<p>new haven is sketchy, while staying over a summer at yalethrough the summer explo program I had a few people in my living group buy marijuana from new haven and they smoked it in the common room :O (I didnt partake)... I would say that new haven is the worst part of yale</p>
<p>lol. I'm sure marajuana pops up most anywhere teenagers or young adults are, though.</p>
<p>The people in New Haven don't really want to mess with the Yale students. Yale is basically the main money in New Haven so they don't want to scare people from the school because it would lessen the amount of money funneled into the city. Yale campus is absolutely gorgeous.</p>
<p>you can probably buy marijuana in your high school's bathroom, so I think that the fact that someone somewhere in New Haven was able to procure some is hardly cause to dislike the city as a whole. If it is, then you probably don't like many places.</p>
<p>Sempitern, youre an EXPLO baby?!</p>
<p>I would say that the workload at Yale is greater than at Harvard...</p>
<p>does yale have ridiculous grade inflation like some of the ivies do now? i heard that it's bad at harvard and than princeton is now limiting the number of A's in any one class</p>
<p>One student told me that most people do get mostly B's and A's.</p>
<p>You need to take 36 courses to graduate. That means 5 courses at least half the time, which can be a pretty full load, depending on the courses.
I would expect that with the average 700+ Sat scores in the student body, it would be surprising if most people didn't get mostly B's and A's. Most Yalies do work hard.</p>
<p>Jimmypop3305 & garou - hasty generalization</p>
<p>Re the grade inflation: Unless you're a genius, as in smarter than 95 % of HYP students, you won't be complining about grade inflation once you're there. You'll be complaining about grade quotas MUCH, MUCH more. </p>
<p>What don't I like bout yale? The fact that the administration gives money for booze for on-campus parties. Howabout that? Then again, if you're an alcoholic, you might think it's a good thing! :)</p>
<p>Yalies have fun and are lax with many policies. I think it is pretty cool they give money for parties. Also the money is not directly for alcohol just for putting on the party.</p>
<p>there are going to be parties w/ alc whatever the school's policy if you think about it, it is pretty nice that the school funds such activities a lot of people seem really sensitive about yales "toleration of alcohol and hazing"...there are going to be such things wherever you end up (which hopefully will be yale :) ) from what ive heard from current undergrads there, people are pretty cool about it if you want to do it fine, if not that's fine too studying and partying are not mutually exclusive</p>
<p>sleet--I didn't post my opinion, nor stated it as a generalized fact about Yale. I just offered what I had heard from a Yalie.</p>
<p>aside from the area, i don't see what else could possible concern anyone about yale?</p>
<p>$$$ for parties sounds good to me, and I've never been to an AA meeting :P</p>
<p>I wasn't particularly PC that day, and grouped all people that "like the booze" in a social setting as alcoholics. My bad.</p>
<p>I graduated from the Yale School of Management - I only thank G-d that I didn't go to Yale as an undergraduate. Ugly city, boring campus, snotty students, less than attractive women, crime, etc. etc. etc. If you can get in somewhere else, go there.</p>
<p>I'm curious to know when were you at YSM and if you've been back to New Haven/Yale in the past few years?</p>
<p>new haven isnt ugly for the most part. some parts are pretty shady. the women arent bad if you know where to look. crime is bad, but not around the yale campus, and yale isnt boring if you dont make it boring. As an undergrad most students join tons of clubs, and do tons of activities so it usually wont get boring.</p>
<p>The neighborhood is eclectic - The area surrounding the campus is very user-friendly for students with stores, bars, coffee shops, bookstores as well as the theater and museums, small hotels, restaurants etc.This area has a lot of greenery/trees ( summer, fall and spring) with fairly clean sidewalks and common spaces, and there is also a business/financial district on one end of town which is also fairly nice. There is a large,fairly upscale suburban area along another side of town near the campus where a lot of students and residents jog and run. These homes and parkways are quintessential Connecticut.
The outlying area is less student friendly, as New Haven's industry is gone for the most part, and what's left there are a lot of ramshackle buildings and housing for New Haven's poorer residents. The medical center is located in this less than ideal area. Just as in NYC, Philly, or L.A., you have your rich and poor sections. So it is with New Haven.</p>