Beware of Yale

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I am extremely skeptical that Yale was "nothing special" in the 1990s. Yale has been ranked 1, 2, or 3 in the country since forever - definitely since 1980.

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Anonymous wrote:I got into Yale early action back in the 90s but attended an orientation weekend for admitted students and was completely weirded out. I went elsewhere.

Then it wasn't for you. That's fine. Hope you found a good fit.

I got into Yale EA back in the 90s and it was a great fit for me.

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Anonymous wrote:I am extremely skeptical that Yale was "nothing special" in the 1990s. Yale has been ranked 1, 2, or 3 in the country since forever - definitely since 1980.

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This

[Anonymous]

I’m a 2008 alum, and I loved being an undergrad at Yale. It changed the trajectory of my life and enriched it in so many ways. I have the fondest memories of my time there and each time I go back to campus I love being surrounded by the energy and inspiration that permeates the place.

I felt very safe at Yale and the surrounding area even though crime was an issue when I was there. As someone else mentioned, Yale takes safety very seriously and dedicates a lot of resources to it. I actually feel that safety-wise the situation has improved even more since I graduated.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m a 2008 alum, and I loved being an undergrad at Yale. It changed the trajectory of my life and enriched it in so many ways. I have the fondest memories of my time there and each time I go back to campus I love being surrounded by the energy and inspiration that permeates the place.

I felt very safe at Yale and the surrounding area even though crime was an issue when I was there. As someone else mentioned, Yale takes safety very seriously and dedicates a lot of resources to it. I actually feel that safety-wise the situation has improved even more since I graduated.

2010s grad and I feel the same way. Learned so much and it really shaped me into who I am today. Am very grateful for my time there.

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I am quite sure that New Haven is much more dangerous than anywhere in New Zealand.

I was a professor at Yale and New Zealand. I was robbed at gunpoint in front of my Yale office. In New Zealand, the T.V. show "Cops" had an episode where the worst crime in the capital city Auckland was attempted drunk driving.

Subsequently, I saw the mob of students shrieking at professor Nicholas Christakis. His wife left the university at the end of the year, but there were no sanctions for the students. That confirmed my impression that professors are not safe there.

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I am quite sure that New Haven is much more dangerous than anywhere in New Zealand.

I was a professor at Yale and New Zealand. I was robbed at gunpoint in front of my Yale office. In New Zealand, the T.V. show "Cops" had an episode where the worst crime in the capital city Auckland was attempted drunk driving.

Subsequently, I saw the mob of students shrieking at professor Nicholas Christakis. His wife left the university at the end of the year, but there were no sanctions for the students. That confirmed my impression that professors are not safe there.

When was that?

My husband was a visiting prof at Yale for 4 years just before COVID, and he really enjoyed his time there. He loved the academic community and loved teaching the undergrads. While crime was present, he didn’t have any issues.

Only problem with being at a place like Yale is that few places can match it afterwards. He’s been pining over his time teaching there ever since he left and that can be annoying sometimes.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, Yale sounds like a truly horrific place to me. Please don’t let your kids apply! The acceptance rate is too low already

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I wish nonsense like this would turn people away. Yale is my kid’s dream school!

To be honest, crime concerns and lack of STEM strength have turned people and away and pushed Yale to the bottom of HYPSM, and I’ve seen more than a few posters just using HPSM to refer to the best schools (HPSM are equally strong in humanities and STEM and have “the best of both worlds”).

Reality: no one says HPSM except trolls trying to boost lower Ivies.

I didn’t go to any of these schools, but I’m sick of the Yale, Columbia and UChicago bashing. It’s so stupid.

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Me too, don’t get the Yale hate. We visited when my kid was looking at colleges and we both loved it. I truly felt a sense of community and it felt like a very special place.

Unfortunately, my kid didn’t get in but I wouldn’t bash the place.

It's just jealousy. I haven't heard anything but love from anyone who's toured it lately.

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We toured Yale last year, and we loved it. I was very impressed with the campus and found the surrounding area very charming - lots of cute shops and restaurants. We toured for my kid, but I totally imagined myself as a student there LOL

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:
I am quite sure that New Haven is much more dangerous than anywhere in New Zealand.

I was a professor at Yale and New Zealand. I was robbed at gunpoint in front of my Yale office. In New Zealand, the T.V. show "Cops" had an episode where the worst crime in the capital city Auckland was attempted drunk driving.

Subsequently, I saw the mob of students shrieking at professor Nicholas Christakis. His wife left the university at the end of the year, but there were no sanctions for the students. That confirmed my impression that professors are not safe there.

It’s hard to say which damaged the reputation of Yale more: the mob of shrieking students or the fact that Yale didn’t go out of its way to support Christakis and his wife. Either way it’s no longer a serious university and is coasting on its past glories.

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I am quite sure that New Haven is much more dangerous than anywhere in New Zealand.

I was a professor at Yale and New Zealand. I was robbed at gunpoint in front of my Yale office. In New Zealand, the T.V. show "Cops" had an episode where the worst crime in the capital city Auckland was attempted drunk driving.

Subsequently, I saw the mob of students shrieking at professor Nicholas Christakis. His wife left the university at the end of the year, but there were no sanctions for the students. That confirmed my impression that professors are not safe there.

It’s hard to say which damaged the reputation of Yale more: the mob of shrieking students or the fact that Yale didn’t go out of its way to support Christakis and his wife. Either way it’s no longer a serious university and is coasting on its past glories.

It really is interesting how much that incident hurt Yale's reputation. The students are clearly garbage. And the institutional response was pathetic. I don't particularly care about Yale one way or another, but my impression is that's a lame school.

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I am quite sure that New Haven is much more dangerous than anywhere in New Zealand.

I was a professor at Yale and New Zealand. I was robbed at gunpoint in front of my Yale office. In New Zealand, the T.V. show "Cops" had an episode where the worst crime in the capital city Auckland was attempted drunk driving.

Subsequently, I saw the mob of students shrieking at professor Nicholas Christakis. His wife left the university at the end of the year, but there were no sanctions for the students. That confirmed my impression that professors are not safe there.

It’s hard to say which damaged the reputation of Yale more: the mob of shrieking students or the fact that Yale didn’t go out of its way to support Christakis and his wife. Either way it’s no longer a serious university and is coasting on its past glories.

It really is interesting how much that incident hurt Yale's reputation. The students are clearly garbage. And the institutional response was pathetic. I don't particularly care about Yale one way or another, but my impression is that's a lame school.

they had an all time high yield last year. You might wish their reputation was harmed but there is no evidence of this from the consumer

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I am quite sure that New Haven is much more dangerous than anywhere in New Zealand.

I was a professor at Yale and New Zealand. I was robbed at gunpoint in front of my Yale office. In New Zealand, the T.V. show "Cops" had an episode where the worst crime in the capital city Auckland was attempted drunk driving.

Subsequently, I saw the mob of students shrieking at professor Nicholas Christakis. His wife left the university at the end of the year, but there were no sanctions for the students. That confirmed my impression that professors are not safe there.

It’s hard to say which damaged the reputation of Yale more: the mob of shrieking students or the fact that Yale didn’t go out of its way to support Christakis and his wife. Either way it’s no longer a serious university and is coasting on its past glories.

Thank you for your expert opinion. I will proceed to revise my kid’s college strategy and college list based on it LOL

[Anonymous]

I was at Yale for med school/grad school (could never have gotten into the undergrad!) back in the late 90s and early 2000s.

There were a number of incidents, but almost all involved the periphery of the campus - ie parking garages at the med school, or the area around apartment buildings (park, university and Madison) in between the main campus and med school. We would only walk over to the main campus library at night in groups (the guys would wear their Yale med sweatshirts and go to CCL hoping to pick up undergrads, haha!).

My car was broken into a few times while living in the area east of campus & south of Whitney Ave (what was then called the “grad student ghetto”). But undergrads don’t live there.

The campus was quite safe and much of the undergrad was actually locked down/swipe card access only. The campus police were very proactive about providing shuttle service, etc.

Then I went to Hopkins for residency and wow, Baltimore is an order of magnitude worse than New Haven. It made New Haven “crime” seem downright quaint.

The town-gown relationship between NH and Yale has always seemed rather tense, and this is probably a factor, as well.

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Anonymous wrote:
I am quite sure that New Haven is much more dangerous than anywhere in New Zealand.

I was a professor at Yale and New Zealand. I was robbed at gunpoint in front of my Yale office. In New Zealand, the T.V. show "Cops" had an episode where the worst crime in the capital city Auckland was attempted drunk driving.

Subsequently, I saw the mob of students shrieking at professor Nicholas Christakis. His wife left the university at the end of the year, but there were no sanctions for the students. That confirmed my impression that professors are not safe there.

It’s hard to say which damaged the reputation of Yale more: the mob of shrieking students or the fact that Yale didn’t go out of its way to support Christakis and his wife. Either way it’s no longer a serious university and is coasting on its past glories.

It really is interesting how much that incident hurt Yale's reputation. The students are clearly garbage. And the institutional response was pathetic. I don't particularly care about Yale one way or another, but my impression is that's a lame school.

Yes, and because you don’t care about Yale, here you are, 9 pages into a Yale thread, taking minutes out of your precious life to comment on a school you don’t care about. Makes perfect sense.

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Anonymous wrote:
I am quite sure that New Haven is much more dangerous than anywhere in New Zealand.

I was a professor at Yale and New Zealand. I was robbed at gunpoint in front of my Yale office. In New Zealand, the T.V. show "Cops" had an episode where the worst crime in the capital city Auckland was attempted drunk driving.

Subsequently, I saw the mob of students shrieking at professor Nicholas Christakis. His wife left the university at the end of the year, but there were no sanctions for the students. That confirmed my impression that professors are not safe there.

It’s hard to say which damaged the reputation of Yale more: the mob of shrieking students or the fact that Yale didn’t go out of its way to support Christakis and his wife. Either way it’s no longer a serious university and is coasting on its past glories.

It really is interesting how much that incident hurt Yale's reputation. The students are clearly garbage. And the institutional response was pathetic. I don't particularly care about Yale one way or another, but my impression is that's a lame school.

Dude, what are you on?!