Visit Report by smr15 (Member since November 16 2007 with 149 posts) Visit Date - August 2007
Visit to Yale University in August 2007 by smr15 (Student, HS Class of 2008)
Visit Activities:
Information Session:
Yes Campus Tour:
Yes
Yale University Campus:
Friendliness/Courtesy of Students: 4 - Very Good Friendliness/Courtesy of Staff: 4 - Very Good Appearance of Campus: 5 - Excellent -
Yale's campus is gorgeous. The architecture is beautiful, it really feels like you are walking around Oxford, England, except Yale has a lot more grass and trees.
Building/Facilities Maintenance/Cleanliness: 4 - Very Good Dormitories: -
I was disappointed we didn't get to see any dorms.
Security/Safety: 4 - Very Good -
New Haven has a bad reputation, but it seemed fairly nice, around the campus anyways, and Yale has blue security boxes almost every block.
Overall Campus Impression: 5 - Excellent
Off-Campus:
Area Immediately Around Campus: 4 - Very Good -
The campus feels really suburban and I was kind of turned off at first, imagining a dead social life. If you go a block off campus, though, you're suddenly in the city, which is great.
City/Town/Community: 3 - Good
Campus Visit Notes for Yale University:
Visit Description:
I was mainly concerned with New Haven. I drove around for twenty minutes before my info session to try and see what was around. All I saw was pretty much the standard banks, corporate buildings, and restaurants. It is a bigger city than I thought, though. I asked the girl doing our campus tour about living in new haven and she said she loves it and it's really easy to get around. I was REALLY excited when I found out New Haven has the most Dunkin Donuts per capita in the US!!! Needless to say, after my visit Yale was my first choice and I applied early there instead of Brown.
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Yale's campus is gorgeous. The architecture is beautiful, it really feels like you are walking around Oxford, England, except Yale has a lot more grass and trees.
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I was disappointed we didn't get to see any dorms.
