<p>I picked Yale over the other Ivies (Harvard, Princeton, Penn) for several specific reasons:</p>
<ul>
<li>I want to be an English major, and Yale has the best English department in the country.</li>
<li>While not quite as good as Princeton’s, Yale’s focus on undergraduate education is much stronger than Harvard’s.</li>
<li>Yale’s residential college system is absolutely unparalleled and fits me perfectly.</li>
<li>I actually really like New Haven and the campus, because it’s edgy and urban and still beautiful.</li>
<li>The students seemed to me to be really laid back and intelligent, but not self-absorbed, which is the impression I got at Harvard.</li>
<li>Yale’s freshman support system is really wonderful.</li>
<li>I love Yale’s English major with a writing concentration.</li>
</ul>
<p>Hope that helps.</p>