Yale vs. Swat?

fhimas88888888
Sun, 07 Apr 2013 15:29:18 +0000

It’s hard to guess about what will happen at Yale re grading.

I contend (not so controversially, I think) that the workload is uniformly larger at Swat, in the sense that the average swat class will be more demanding than the average Yale class.

If you’re set on PhD in history, you can basically forget about “the name” factor - Swat remains a big name in some parts of academia, including history, though you may want to email the departments to find out about placement of aspiring historians.

However, if you want to study history and aren’t “set” on PhD, Yale is a safer “life” bet, as you’ll likely be able to get jobs in private sector that usually aren’t available to swat history grads.