Program on Yale
Fri Jun 30, 2006 10:50 (UTC -5)Last night my parents took me to the program on Yale way down in Miami. We grossly misjudged the amount of time it would take to get there and thus arrived an hour early. But that’s pretty okay, because the talk was at a museum, so we just sort of wandered around until we decided to go into the small auditorium there. It was freezing in there, and I wanted to sit in the back, which wasn’t far away enough. By the time the thing started, the auditorium was packed. It was kind of scary. I didn’t know anybody there (it was really far away, after all), but almost everybody looked like someone I knew.
Anyway, the guy was very talkative, and he discussed all sorts of things. I don’t remember anything he said. He basically did everything in his power to make the school sound like a place you would really, really want to go to. After about an hour and a half, it was over, and I had in mind some advantages and disadvantages of applying to and attending the school.
Bad things about Yale:
- $45,000/year
- Pickiest university in the Ivy League
- Requires an ACT score or 3 SAT II scores, neither of which I have (yet)
- Have to take 36 classes in 4 years
Good things about Yale:
- Well known and highly regarded
- Small classes
- Jobs on campus
- Financial aid?
- Official color is blue
The big thing about Yale is that last year they accepted a scant 8.6% of applicants, an all-time low. If I happen to apply, and I’m in the unlucky 91.4%, I’ll have wasted my time and energy, and because Yale is such a good school, I’ll have to settle for second best.
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Get to know him better. Ask him to hang out with you?
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One year ago: “I don’t really care if it’s your ‘sweet sixteen’ or ‘sour seventeen’ or ‘fairly good-tasting fifteen.’”
Two years ago: “I’ve never golfed before. I hope I don’t poke an eye out or anything.”
