Princeton v Yale. Please help me

dharmatic
Tue, 19 Apr 2011 10:59:04 +0000

I was in pretty much the same spot as you are last year at this time. I was a Princeton legacy who had gotten into Yale and fallen in love with it and had a testy dad to deal with’ Here’s my plea for help last year on CC:

http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/yale-university/916986-help-waivering-p-y.html

A year later, all I can say is that Yale has exceeded my expectations – I just love the place. There is such a diversity of people here and such a general spirit of kindness and helpfulness it’s hard to describe.

I won’t let this become a Y is better than P rant, because I don’t think it fundamentally is. It is just obvious to me that “breaking away” will do so much for you, even if it is only about 125 miles. Trust me, a year from now you will be a happy camper in New Haven, and will barely remember the anguishing decision you now face.

By the way, Dad has calmed down, and I even got him to wear a Yale cap once. He’s slowly turning …