I'm going to yale!

[eating_food]

<p>I'm on spring break and just did an intimate tour of HYP (I was admitted to all and have friends at all that I stayed with).</p>

<p>Let it be known that I had fun at all three... but Yale was just INCREDIBLE. I would say more (and I will say more later when I have more time), but I just wanted to proclaim it here on CC first.</p>

[BlueHouseMom]

<p>Eating food! Yeah! Congratulations! Please post more later…3 great schools, one great guy…Great for Yale.</p>

[tsunamiblade]

<p>I’d never want to go to any of those schools but congratulations!</p>

[confused_vnese]

<p>Please post more eating food! Thank you a bunch</p>

[Jcancollegebound]

<p>^^^Yes please elaborate! I gotta say, it felt really good accepting their offer of admission last night. Wish I could get to visit before orientation etc. Alas, I cannot so any info is definitely appreciated!</p>

[eating_food]

<p>I posted this in the Harvard forum with more to come:</p>

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I’m going to preface this by saying that I am at Harvard right now (doing and overnight with a friend), was at Princeton two days ago (doing the same thing), and will go to Yale later on today. I’ve had a great time at each so far, but I have picked up a couple things along the way:</p>

<p>At Princeton and Harvard, everyone was overwhelmingly happy and extremely nice. Nobody I met was overtly arrogant and they were all very welcoming! However, despite this, my trip has caused me to love Yale more and more (even though I haven’t done my overnight there yet!).</p>

<p>My reasons are HIGHLY personal and I’m sure they only apply to me (but I’m also sure that some of you have similar priorities to me and so you might be interested). I wish pursue a double major in Politics and Drama.</p>

<p>At Princeton: Everyone wanted to do math and science (the friend whom I stayed with, included). I’m all for people wanting to major in these fields because where else would we get our engineers or doctors; but when literally 100% of the people I met (and I met a lot) wanted to major in one of those two fields, I smell a problem. That was a turnoff for me. Also, the arts culture was not as poppin and alive as I would have liked. Yes productions did exist and there were a few concerts going on, but noticeably few people cared and there was little interest in such activities (even from the administration). I thought that the Princeton eating clubs were GREAT! They were beautiful and very inclusive and not at all elitist (they’re frats with INCREDIBLE food)!! However, I can’t imagine my social life revolving around something even remotely similar to a fraternity. I know that if I went to Princeton, I would join one (as 80+% of the kids there do) and would just hate my life. (I don’t like to party, to have fun I’d rather go see a performance or go on a trip to New York.) Let me reiterate that I LOVED Princeton when I visited, but it’s not for me and I’m eternally grateful that it isn’t the only school I got into… though I could have definitely dealt with it if it was .</p>

<p>At Harvard: I have MANY more friends at Harvard than at Princeton so I’m having that much more fun… although, here it’s the same story! Everyone wants to major in math or science and everyone has an agenda… the same agenda. If I had a dollar for the number of times I heard, “I want to be a doctor and I’m majoring in bio” or “I think I’m going to head to wall street after all of this is over,” I would be a wealthy man. I love the doctors and stock brokers of our world (although… not too much at the moment), but I do not want to be completely surrounded by them for my entire life! The science culture is VERY strong and very prevalent here at Harvard and I fear that that means less focus on the humanities. I’m already EXCEEDINGLY aware that Harvard places little emphasis (read: money) on the arts (particularly Drama) and no emphasis on other organizations that I care about. The dorms at Harvard are nice and the people are nicer, but I just know that it’s not my type of place. As far as Cambridge goes… it’s NOT that great. I’m a city kind of guy (I got into Columbia too and the fact that I’m probably going to turn it down is killing me softly), but Cambridge does not do it for me. Yeah there’s a Chipotle and a Qdoba, but once you get past those, you’re left with a “college town” that’s really just a glorified strip mall. Personally, I do not think Cambridge is the best college town… for me, that goes to Providence/Brown (Thayer Street… <em>drools</em>). </p>

<p>Yale is definitely my cup of tea, because as milessmiles said:</p>

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“New Haven is a troubled city, but as a consequence, food, culture, and partying are cheaper. Places like Toad’s appeal to me more than a typical Boston club. It’s easier to deal with alcohol/fake IDs in a city with murderers and rapists than in a neighborhood with sky-high property values.”</p>

<p>Additionally, Yale is just SO COOL! There’s shows going on every week!!! Some produced by students, some by Broadway directors, some by other professionals working at the Schubert Theatre. There are symphonies and world renowned a capella groups!! There’s the BEAUTIFUL architecture and incredible restaurants. There are resources and award-winning faculty abound, not to mention the same vast resources that Harvard and Princeton propagate.</p>

<p>Yale does it for me, much more so than Harvard and Princeton, so I’m heading there next fall. </p>

<p>Good luck guys and remember to make the decision that is right FOR YOU. Money will matter so little in the long run, especially since you’re all likely going to be successful (being grads of HYP and all) .

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[eating_food]

<p>Here’s something else I posted:</p>

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I wish for theatre to be my primary academic and extracurricular focus. Additionally, I want to double major in the Ethics, Politics and Economics (EPE) program that Yale offers… and that’s something that I literally could not do if I went to Harvard. </p>

<p>I spoke with the advising office for the Government concentration at Harvard and the woman told me that student advising was something they planned to develop and focus on in the coming years. She also said that it’s nearly impossibly to have success as a joint-concentrator and harder to receive honors as one. Although the Government concentration is large and comprehensive, it seemed much more like an advanced study in AP Government rather than an analysis of the sociological and philosophical aspects of political/economic theory and the ramifications as it relates to society. </p>

<p>I’m much more interested in the less palpable facets of political science, but it seems like nearly all of the kids concentrating in Government that I met had intentions of being politicians (I walked into a class with over 50 kids and talked to quite a few of them). </p>

<p>As I said before, I have no intention of working in politics, rather I just want to explore a passion of mine from a perspective that fascinates me. For this, I find the EPE program at Yale exponentially more appealing than the Government concentration at Harvard.</p>

<p>I will say though that the Gov concentration is probably the best you can get (…it is Harvard after all), but not the greatest for the education I seek.

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<p>As far as theatre at Harvard goes… I’m aware that they have opportunities, but I don’t know that they’re as great as Yale’s. I wrote this:</p>

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I actually have a few friends who are involved in each and I spoke with someone at the Harvard center for the arts. Each of them assured me that theatre was alive and well at Harvard (which I wholeheartedly believe)… but I just feel like if I went there, I would be swimming against the current to get something out of a program that isn’t there. At Yale, I would have the structure of a curriculum and the resources of an entire CONSERVATORY right there. At Harvard, I would definitely have the money, but none of the structure… and while that’s great for someone not looking to make a career, I don’t know if it’s the best for me. Harvard did tell me that it plans to make some severe changes to its arts department, but they also said that with the economy they didn’t know whether this would be available for 4 years or for 10 years.

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<p>These are pretty much my reasons why. The ambiance was just really for me. :)</p>

[Poseur]

<p>I’m glad you’ve made a decision and are happy with it! I also like how you emphasized how personal your reasons were, rather than criticizing the other schools. </p>

<p>You’re gonna have so much funzzz! <3</p>

[pink001]

<p>Yay eatingfood! And I second Poseur’s post… you presented your reasons in a very mature way that offended no one. I wish I had your tact! lol</p>

<p>Have you officially committed yet?</p>

[smoda61]

<p>Eating Food - I have to say your post really caught me off guard. I have seen you around CC since the fall. I have over the months seen many references to your SCEA acceptance to Yale and to be honest I have always assumed that you would end up at Yale and that the other acceptance were more like “badges”. You have proven me wrong. What a well written and constructive assessment of the merits of HPY. It is clear that you gave each of these schools thoughtful consideration. Your notes will be of help to many other CCers especially those cross-admits. Congratulations on making your decision. It is clear that Yale will provide you what you need these next four years. Enjoy!</p>

[1999PhantoM]

<p>I am quite literally… impressed. Even though Yale’s incredible, it’s generally considered inferior to Harvard and superior to Princeton (don’t ask, please.) I don’t what it’s like where you’re at… I’m guessing America? But I’m glad you didn’t go with the status quo and did what you felt like doing. Enjoy yourself at Yale… I sure as hell will (Just a competition… I’m only 13. Update us on your experience, will you? I want to know. This could potentially be my college, although I’m looking to major in Physics (still too young to decide I know… but whatever. We can all dream )</p>

[1999PhantoM]

<p>I know this is going to sound cliche… but what did you do to get accepted into all 3? Blood, sweat and tears? What did your CV stress on? (I’m still too young to actually apply.)</p>

[gibby]

<p>@1999PhantoM: As you a newbie CC poster, you need to look at the last posted date of each thread. The one you responded to is 3 years old. Chances are the OP is no longer visiting CC. Please DO NOT revive old threads, such as this one.</p>

[wunderchop]

<p>this is relaly helpful!</p>

[entomom]

<p>Closing old thread.</p>