Are students at Yale happy?

booyaksha
Tue, 28 Oct 2008 22:45:37 +0000

THESE NEGATIVE POSTS ARE UNEDUCATED AND LUDICROUS! Be smart enough not to judge Yale based on very biased, vitriolic internet posters. I seriously doubt whether said posters even went to Yale or whether they are just internet FRAUDS. I don’t have time to rebut all of their lies, but let’s examine even two small claims just as examples:

1)
Jaquelinejanson’s claim of “squalor” is laughable. Yale facilities have all been renovated within the past 10 years (or are currently under renovation) and they are FANTASTIC. This includes all of the libraries, all 12 res. colleges, the gym, etc. There are also many many new buildings currently under construction. The facilities are dropdead gorgeous, and claims to the contrary can only either be by: a) alums who went to Yale many years ago before the widespread renovations and new buildings or b) FRAUDS. The claim that the poster worked in the admissions office is laughable – there is no ghetto directly around the Yale campus (yes, several miles away, but not around campus anymore) and hence any claim that the tour is designed to avoid the “ghetto” is laughable.

2)
The claim that Yale food is “prison food” is so farfetched it is hilarious. According to WSJ, Yale is #1 in food. Yes, the rankings may be arbitrary, but trust me, Yale food is VERY GOOD, and certainly anything but “prison food.” Alice Waters, one of the best known American chefs, designs the Yale menu and the Yale Organic Movement is very good.

The only real comments that hold truth are the comments about an ivy league education not being an end-all-be-all. That said, Yale students are VERY VERY HAPPY on average and it is an incredible place to spend 4 years.

God sometimes these stupid forums make me cringe at perverse lies…