<p>As an athletic recruit from the stone age at Princeton (stone footballs really hurt to catch and especially to kick, although stone hockey pucks were OK), I’ll agree with Moonchild here - look hard at the coach and the team, assuming that hockey is important to you.</p>
<p>I would also look hard at your fit to the school and its atmosphere.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t base my decision on something like sponsored trips abroad (maybe you will and maybe you won’t want to go, and the cost for a trip abroad is relatively small compared to the cost of an Ivy education if you do have to pay for it yourself). The distance to the Dinky train station may seem significant to you now, but you’ll spend most of your time on or close to campus, especially if playing hockey - we went to NYC for fun perhaps three or four times in four years.</p>
<p>Bear in mind at the same time that the coach may change and players may change. That happens a lot in college sports. Your class may have three left wings, or the next one may, or the coach could get fired after your freshman year.</p>
<p>The good part is that you have a choice of two great schools (and boy, I hate saying somethign like that regarding Yale).</p>