<p>Which 3 colleges are usually considered among the best residential college at Yale?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>If all your friends are in one college, whichever college that is, that college is the best. Only legacies get to choose if they want to be in their parents’ college; all other freshman don’t get a choice. So, the best college is the one you are placed in! See: <a href=“yaleherald.com”>yaleherald.com;
<p>I honestly don’t understand the point of your question. Even if there <em>were</em> 3 that were overwhelmingly considered the “best” (and there aren’t), as gibby said, there’s no way you can petition or “earn” or “write” your way in unless you’re a legacy, so why make yourself unhappy (if you don’t) or self-satisfied (if you do)? Each has its own quirks, personalities, pros and cons regarding location, etc. My daughter was mildly disappointed to be in TD (because it doesn’t house freshmen on Old Campus) but within 24 hours of arriving was thrilled that she can spend four years living in the college. And of course, her closest friends live there as well.</p>
<p>Your question is a straw man. There is only one good residential college and eleven lesser wannabees. </p>
<p>Which one is the best? The one you are part of.</p>
<p>Your college is the best college.</p>
<p>Since college assignment is random, what’s the point of picking favorites? And if you’re a legacy, I assume you wouldn’t care about the ‘top 3’ anyway.</p>
<p>Maybe the right question is: which residential college is considered by most people to be second best?</p>
<p>Still not a right question. Why? Because no one associated w/Yale actually thinks along those lines. This isn’t a “top ten” list of fraternities and sororities based on popularity or best house or best parties.</p>
<p>High and Helios: I’m not exaggerating when I say Yalies don’t rank them in any sense besides “that one has a good breakfast or nice architecture or cool FebClub parties or ‘they’re obnoxious at football games’”. Really, it’s akin to twelve families in your neighborhood. You don’t rank them. You’re proud of yours and respect the other eleven.</p>
<p>Anything more is extremely superficial.</p>
<p>But if you must know then I’ll declare Jonathan Edwards to be the best. There you have it.</p>
<p>The financial resources available to support student activities/trips have recently been equalized among the colleges, whereas they used to be determined by separate endowments or gifts for different colleges. This has reduced some of the differences–for example, I think I read that Pierson seniors used to take an annual trip to Italy. Now they do not. Clearly, some things have been lost and some gained with the redistribution of funds.</p>
<p>All is know is Morse will be going for the 3-peat in the Freshman Olympics this year. Remember, “Morse always wins”! ;)</p>
<p>The “best” residential college is the one that your kid is in…whether it’s at Yale, Harvard, or Princeton…makes no difference.</p>
<p>[One</a> Yale, a dozen ways | Yale Daily News](<a href=“http://yaledailynews.com/blog/2010/04/20/one-yale-a-dozen-ways/]One”>One Yale, a dozen ways - Yale Daily News)</p>
<p>^Go Gnomes! ;)</p>
<p>That survey is useless as it was before the renovations at EZ and Morse. I would think things would be much different today. Also, they had to limit time the other colleges could use the Morse dining hall since it was so popular with the other RC’s.</p>
<p>[Morse</a> and Stiles limit dinner transfers | Yale Daily News](<a href=“http://yaledailynews.com/blog/2011/09/12/morse-and-stiles-limit-dinner-transfers/]Morse”>Morse and Stiles limit dinner transfers - Yale Daily News)</p>
<p>(From the captain of last year’s Morse freshmen Olympics) YESSSSSSSS! Morse Always Wins!</p>
<p>True, Morse and Stiles renovations weren’t complete by that time, but the survey results for the other 10 colleges still apply.</p>