Yale vs Stanford

ASJU9511
Sat, 23 Apr 2016 19:05:52 +0000

Hi! I am a student who was blessed enough to have been accepted to both Stanford and Yale. And hopefully based on what I say you guys can help guide me in the best general direction.

I am wondering how either school stacks up against each other in Economics or Political Science.

How good is each school’s Humanities and Social Sciences departments compared to each other? I am definitely not interested in going into STEMs.

I currently live in South Carolina, but I don’t mind being away from my family and friends for college, so distance isn’t super important to me.

I do want to be at a school with a great social environment. I want my school to allow me to easily find my niche or even make my own niche. I want to go to a school with a strong community.

I don’t really know how I feel about living in a city. I’d like my college campus to feel like a campus as opposed to just being apart of the city.

I am most definitely not a cold-weather person. Personally, I LOVE warm weather and sunlight.

I am pretty terrible at math but excel in reading and writing. Which school offers a better ‘low-math’ option for Econ if its possible?

Are the Humanities well-respected at Stanford. I’ve heard many things about the underlying divide between the STEMs students and everyone else.

Brand isn’t a big issue with me. Both schools have a great reputation. Though I’ve heard Stanford may eclipse the Ivies in a decade or two. And does the brand name of each school hold up in different parts of the US equally?

How good is the alumni networking at either school?

Which school has a better focus on undergrad teaching?

After undergrad I was thinking of going into the Peace Corps or into Teachers for America, then after that maybe work for a few years for my foster dad then go to B-school to get an MBA and take over the business. Or after the Peace Corps go onto Law School. But that is WAAAAAAAAAAY down the line.

If you need more info, ask me.