Yale University Top Questions

Gay was invented at Yale. Irony was invented at Yale. Everyone at Yale can sing. Yale is full of household names, especially in entertainment and media. The hardest part about Yale is getting in; after that, you just develop an academic strategy and do fine. If you get into a secret society, your career is pretty much in the bag. Becoming part of the Yale alumni network is well worth the price of admission. Harvard undergraduates envy Yale because it's a much more undergraduate-friendly place.

Pompous, Artsy, Intellectual, Preppy, Old Money

Competitive, stressed, WASP-y

A history major talks about stereotypes and what she does for fun, among other things.

A Yale student talks about some Yale stereotypes and his experience at the school.

Yalies are stereotyped as pompous people who think they're better than everyone else. Popped -collar prep school graduates who got in because their fathers donated buildings or were famous.

Some stereotypes are that Yale students are very smart, ambitious, and that some are pretentious or snobby.

Yalies are all super smart and antisocial, everyone has a lot of money, it's a very preppy school, people are stuck-up

they are really smart and it is an elite institution

Some call Yale the "gay Ivy," and while there is a glimmer of truth in most stereotypes, this perception is mostly inaccurate. I think the arts are emphasized more than at other Ivies, and that there is a comforting sense of community.