<p>My son was admitted to all the top schools---Harvard, Princeton, Yale,Stanford, MIT, CALTECH, Columbia and many. He has visited and analyzed all of them the last 3 weeks. It has been tough. His last school he visited this weekend was Stanford which was his number one school last year at this time. This time he realized the school was too big and he loved the Yale residential colleges better and he wanted a nice community like the Yale students have. He felt he fit in more at Yale than any other school. We are from Sunny Southern California and he is willing to go to the east where it is cold. Thanks to all the people at Yale. He loved it there the two times he visited this year and Yale has won. He is committing to YALE and he is very, very, happy. I am happy for him and what a great choice he made by himself. He is looking forward to joining the School of Engineering and making a difference there. He will be far from us but we are happy with his choice.</p>
<p>I don’t understand what the point of this post is. It in no way helps with anything productive towards the college admission process, which is the whole point of CC. I’m glad your son chose Yale! It is amazing, but I feel like posts like these are only here for some parents to brag about where their child is going or got in. Everyone knows Stanfor is huge and that Yale has a unique housing system, those aren’t new facts that will help someone else decide which school to pick or to apply to.</p>
<p>Congratulations!
He found an outstanding school that’s a nice fit for him. It’s win win.</p>
<p>Aw c’mon Pagrok, parents need a little space to brag. Congratulations to your son, Beyond!</p>
<p>There is nothing wrong with that post. I am trying to say that Yale is a nice fit with their residential colleges and that helps people make choices. Of all those top schools, he was attracted to YALE because of the close knit community and may be it will help another student choose Yale. He used to love Stanford and now he sees Yale as a nice fit. And I am very proud of him and I am happy for Yale.</p>
<p>^There are likely few people here who are trying to choose Yale or not, and considering the fact that <7% of applicants actually make it in means a tiny portion of people will be at all. And if they are, they could always ask for advice. Giving out unnecessary information on why your son chose Yale over every other top school is probably not helping many people. And the fact that there is “close knit” feel at Yale is not incredibly helpful. I could give many more in-depth reasons why I chose to attend my school but likely most people won’t care. Sorry to be so blunt but your post seems very boasting of your son, whom you should be proud of, but not at the expense of others who are not as priviliged to have been admitted! I do congratulate your son on an excellent choice though, I loved Yale’s campus, the amazing students I met, the residential system, the friendly atmosphere, the good places to eat, the library etc.</p>
<p>PAGRock, what an ungenerous, unnecessary set of posts from you! Because this is the Yale Forum, this is absolutely the appropriate place for Beyond’s post, as it shares some pertinent information about WHY his son ended up choosing Yale over other compelling options. It matters to the Yale community, of which you are clearly NOT a member. And you seem also to be exceptionally resentful of Beyond’s news BECAUSE you are not a member. My university connections are UChicago, Harvard, and Columbia so I do not technically have a “stake” in the Yale Forum (though I am proud to say I was accepted to Yale for admission to its wonderful PhD program in American Studies). And I wouldn’t think to intrude, except for the real inappropriateness of your responses to Beyond. As a CC community member I say: shame on you.</p>
<p>You are getting mad for nothing with this post. Move on with your life but you should not put down people because you did not get into Yale. If you do not like Yale, do not get mad with people who are happy. I think you are an unhappy person and I am not going to waste my time answering again. You have problems and should not stop people from being happy about their sons or daughters being admitted to Yale. Every one is allowed to post what they want here and I did not see what is wrong with my original post. People brag every day on these sights and it is good.</p>
<p>Thanks “Swingtime”. You are great and I appreciate you for your nice response.</p>
<p>Closing this thread. </p>
<p>CC does not permit single member Congrats threads. The Parents forum has sticky threads dedicated to Acceptances and Discussion and there’s a Discussion thread here as well.</p>