<p>Yale admissions numbers went down: [Yale</a> Daily News - Bucking trend, Yale’s applications dip](<a href=“http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/university-news/2010/01/21/bucking-trend-yales-applications-dip/]Yale”>http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/university-news/2010/01/21/bucking-trend-yales-applications-dip/)</p>
<p>…and Penn’s went up 17%: [Penn</a> Current: Latest News: Applications to Penn reach all-time high](<a href=“http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/latestnews/012510.html]Penn”>http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/latestnews/012510.html)</p>
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<p>That makes no sense. So what about all those engineers who just want to build startups and work in Silicon Valley like their daddies? </p>
<p>Yes if you want to work on in finance you should go to Wall St and Wharton, and if you want to be an engineer you should go to Silicon Valley and Stanford/MIT. If you want to work in the medicine go to JHU. If you want to study english, literature, history, etc. go to Yale (I think those are Yale’s top departments)</p>
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<p>How does Penn lack flexibility? I know lots of wharton students doing dual degrees in Penn’s CAS, as well as people like me who are doing dual degrees in finance and engineering. I’d say that gives you MUCH more flexibility than a liberal arts degree from Yale. There are very few people who just study finance</p>