<p>Yes, Oreo, you’ve made a valid observation about New Haven - it’s much easier to get involved there than any other Ivy League college town, and the fact that so many Yale students (50-90% of them) get involved in some way speaks to that. It’s not just in government or volunteer work, but also businesses, law, etc., as well. All in all, Yale students are 10 times more involved in their host city than students at any other university I have ever visited, including those in Europe. Furthermore, considering the area immediately around the college, New Haven is now easily the best college town out of the Ivies and one of the best in the country. </p>
<p>It keeps growing, too - over 70 new businesses, most of them restaurants, opened right in the area around Yale just in the past year. And that’s in addition to the hundreds that were there to begin with. Do other Ivy League schools even have 70 restaurants total in the areas immediately around their campus? Not most of them.</p>
<p>Overall, I agree with Oreo that what really draws people to Yale and makes it the most selective university in the country is the sense of community there and the vibrant campus. As an impartial observer who has visited virtually every major university in the country, I honestly can say that no other university compares.</p>