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vitalvisionary t1_jde7v9y wrote

As someone who has served food, drinks, delivering to classes, and dated a few Yalies, you definitely capture a vibe. With a lot of them, there's just this aura of superiority. Cambridge or Berkeley, you don't really get that same air of condescension. The theater or art kids are alright though.

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catsmash t1_jdev4b5 wrote

the air of superiority is a feature, not a bug. yale works extremely hard from day one to embed this in undergrads. they're very much intended to leave yale feeling entirely separate from the average human. it's a technique intended, ultimately, to increase alumni donations.

edit: lol i'm not remotely kidding.

edit 2: yalies reading this like "no, -I- could NEVER have been emotionally deceived, i am FAR less susceptible to these cons than regular humans" lol

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Goodbye_megaton t1_jdf94vc wrote

Yale has been cultivating this since they walled off the university from the city in the early 20th century. I remember hearing a rumor that freshman undergrads are told where not to go and while it’s obviously anecdotal it would not surprise me.

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catsmash t1_jdfbiqm wrote

oh, they are. it's prevalent to the extent that a casual survey of undergrads some years ago (pre-pandemic) revealed that some absolutely insane percentage of them (like seventy, eighty) didn't realize new haven was on the water.

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jlevnhv OP t1_jder6l8 wrote

Yeah a lot of them are fine its more like figuring out who is worth the effort

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Sufficient_Mirror_12 t1_jdhid5l wrote

What - Harvard/Cambridge is way more stuck up than Yale/New Haven.

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tito2014 t1_jdju1tg wrote

I don’t think so. I studied at Suffolk and Northeastern for a few years. Partied with some Harvard kids. I’ve lived in New Haven county my whole life otherwise. There are way more schools in the area such that Harvard and MIT don’t really get special treatment throughout the city. Like it or not, New Haven owes most, if not all, of what it is today to Yale which leads to the inflated entitlement of the student body.

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Goodbye_megaton t1_jdf8wns wrote

Richer sure. More well-educated, definitely. Smarter? Don’t know about that one.

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vitalvisionary t1_jdfmd0t wrote

They're very specialized. They know a lot about something very specific. A lot of them think that means they know about everything else. It's the Dunning-Kruger effect.

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vitalvisionary t1_jdf982b wrote

We all have something to learn and something to teach. Also, money doesn't make you superior.

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