Which is better, Cambridge or Yale?

If you want to have a political career in the U.S.: Yale. If you want a liberal arts education: Yale. If you want to finish your degree in three years: Cambridge. If you want to specialize right away: Cambridge. If you are an UK resident: Cambridge (for financial reasons). read more

If you want to finish your degree in three years: Cambridge. If you want to specialize right away: Cambridge. If you are an UK resident: Cambridge (for financial reasons). If your family is very poor and you can get full-ride financial aid to go to college for free: Yale. If you are interested in engineering: Maybe Cambridge. read more

Oz Woloshyn, who is studying English at Magdalen College, Oxford, has spent the past year as a visiting student at Yale. Oz returns to Oxford next year, but he couldn’t resist offering some thoughts, with the help of some of the people he’s met along the way, on the differences between the two universities. read more

Cambridge/Boston is a better place to be as a student than New Haven. The transportation is better, there are far more colleges and students in the Boston area, far more cultural venues, and the crime rate is substantially lower than New Haven. read more