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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a kid at Yale (2nd year) and this has been a huge topic of discussion and advocacy in the last few years, especially since the heartbreaking student suicide in 2021. Their policies around this are unacceptable, and I’m glad this article was published in the WaPo as I think and hope it will increase pressure on the university to change. I didn’t go there, but my dd’s experience so far actually been that in so many other regards the campus environment is actually very supportive, both in the supports set up within the  residential college system, access to professors, collaborative environment among students etc.  I would say without hesitation that this environment is way more supportive and less toxic than my own university experience. 
There’s a lot of Yale hate in this post, I’m not sure why.  The kids I’ve met there are interesting, motivated, often a bit quirky, lots of passion etc.  And generally they are really really happy with their experience there. But everyone who is paying attention agrees that the changes in the last few years did not go far enough in supporting students in crisis.
How universities handle the dramatic increase in the need for mental health services is a tricky topic. I don’t fault universities for buckling under the dramatic increase in demand for services, and we are seeing that play out in non-university settings as well.  Therapists waitlists are long.  I also don’t expect a university to “care about” my kid, that’s not what institutions do, that’s what people do.  But neither to I expect institutional policies to exacerbate crisis, and clearly the remnants of Yale’s reinstatement policies in place there do that. I presume this to be strictly a liability thing, but as other  universities have changed their policies on this one, Yale can clearly do the same.[/quote]

Thanks for posting this. Yale is my DD's #! choice and I am seriously considering encouraging her not to apply. It's a reach for her (as it is for most) but this article made me afraid of the possibility she'd be admitted.  She has had mild mental health issues and ADHD.  She does really well academically and with ECs but she gets anxious and [b]I don't want her in a pressure cooker environment, especially one that she'll get kicked out of if things deteriorate.[/B][/quote]

Yale is not the place for her if this is what you are looking for. [/quote]

Or any other large school. You want a really small liberal arts school like Colgate or Middlebury or Pomona. Students at large schools are a number. At small schools they might not be. (Emphasis on might.) [/quote]

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