<p>thoughts on this:</p>
<p>“Just in general, Yale is Yale College before it is Yale University – more than a research institution, Yale draws its pride from a vibrant and happy undergraduate student body. The university realizes that its students (not its professors, facilities, history, endowment, etc.) are its biggest asset. Even the layout of the campus clues you in to Yale’s focus – Old Campus is the center of campus, surrounded more or less by the residential colleges, with the grad schools surrounding the college on the periphery.”</p>