Nerdiness at Yale

cttwenty15
Sun, 05 Apr 2015 04:31:56 +0000

@Mathinduction. I love playing Settlers with my friends and am a proud math-science nerd. We would likely have been friends in high school. I am almost 100% certain that I will be accepting Yale’s invitation to join the Class of 2019, and one of the big selling points is Yale’s residential college structure, which promotes friendships and inclusiveness. I have a number of former/older high school friends (from math and science teams/olympiads) who are very happy at Yale and have no regrets turning down offers from HPSM and CalTech. I did not apply to the University of Chicago, nor did my friends who are now at Yale, so cannot comment on ^.

Edited to update as my post crossed with yours. No idea why people are discouraging you from Yale but pm me if you like. There are definitely people just like what you’ve described at Yale, because they went to high school with me. All are very very math and science strong, as am I (I am earning an A+ in AP Physics C and Multivar. Calc now), and it would be a shame for you to think otherwise. I chose not to apply to either UChicago or Columbia, no interest in a core curriculum.