<p>It’s Princeton, for me. But I don’t know how I would turn down Harvard if I get an offer from them. LOL</p>
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<p>Imo, the three school are actually very similar, especially if you are not from the East Coast. All three have similar sized UG populations which are probably interchangeable. They all have the East Coast historical architecture, weather and tradition and are in the same athletic league.</p>
<p>From my experience visiting them, the differences stem mainly from their geographic locations. Harvard’s campus is integrated into a high-end urban city next to a major city, so its many offerings mean the social life is not as concentrated on campus. One may see more students dressed-up for “going out” in the city than at the other two. </p>
<p>Yale’s social life is more concentrated on the campus and the one block surrounding it, so it is more cohesive and relaxed than Harvard’s. But it also has a little of the “city” feel to it, with great restaurants and shopping in that one-block radius.</p>
<p>Princeton’s campus is located in a somewhat isolated high-end bucolic suburb. Social life is focussed on campus. If you are from a nice suburban neighborhood, you may prefer it because it is like where you came from, or you may not like it at all because you want more of a “city” experience.</p>
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<p>OP, if you are from CA, you might relate to these analogies:</p>
<p>Harvard’s Cambridge/Boston location is similar to UCLA’s Westwood/LA location, meaning lots of social options.</p>
<p>Yale’s New Haven location is similar to USC’s Watts location, meaning the surrounding neighborhood is not especially attractive, but it makes for a more inward focussed, cohesive student body/campus.</p>
<p>Princeton’s location is similar to Stanford’s Palo Alto location, meaning a high-end suburb that many find attractive and others find boring.</p>
<p>I think OP is an international and also applying to Cal Tech and MIT
Undergrad focus isn’t mentioned…</p>
<p>Good luck op guess you don’t need any advice.</p>
<p>For what its worth, in the most unbiased way a Yale student could possibly make a statement like this, The Game weekend at Harvard sucked socially. It was absolutely awful. The lack of parties eventually led most students to end up wandering Cambridge screaming “Harvard Sucks!” while some Harvard students yelled back and a few actually sympathized with us, stunningly. I thought the “Yale>Harvard” was going to be all hype when I went, just people doing the rivalry thing, but it actually shocked me how impossible it was to go out at Harvard. I’m sure its easier when there aren’t twice the number of students on campus. But I’m also sure when the game comes to Yale, there will be enough of a social life for all the students on campus.</p>
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<p>One of the non-outdated comments on [url=<a href=“http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2003/11/20/the-cult-of-yale-bfor-god/]this[/url”>The Harvard Crimson]this[/url</a>] very outdated article:</p>
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<p>Hoping that this doesn’t sound really mean, but my mother told me this when I began college apps in September. Apply to all of them, then choose AFTER you’ve been accepted. If you get accepted into all three, great! Research all three and visit the campuses. If (knock on wood) you don’t then it narrows the choices. The goal here is to get accepted, so you may want to be somewhat realistic in planning wise (other wise you have a higher chance of setting yourself up for disappointment if you do pick a school and… [not going to finish that sentence]). I wish you all the luck in the world!</p>
<p>I haven`t decided yet on my focus but I think it will be Chemistry, Biology, Molecular Biology or Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry</p>
<p>Obviously Yale. </p>
<p>The greatest people come from Yale (George W Bush etc), also it has the best community of elite people and secret societies left, unlike Harvard which is infested with common serfs.</p>
<p>bump…bump</p>
<p>It doesn’t really matter where you go to undergrad for getting into medical school.</p>
<p>yeah…but as i said before i want to get into harvard med and i`ve heard that getting in is quite hard… but i guess that an ivy would get me in…</p>
<p>According to this ranking, Penn is best.
<a href=“http://espn.go.com/college-football/conferences/standings/_/id/22/ivy-conference[/url]”>http://espn.go.com/college-football/conferences/standings/_/id/22/ivy-conference</a></p>
<p>^ESPN is hardly the reputable source when it comes to college academics.</p>
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<p>As I said before, no it won’t.</p>
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<p>According to this ranking, Penn is worst</p>
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<p>Does it really matter which one you go to? They’re all basically the same. People who think they’re super smart, have a lot of money, and a little snobbish. Why not go to a school where people are down to earth and not attend a school just for its rankings? No one ever says they want to attend Harvard just for its social life or great people. It’s always about the academics.</p>
<p>Also according to this ranking, Penn is the worst:</p>
<p>[Ivy</a> League Standings - College Football - ESPN](<a href=“http://espn.go.com/college-football/conferences/standings/_/id/22/ivy-conference]Ivy”>http://espn.go.com/college-football/conferences/standings/_/id/22/ivy-conference)</p>
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<p>No… With Harvard, it’s only ever about the name.</p>