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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My nephew attends Yale right now and loves it. He's just started his junior year.

Yale alumni like their school more than almost any other Ivy. Yale has the prestige of Harvard and Princeton while having rampant grade inflation and a strong sense of community. Yale has the housing system and doesn't have the elitist eating clubs or final clubs of Harvard and Princeton. There are secret societies, but they aren't nearly as important on campus as they were decades ago.

In contrast, Columbia, Penn, Cornell, and Dartmouth are much more divisive places. [/quote]

The "rampant grade inflation" has, over time, diminished Yale's prestige relative to other top schools.

The secret societies at Yale are every bit as elitist as the final clubs at Harvard and probably more elitist than the eating clubs at Princeton (about half of which are open to any student).

And Dartmouth has a greater sense of community and alumni loyalty than Yale.  Not even close.

Other than that, your boosting sounds about right.  [/quote]

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