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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a rising senior at Yale, I have met lots of her friends over the last few years. She (and friends I have met) all seem to work incredibly hard, do tons of activities, and have tons of fun. People choose that school because it’s a place that really leans into Community so there’s a self-selection going on for sure. I don’t know the Harvard scene nearly as well, but if you keep an eye on Crimson articles, there’s a steady stream of pieces written by undergrads about the lack of fun. It’s generally described as both being due to tight administration restrictions and the downstream effect of final clubs, etc.[/quote]

Downstream effect of finals clubs?  I think the kids in finals clubs or Greek life at Yale or eating clubs at Princeton are having fun.   New Haven and Boston offer a lot of things to do for kids who aren’t so inclined.[/quote]

For sure the kids in final clubs are having fun, but that’s not most students and the parties are hard to get into. Yale Greek and non-Greek parties much more open. Agree Boston and New Haven have lots of cool options too. But Harvard famously  is really restrictive and quick to shut things down( in no small part due to Cambridge being a wealthy professional area). I mean don’t take my word for it, a quick google search will turn up plenty of student written articles about this.
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2023/9/5/barone-harvard-fun-enough/[/quote]

It really is tragic when schools, after crafting classes that are so diverse in background, implement policies that encourage students to not socialize outside of a narrow group of people with similar extracurricular or social interests.  [/quote][/quote]

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