<p>from author sean-michael greene's ivy league project travelogue, regarding ivy league student body attractiveness:</p>
<p>"Another theme of my trip has been the attractiveness of the students. Several people commented to me, almost with surprise, that the students at Cornell are hot. The consensus seems to be that students stay fit because of the hilly and expansive terrain on campus, although I suspect the actual causes run deeper. In any case, it is hard to deny that the students are very attractive as a group."</p>
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<p>"I once commented that Cornell students, as a group, are very attractive. I wrote that because many students commented on it. Here at Princeton, no one mentioned it, but I have to report that the students are beautiful. In fact, I don't think I have ever met an unattractive Princeton student. (I'm not throwing down the gauntlet here!) Then again, I've never seen so many people wearing orange, either. Strange coincidence?"</p>
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both are amazing universities..... stop the harvard bashing. you don't find many yale sucks threads in the harvard forum. Anyways, Boston stomps on New Haven anyday (thats why i turned down Yale). = P
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Why does it matter? It's always the same debate. Someone creates a 'Why Yale is Better' or 'Why Harvard Sucks' thread...a couple post something about a better undergraduate experience, then some kind of tangent about attractive women or politics takes over the thread.</p>
<p>Always a couple of Harvard people sneak in comments about how 'Yale is so insecure they always have to bash Harvard', how 'New Haven sucks', and of course the rankings. I don't see the point of having to clarify Harvard is, indeed, a great university...I don't think anyone will honestly deny it. A few people commenting on a thread about why they favor the side of an old rivalry which they are (or wish to be) a part of really doesn't affect anyone. Even if there are not as many 'Yale Sucks' or 'Why Harvard is Better' threads, the Yale forum has to put up with a lot more Harvard trolls trying their best to scare away prospectives and undermine the pride Yalies hold in their also-great school than almost any other school.</p>
<p>We get it, you chose Harvard over Yale (lots of people do). It's fine to debate and defend your school, but it's a little silly to denounce the post itself, just because similar or contrary topics don't exist in a different forum. Make a snide post in the Harvard forum about how Yale can't stop bashing Harvard, or a new topic in the Yale forum about why people feel compelled to do this, but don't pull a holier than thou...Yale will bash Harvard...Harvard will bash Yale...School X will always bash Rival Y...best to enjoy the rivalry rather than try to say one side is above it, when it is a mutually recognized and perpetuated feeling.</p>
<p>... but look, Yale is a very fine school and all, and they keep trying to improve it, but its sort of like Jiff peanut butter: no matter what they do, or what ads they run, it will never be as good or as prestigeous as Skippy's Super Chunk - preferred far and away by America's elite.</p>
<p>I hate Skippy's Super Chunk. Peanut butter is by far better when it's creamy instead of chunky and most people agree with me. Look at this poll:</p>
<p>As a Yalie, bulldog, you obviously know even less about Harvard Stadium than you do about anything else at Harvard. Section 8 is on the visitor's side, about the 20 yardline - an area generally reserved for the losing Yale student and alumni rooters.</p>
<p>Keep in mind that NYU was named in the PR "poll" as the "dream school" for most applicants. What matters is what the elite eat, and the elite eat Skippy Super Chunk. Its probably better for you to find this out now, in order to avoid disappointment: you're clearly not Harvard material.</p>
<p>A man named Byerly was hired by a supermarket and reported for his first day of work. The manager greeted him with a warm handshake and a smile, gave him a broom and said, " Byerly, Your first job will be to sweep out the store."</p>
<p>"But I'm a college graduate," Byerly replied indignantly.</p>
<p>"Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't know that," said the manager. "Here, give me the broom -- I'll show you how."</p>
<p>haha good job Byerly of perpetuating the idea of Harvard being full of elitist pricks with that attitude of yours. I hope your attitude isn't reflective of most Harvard students.</p>
<p>"Elitist", Social_Pariah? Are you referring to my preference for Super Chunk Skippy's over creamy Jiff?</p>
<p>To each his own, I say. I'm all for peanut butter diversity at Harvard and elsewhere.</p>
<p>My only point is that a man so narrow in his prejudices as to refuse to consider a school where Super Chunk is available would not be happy in the egalitarian Harvard environment, and should probably look elsewhere.</p>
<p>Byerly, chunky peanut butter has been commonly associated with Satan. Have you been consorting with the devil? Did Harvard football sell its soul so it could go 10-0? Who knows.</p>
<p>"As for your "poll" of the great unwashed ... </p>
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<p>Keep in mind that NYU was named in the PR "poll" as the "dream school" for most applicants. What matters is what the elite eat, and the elite eat Skippy Super Chunk. Its probably better for you to find this out now, in order to avoid disappointment: you're clearly not Harvard material."</p>
<p>Byerly, in most schools they teach you this thing called "ad hominem attacks" and why they're bad. I suppose, at Harvard, they don't. Another missing piece to a flawed school, and its representative's deeply flawed arguments.</p>