<p>Any comments on the of social life at Yale? Quality of ladies, prevalence/abundance/lack of alcohol? Lot of time spent studying on Saturday night? High-school-esque cliquiness? Preppiness/anti-preppiness?</p>
<p>Let's hear it all.</p>
<p>You would probably get a better response if you hadn't asked about the "quality of ladies."<br>
You can find/create whatever kind of social experience you want at Yale, imo.</p>
<p>Come on, I didn't mean anything misogynist or offensive. Just throwing stuff out there.</p>
<p>There has already been a thread about the hotness of the people, so you can check that out. </p>
<p>I don't have the insider's perspective but it seems like there is lots to do on Yale campus. Yalies also love to learn/study and they have a lot of academic activities as well.</p>
<p>What better than some good academic endeavour on a Saturday night?</p>
<p>Actually, there were some articles a while back...from Harvard actually that talked about how Yale sponsors more events, parties, etc. They really cater to the students more (trying to make up for New Haven perhaps)</p>
<p>yale=awesome</p>
<p>Of course :p</p>
<p>the experience here at yale is really what you make of it. if you want to go out and party, hang out with friends, watch a movie, even study, yale provides all the opportunities you will need.</p>
<p>New Haven isn't so bad, especially compared to Philadelphia, where our car got broken into while we were on the UPenn campus tour.</p>
<p>Well, that'll leave an impression on you!</p>
<p>Oh come on now. University City in Philly I feel is a very safe place in most spots. Do you remember where you parked? I know there are several shady regions, but I think that that's true of most large cities. All I can tell you is my Dad works there every day and has never had a problem. Try not to let that experience drive you away from Penn forever...</p>
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Oh come on now. University City in Philly I feel is a very safe place in most spots. Do you remember where you parked? I know there are several shady regions, but I think that that's true of most large cities. All I can tell you is my Dad works there every day and has never had a problem. Try not to let that experience drive you away from Penn forever
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<p>Good point. When I go back, is there a garage that is secure. Our car can't take more abuse, it's waek as it is.</p>
<p>There are several, and if you call up admissions I bet they can point you to them, rather than having you just park on the street. It's all good, I guarantee that it won't happen again.</p>
<p>Is Yale a big drinking school, like Duke?</p>
<p>I wouldn't consider it "a big drinking school," but kids do drink, and boys probably more than girls. It's easy to not be a drinker and still be very social and feel included. On the other hand, parties usually do include drinking, but don't necessarily revolve around drinking, if you can see the difference.</p>
<p>hey everyone
I like working hard and am proud of my academic accomplishments, but I also like drinking on weekends, having an all around good time. I'm not saying I do that all teh time, but I do like to do it sometimes. I know Yale is hardly a party school and I'm not looking for one. And the same for Harvard. I guess I'm wondering what the social life is at Yale (or if anyone can tell me, at both schools) and how it compares between the two schools. </p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>Yale has a better social life and there are numerous articles in the Harvard Crimson bemoaning their lack of a social life compared to Yale.
Here is an honest article comparing the two (in two parts):</p>
<p><a href="http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=350153%5B/url%5D">http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=350153</a>
<a href="http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=350154%5B/url%5D">http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=350154</a></p>
<p>Interesting articles. I would have to ask "should I go for 90% of the prestige and have a 100% undergrad experience at Yale?"; or go for 100% prestige and 90% of the undergrad experience at H?" I know I should say Yale, but that Harvard name....I hope to have the choice!</p>
<p>the best f u c k i n g choice in the world</p>