princeton vs yale?

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Anonymous wrote:ds was very lucky to be admitted to both. went to princeton preview this tuesday, and enjoyed it. going to bulldog days next week. spia at princeton and cs+econ at yale. thoughts? we are leaning princeton but it feels weird to turn down yale -- its yale! but there's something about new haven and the engineering departments at yale that are just off.

High low on how quickly DC switches away from “formerly known as the Woodrow Wilson School but awaiting a bequest to rename the school” to Engineering/CS at Princeton? I give it 2 months. Yale is not happening. Try harder at weeding out your veiled techies, Princeton admissions lords.

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Anonymous wrote:I would decide based on the campus. Princeton if you want a bucolic country club or garden vibe, Yale if you want more energy and a viable off-campus scene.

Have you been to New Haven? No thanks to that off-campus scene.

Agree. Do you remember that new about a female student that was killed by the Yale facilities worker? Hid her body in the basement wall. Even without that, the Yale's location is off putting, like JHU and Baltimore.

It is not remotely like Baltimore.

DP. In terms of an urban environment, New Haven seems similar to the area where Penn is located. Better than the areas near U. Chicago and JHU, but not as safe as Georgetown/Foggy Bottom (for Georgetown/GWU students) or Oakland (where Pitt and CMU are located). If New Haven were actually denser, it might be safer, but it's just low enough density to facilitate a decent amount of crime that happens when there aren't enough bystanders.

https://www.wfsb.com/2024/01/12/new-haven-crime-stats-show-increase-violent-crimes-more-arrests-made/

The area JHU undergrad is in is way better than Penn’s location in west Philly safety wise. I attended both schools.

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Anonymous wrote:ds was very lucky to be admitted to both. went to princeton preview this tuesday, and enjoyed it. going to bulldog days next week. spia at princeton and cs+econ at yale. thoughts? we are leaning princeton but it feels weird to turn down yale -- its yale! but there's something about new haven and the engineering departments at yale that are just off.

High low on how quickly DC switches away from “formerly known as the Woodrow Wilson School but awaiting a bequest to rename the school” to Engineering/CS at Princeton? I give it 2 months. Yale is not happening. Try harder at weeding out your veiled techies, Princeton admissions lords.

SPIA already has a fancy building with a name (Robertson Hall) and access to plenty of money that enables undergraduates to travel pretty much anywhere they want for summer research. Not sure they have to auction off naming rights.

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Yale.

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Anonymous wrote:ds was very lucky to be admitted to both. went to princeton preview this tuesday, and enjoyed it. going to bulldog days next week. spia at princeton and cs+econ at yale. thoughts? we are leaning princeton but it feels weird to turn down yale -- its yale! but there's something about new haven and the engineering departments at yale that are just off.

High low on how quickly DC switches away from “formerly known as the Woodrow Wilson School but awaiting a bequest to rename the school” to Engineering/CS at Princeton? I give it 2 months. Yale is not happening. Try harder at weeding out your veiled techies, Princeton admissions lords.

SPIA already has a fancy building with a name (Robertson Hall) and access to plenty of money that enables undergraduates to travel pretty much anywhere they want for summer research. Not sure they have to auction off naming rights.

With time comes certainty.

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Anonymous wrote:ds was very lucky to be admitted to both. went to princeton preview this tuesday, and enjoyed it. going to bulldog days next week. spia at princeton and cs+econ at yale. thoughts? we are leaning princeton but it feels weird to turn down yale -- its yale! but there's something about new haven and the engineering departments at yale that are just off.

High low on how quickly DC switches away from “formerly known as the Woodrow Wilson School but awaiting a bequest to rename the school” to Engineering/CS at Princeton? I give it 2 months. Yale is not happening. Try harder at weeding out your veiled techies, Princeton admissions lords.

SPIA already has a fancy building with a name (Robertson Hall) and access to plenty of money that enables undergraduates to travel pretty much anywhere they want for summer research. Not sure they have to auction off naming rights.

With time comes certainty.

Nah, they already have a significantly higher endowment per student than just about any other university, including Yale.

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Anonymous wrote:ds was very lucky to be admitted to both. went to princeton preview this tuesday, and enjoyed it. going to bulldog days next week. spia at princeton and cs+econ at yale. thoughts? we are leaning princeton but it feels weird to turn down yale -- its yale! but there's something about new haven and the engineering departments at yale that are just off.

High low on how quickly DC switches away from “formerly known as the Woodrow Wilson School but awaiting a bequest to rename the school” to Engineering/CS at Princeton? I give it 2 months. Yale is not happening. Try harder at weeding out your veiled techies, Princeton admissions lords.

SPIA already has a fancy building with a name (Robertson Hall) and access to plenty of money that enables undergraduates to travel pretty much anywhere they want for summer research. Not sure they have to auction off naming rights.

With time comes certainty.

Nah, they already have a significantly higher endowment per student than just about any other university, including Yale.

There is a reason for that. Save this post: that former he-who-shall-not-be-named school will have a name of some sort within 10 years.

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How is this ever even a question?

New Jersey or Connecticut
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Scented or unscented washing liquid

WHO CARES?

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Anonymous wrote:How is this ever even a question?

New Jersey or Connecticut
Vanilla ice cream or chocolate
Scented or unscented washing liquid

WHO CARES?

You, since you’re screaming.

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Anonymous wrote:How is this ever even a question?

New Jersey or Connecticut
Vanilla ice cream or chocolate
Scented or unscented washing liquid

WHO CARES?

You, since you’re screaming.

not screaming sweetheart, no.

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Anonymous wrote:ds was very lucky to be admitted to both. went to princeton preview this tuesday, and enjoyed it. going to bulldog days next week. spia at princeton and cs+econ at yale. thoughts? we are leaning princeton but it feels weird to turn down yale -- its yale! but there's something about new haven and the engineering departments at yale that are just off.

High low on how quickly DC switches away from “formerly known as the Woodrow Wilson School but awaiting a bequest to rename the school” to Engineering/CS at Princeton? I give it 2 months. Yale is not happening. Try harder at weeding out your veiled techies, Princeton admissions lords.

SPIA already has a fancy building with a name (Robertson Hall) and access to plenty of money that enables undergraduates to travel pretty much anywhere they want for summer research. Not sure they have to auction off naming rights.

With time comes certainty.

Nah, they already have a significantly higher endowment per student than just about any other university, including Yale.

There is a reason for that. Save this post: that former he-who-shall-not-be-named school will have a name of some sort within 10 years.

Maybe it will, and maybe it won't, but if it does, the chances are just as high that it will be to honor someone than they will be that it's in connection with a major contribution.

I'd be perfectly happy if they renamed SPIA now as the Yovanovitch School of Public and International Affairs to honor the former ambassador to the Ukraine, a Princeton graduate who stood up to Rudy Giuliani and his stooges.

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Anonymous wrote:ds was very lucky to be admitted to both. went to princeton preview this tuesday, and enjoyed it. going to bulldog days next week. spia at princeton and cs+econ at yale. thoughts? we are leaning princeton but it feels weird to turn down yale -- its yale! but there's something about new haven and the engineering departments at yale that are just off.

High low on how quickly DC switches away from “formerly known as the Woodrow Wilson School but awaiting a bequest to rename the school” to Engineering/CS at Princeton? I give it 2 months. Yale is not happening. Try harder at weeding out your veiled techies, Princeton admissions lords.

SPIA already has a fancy building with a name (Robertson Hall) and access to plenty of money that enables undergraduates to travel pretty much anywhere they want for summer research. Not sure they have to auction off naming rights.

With time comes certainty.

Nah, they already have a significantly higher endowment per student than just about any other university, including Yale.

There is a reason for that. Save this post: that former he-who-shall-not-be-named school will have a name of some sort within 10 years.

Maybe it will, and maybe it won't, but if it does, the chances are just as high that it will be to honor someone than they will be that it's in connection with a major contribution.

I'd be perfectly happy if they renamed SPIA now as the Yovanovitch School of Public and International Affairs to honor the former ambassador to the Ukraine, a Princeton graduate who stood up to Rudy Giuliani and his stooges.

Yes, very likely it will be to “honor” someone; that is still a naming rights auction.

[Anonymous]

original poster here. thanks so much to everyone for their input. will definitely be a hard choice for sure but learned a lot about both schools that we will definitely factor into our decision! was really great especially to hear from alumni of both schools. many thanks, everyone

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If you really want a top CS program, you'd do CS at Princeton, not Yale, but it's very demanding

Been there, done that. It’s way too theoretical, very disconnected from the real world. Lots of “rigor” for very little real world skill building.

You don’t do CS at either Princeton or Yale to become a coder. You study that there to do basic research that will lead to the creation of some kind of computing device we’ve never thought of.

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I don’t know the answers, but I also don’t believe the people saying they’re Yale alumna who wish they went to Princeton instead. I’ve never met those people irl. People who went to both, love them.

I think Yale is a happier place right now, but that’s so kid specific