what is the worst thing about yale

litotes
Thu, 13 Mar 2014 23:37:11 +0000

I’ll start by saying I love Yale, it was my first choice when I applied and I’m blessed to be able to attend

That being said, here are some negatives:


New Haven. It’s not that it’s an incredibly perilous warzone, it’s just a kind of boring city. There are nice restaurants but that’s about it. You aren’t gonna have the entertainment options you would find in NYC or Boston or something (that being said, NYC is pretty accessible).
Everyone does a lot of extracurriculars which makes you feel pressured to do more, and whatever you’re doing, it seems like it isn’t enough
Everyone is really good at what they do and you will be inferior to every other student in some way (basically don’t come if you like being the big fish in the little pond. here you’ll be a smallish fish in a medium pond)
Everyone seems really really happy all the time which makes you feel bad if you don’t actually feel happy at a given time
Everyone likes to be social and gregarious at all times. if you enjoy doing things on your own from time to time, you might feel kind of different
The winter is cold (not as bad as the midwest tho)
All the doors are heavy


That seems like a long list, but it’s worth noting that in each of those is a flip side positive… it’s generally good that everyone is so accomplished and busy, but there are some negatives that come with that. Yale is a great place, the RC system is awesome, your classmates will be awesome, you’ll take some great classes. But those are some negatives that are worth knowing going in. If I wrote out a similar list of all the positives of Yale, I’d be typing for two days, honestly.