<p>I’m kind of shocked at how most of the people on this board are responding to this thread. It’s almost appalling.</p>
<p>The expression “sell me X” is a very common one, and, no where in any of his/her posts did the OP imply that he/she thought acceptance to Yale was a done deal. The OP is merely trying to learn about all the great things there are to the college, and, who better to ask than those who love it most?</p>
<p>“shouldn’t you be selling yourself to yale? you’re not in yet.”'</p>
<p>That’s why. The point is that college admissions officers aren’t selling cars that anyone can buy.</p>
<p>That said, it is fine that the op didn’t understand how it might be misconstrued. No need to beat a dead horse further. I encourage him/her to read my links b/c I think they answer his/her question.</p>
<p>@ rockermcr</p>
<p>I understand that “Sell me X” is a common expression, but consider the context of the current users. The Yale SCEA-ers received their decisions in less than 2 days, which is more than enough to consider anxiety among many of the CC users in this thread. </p>
<p>Again, while “Sell me X” is a common expression, the usage also implies a tone of entitlement, as if the speaker himself/herself the decider. </p>
<p>Taking the given facts into consideration, there is nothing “appalling” about the community responses, and also similarities of the replies that the OP has received in other subforums, such as the one in MIT, suggests that these “appalling” responses have similar reasoning behind them.</p>
<p>Honestly, all the information you could possibly want is on CC. Or the Yale website. Research it yourself because nobody is going to type of a list of reasons why you should come. </p>
<p>Plus, if you need to be convinced to go to one of these schools over Stanford, you probably shouldn’t have applied. Like I said, Yale sells itself. If you don’t already see that, then there’s no point in pushing the matter.</p>
<p>I suppose you’re all right. I didn’t mean to give off an arrogant impression, myself. I guess I just have sympathy for the OP because I posted a similar thread in the Penn forum. Oh well. :)</p>
<p>OP, what part of the country are you from?</p>
<p>My D is at Yale, but seriously considered Stanford. Here is what she and I saw as the differences:</p>
<p>We are from CA, so to us the Stanford environment was nothing special; in fact, it is located in what we considered a somewhat boring suburb. Although it is about 45 miles from SF, it is not all that easy to get to; you really need a car to get there. Same for the beach.</p>
<p>We live in a suburb, so Yale’s gritty-city location was a plus, in terms of a new experience for D. Yale is close enough to NYC to visit, but like Stanford, I would not describe it as easily accessible, however D has taken the train there and back for a fun day visit.</p>
<p>To a West Coaster, Stanford’s architecture is nice but rather predictable. Beige, mission-style(?), which is very common in CA. The campus is spread out, so many students ride bikes, which was not particularly appealing to D. To us, Yale’s architecture was unique and screamed history and tradition, and is more compact. D’s freshman college, the library and all of her classes are within the same 2 blocks.</p>
<p>Stanford’s campus, during the numerous times we visited, seemed somewhat quiet and sterile. (Obviously, your experience may vary). D had more fun on her Yale visit. Have you visited both campuses? They really feel totally different from each other.</p>
<p>Yale has some amazing traditions like the freshman holiday dinner that D described as “right out of Harry Potter,” and the Harvard-Yale football game (126 years and sold out). Not sure Stanford has anything like these.</p>
<p>While I have also heard that Stanford students are very happy with their experience, D is thrilled with Yale.</p>
<p>I don’t really think you can go wrong with either, but I do think they are different. Good luck!</p>
<p>I’m a Yale alum, a girl I dated applied to both Y and Stanford, got into both, decided on Stanford b/c she was from SoCal. I visited her often and worked in Palo Alto the summer btn Jr and Sr years. </p>
<p>The biggest difference I saw was the student-to-student engagement. There seemed to be little cohesion amongst the student body themselves. Whereas Yalies are rabidly pro-Yale, pro-their own college – wildly enthusiastic about Yale and their luck at being Yalies. I think the sheer size of Stanford’s campus contributed to this too. While beautiful (the single best summer’s weather I’ve had in my life!) the sprawling layout and lack of a system comparable to Yale’s residential Colleges – made for very tenuous relationships it seemed. All of her friends were people in her department and a few people from the dorms. My friends were extremely diverse, studied many subjects, held many beliefs and did a staggering variety of things. I didn’t find so with the students I found at Stanford. Just my two cents.</p>
<p>BTW: Stanford has “Big Game”: their season ending rivalry vs. Cal. And Yale Harvard FB game doesn’t get sold out that often any more. It’s still great although Yale has been poorly performing recently.</p>
<p>Regardless, congrats on your achievements. I’d take the suggestion to try to visit. That’s what made me place Yale as my first choice. Best of luck to you.</p>
<p>congrats and all but… if you have to have someone convince you that you want to go to Yale it is probably not the school for you. There are so many seniors right now including myself who have been dreaming about this school, go to the school you’ve been dreaming about non-stop</p>
<p>“Yale, Harvard, and Rice are the only residential colleges.”</p>
<p>UCSD also has residential colleges.</p>
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<p>It would be a mistake for you to assume that Yale (or any of the other colleges whose boards you’re spamming) is “buying” just because you got into Stanford.</p>