<p>i concur</p>
<p>Harvard is not a happy place it seems</p>
<p><strong><em>RD yield rates</em></strong> - without the artificial boost provided by EA and ED programs.</p>
<p>Entirely agree with Byerly's astute comment about the significance of RD yield, which is a free market, unmanaged number. It might seem surprising that only 4 colleges have RD yields over 50%, but consider that there are only, what, not even 10 colleges with over 50% yield even among those that take half their class early.</p>
<p>re student satisfaction surveys: I think they're bogus, for one reason because they are entirely subjective. You can't expect those gloomy self-flagellating New Englanders to be satisfied and happy, after all.</p>
<p>What's wrong with applying EA & ED? It doesn't mean those early people don't count. With 3 of the 4 schools listed being EA (Pton is weird), I think it's quite fair to compare those too.</p>
<p>Besides, what's the point? So one girl chose one school over another and got on one newspaper... after all, "one" "one" "one"</p>
<p>I love how you post this in the Stanford thread...?</p>
<p>HAHA...if a harvard person read this...</p>
<p>i decided not to apply to harvard like last week. i felt like i didn't have much of a chance and something turned me off about harvard. this thread made me feel better about my decision haha.</p>
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<p>My sentiments exactly.</p>
<p>It is really immature of you guys to be thrashing Harvard simply because each of you personally finds Stanford more suitable. Granted, it is completely insignificant that one person chose Harvard over Stanford, and I also agree totally that Stanford is an amazing school, but to say that all Harvard students are uptight, prestige whores just because you wouldn't want to go there is unbased. Picking a college is more about the fit that you feel you would have with the school, if the girl felt Harvard was better for her, you shouldn't criticize that.</p>
<p>The article also raises the issue that Stanford really needs to be doing more to recruit students. The fact is that it loses many students to Ivy League schools.</p>
<p>It's hard to believe that roughly 80% of Harvard admits think it's a better fit and only 68% of Stanford admits think it's a better fit. There's nothing about Harvard itself to make it significantly more attractive admissions-wise, other than the name, which ties directly into a perception of prestige.</p>
<p>"It is really immature of you guys to be thrashing Harvard simply because each of you personally finds Stanford more suitable."</p>
<p>Uh, excuse me. The <em>original post</em> in this thread had no purpose other than to serve as a childish flame from a senior poster, although Byerly will certainly concoct some ridiculous, innocent-sounding explanation ("I'm not a troll, I'm simply performing a service by linking interesting articles...")</p>
<p>Stanford is good. Harvard is good. Enough said.</p>
<p>(But Stanford is better)</p>
<p>I second that sentiment.</p>
<p>I think the school that accepts me is better.</p>
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<p>That seems to be a common sentiment all over CC. </p>
<p>Good luck to all of this year's applicants.</p>
<p>I know a girl who chose Harvard over Stanford. She really liked both schools and felt she would've been happy at either, but Harvard happened to have an astrophysics major. Her decision had nothing to do with prestige or weather...it just depends on what your own needs are. :)</p>
<p>well, personally I like Stanford so much better... people at Harvard and Princeton are so competitive and bookwhores that they'd kill themselves if they suddenly fell below the top 10%
My mom actually told me that she doesn't want me to apply to HYP for that reason... I'd go crazy and kill myself..
lol, in this case, I'm gonna listen to mommy... cause I'm not complaining</p>
<p>Plus, Stanford is better.</p>
<p>Ryan Fitzpatrick, Harvard '05, just led the St Louis Rams to a come-from-behind 33-27 victory in his first NFL start today! </p>
<p>He is a typical Harvard grad in that while he is a high achiever, he devoted just as much time in college to his extra-curriculars as to his studies!</p>
<p>Your cliche image is inapt!</p>
<p>every school has its exceptions...
one doesn't change anything</p>