Are students at Yale happy?

drummerdude_07
Sat, 25 Oct 2008 02:38:24 +0000

Wow, what a sad, sad, person. Learn at a place that is best for you? Well, sure, but don’t you have to get an education before you even know what is best for you?

I don’t know what classes she was trying to take, or with what professors, but in my 2 years I’d say I disagree 100% with her contentions about the academic experience. THe professors are amazingly accesible- I had high school teachers who were less willing to talk to me! I’ve had ample opportunities to take tiny, high-level seminars with some of our best faculty. And I’m only a sophomore.

And of course there’s ghetto areas in New Haven. It’s a city!

I grant her that one shouldn’t think that Yale is going to be entirely frolicking in the clouds with cute, fluffy bunnys. But why berate Yale simply because you failed to properly take advantage of the opportunities it granted you?

If you really want to complain about being sold a name that no longer measures up to its bloated reputation, take a look a little further north. There’s a reason that Yalies are happier than their Cambridge counterparts.