Is it just me or is everyone picking Yale over Harvard?

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<p>So this might just be an anomaly among my friends and people in my area, but it seems that all of the people I know who were admitted to both Harvard and Yale have been picking Yale consistently. </p>

<p>Does anyone else find this to be true for his/her area or group of friends?</p>

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<p>The only other kid, besides my daughter, from our school who got into Harvard also got into Yale. Yale had originally been his first choice. He turned then down for Harvard last night.</p>

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<p>This is what I’ve seen as well among my friends, many are turning down Harvard for Yale.</p>

<p>…and I’m in the same situation and still unsure about what to do.</p>

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<p>i did…</p>

<p>but many of the yale-harvard people i personally know are picking harvard over yale. I do have one friend, however, that might pick princeton over harvard/yale… but I’m pretty sure she’s picking yale.</p>

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<p>" Is it just me or is everyone picking Yale over Harvard?"</p>

<p>It’s just you.</p>

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<p>^ that is what it feels like sometimes.</p>

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<p>My S’s calculus team partner was SCEA to Stanford, and was denied.</p>

<p>She then was accepted to Harvard, Yale, Goergetown and USC, maybe a few more.</p>

<p>She said no to Harvard (and others), yes to Yale. She’s be studying electrical engineering.</p>

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<p>Several posters on the Harvard board have suspected that some of the pro-Y / anti-H sentiments posted here are actually from H waitlistees. :)</p>

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<p>I believe the appropriate response is “WOOOO YALEKATZ”</p>

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<p>i rarely see cross-admits choosing yale over harvard. sad, esp since some of them had liked Yale more before they got accepted by both</p>

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<p>I’m picking Yale over Harvard. Even after attending Bulldog Days and Harvard’s Prefrosh weekend, I can’t recall personally meeting somebody who was planning to pick Harvard over Yale. However, I met many people who are planning to pick Y over H, including a couple friends of mine.</p>

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<p>Yale seems to be very popular this year.</p>

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<p>I’ve visited both and I feel that Yale has a more chill relaxed environment than Harvard.</p>

<p>I don’t even know anyone who has to choose. Those in my school that got into Harvard got rejected/waitlisted by Yale, and the one person who got into Yale got waitlisted by Harvard. xD</p>

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<p>Every last one at my kid’s prep school who got both
H/Y or S/Y, chose Y. Every last one.</p>

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<p>I liked yale a lot, chose harvard though. felt the people were more vibrant and ambitious, instead of the yale ‘laid back’ culture (in quotes because they work just as hard as harvard students). also liked that many people were doing science even though i don’t plan to only study science. got into HYPS. :-)</p>

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<p>There’s a school for everyone. Not everyone likes the same things in a school. why does this matter to anyone? just pick the best school for “YOU”</p>

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<p>^ Best answer yet!</p>

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<p>I know 5/6 people turning down Harvard for Yale, and just one who’s doing the opposite.</p>

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<p>Personally I know 3 people that got into both and one that got into Yale and Stanford, and all 4 took Yale.</p>

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<p>As someone who’s been around College Confidential for far too long, it does seem that more cross-admits are choosing Yale this year than in the past.</p>

<p>Any idea what might be responsible for the shift? I don’t think the schools have actually changed that much!</p>