<p>clueless!! please advice!! location doesn't matter that much to me since i'm not from the east coast or californation. Which has harder academics? better access to professors? nicer people? what about the social life at each? and which would be a better prep for law school? Thanks!</p>
<p>There is a lot of discussion about Yale v. Stanford on the CC Yale board. </p>
<p>Here is what I posted on the Yale board, and would appreciate your thoughts:</p>
<p>My D got into Yale, Stanford, Pomona, and Notre Dame. She wants to study English, Psychology, with a little Spanish thrown in. Wants to do a semester or year in Spain, work on school newspaper or news magazine, and likes creative writing a lot, which she is very good at.
With this background I would appreciate any thoughts anyone has about the respective merits of these schools, especially from current students or people who know students at any of these schools. I know about the weather differences, and have heard the debate about the safety issues, so most interested in pros and cons of these depts, and other academic issues.
Thanks.</p>
<p>Palo Alto vs. New Haven? There is no choice.</p>
<p>If she wants to do english, then Yale is the superior choice.</p>
<p>Well according to rankings that I have read, Stanford has better access to professors. This would be a hard choice for me too. Personnally, since I have heard such mixed reviews about the Yale campus, I would go and visit it. After that, I would make my decisin based apon where I would believe I would be happier for the next four years. It is easier to focus and study at a place when you are happy with it and everything around you. The atmosphere is important. I moved a couple of years ago and it has been hard settling in since I do not particularly love it here. Anyways...good luck, congratulations, and let us know where you decide to go!</p>
<p>Stanford's psychology department is #1 in the country, and their english department isn't something to sneeze at either. One of the benefits of Stanford is the overall excellence of every one of its programs, humanities and science alike (or fuzzy and techie, as we affectionately term them). It's not uncommon to major in two totally unrelated fields at Stanford, either. (Speaking as a potential Chemistry/Classics major).</p>
<p>but if she wants to study abroad - yale discourages that, whereas stanford goes out of it's way to encourage their students to study abroad. at my interview, the admissions officer said at yale their philosophy is that you only have four years at Yale, with access to "the world" whereas you can travel abroad anytime. that seemed too pretentious for my taste - but yes, as mentioned before, yale does have great humanities</p>
<p>Stanford has better study-abroad options, Yale has the better English department. I'm also assuming Stanford has a better Spanish program because of its location in Cali.</p>
<p>just a question...why the 'wellesleygirl' name???</p>
<p>She visited during Admit weekend. Found the people and the place nicer than Yale, tho she liked Yale too. Said it was hard to turn down Yale, but felt more comfortable at Stanford.</p>
<p>Wow, that's excellent news. Personally, I think Stanford was, indeed, the better fit for her. Stanford's psychology department is just outstanding and its study abroad programs are far superior to Yale's.</p>
<p>STANFORD IS THE BEST! go to stanford. it has a better campus, beautiful people, and a better name. But Yale is good too.</p>
<p>Yeah RedJayhawk me and your daughter made the same great decision. We both agreed it was more laid back and that we just felt so comfortable there. It was tough to put down Yale but it wasnt a hard decision once I stayed on campus and met all those amazing people.</p>
<p>This person is now a senior in college... stop reviving old threads, please.</p>
<p>lol (10 char)</p>