For whoever lives around New Haven....

masamune
Fri, 24 Feb 2006 01:55:17 +0000

I don’t live near New Haven and I won’t be attending Yale until next year (yay!), but I just thought I’d offer my opinion.

I live a 30 minute’s drive from Stanford University, and I can say I feel the same thing that tkm256 and the OP feel about their respective universities. I really can’t stand the idea of spending another 4 years here…going to Stanford with practically the same scenery. (What’s funny about Stanford is that it makes its RD applicants apply by Dec. 15, right before Yale’s EA decisions come out. No way would I have applied to Stanford, and have stayed up all night if I had known I’d get into Yale early. Um anyway…) That said, I think Stanford is an awesome school and, if I lived in, say, New Hampshire, I’d probably want to go to Stanford for that change of scenery.

alscharr, I sort of see some of the stuff you point out about Harvard, but I think that they may be a bit exaggerated or amplified because you live close to Harvard.

I know a lot of students who live in New Haven and really want to go to Yale, but I also know a few who would like to go elsewhere. So, I really do believe your view of schools depends on your location.

Just be sure to visit every school you get into (and are considering attending).