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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP. Yale is literally the subject of a class action lawsuit over how miserable it is for students and how harmful to their mental health. The PPs suggesting Yale must have attended in the 1950s. It was probably nice in the 1950s, but that was a long time ago.  
 https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/06/health/yale-mental-health.html
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The class action suit is about the leave policies, which were antiquated and bad. They are changing ( better, still could be improved.) This was prompted in part by the last time there was a suicide on campus during the covid year. But this isn’t what OP is asking about. The overall culture of the undergrad is highly collaborative with strong emphasis on community, vibrant arts life, grade deflation not really a thing. Kids tend to stretch themselves thin by choice with a million activities, busy social lives etc so you’re going to find some stressed out students as you would anywhere. But I went to a “grinder/no fun” school and that’s definitely not Yale. [/quote]

Totally agree. I'm a mid-2000s Yale grad (so awhile ago now, but not like the 1950s) and this absolutely comports with my experience. Kids are crazy busy and stretch themselves thin by choice trying to take advantage of everything the place has to offer, but it's not really classes that do it. Pre-med can be a bit different like it is anywhere, but I was heading to law school (so cared about grades/wasn't a slacker) & ended up at YLS... and Yale was not a grind other than during reading week each semester (1 week post-classes/pre-exams to study & write papers). Kids were not super competitive at all and notes and problem sets were shared freely.[/quote]

Some of this also comes down to how smart & efficient a student is and, especially at Yale, how good a writer. My roommate was gone every weekend for an off campus activity, hosted a party for our friend group every Thursday and rarely ever appeared to study. She graduated summa and went off to England on a scholarship post-college and Yale was way more of grind for me to do not nearly as well. [/quote]

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