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<p>Jegan- that story reminds me of my own experience. When I was a HS junior going on my East Coast college tour, I wasn’t even going to visit Yale, because my impression of it was of a socially elitist college in a crappy city, which, combined with the fact that George Bush was a graduate, left me with very negative feelings. Luckily, my dad talked me into visiting, and like you, I loved it. Admittedly, I still applied EA to Stanford instead, but after visiting a second time at Bulldog Days, I was completely sold. If it weren’t for the weather (which, as someone from Southern California, I consider a tad cold), I can’t imagine creating a better college than Yale. </p>
<p>That said, what really matters should matter to the OP is what he thinks about Yale, not what some random Yale students/applicants tell him. Luckily, it sounds to me like he got the correct impression.</p>