On our tour of Cornell we learned about Yale.

For housing, each Yale student is assigned a residential “college,” which they remain in for the rest of their years there. While this doesn’t exactly allow room for interaction with the outside community, it builds a community and solidarity between students. Yale alumni aren’t identified by what major they were; they are identified by what designated residential college they lived in.

Also, apparently, since Yale originally housed only elitist White Anglo-Saxon Protestant males in the 1700’s, dorms include one large bedroom–originally meant for the student– and one small bedroom– originally meant for the student’s servant– so Yalies would have to deck it out between roommates to see who gets the bigger bedroom.

So that’s fun!