<p>1) classes? Some hard but can be balance with some easy ones that can be found. But what a collection! My biggest gripe was there wasn’t enough hours in a day or semesters allowed to take the classes I wanted. You’ll never go without.
2) Plenty of successful film makers who didn’t go the “traditional” route. That being said, Yale is FAT for creativity. I think this can be just as useful than a few dozen folks talking about cameras and lighting.
3) All orientations are well represented. The fact that you don’t see yourself pigeon-holed is very typical, in my experience
4) false. the fact that Yale isn’t in NYC or Boston makes for tons of creative stuff to happen on campus each and every weekend. IMHO, it hurts college cohesiveness when 40% of students empty out of campus on Friday afternoon to go to area bars/clubs. At yale, people stay put and have lots to do.
5) drugs/drinking is there but I’d say a huge part of social life does not revolves around them (unlike some campuses). You could easily go to a cocktail laden sorority party on Thursday, then to a clarinet recital on Friday, then to your roommate’s one act play on Saturday and then to meet some politico giving some speech b/c he was visiting town on Sunday. And this wouldn’t be weird at all. It was the most culturally rich four years of my life.
6) FA: one of the most generous in the world. Not exaggerating
7) auto reject? no. But hopefully other areas of your transcript show that you’re an academically hungry and ambitious person.</p>
<p>Other info? I was drawn to Yale because the students I met all LOVED it there and it showed. “What did they put in the water?” That really grabbed me: from my first info session to my visit during my Senior year to the day I stepped onto campus as a Freshman.</p>