Political Science Yale vs Harvard

debate_addict
Thu, 20 Dec 2007 20:12:58 +0000

The fact that Yale is superior @ Harvard’s domain highlights my point: it’s the best. The YIRA is also very fascinating, and the Security Council simulations at Yale seem very innovative and interesting. I’ve been to Harvard Model United Nations and it was atrocious. The organization was appalling, the chairs were doing nothing to prevent alliances such as RusFed, US and Cuba - yes, it actually happened, the opening ceremony was the worst I’ve ever seen (the acoustics were horrible, visually it was an eye-sore). I’m sorry to be trashing HMUN but the fact that a university sponsors an event does not mean automatically that it is great. To be honest, i fell into the “It’s harvard so it has to be awesome” trap myself, and expected too much from HMUN. I got nothing substantial back, except from a fun superlatives list, some facebook additions and a mediocre conference. And I was lucky - i was in a tiny committee…imagine those with 300 people in them…Don’t choose the school based on who sponsors the MUNs, choose it based on the people who participate in the MUNs, that’s all I am saying…