<p>Setting aside the academics, which are stellar at all 3 schools, the social atmosphere is why my S chose Yale. The people were so nice, helpful and, most of all, seemed so happy to be there. He did not like Princeton’s “social heirarchy” which he found to be very cliquey. He liked Harvard, but thought it would be a little isolating in that you really had to work very hard to find your own fun. Bottom line, he just loved Yale. The residential college system seems to have comraderie built right into the very fabric of the school.</p>