Beware of Yale

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I went to Yale. New Haven is a weird city and possibly unique in that it is an urban environment (not a college town) but the only forces with any political power are two large non profits that don’t pay taxes. The students and their families are the only ones with pressure to leverage the university which in turn is the only one with leverage to pressure the city. When Yale wanted a portion of the city totally knocked down and rebuilt, it got it. When Yale wanted a fancy new hotel to house interviews and such, it got it. If the police force needs more resources, the only way to likely to get it is if he students parents start putting pressure on the school.
The crime issue is not significant for undergrads but it’s more of a concern for grad students who mostly live off campus and are often walking by themselves to get to/from campus late at night.

Lol New Haven is not unique in this way. Not at all. I think you just wanted to say, “I went to Yale.”

[Anonymous]

Not getting why Auburn is on this list?

[Anonymous]

DC is at Yale, and some of the police notifications are concerning. A lot of break-ins, robberies and random attacks near campus.

[Anonymous]

I went to Yale in the early - mid 2000s. I just remember our dorm being lectured by then Yale PD to avoid kids on bike, specifically pre teens in groups, because they were going to swarm and rob the Yale students and beat them if needed. Also gourmet heaven closed. WTF.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yale doesn't seem to break the top 25 most dangerous campuses.

https://www.degreechoices.com/blog/most-dangerous-college-campuses/

It does surprise me to see a few of t hose T25 on there, though.

#1 U of Michigan
OSU
Cal
#8 Stanford
#13 Vanderbilt
#14 Auburn
#21 U of FL
#22 UC SD
#24 JHU
#26 U of Washington

If you look at the # by per capita, the order is a bit different, but most of the same colleges are on there.

This definitely gives me pause about what colleges DD should apply to.

“Both the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and Ohio State University have the highest rates of violent crime because of historic sexual abuse at the hands of university physicians.”

The events alluded to at Michigan ended over 20 years ago. Many prior victims reported the abuse just recently. There was a big payout which further encouraged reporting. Just another example where statistics don’t tell the whole story. You DD should still apply to Michigan. Ann Arbor is a very safe city relative to its size. You can literally walk anywhere in the entire town and feel pretty secure.

How do you know the data is related to what happened 20 years ago?


Uhhhh, because it mentioned Dr Anderson as the perpetrator who retired in 2003 and died in 2008!

“At UMich, we spoke to Melissa Overton, University Deputy Chief of Police and Public Information Officer, who pointed us to the school’s Annual Security and Fire Safety Report. According to the report, of the 199 rape numbers recorded on campus in 2021, 182 were attributed to Robert E. Anderson; of the 1,212 rape numbers recorded in 2020, 1,194 were attributed to Anderson.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

IF my son got into Yale would I send him? Yes. Hopkins? Yes. But we are city people and grew up knowing the limitations and street smarts needed. As a teen/college student I didn't walk alone at night. I didn't jog in the dark, etc.

Friend of mine's son went to Chicago and he was a "street smart city person". He still got sucker punched, knocked out, and his phone and wallet stolen. Sometimes you're a victim even when you don't do anything foolish.

I am sorry to hear that. Hyde Park is one of those places where you get this eerie feeling like bad s^%$ could happen at any moment.

[Anonymous]

I graduated from Yale less than 10 years ago. Crime, especially theft, was an issue but I always felt safe. This was because Yale took and continues to take safety so seriously - campus police was always nearby, we had the Yale bus and you could always get a campus security escort to walk you from point A to point B. Of course, common sense applied.

How I miss the place!

[Anonymous]

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

+1

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

[Anonymous]

I would never encourage my kids to apply to colleges in shitty parts of town, regardless of prestige. Yale, Johns Hopkins, or Trinity, etc. There are so many great universities in great settings! Absolutely no reason to apply to iffy ones. But then I’ve never been in thrall to rankings.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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

+1

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”).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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

+1

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”).

well this year they had record high applicant numbers and record high yield rates, so… I think Yale’s doing OK for itself, despite the sincere concern of “more than a few posters”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
I would never encourage my kids to apply to colleges in shitty parts of town, regardless of prestige. Yale, Johns Hopkins, or Trinity, etc. There are so many great universities in great settings! Absolutely no reason to apply to iffy ones. But then I’ve never been in thrall to rankings.

Fir goodness sakes have you been to Hopkins? It’s the furthest thing from “a shitty part of town“

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am a Yale parent of 2027 and the police chief informed us last weekend at a session that this was distributed as a tactic to influence negotiations with the union.

Every top school with the exceptions of Princeton, Stanford, UCLA and perhaps Harvard and MIT, are located in areas that aren't so great in terms of crime: Columbia, Berkeley, JHU, Chicago, etc. Even Charlottesville has a problem with crime...

+1 and I have no relationship to Yale

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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

+1

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.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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

+1

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”).

The Yale hate has started pouring…let me get my popcorn!