<p>If we define “smart people” to be those whose main hobby is drinking to the point of passing out in a pool their own vomit, then Yale students are pretty goshdarn smart.</p>
<p>^^This^^
What I’ve learned in the past couple of months is that although basically everyone here is extremely talented in some way or another (sometimes you don’t find out what is special about someone until you’ve known them for a long time, but you can be sure there’s something), in a more general sense, a lot of Yalies lack the general common sense that I expected to be ubiquitous.
Basically every night, Wednesday through Sunday, there are hoards of drunk people mobbing around campus with open alcohol containers in front of police officers who really don’t care. Drinking is so pervasive, in fact, that my residential college’s “cheer,” which the master and the dean lead us in at every social occasion is:</p>
<p>“Davenport, Davenport, we are here!
We don’t need no f***ing cheer! (yes, the master and dean do chant this)
Davenport, Davenport, we are here,
Beer, beer, beer, beer, beer, beer, beer!”</p>
<p>I guess I was pretty naive to expect college students, not matter how gifted, to be above this, but I really don’t get why the university goes as far as endorsing it. It kind of takes away from the air of sophistication and dignity that Yale puts out.</p>
<p>I read this article which may give some insight into the truth about this debate and ourselves. The link is below.
[The</a> Class Divide between Yale and Southern Connecticut - Innovations - The Chronicle of Higher Education](<a href=“http://chronicle.com/blogs/innovations/the-class-divide-between-yale-and-southern-connecticut/28992]The”>Innovations: The Class Divide between Yale and Southern Connecticut)</p>
<p>The OP made a valid point in that there is no greater force than family privilege. A force so strong that it can even propel the mediocre into the U.S. presidency.</p>
<p>Closing old thread.</p>