What is Yale good for?

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<p>What is Yale typically known as being excellent for?</p>

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<p>Losing students to Harvard…! :P</p>

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<p>(1) Very thin, expensive pizza, if you like that sort of thing, and </p>

<p>(2) very small, historic hamburgers.</p>

<p>In case you were not aware of it, New Haven’s greatest claim to fame is that it is the “Home of the Hamburger.”</p>

<p><a href=“New Haven, CT - Home of the Hamburger”>http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tips/getAttraction.php3?tip_AttractionNo==1570&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>medicine and law !</p>

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<p>I believe Yale has the best history and French departments and among the best political science and theater departments.</p>

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<ol>
<li>Undergraduate Education</li>
<li>Law</li>
<li>History, Political Science, Drama, Arts, Humanities, Other Social Sciences (econ)</li>
<li>Intensity of Undergraduate Experience</li>
<li>Politics</li>
</ol>

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<p>Maybe the best for English.</p>

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<ol>
<li> Harvard University (MA) 4.9
University of California–Berkeley 4.9
Yale University (CT) 4.9</li>
<li> Princeton University (NJ) 4.8
Stanford University (CA) 4.8</li>
<li> Cornell University (NY) 4.7
University of Chicago 4.7</li>
<li> Columbia University (NY) 4.6
Johns Hopkins University (MD) 4.6</li>
<li> University of California–Los Angeles 4.5
University of Pennsylvania 4.5</li>
</ol>

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<p>Rank/School Average assessment
score (5.0 = highest)

  1. Harvard University (MA) 5.0
  2. Stanford University (CA) 4.9
  3. University of Michigan–Ann Arbor 4.8
  4. Princeton University (NJ) 4.7
  5. University of California–Berkeley 4.6
    Yale University (CT) 4.6
  6. University of California–San Diego 4.4
  7. Duke University (NC) 4.3
    University of Chicago 4.3
  8. Columbia University (NY)    4.2
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology 4.2</p>
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<p>Here are the top political science programs by a more reliable source, The London School of Economics, with, naturally, Columbia as #1: <a href=“http://personal.lse.ac.uk/hix/Working%20Papers/Hix-PolStudiesReview-2004.pdf[/url]”>http://personal.lse.ac.uk/hix/Working%20Papers/Hix-PolStudiesReview-2004.pdf&lt;/a&gt;. Harvard was a respectable #2 and Yale, #10. But who cares about rankings anyway.</p>

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<p>How very sad that an adult professional feels the need to come on an advice board and denigrate the Institution, (actually the town, since it is NEW HAVEN and not Yale that is well-known for its culinary history) that so many young people either currently attend or hope to in the future.</p>

<p>Byerly, if you dislike Yale and New Haven so intensely, why not stay away from the Yale threads? Did it ever occur to you that the responsibility of the adults on this website is to be mature and set a good example rather than add to petty intolerance?</p>

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<p>Don’t be so stuffy. Hope the transfer works out. Yale is a fine school.</p>

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<p>Don’t forget biology.</p>

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<p>Yale is also in the top 10 in Biological sciences, according to the USNews rankings:</p>

<p>Rank/School Average assessment
score (5.0 = highest)

  1. Stanford University (CA) 4.9
  2. Harvard University (MA) 4.8
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology 4.8
    University of California–Berkeley 4.8
  3. California Institute of Technology 4.7
    Johns Hopkins University (MD) 4.7
    University of California–San Francisco 4.7
  4. Rockefeller University (NY) 4.6
  5. Princeton University (NJ) 4.5
    Scripps Research Institute (CA) 4.5
    Yale University (CT) 4.5</p>
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<p>Architecture. :)</p>

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<p>Yale is listed #2 among schools of architecture in the 2005 rankings</p>

<p>Architecture Programs</p>

<pre><code>* Harvard University

  • Yale University
  • University of Pennsylvania
  • Columbia University (tied for 4th with MIT)
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (tied for 4th with Columbia)
  • University of Cincinnati
  • University of California, Berkeley
  • University of Virginia
  • Rice University
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    </code></pre>

<p>Listings courtesy of DesignIntelligence</p>

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<p>What about Arts? (just among top ivies and such, not judging against Liberal arts schools)</p>

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<p>Yale is the only Ivy with its own conservatory/school of music. Other graduate schools such as the School of Art and the School of Drama also are well-known and thus have tangible benefits for undergraduates (world-class faculty, etc.).</p>

<p>I don’t know about you, but I am on the edge of my seat, waiting Byerly to post additional rankings to burst Yale’s illusions of grandeur. Oh, the suspense…</p>

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<p>Yale is among the best in all these areas, as the cited rankings show.</p>

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<p>Wow Byerly! Im so proud of you!</p>