The day after we visited Cornell, we stopped in New Haven to visit Yale University. We joined a student led campus tour, which was good because you get some idea of campus life and learn some trivia about the school. For example the library was designed with empty statue alcoves to give the appearance of age, even though it is a 20th century building, it is supposed to look like the statues were pillaged during some battle in antiquity (maybe marauding Canadians during the War of 1812, hahaha). Anyway it achieves the effect pretty well. Most of the buildings feel like there is a lot of history behind then, even the newer ones.
Comparing the two, I have to say I liked the Cornell campus more. It was a real campus, separate from the town. The problem with Yale is it is in the middle of New Haven, so you have trucks and other non-campus traffic driving through, plus there are shops and stuff there.
Next stop NYC!
-David
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