<p>I didn't know YOU applied to, and were admitted to, Harvard as well as Yale - "Old Campus"</p>
<p><em>sigh</em> again?</p>
<p>I'll resist the temptation next time. ;)</p>
<p>This thread deserved a decent burial months ago, but the mods inexplicably not only made it a featured discussion, but have kept it one since May. Usually I think they do a pretty good job with their featured discussions, but they really blew it with this one. </p>
<p>If you wanted to start a thread on why Yale is a great place to go to school (as opposed to why Harvard supposedly is not), and could convince the mods to substitute it as a featured discussion, you'd be doing the board a service.</p>
<p>Well, "Byerly," yes.
I has the choice between Yale and Harvard and Princeton.
Did you?</p>
<p>Nah --- had no doubts, and no need for safties, "Old Campus".</p>
<p>See: <a href="http://www.safetyschool.org%5B/url%5D">www.safetyschool.org</a></p>
<p>I guess you had different feelings about Yale when it came to law school, though to no avail.</p>
<p>LOL! I don't THINK so, bulldoggie!</p>
<p>Come on. Let's not get upset here. There's nothing said in the original post that any Harvard student couldn't easily refute.</p>
<p>Its so silly it doesn't need "refuting" as many have earlier observed. </p>
<p>The interesting thing is that - as often is the case - a Yalie matriculant seems compelled to explain why he (or she) thinks Yale is <em>BETTER THAN HARVARD</em> whether or not admitted to both.</p>
<p>You won't find counterpart threads on the Harvard page, where few matriculants feel compelled to justify their choice relative to Yale or anyplace else.</p>
<p>Ah, yes: Exhibit A. A classic example of Yale's pathological "Harvard-centrism." Note also that the picture was photo-shopped.</p>
<p>Funny, I thought it was a football game prank. Ahh, the myopia of Harvard! I guess by the same token, this is an example of Harvard's Yale centrism:
<a href="http://www.harvardindependent.com/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleID=7803%5B/url%5D">http://www.harvardindependent.com/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleID=7803</a></p>
<p>Hmmm... strikes me as very low key and tolerant, under the circumstances.</p>
<p>Ah, yes: Exhibit B. A classic example of Harvard's pathological "Yale-centrism" (courtesy of Byerly/NYCFan)</p>
<p>funny, the vast majority of byerly's posts are pointing out things that he feels make yale inferior to harvard. maybe i'm crazy, but that seems a little yale-centric to me..</p>
<p>I have never said Yale was "inferior." It is interesting that most Yalies seem to THINK they are, however.</p>
<p>Truth compels me to report, nevertheless, that Mt. Harvard is higher than Mt. Yale. :)</p>
<p>No, Byerly, no safeties for me here.
You see, you are much more than a tad older than most of the posters, so surely you must remember when colleges did not have EA or ED, right?
Well, all of my apps were regular decision.
And, to tell you the truth, my field, comparative literature, was always better at Yale than at Harvard. I chose the best. And I always have had but the highest respect for all the institutions I tiuned down, including your alma mater. Harvard was my third choice, after Yale and Princeton.
But, come to think about it, based on YOUR example, Harvard surely must have a killer "Lots of Free Time On Your Hands" concentration, and you must be honing your skills at CC Grad School.</p>
<p>Here's my contribution (as a current Princeton freshman):</p>
<p>To learn more about the #2 and #3 universities in America -- visit their websites.</p>
<p>Harvard: <a href="http://www.gradeinflation.org%5B/url%5D">www.gradeinflation.org</a>
Yale: <a href="http://www.safetyschool.org%5B/url%5D">www.safetyschool.org</a></p>
<p>Check this out while you're at it: <a href="http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/t1natudoc_brief.php%5B/url%5D">http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/t1natudoc_brief.php</a></p>
<p>Have a nice day. :)</p>
<p>Glad you landed on your feet, kid!</p>
<p>Byerly,</p>
<p>I tried for weeks to convince my son to apply to Harvard instead of Yale (based on, well, it's Harvard), but the college tours are apparently having just the opposite result on high school seniors. Maybe if you spent some of your time talking to the people who put on the info tours to (1) develop a personality, (2) express that personality in a positive way, and (3) convey that going to Harvard wouldn't be life-sapping drudgery, I wouldn't have lost this debate. My husband, who accompanied him on the tours, said if you made your decision based on those, it would be Y, P and H, in that order. Complacency is a bad thing and even #1 (or #2 if you consider USNWR this year) should continue to try and sell themselves.</p>