Author: Matt74
Date: 2021-03-23 11:41
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I recommend taking some time to look at pictures and the size of both communities, and consider their connections (or lack of) with other communities. Two photos attached. They are basically polar opposites. Private/Public. East/West. Cool/Warm. Old/New. Gothic/Modern. Oaks/Palms. Preppies/Hippies. Atlantic/Pacific. Etc.
New Haven and Yale are simply beautiful. It’s like a cross between Oxford and Small Town, USA. It’s walkable. It’s exactly what “college” brings to mind. It’s comfortable. I always felt weird walking around on campus at Harvard as a visitor. I really enjoyed wandering around Yale to see all the buildings.
I love SoCal for the sun, ocean, and lots of beautiful nature, but LA is a disaster. The worst suburban sprawl. The whole immense valley from the mountains to the sea is one gianormus sprawl. The picture above is only a small part of the vastness of the San Fernando Valley sprawl. I’ve never been to the USC campus. SoCal culture is very laid back - you’re ok, I’m ok, he’s ok, she’s ok, they’re ok, we’re ok, everything’s ok. I haven’t lived in LA though.
New Haven is not too far from Boston and NYC, not super convenient, but not too far either. It’s on the Amtrak NE route between DC - NY - Boston. It takes about 4 hrs from DC to NY, and four from NY to Boston. Driving time is about the same. New Haven is a little closer to NY than Boston. https://www.amtrak.com/routes/northeast-regional-train.html
LA will offer more career options without moving, but they may be hard to get, and you may have to spend a lot of time sitting in traffic, and you have to live in LA or commute. Yale is on a more human scale. You have to think of it as one part of New England and the Mid Atlantic, rather than in isolation. People on the East Coast tend to get around a lot on the East Coast, so it’s likely that you will have opportunities to have connections from DC, NY, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Boston - as well as occasions to visit. I could leave my front door in Alexandra VA, and get to school in Brookline, MA by Air or Train, without driving or getting in a taxi. You will need a car in LA.
Both schools will look good on a resume, but I expect Yale would look better, especially as undergrad. They also have an “Institute of Sacred Music” with a separate “campus”, not far from the main campus.
- Matthew Simington
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