<p>I know Yale and harvard are big rivals and I've heard the Yale side talk. So, what's the Harvard side?</p>
<p>The tour guide at Harvard told us last weekend that Harvard students and Yale students are very different. In fact, she said, the only thing they have in common is that they all got into Yale.</p>
<p>funny thing is, they all said that they did the same visa-versa thing.</p>
<p>yisroel,</p>
<p>If you're smart enough to be considering Harvard and Yale, aren't you smart enough to realize that what you seem to be doing here - trying to bait people into extolling the virtues of one great school at the expense of another great school - just might not be the best way of trying to get information that's useful and reliable about either one?</p>
<p>are harvard and yale students really that different? if so, what are some "typical" differences?</p>
<p>I advise you to look through the Yale forum for its thread on this topic. Yes, it's from a Yale point of view, but it has information on Harvard thrown in. Forget about trying to get "the facts." No one can give you the "facts" because very few people have gone to both Harvard AND Yale for undergrad (no one except for the few transfer cases).
So instead of asking other people, who will give you uninformed biased myth, go visit both schools, investigate their programs, talk to current students, and DECIDE FOR YOURSELF. No questions in life worth answering can be answered by a few posts on an anonymous forum. You have to find out through your own work.</p>
<p>It may be comforting to solicit anecdotal information about students and schools as you make up your mind. Be sure, however, that you understand that you have no gauge whatsoever to evaluate what is said, even if it is the truth. For example, when I applied to college, I was waitlisted by one of these two schools and was offered admission to each and every other excellent school to which I applied including the third triumvir of the HYP triumvirate, as well as the other of the HY pair. I am one person, nothing special, not rich, not famous, not powerful. I just did my best with what I had. </p>
<p>Punchline: this was centuries ago...</p>
<p>I think M_Cookie is on the right track.</p>
<p>I agree with Mallomar - try to visit for a few days (including a day with classes and a couple of weekend days) so you can sample both academics and social life.</p>
<p>sounds good. I just wanted to decide which one would be better for me really. I'm interested in law, but an outside view of the whole campus would be helpful. I guess I'll just have to go there for myself. I live near enough.</p>
<p>My advice: listen to Harvard students to learn about Harvard, and to Yale students to learn about Yale, and don't expect either group to give you accurate information about the other.</p>
<p>sounds good</p>