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Are you talking about Craig Wright’s master class on Mozart? I went, although I was a few minutes late, so I had to stand at the back. And I do remember him talking about how he was impressed at how Yale students always seemed to be passionately interested in several things at the same time (for example, he has a poli sci major in his class who had taken 12 years of violin lessons and was also into sports and some other things; he also mentioned a girl who had just done very well at a fencing competition, who was a musician and was majoring in some branch of biology or neuroscience, I think). When he mentioned that, he made a reference to the fact that Yalies are very well-rounded, even when compared to those at “that school on the banks of the Charles,” and briefly noted his son’s experience as a Harvard undergraduate. That was all I remember - it wasn’t bashing so much as his attempt to sell Yale from a perspective that could very well be true for him as a music professor (not many people at Yale are solely musicians, esp. in his classes - they’re all doing other things) but might not necessarily be true in general.</p>
<p>Expanding on my previous post, the only reference to Harvard I heard an undergraduate make - one made by my host - was a compliment. In his opinion, Harvard is a better university, but Yale is a better college, and he gave a few reasons why he thought that. He said that most Yale students couldn’t care less about Harvard - some profs, etc. do, but the average Yalie doesn’t. That was the only comment I heard about Harvard that was made by a Yale undergraduate.</p>
<p>Just a few thoughts - sorry to hear that you heard more of the Harvard-bashing than is typical, Lindsey. When I’ve been at Yale, I haven’t had that issue.</p>