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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yale is like a weird Potemkin Village or movie set. [/quote]

I wish I were jaded enough to toss out such a comment. Yale seemed magical to me as a visitor. [/quote]
DP. A lot of people find it magical. I really struggled to enjoy the tour and found it extravagantly tasteless and a bit dull (which is a strange mix I wasn’t expecting). The auditorium they sent us into just seemed large but also rundown. We got to tour DC’s department and a residential college, since DC has a few upperclassmen friends there and neither of us were too impressed.

Strange, because DC now goes to Princeton and we both love the campus- which is admittedly quite similar.[/quote]

I’m the poster you’re responding to and I went to Princeton.

When I first visited Princeton I was young and wide-eyed and thought it was amazing. However, when I later visited Yale I thought it was awesome and had a buzz Princeton lacked.  Looking back now, I think the Princeton campus as a whole is nicer but that the individual buildings and quads at Yale are more impressive.

But, again, I’m a pushover…generally find things to like at every college campus and would love to be a student again (apart from the all-nighters to finish my thesis). [/quote]
I definitely can see this! I like a less busy campus and am admittedly a bit picky with my architecture. My favorite campus is probably Williams, because it reminds me so much of Dartmouth without the palatable wealth (I’m an alumna, please don’t bite!). I love the idea of quiet on a campus and open land where you can sprawl out and privately read! The gardens of Princeton stole my heart a bit  :lol: [/quote]

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