McGill Hates Yale

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<p>Can't log on. It's blocked here in Saudi. Strange very strange!
Why do they hate Yale? What is the main premise of their hatred?</p>

<p>Well, I think the title of the thread should be changed to "Canadian vs. American" or sth. The article is kinda hilarious and ludicrous to read. Owell, I would just call it an over-reaction of an individual's psychological defense system. No need to attack Yale or Harvard personally in such a way if that person doesn't somehow feel inferior to Yalies or Harvardians. </p>

<p>I love this so much that I almost choked on it:</p>

<p>"I choke on my own tongue when I see those t-shirts that read “Harvard: America’s McGill.” First and foremost, wishful thinking – no one in their right mind can plausibly compare Harvard’s vast research resources and coddled undergraduates to McGill’s excellent but cash-strapped researchers and downtrodden, grade-grubbing epsilons. Also, you probably didn’t get in to Harvard – you have good marks, but you never had the leisure or the interest (or the family wealth and connections) to win the internships, do the activities, contribute the volunteer hours, or play the sports needed to have the “right profile.” McGill is not Harvard or Yale, so stop. But it is okay that McGill isn’t Harvard or Yale. McGill is more equal-opportunity – Yale is a mansion on a hill, Yale is a lyric in a Phil Ochs song, and Yale is a monstrosity of extreme wealth floating in a sea of poverty. McGill has problems, and inequality, and Montreal has racial and socioeconomic disparities, but at least Montreal isn’t a city that physically inspires visitors to join the Communist Party."</p>

<p>I mean... "hey are u sure u don't need a break"?</p>

<p>And so much resentment for wealth and connections! Not everyone at these top schools are there because of connections infact only a handful are, if any.</p>

<p>But above all I just loved the resentment he had for Windsor-scabrous Windsor!!!- and then Detroit and then Harvard. So the only sane-equal-opportunity-place on earth is McGill?</p>