<p>Funny, it seems that all ivy schools think the other ivies are arrogant/preppy.
I hear all the time that Harvard students are snobbish, but I don’t think that’s true.</p>
<p>And no, Yale has been known to be one of the most down-to-earth ivy.</p>
<p>mochamaven: trop d’ironie tue l’ironie</p>
<p>BrianJones: maybe if subtlety were my goal…but I think my Eli friend’s absurd comments called for a response in kind :-)</p>
<p>um… what if the hair is already straight? must we straighten anyway to be “stylish” at Yale?</p>
<p>I frikin hope not. that just defeats the whole purpose of Yale. “must wear A&F” or “must straighten hair” or “must go to the most fashionable coffee house” is what petty people worry about. going to Yale means you’re kinda hoping people actually have the brains there not to stress over those things.</p>
<p>Sure you can’t look like you just got scrambled by a clothes dryer, but you don’t fuss otherwise.</p>
<p>BTW, I love you, Gnarly Yale Girl Who Doesn’t Straighten Her Hair.</p>
<p>Dan sounds like a ■■■■■■■■■.</p>
<p>I thought that was the point of interviews in college apps… you look good on paper, now let’s see if you are a jerk in real life.</p>
<p>No clue how they let Dan slip through the cracks…</p>
<p>Why does looking good have to fit into that mold, Dan?</p>
<p>I don’t think that everyone needs to wear A&F, etc. to look good. I come from a place where people can’t afford those clothes (or A&F doesn’t want them to wear them, if you know what I mean) and they still look good with tight jeans, sweaters, Tim boots, etc.</p>
<p>You should get out more.</p>
<p>And for this very reason, if i do get into yale, i will never ever never never ever straighten my hair. EVER. And, like totally, NAWT retouch my nailpolish. I will walk around with chipped nailpolish… and then dan can hate me for all i care!</p>
<p>I’m surprised anyone has time to do all this preening, but I mean I have no problem with looking nice.</p>
<p>Some faded jeans, a navy blazer, and some wingtips to school everyday? hmmm too much</p>
<p>Dan, Abercrombie is not really fashionable unless you’re in 8th grade. If you have the money for A&F, buy something classy like Brooks Bros. or Ralph Lauren or at least something a little less generic than A&F. Or better, stop criticizing your peers and donate your spare cash to charity.</p>
<p>What’s ironic is that what dan describes really isn’t terribly fashionable. His muscle-tee, gelled/straightened hair, A&F aesthetic is a very middle class, middle america, generic sort of mainstream “fashion.” </p>
<p>But i’m more interested in Dan’s perspective than his somewhat rude critique… I don’t think it’s fair to flame him as we do, he’s only stating an opinion that a lot of men from a (presumably) similar background share. It goes unspoken that we’re not supposed to talk about the appearance based judgements that many of us are prone to make, and in that respect maybe he’s unaware or not concerned with observing our rules of decorum. But that doesn’t make the fact that his opinion is common among certain groups of men any less true. </p>
<p>Keep in mind, dan represents a subset of yalies, the size of which i don’t feel i can properly estimate. There are lots of ways to be beautiful (even in a conventional way), and just about all of them are more creative and imo more appealing than dan’s way.</p>
<p>uhmm, A&F is not a huge deal Dan. And as for the tanning part, I am disappointed at the fact that you a Yale student would recommend something so stupid. Your few on what “good habits” are needs to change rapidly. Dont tan to much I think it might be ruining your brain cells.</p>
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<p>Are jo serious?</p>
<p>Mochamaven- that was hilarious! I’m glad to know there will be funny, down-to-earth people in my future (Yale 2012!)</p>