Black Yale

Student Lounge African-American Students
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<p>Hey guys,</p>

<p>Judging from anecdotal evidence it seems that Yale has a larger black community than Harvard and Princeton. Furthermore it seems that the brightest African Americans seem to be choosing Yale over Harvard and Princeton.</p>

<p>Why is Yale so appealing to African Americans ?</p>

<p>What is the Black community at Yale like?</p>

<p>What are the benefits of attending Yale ?</p>

<p>Are blacks excluded from secret societies like the skulls and bones ?</p>

<p>Does Yale have numerous internship programs in Africa and Washington ?</p>

<p>What is the Yale Political Union like ?</p>

<p>Is the 36 credits requirement cumbersome ?</p>

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<p>I don’t attend Yale, but I just thought I’d throw out some facts I know that have led other AA’s to consider Yale moreso than Harvard or Princeton.

  1. They have an AA living/learning community. Basically a majority African American dorm.
  2. Out of the three they are the only ones with Black Greek life.
  3. Out of the three locations Yale offers the most inclusive.</p>
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<p>I’m a current junior at yale and I wanted to correct the record a bit.</p>

<p>1) There is no black house or majority african american housing at Yale. We have the residential college system and each college is as diverse as Yale college is.</p>

<p>2) There is black greek life, but it’s limited. A lot of black students choose to do nonblack greek life (although even that is rather limited).</p>

<p>3) I agree that the community is inclusive, but I can’t really compare that to Harvard or Princeton.</p>

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<p>Good to know since I really wanna go there. Is it really the most conservative Ivy??</p>

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<p>I doubt that’s the case. Unless the other ivies are hotbeads of socialist radicalism…</p>

<p>But seriously, Yale is a pretty liberal place. The night of the election an impromptu rally started in the middle of old campus with hundreds of people shouting “Obama” and singing the national anthem.</p>

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<p>fut18000- i was referring to the AACC, i shouldn’t have said dorm. I meant center. And yes Greek life is limited by that isn’t because Yale is an Ivy it’s limited at any non-HBCU because there is a smaller percentage of black students.
You may not be able to compare that to that of Harvard or Princetons, but I can. I’ve been to all three. Yales the only one that is really in an area I’d call inclusive. Princeton, New Jersey is pretty, but I wouldn’t call it inclusive. Same with Cambridge. Even if Harvard was in Boston it still would be in a city that isn’t considered minority friendly.</p>

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<p>lady,
By community, I’d assumed you meant that yale community, not the New Haven one. New Haven is clearly more diverse than both Cambridge and Princeton (I’ve been to both as well) and I consider it to be one Yale’s biggest assets. My point about greek life was simply that greek life at Yale is small even compared to other ivies like Cornell, Penn and Dartmouth. Sorry about the confusion!</p>