<p>pacman: i went over to the Harvard forum to see what people were telling you. I was just curious. I’ll add 2 more points. Because of Yale’s prominence in New Haven, students tend to have more school spirit IMHO. In Boston, it’s not hard to go over to some other college’s events practically every weekend. Not as much opportunity for Yalies so they tend to be more creative about what happens ON campus.</p>
<p>I’ll leave you this last “intangible”. At an alum event when former President Shmidt was speaking, I was chatting with one of his aides, whom I found out had gone to H for undergrad and Y for grad (and was also his current employer). I said to him:“Tell us the real deal. As much as we hate to admit it, we’re curious about what it was like to be at Harvard.” He considered my question and replied: “Graduating from Harvard college made me feel like there was nothing I couldn’t conquer” I thought: “Wow! That’s some praise!”</p>
<p>Then he continued: “But I LOVED Yale.”</p>
<p>To me , that sums it up. Yalies, from what I can tell, are much more rabidly in love with their alma mater. Heck, even note the number of replies you gotten here versus the Harvard forum. We wanna sway ya!</p>