Why Yale Over LACs

T26E4
Sat, 22 Jun 2013 10:17:26 +0000

some reasons

*financial aid
*New haven offerings and urban feel, location, proximity to NYC
*perceived vibrancy and diversity of student body, including graduate/professional community
*access to grad/professional school resources/profs
*extensive research opps

Yale offers a wider “buffet” table – offerings into other fields, that many LACs can’t approach. This may appeal to the “explorer” student a bit more. That’s why I chose Yale over some other schools. That, plus the VIVID community feel of its students over other campuses I visited and was admitted to.

But your last question: a broad generalization – what does that answer?

You may like Chocolate Ice cream and I like butter pecan. So what? If you’re a student, get into schools like Y or H and a handful of LACs and then cross that bridge.