For the 2nd time in 3 years, Yale is more selective than Harvard

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<p>Hmmm . . . randomperson's post strikes me as one of the more interesting and thoughtful ones that I've come across on CC - though, I hasten to add, I can only assume (as a Harvard parent) that Harvard's admissions process could just as (or even more) readily be viewed by outsiders as "subjective" and "random," thereby driving up the number of applicants.</p>

<p>In any event, isn't all this back-and-forth about who's more "selective" - or more this, or more that - more than just a little bit, uh, silly?</p>

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<p>You share with a certain other (generally anti-Harvard) troll, posting here currently as "alto voce", and in other places using a host of aliases, the rather, ahhh ... unique spelling of the word "buffoon"!!!!</p>

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<p>I'm sorry, posterX, bt you will never convince me that New Haven is a better college town than Cambridge...</p>

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<p>Byerly, this seems like a very strong case of the pot calling the kettle black regarding the usage of the word "troll."</p>

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<p>And zephyr...
What about you... black sheep calling the black pot calling the black kettle... black?!?</p>

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<p>The differences are just negligible.</p>

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<p>The architecture at Yale is better.</p>

<p>But the university at Harvard kicks ass.</p>

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<p>Can we perhaps just agree that both schools are amazing beyond belief?</p>

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<p>Actually, every single source I've heard from - college guides, students - cited New Haven as a godawful college town and a horrible place to live. By comparison, Cambridge and Boston are both bustling cities. So just on the question of towns, I find that claim regarding New Haven to be incredulous, and probably biased beyond belief.</p>

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<p>Guitarman - Congratulations on the places you got into by the way, and good luck with Harvard. I recall you applied to Cambridge a while back and got rejected, and I was wondering if you ever found out why you got rejected? It really has me stumped because while American unis look for ECs etc. etc., Cambridge judges purely on academics and from what I've heard (ok I haven't been on here as long as some but still) you are incredible on that side of things. Did you have good grades at school? Was it the personal statement? I'm quite interested to hear, particularly as I'm thinking of applying to Oxbridge this year as well.</p>

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<p>New Haven is actually the best place in the country to live, when you divide average salary by cost of living. That is the reason why thousands of luxury apartments and condominiums are being built in downtown New Haven, and dozens of new restaurants are opening every month. As a college town (in terms of bars, hangouts, clubs etc) New Haven is at least as good as the top college towns like Austin and Chapel Hill.</p>

<p>By comparison, Boston and New York are overpriced dumps with no culture and very long average commutes. Also, Cambridge isn't nearly as safe: <a href="http://www.stalcommpol.org/data.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.stalcommpol.org/data.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Hahahaahahahahahahaha.</p>

<p>I love this troll's comments on Boston and New York.</p>

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<p>PosterX, you're definitely overreaching in your assertions.</p>

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<p>I agree with Guitar - both places are good beyond belief.</p>

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<p>Ace is Back--Thank you! Cambridge did not surprise me in the slightest. My SAT scores were certainly not the top of the Cambridge US applicant pool, but they were good enough (2320). My grades may have hurt me a bit, as my class rank was low (18/330--just under top 5%), due to a lax freshman year, and a high number of APs as a junior. However, I think that was more a factor in my waitlists at Harvard and Princeton (my two non-accepts, excluding Stanford, which doesn't count because the essays were atrocious! :p) than it was in my Cambridge decision. I think I didn't make it into Cambridge simply because I'm probably not advanced enough to begin the Physical NatSci tripos next year! Plus, in terms of pure numbers I'm certainly not a superstar--my biggest academic things were awards that are less familiar to the Brits, and didn't really even come in time for decisions! Plus I couldn't interview, which Emmanuel said didn't matter, but...lol</p>

<p>Oh dear, I ramble :p</p>

<p>Good luck with Oxbridge! ;) It was hectic applying there from the US, so you should have a much better time trying those schools out, being from that system! The best of luck to ya :)</p>

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<p>posterX--Seriously, please stop! lol...I won't bash New Haven, I'll probably end up there myself and find it a rather nice little town (it isn't Cambridge, and the value of being near a big city can't be overstated, but I will grant that Yale seems to have much more of a college town area than Harvard!), but when you call New York an "overpriced dump with no culture", you're just crossing a line (that's equally untrue about Boston, but it doesn't quite stir the same personal emotions ;)). Yes, it's pricey, but that's precisely because it is a non-dump with lots of culture! hehe. You mess with New York, you mess with me. :p</p>

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<p>Cheers Guitarman. It was probably the lack of interview - that's the most important aspect in Oxbridge decisions.</p>

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<p>PosterX is right, Boston and Cambridge have no culture and Harvard offers a subpar education. I should just drop out of Harvard now and get a job at a burger joint. That way I'll experience some real culture.</p>

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<p>Boston-no culture? You're kidding me, right?</p>

<p>Well, what more can one expect from a troll who probably has never even been to Boston?</p>

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<p>No culture in New York!? Wow, you've obviously never been here.</p>