<p>A couple weeks ago, I found out I have been essentially accepted to Harvard and Yale, and now I'm not sure what to do. Which makes for the better overall college experience?</p>
<p>Boston. . .</p>
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A couple weeks ago, I found out I have been essentially accepted to Harvard and Yale, and now I'm not sure what to do.
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<p>idk...scream your head off with ecstasy?</p>
<p>No question... Stanford</p>
<p>You'll get a better education at Yale, but you'll probably have a better overall experience at Harvard.</p>
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<li><p>Find out if you're trolling or not. (It's just that your join date/post count points to that...)</p></li>
<li><p>Dance like you've never danced before.</p></li>
<li><p>Visit both schools, ask students there about how they find classes/social life/opportunities to be - you'll be at college for a while.</p></li>
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<p>If you can't visit, then learn as much as you can about each school - peruse their websites, read about them on wikipedia, whatever. Compare their strengths to your interests.</p>
<p>It really depends on what field you want to go into imo...</p>
<p>Personally, my choice depends on where I get accepted.</p>
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You'll get a better education at Yale, but you'll probably have a better overall experience at Harvard.
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<p>False. You'll get an equal education at both (with a little variance depending on what you wish to major in), but you'll definitely have a better overall experience at Yale.</p>
<p>But in the end, everyone ends up choosing Harvard, so do these threads even have a point anymore?</p>
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You'll get a better education at Yale, but you'll probably have a better overall experience at Harvard.
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<p>Why would anyone imagine to say this...it's highly ridiculous. It depends largely on department, and for instance if you look at the math department, it's the easiest decision in the world to take Harvard, I think. </p>
<p>Anyway, for what it's worth, most people making the decision Harvard v. Yale v. Princeton I know ended up choosing Harvard for whatever reason. A few went to Harvard from my school, but nobody went to Princeton or Yale in my year, even though there were a bunch of acceptances.</p>
<p>I have to disagree mathboy......</p>
<p>While Math 55 is obviously so awesome words fail to describe it.....It's not for everyone; </p>
<p>I'm planning on double majoring...so..I really can't take 55, (assuming I was also smart enough/good enough of a student to take it otherwise)...I just wouldn't be able to allocate all of my studentship to math alone. (That's what grad school is for!)
And the other classes that Harvard offers for its math undergrads ( Like 25) don't seem fantastically better than offerings at other schools. I mean, it just seems like anything other than math 55 is just gonna be a pretty standard Rigorous Calc/Lin. alg./DE track followed by Analysis and then specific courses for applied/pure.
Personally, I only applied to the Ivy leagues because of the time tested guarantee that no matter what, their course offerings (esp in Maths/Linguistics) would be fantastic, the professors either (hopefully both) talented/highly accomplished and the surroundings (intellectual and otherwise) gorgeous. </p>
<p>I can't speak for every aspiring math major, but I doubt most are of such caliber that at the undergraduate level they would need to determine which professors teach at which schools. (Save those elite few that take 55)</p>
<p>I dunno, maybe I'm being stupid - I am in high school, as opposed to university.</p>
<p>They both are great schools. Congrats! From what I've gathered the main difference is the atmosphere. It seems to me that Yale students are typically more laidback, learning for learning's sake types, where as Harvard students are more career-oriented (not to say that both types aren't present at each school). If you can't visit I recommend that you try to get your hands on the College ******* books for each school (you can probably get them from your public library). It devotes a whole book to each college and gives in-depth coverage in areas such as social life, academics, and facilities for each.</p>
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But in the end, everyone ends up choosing Harvard, so do these threads even have a point anymore?
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<p>True, but I didn't want to put it that way. =P</p>
<p>Is it true?</p>
<p>I know someone that chose Cornell over Harvard, and he's happy....</p>
<p>@ eating food - i know a couple people who have chosen yale over harvard, and i'm seriously considering doing so myself. but to be honest, even though i've read up and visited, i don't feel like i know enough about either school to make a decision.</p>
<p>my sister choose Yale over Harvard and has no regrets. Has lots of friends at Harvard BUT Yale was definitely a better fit for her. You need to visit both, you'll know where you belong.</p>
<p>i mean i'm DEFINITELY going to choose Yale over Harvard (should I even be accepted to the latter), but obviously when I made my statement I was referring to the majority (aka the 70%+ admits) that ultimately decide to go to Harvard.</p>
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<blockquote> <p>Is it true?<<</p> </blockquote>
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<p>Of course it isn't true. If it were, Harvard's yield would be 100%. It's more like 78-80%. Which means that every year about 400 accepted applicants turn down Harvard. Not all of them choose Yale of course, but I'm sure that some do.</p>
<p>i know someone that chose university of rochester over harvard. its all about the school thats the best fit for you. although it is true that many people do end up choosing harvard just because of its name</p>
<p>Don't be silly... why would anyone consider Harvard over Yale? :)</p>
<p>^ cuz tehy r prestige h0rz lol!!!!1!111 XD</p>
<p>(I'm being facetious.)</p>