YALE - Harvard w/o the depression

AdmissionsAddict
Fri, 03 Apr 2009 18:11:41 +0000

It’s not like me to post anti-Harvard stuff, but I’m breaking my rule today.

I have numerous friends who went to Harvard undergrad and then Yale for graduate/professional school. All wished they had gone to Yale undergrad after seeing the experience in the not-quite-first-hand eyes of a grad student. All Yale friends who went to Harvard for grad/professional school were glad they had been at Yale undergrad based on what they saw. It boiled down to this oft-repeated quip, “Harvard students are happy they’re at Harvard, Yale students are happy.”

I think Harvard is an amazing place and would be thrilled to have a child attend there, but my anecdotal evidence points to Yale being a happier, more cooperative place. That being said, there is depression everywhere and Yale is not immune.