Harvard vs. Yale :o

[lusty minnow]

bruh

💀

**Schools: **Harvard College and Yale University
Intended major: Harvard - Chemical and Physical Biology. Yale - Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry

Similarities:
Prestige
Competitiveness
Imposter syndrome
Networking/Connections

Harvard
Pros:
Prestige + Connections/Networking
Close to home (I’m 40 minutes away)
Great financial aid; I’d only have to pay around $11k/yr (estimated)
Tons of hospitals and clinical opportunities available in Cambridge
Location. Tons of things to do in Cambridge all within walking distance
Great Bio/chem department–better than Yale
Idk if the housing system is a pro/con
Grade inflation?

Cons:
Competitiveness
Imo the brick buildings are eh…
Hella tourists
Pressure to succeed
Some extracurriculars are competitive (and you can even get rejected)
Eh diversity (40% white, 9% African American)
Might be harder to secure research/clinical opportunities
Stress
Weather is eh
I’ve lived in MA for 14 years I don’t know if I can take it anymore (I wanna explore somewhere new)
Idk why but I have a fear of failing here
Food looks mid :o

Yale
Pros:
Less competition than Harvard.
Grade inflation
I’d love to get out of my state for a change and try living away from my parents
Love the campus so so much
Prestige/connections (comparable to Harvard lowkey)
I feel like the environment overall is a lot more collaborative
Love the residential college system
Food seems validd
Great people at Yale
I think Yale is a better fit??

Cons
Eh diversity (35% white, 7% African American)
Might be harder to secure research/clinical opportunities. Unsure if you can do research during freshman year
Bio/chem isn’t as good as Harvard’s but not bad by any means
20k/yr estimated net price
New Haven is kinda mid
Drinking oriented night life

[scarlet quest]

Comment:)

[inland ridge]

Harvard

!!

[lusty minnow]

oh and also

wait nvm

[inland ridge]

should also add great people at harvard

[scarlet quest]

Harvard so we can go to the same school

[inland ridge]

and remove the question mark next to grade inflation

[lusty minnow]

true true

[glass pagoda]

u seem like a better fit for yale

also

yale apparently has lots of free money for stem research

[scarlet quest]

Honestly idk, whichever gives you the most aid and best for your major

[glass pagoda]

thays true harvard is better for bio iirc

[inland ridge]

that would be harvard I think

[scarlet quest]

Yeah

[fair birch]

best for major is redundant because this is harvard v yale, you wont really go wrong for either

[glass pagoda]

true

[inland ridge]

harvard is slightly more aid or am I mixing people up'

[scarlet quest]

Yeah but yk, still an edge. I think in general Harvard has better stem

[inland ridge]

yeah 9k less a year

[fair birch]

premed?

[inland ridge]

I should lowkey get off this thread I'mn too biased

gl 0v3

[cosmic hedge]

Ngl it seems like yale would be a better fit for you, in terms of prestige and alumni they're basically at the same level and to go somewhere new on a beatiful campus with better food and housing might be worth it

[sacred forge]

competitiveness not real

brick buildings don’t matter

hella tourists don’t matter

pressure to succeed not real

stress not even a real con bruh this would be at jail too

weather is same as the hell (new haven)

you won’t fail cause inflation

fake cons

[glass pagoda]

i agree

[sacred forge]

you not real bruh

go harvard

but it seems u like jail more so i cant help you

but i would say make this decision after you get into both

[cosmic hedge]

I also know multiple ppl who got into both harvard and yale last year and chose yale

[sacred forge]

n=1

[glass pagoda]

he got a likely for both

[glass pagoda]

id choose yale 10000 times

[sacred forge]

o

[lusty minnow]

premed but considering PhD or MD/PhD

[sacred forge]

most of this guys harvard cons are made up

[lusty minnow]

harvard is most likely going to give more money but I will try to negotiate

[lusty minnow]

yea lowk just going off what I've heard/think 😭

[wide seal]

Have u gotten into both schools

[sacred forge]

he got likelies

[wide seal]

WTF

BAN HIM

WHY IS HE BACK

[lusty minnow]

🙏

[sacred forge]

@lusty minnow

[scarlet quest]

cons as in negatives💀

[lusty minnow]

🙏

gonna edit

do u have any cons @sacred forge ?

[sacred forge]

mf put stress as a con bruh

[ebon sand]

@lusty minnow I understand trying to logically make this decision, and it’s a very smart thing to do.
However, do you have any inkling of instinct? If you were convinced to go to Harvard, for example, would you (deep down) still want Yale?

[sacred forge]

😐

[ebon sand]

you’re going to be amazing regardless of which

so i think you should follow your heart!!

[lusty minnow]

maybe 😭

[sacred forge]

no not really

[lusty minnow]

idk but I think if I choose Yale i'd regret not picking harvard

[ebon sand]

then imo, yale’s sense of community beats harvard’s

yale’s res colleges, YSO, etc

it’s such a community there

[glass pagoda]

yes i agree

[ebon sand]

harvard is ultra competitive

[fair birch]

if u go to harvard u will run into a bunch of luck prototypes

[ebon sand]

i have a friend there who talks about harvard as clique-y etc

[glass pagoda]

if u chose harvard would u regret not choosing yale

[ebon sand]

i vote yale!!

[glass pagoda]

me too

[timid pasture]

The goat gave up on Richmond full ride?

[lusty minnow]

maybe😭😭

[ebon sand]

i think cambridge beats new haven though

[lusty minnow]

@sacred forge ?

[lusty minnow]

100%

[ebon sand]

but idk i love yale

[sacred forge]

yeah for sure, cause 1 persons experience is the whole school

[lusty minnow]

but i’ve been in MA my whole life

[ebon sand]

it’s just an example of a freshman experience

it shouldn’t be disregarded

[lusty minnow]

i’m like 40 mins from harvard

[sacred forge]

i wouldn’t say it’s competitive at all

though that’s also just n = 1

[lusty minnow]

not yet, but might lowkey

[sacred forge]

we have houses as well

[lusty minnow]

you think so?

[ebon sand]

oh i didn’t know you went to harvard lol

sorry

[sacred forge]

i mean sure you need to apply to some clubs to join but those are like finance and consulting, not your field

[lusty minnow]

okay okay ty

[ebon sand]

then obviously luck can speak better to competitiveness

[lusty minnow]

misinformation on my part

[ebon sand]

i only have a second hand source

am a

[lusty minnow]

same twin

[sacred forge]

join harvard discord and ask in there

better responses from more people

just search harvard in discord server bar

[lusty minnow]

i asked on the harvard yale and urichmond subreddits 🤷‍♀️

[sacred forge]

those are useless

go on the discord

[lusty minnow]

they’re prob gonna flame me for my trash ass pros/cons😭😭

[lusty minnow]

okay bet

[timid pasture]

Fair enough Harvard and Yale are crazy

[ebon sand]

students that talk about your pros represent a better school than students who rip into your cons lol

[sacred forge]

no

[ebon sand]

i’ve been silenced

[timid pasture]

If you have a good relationship with your family I’d say Harvard, one major factor in my college list is staying close because family support is unmatched

[sacred forge]

you’re required to live on campus first yr anyways

[timid pasture]

Not to mention living in MA for that long would help

[sacred forge]

so it won’t matter

[lusty minnow]

ngl i’d like to go away from my family a little

[timid pasture]

Well yeah but 40 minutes away isn’t much

[timid pasture]

Well I’d say Yale then lol

[sacred forge]

jail then

[ebon sand]

also

i think bulldogs may be cooler than pilgrims

that should be the #1 deciding factor: the mascot

[lusty minnow]

but i’d live on campus for both

so it doesn’t matter thatt much

[lusty minnow]

bro😭

[timid pasture]

yeah but parents can do a lot from 40 minutes away 💀

just speaking from the perspective of personal preference since both are top schools

[lusty minnow]

fair

almost everyone on a2c reddit saying pick harvard😭😭

just might fr

im gonna visit on friday

[inland ridge]

[lusty minnow]

since its so close

[inland ridge]

Lmk how you like it

[lusty minnow]

I will definitely

[sacred forge]

i just saw your shit

when i opened the app

but yeah harvard

[lusty minnow]

harvard is also really affordable

based on just the estimated

[timid pasture]

Seems like a win overall to me

[keen dock]

pick harvard, u seem like a great classmate and i may be doing a double major including bio so we can pass together 🔥

[viscid skiff]

HI BESTIE

you fr can't go wrong

hmm

something non-traditional that i'd want you to think abt

is how you felt when you got the likely

when you got the yale email and a2c told you it was a likely, how ecstatic were you

[karmic plume]

i will say

[viscid skiff]

when harvard told you, how excited were you?

[karmic plume]

ignore my opinion because sample size like 2 and also from nyc private

but ive heard the black community is thriving at harvard if not totally uplifted

[viscid skiff]

which one actually made you feel like your life was gonna change, like you would actually succeed so much and you were gonna win the world

[karmic plume]

and yale's is fairly segregated in comparison

[viscid skiff]

if you felt amazing for yale and didn't feel the same for harvard

i think you know where your heart rlly wants to go

[karmic plume]

ofc that's a harvard student's perspective but also there are basically no black people from my school at yale

[inland ridge]

^this

[viscid skiff]

i hope i have one of y'all as a classmate

[karmic plume]

however i don't think any of the reasons people are saying harvard are really compelling enough for you not to choose yale if you like it better

[lusty minnow]

❤️❤️

[lusty minnow]

i was running around my house saying “NO FUCKING WAY” over and over😭😭

[lusty minnow]

i was freaking out at work😭😭

similar reactions kinda

[lusty minnow]

wow this is hard

both really

but the harvard one i was like “i made it”

but also i think that’s because of the prestige playing a factor if i’m being honest😭😭

[lusty minnow]

damn that’s a really good insight ty

[lusty minnow]

hmm my yale interviewer was telling me the black students were really collaborative as well

[karmic plume]

yeah i mean take what i say with a grain of salt

my best harvard friend says yuck fale first

but like i feel like you can get a sense of this by just googling "black at harvard" vs "black at yale"

[icy adder]

^^^^ agree w this

[wide seal]

Facts

[lusty minnow]

what do yall think about this

idk i’m agreeing with him bro😭😭

[timid pasture]

wait that sounds comp

see if you can grab the full ride it might be worth it then

[lusty minnow]

nah fr tho

fullride yale would be crazy

[timid pasture]

fr

[lusty minnow]

i don’t think i’ll get it but i can always try

[timid pasture]

give it a shot

if you dont get it you still have both options

[wide seal]

they said "yale good too"

[lusty minnow]

😭😭

[wide seal]

that should tell u what u need to know...

[lusty minnow]

thoughts on the more undergrad focused and miserable at harvard 😭😭

[wide seal]

second part is just anecdotal

there are countless people who love their time at harvard

its a culture fit, to make a choice based on that you should talk in depth with multiple students in multiple different majors from each school

undergrad focused doesnt even really matter tbh

like its gonna be marginal between schools

also, ecs at yale will be just as comp as harvard

theyre competitive on purpose

yale does have better food which is fire imo

[lusty minnow]

lmfaooo

[wide seal]

also take ur harvard financial aid to yale to try and get a better deal from yale

then take yales new financial aid package to harvard to get a better deal from harvard

[lusty minnow]

OH SHIT WTF

why are you so smart

[wide seal]

wharton 101

[viscid skiff]

its called negotiation

[lusty minnow]

damn someone said harvard > richmond > yale

do yall think harv vs yale might just come down to a vibecheck😭😭😭

[timid pasture]

100%

[lusty minnow]

bro i need to talk to harvard students

[celest fulcrum]

Yale!!

[celest fulcrum]

Yes

[lusty minnow]

watching this rn https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=l8sL7Om89oM&t=407s&pp=ygUZd2h5IGkgcGlja2VkIGhhcnZhcmQgb3Zlcg%3D%3D

[wicked talon]

harvard

[valid stratus]

connecticut is scary ): go to harvard

[fair birch]

likely letters

he's gotten into them cuz he got likelies

essentially

[nimble bramble]

new haven is not only mid its like act deadly bro

yale students have made survival guides to incoming freshmen

[lusty minnow]

💀

[lusty minnow]

ofn

[lusty minnow]

might be the move lowkey

look at this bruh

the more i'm researching harvard the more i'm falling in love

and cambridge is a rlly good area

and also most the stuff about competitiveness and shit isn't as true/prevalent as I thought

[timid pasture]

ngl that looks sick

[nimble bramble]

is this how they do likelies

they just straight up say "ur in"

[lusty minnow]

it depends on the school

yale called me first

[nimble bramble]

oh

[lusty minnow]

well my ao called me

[nimble bramble]

praying for likely next yr 🙏

yeah imo i wld just go to harvard

whats the price on both tho

[lusty minnow]

all i have is net price calc estimates 😭

but yale was estimated 20k and harvard 11k

per year

[nimble bramble]

yeah

harvard

100%

congrats on both tho

ur cracked

[lusty minnow]

ty ty

i feel like i'm probably going to choose harvard unless 3 things

1. yale gives more aid

2. I feel more at home at Yale than at harvard

[nimble bramble]

are both flying u in

[lusty minnow]

3. I don't fit in or hate the environment at harvard

[lusty minnow]

driving to both :)

[nimble bramble]

oh

yeah

[lusty minnow]

both Yale will pay for gas

[nimble bramble]

thats a good idea

also based on the npc yale prob wont im ngl

(pay u more i mean)

[lusty minnow]

ohh