<p>lucky792, I actually had the opposite experience from you. At yale when i told people i was deciding between yale and harvard, they made jokes about why yale was better but weren’t serious at all. They were mostly like “you can’t go wrong either way”. or “personally i love yale and think you should choose it for these reasons” or “you’ll have a great experience at either school.”
at harvard i got the “why are you even considering yale” or “yale sucks” and that kind of sentiment. I think this all depends on what kind of students you run into.</p>
<p>Also, this is probably not reliable data considering i was at yale on weeknights and harvard on the weekend, but at yale it seemed like every night people were going to concerts or hanging out and everyone i ran into at harvard was going to get drunk somewhere and assumed that me and the other prefrosh i was with wanted to get drunk too. It seemed like yallies wanted more than just to drink. again, weekday v weeknight means that i can’t completely compare
but i chose yale</p>