@IxnayBob and @T26E4 love the new residential college crest look! 
@canoe2015, I got the idea from T26E4 
I had one unpleasant exchange with a fellow Scout leader.
He explained that his father “Didn’t know any better”, and insisted that his kids attend the state flagship university. (Nice school, good reputation, everything one could want in a university). I told the story of my father, a WWII vet who attended Harvard Law on the GI bill.
His response was undignified. He asked “I forget, is it Harvard or Yale whose students have the stuck-up attitude?”
My response was “I guess it’s not just your dad who ‘didn’t know better.’”!
The irony is double with our son at Yale.
@IxnayBob, Absolutely. But we all know that Pierson is the best! 
Woad’s + Wednesday night at Toad’s. My D used it for the first time Wednesday when she told me she was there for a concert.
As an alumni and a Yale parent, the issue of whether or not to have bumper stickers, wear swag or not has been an issue for me since 1978. I more proudly wear my Yale Mom stuff than I ever wore my own. My daughter took all my Yale stuff back to school and gets major points for the “vintage” look.
@tonymom - All students think their RC is the best. I had an interesting experience with my son on move-in day. We went to an open house at his RC, which is Davenport. I was honestly disappointed when he was assigned to Davenport, because it had no castle-y magnolia-lined inner courtyard like some of the ones that I visited during Bulldog days. Davenport is much more open and looks like a grand plantation to me. My son surveyed the courtyard as we approached, “You know, it’s like a joke that we’re all supposed to think that our RC is the best, but I really think mine is.” He has mentioned Davenport’s unsurpassed beauty several times.
Each one IS the best. That’s the magic.
I think the conversation about the attitudes of others upon hearing of a child’s acceptance at Yale is an interesting one. We come from an area that is underrepresented in the Ivys. While some kids adjust to life at Yale (or wherever) by having “class reunions” with ALL the other Yale students who graduated from their high school, my son knew literally not one other person who went from high school to Ivy in our whole portion of the state. It’s a novelty here. That means that many people are highly curious - some in a proud, supportive way, and others in a defensive way.
It’s a strange situation. Other parents sending their kids to the big, state flagships or to the small LAC are more than happy to post every little milestone on FB or to discuss it with friends, and why shouldn’t they? They are milestones and we are happy to see their progress, just like when they got new teeth or started to crawl. It’s also a comfort to hear the stories of others in the same boat and to be allowed to tell your stories. But I do feel guarded on this topic because I would never want to be seen as elitist or inappropriately proud or self-congratulatory.
I put my Yale cling up on my car’s tinted windows and feel like it’s my little secret as most people couldn’t see it unless they were quite close. And I wear my Yale swag all the time at home.
Not to totally dominate this thread, but does anyone have anything to say about the Yale SEA fraternity getting in the national news with alleged bad behavior?
I have something to say. DS has spoken to many people about this, and it’s given him a sour taste in his mouth about the Yale campus. Someone I know told me that someone she knew heard that somebody said blah blah blah. He told me that, in private, people are supportive, but they dare not publicly call BS on the story. What little I’ve read of it sounds like a perfect hearsay storm.
ETA: Fwiw, I am not generally a Greek fan.
FWIW, my son, who is quite social, has not witnessed any such occurances at frat parties or at Yale in general. I will await the investigation to sort out fact from rumor.
It’s really bugging my kid…he sent me a link to another emotional athletes and fraternity boys are constantly harassing me piece published today in the Yale Daily News. And the petition against the dean for expressing a counter opinion to the “be careful about your costumes memo”… I’m worried about what all of this is doing to my progressive kid. I’m an old-style feminist so it’s hard to know what to say… I know that racist and sexist stuff happens on college campuses–and everyone needs to be better at calling it out when they see it–but it seems to me that brainy, well educated kids could do better than general statements about athletes and frat boys and Overheard at Yale innuendo.
I am a feminist from way back; I generally don’t care for fraternities and sororities; I know my position against the college sports industrial complex is lonely; but beyond all those things I’m for fairness, accountability, and decency. I will back off and see what develops, but so far I’m not impressed with what passes for reporting in today’s media.
Agree. And in general, I’ve been pleased with the way Yale administrators, faculty, and deans handle these kinds of tempests–encouraging dialogue without overreacting. It all seems to work out in the end. It’s the nature of 18-25 year olds to feel things intensely. I’d still like the kids to use specific evidence and think more precisely when they argue–but that’s the teacher in me I suppose!
Just “discovered” the Yale Cribs links on YouTube. Anyone else struck by the fact that most of the links are for women’s dorms/rooms?
I’m wondering if it wasn’t too difficult to find a stylish and tidy men’s?
Pretty cool getting a glimpse tho…
@tonymom, no risk of DS’s room being on there :)). The only person messier than him is his roommate.
tonymom: the only guys’ rooms that looked half way decent were those where a girlfriend stayed at for the majority of the time. We always had one or two girlfriends as unofficial suitemates – but our suites were always +5 guys – and it was a losing battle for the more decoratively minded women. Guys’ ideas of decoration were Budweiser posters and to stack empty bottles in a corner.
If any of your son’s future rooms are different, please let us know! It’d be amazing.
@tonymom, this guy has a nice room. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTn_532kvd8
While true, he was a "sophomore turned interior designer," so I'd say he's the exception; the majority of guys' rooms are closer to how @T26E4 described.