Yale or Stanford? Help Please!!!

[iamtbh]

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@booyaksha

Secret societies are for SENIORS ONLY and they are SECRET–to claim that they are a big part of campus life is just downright false.

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<p>I made no such claim.</p>

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@booyaksha

Also, fyi, they now practice aff. action and are really diverse.

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<p>Reluctantly. “Skull and Bones narrowly endorsed admitting women,” says Robbins. “The day before these women were supposed to be initiated, a group of Bonesmen, including William F. Buckley, obtained a court order to block the initiation claiming that letting women into the tomb would lead to date rape. Again more legal wrangling; finally it came down to another vote and women were admitted and initiated.”</p>

<p>[Skull</a> And Bones - 60 Minutes - CBS News](<a href=“http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/10/02/60minutes/main576332.shtml]Skull”>http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/10/02/60minutes/main576332.shtml)</p>

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@booyaksha

Yale has some of the greatest if not the greatest Chinese partnerships of any American university.

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<p>Perhaps, but in China: Stanford > Yale: [ARWU</a> 2009](<a href=“http://www.arwu.org/ARWU2009.jsp]ARWU”>http://www.arwu.org/ARWU2009.jsp)</p>

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@booyaksha

I encourage you to look not only at Yale’s many many programs in China but President Levin’s own bio

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<p>According to Levin’s bio, where did he attend college again? Yale obviously needs a Stanford undergrad alum to bring it into the 21st century:</p>

<p>"So, where does that leave Yale? Are we also in the game of “catching up” to and competing with Stanford? According to President Richard Levin, GRD '74, who is himself a Stanford graduate—yes. “Certainly in terms of infusion of technology and Internet culture in undergraduate life, there’s no doubt Stanford is uniquely situated…”</p>

<p><a href=“yaleherald.com”>yaleherald.com;

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@booyaksha

Stanford was nicely positioned for the “tech boom” since it was in Silicon Valley – but it is NOT the CAUSE of the tech boom.

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<p>Stanford caused Silicon Valley which caused the tech boom.</p>

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@booyaksha

Merely because it did well in the Dot-Com era has nothing to do with whether it will do well in the next boom.

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<p>What “boom” has Yale ever caused?</p>

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@booyaksha

Yale has been pretty active too in looking forward. (E.g. the west campus: Yale University | West Campus | History.)

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<p>By copying Stanford: “Levin added, “In today’s world, the reputation of great universities depends increasingly on their excellence across a wide range of fields. I have seen that to be the best among universities, Yale would need to be among the best in the sciences. So that’s the essential goal of Science Hill [West Campus]—to make our science programs competitive with the very best in the world.” When asked if those “very best” included Stanford, Levin replied, without hesitating, “Of course, yes.””</p>

<p><a href=“yaleherald.com”>yaleherald.com;

[zenkoan]

<p>I hope we can keep bickering and tit-for-tat replies to a minimum–I don’t think that helps the OP or other readers in making the kinds of fine distinctions necessary to make a choice between two superb schools like Stanford and Yale. Not trying to stifle any dialogue, of course, just sayin’.</p>

[booyaksha]

<p>zenkoan, completely agree. I made a few counterpoints; I could counter again to the BS, but it DOES stifle dialogue. </p>

<p>@ iamtbh. Lolz.</p>

[iamtbh]

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@booyaksha

@ iamtbh. Lolz.

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<p>FTW. <10 char></p>

[ewho]

<p>Within a week or so we should know the intitial yields. My feeling is that the hottest schools this year are Stanford and MIT.</p>