</p>
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<p>It has nothing to do with discomfort. There are many parents on this site who post in order to be of help to prospective students and other parents, just as we were helped when we first came to CC. Because some of us have children who have been in these schools for a few years, we can give opinions backed up by what we've seen and the experiences our children have had. While the blogger clearly had major issues with Yale, her attitude doesn't seem to be the norm, and in the interest of balance it's good for applicants and their parents to know that.</p>
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<p>THESE NEGATIVE POSTS ARE UNEDUCATED AND LUDICROUS! Be smart enough not to judge Yale based on very biased, vitriolic internet posters. I seriously doubt whether said posters even went to Yale or whether they are just internet FRAUDS. I don't have time to rebut all of their lies, but let's examine even two small claims just as examples:</p>
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Jaquelinejanson's claim of "squalor" is laughable. Yale facilities have all been renovated within the past 10 years (or are currently under renovation) and they are FANTASTIC. This includes all of the libraries, all 12 res. colleges, the gym, etc. There are also many many new buildings currently under construction. The facilities are dropdead gorgeous, and claims to the contrary can only either be by: a) alums who went to Yale many years ago before the widespread renovations and new buildings or b) FRAUDS. The claim that the poster worked in the admissions office is laughable -- there is no ghetto directly around the Yale campus (yes, several miles away, but not around campus anymore) and hence any claim that the tour is designed to avoid the "ghetto" is laughable.</p>
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The claim that Yale food is "prison food" is so farfetched it is hilarious. According to WSJ, Yale is #1 in food. Yes, the rankings may be arbitrary, but trust me, Yale food is VERY GOOD, and certainly anything but "prison food." Alice Waters, one of the best known American chefs, designs the Yale menu and the Yale Organic Movement is very good.</p>
<p>The only real comments that hold truth are the comments about an ivy league education not being an end-all-be-all. That said, Yale students are VERY VERY HAPPY on average and it is an incredible place to spend 4 years.</p>
<p>God sometimes these stupid forums make me cringe at perverse lies...</p>