<p>Bulldog days are over, it was great to meet so many interesting people in one place. What did you guys think about Yale? Who will be there next year or where else are you considering. Tough decisions still to be made.</p>
<p>I'm definitely coming after Bulldog Days. Before, I was 100% sure I'd be accepting a full ride at the University of Virginia. But after, I realized that I.. could not live without Yale in my life, lol.</p>
<p>It is an incredible relief to have made that decision.</p>
<p>jegan--I'm sure lots of us remember your Yale vs. UVa Jeff Scholar thread. I'm thrilled you chose Yale. You will never look back.</p>
<p>The activities were great and I was real happy with the night parties they planned. I went to a dance club at Las Casas and then to the LAIR. BY the way, where did everyone stay at? I stayed at Swing Space but the bad part is that it is a tad too far from campus.</p>
<p>I really enjoyed Bulldog Days. I loved the sense of Yale spirit that I saw there and how social everyone was. I'm very, very torn now (I had been leaning towards Harvard, but this visit showed my how wonderful Yale is).</p>
<p>Roy, I agree with you that Yale is much more social than Harvard. Yale's campus is vibrant and filled with activity 24 hours a day; by comparison, Harvard's is pretty dead. The main reason, from what I can gather from numerous visits to both, is that Harvard's is so spread out, whereas at Yale, all of your friends (i.e., the entire undergrad population) lives within 2 minutes of everyone else.</p>
<p>I thought Bulldog Days was really well planned out. There was always something interesting to keep you busy! Well done Yale! </p>
<p>I'm still undecided between two schools though. I wish I could say I'm coming to Yale for sure. I also stayed at Swing Space!</p>
<p>Bulldog days was very interesting. I had a good time. I stayed at Bingham on Old Campus. Where did everyone else stay? </p>
<p>Yale was a little different from what I expected in that it was more urban than I expected. But it's a nice campus. Still not sure where I want to go though. :(</p>
<p>i hoped that yale bulldog days would pump me up to go to yale, but it didn't.
i'm even more torn between yale and princeton. (stanford is third).
i did see how everyone is so close though.
i think planning at princeton was actually better. it seemed princeton spent a lot more money.
i dunno, it was somewhat in the middle. i guess it was because i didn't meet so many prefosh as others since i was in timothy dwight...and since i only stayed for a day and a half...</p>
<p>I thought BDD was amazing! The planning was quite simple, in my opinion, but it worked well: force prefrosh to make (prefrosh) friends. This created a sense—to me, anyway—that I would have support next year, a very attractive thought for any new adventure.</p>
<p>BDD, besides the crappy weather, was awesome. I loved the late-night activities (improv!), though it was hard to choose between so many options. I also stayed at Swing Space.</p>
<p>I dunno...</p>
<p>I gotta say I wasn't too impressed with Bulldog Days. Dimensions of Dartmouth was a lot of fun...</p>
<p>I didn't really meet anyone that I could see myself becoming good friends with (excluding at cheerleading practice).</p>
<p>Hmm, I enjoyed BDD more than Dimensions. This is a generalization, but Dartmouth's atmosphere definitely seemed preppier and frat-esque.</p>
<p>As an aside, did any CCers inadvertently meet each other? Because I met a bunch of Swing Space prefrosh.</p>
<p>BDD was really fun; I think the only negative was the crappy weather. I sat in on three classes, and all of them had <em>spectacular</em> professors- I was very impressed. (DiffEq, Intro to Modern Philosophy, and Advanced Physics)
The seminars that were offered were pretty awesome, I really enjoyed Shankar's seminar. The Caltech PFW was really fun too... just in a different way; I'm resorting to a pro con chart since I can't decide.</p>
<p>It's too bad there was a large Nor'easter right during the admit weekend at Yale. That's almost the equivalent of a 9.0 earthquake hitting Pasadena during the admit weekend then (as much as I like L.A., the "big one" is coming... :). Those storms normally hit the whole Northeast once per year and they aren't representative of the weather in that area of the country. I think that it is 75 degrees and sunny there now, which is much more representative.</p>
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That's almost the equivalent of a 9.0 earthquake hitting Pasadena during the admit weekend then
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Not really. A 9.0 earthquake is more like a once every several hundred years thing than a once a year thing. That said, the point remains that the weather at Yale is generally much better this time of year (and is absolutely perfect right now)</p>
<p>My S loved every minute. He would have stayed there if possible. We all thought it was well planned to give the student the experience of being a Yalie. He took advantage of every opportunity, except the choice of hanging with his parents! He felt as though he could be good friends with almost everyone there---like he finally found his own kind. I am so comfortable with his choice. The explanation of the residential college system included the many layers of support offered for the students. He returned home and quickly turned down all the other schools, some with fantasic $$ and perks.</p>
<p>in response to arwen, i met two CCers randomly, and it was rather amusing because we recognized eachother's posting names but had a hard time remembering real names.</p>
<p>^ lol, that's funny. I'm pretty sure I met a couple CCers, but didn't want to ask and seem all OCD. </p>
<p>Anyway, I hope the people who were waffling have decided, preferably on Yale. ^_^</p>