The kids I’ve known who went to Yale are the most laid-back non-nerdy kids you can imagine. I’d lean towards Yale because I really believe in the value of the residential college system. My younger son (who went to Tufts) after a visit with his best friend who was there, said he was really jealous (in a good way) and regretted not working a little harder in college so he’d have had a chance of getting in!