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[quote=Anonymous]Princeton grad here.  Princeton was the only Ivy that I applied to for undergraduate, but when I visited Yale friends (undergraduate and law school), I really liked the look and feel of Yale.  I know some brilliant people who went to Harvard, too, but the school itself always seemed less welcoming than Princeton and Yale.

In any event, the things about Yale that seemed/seem more appealing were/are:  (1) the four-year residential college gives students a home for four years without forcing them to make the decisions that Princeton students eventually have to make about whether to join an eating club, stay at a residential college, or go "independent"; (2) the liberal arts focus is stronger; and (3) the architecture is more impressive (i.e., the buildings tend to be taller and more ornate).   The things I liked/like more about Princeton were/are:  (1) the campus as a whole is beautiful and just about the perfect size/scale; (2) the focus on undergraduate education is even greater than at Yale; and (3) you are close to both NYC and Philadelphia, and not in rather gritty New Haven.

In any event, OP's kid has a great choice.  If I'd gotten into both, and attended sessions for admitted students first at Princeton and then at Yale, I probably would have ended up at Yale, if only because it would have been more in my head when I was finally forced to make a decision.  Good luck. [/quote]

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