Harvard vs Yale vs Princeton for Econ/CS/Applied Math

BKSquared
Sun, 02 Apr 2023 13:07:56 +0000

Echo @tdy123 and @ct1417. That was my son’s experience as well. He also had a lot of support of upperclassmen when pursuing summer internships and permanent employment. There seems to be a culture of playing it forward as he has helped underclassmen navigate through their processes, even to this day.

While not unique to Yale, I do think that the sense of community at Yale (bc New Haven is not so great and people stay on campus for social activities) and the residential college system tend to engender longer lasting friend groups. Subsequent to graduation, my S has gone on a cross country road trip and a couple of ski vacations with his suitemates and close friends. They are planning a trip to Asia for later this year. My friend group of a dozen of us have done annual “boys’ weekend” ski trips for over 20 years with group family vacations every 2 or 3 years. On the alumni FB page you see other groups having similar get togethers. I am sure there are other friend groups from all colleges, but I suspect they tend to be smaller groups.