In May of 2019, at the age of 52, I was accepted to the Eli Whitney student program at Yale University.
I am the oldest freshman in the class of 2023. Before I was accepted, I didnt really know what to expect. I had seen the infamous YouTube video of students screaming at a faculty member. I had seen the news stories regarding the admissions scandal and that Yale was included in that unfortunate business. I had also heard the students at Yale referred to as snowflakes in various social media dumpsters and occasionally Id seen references to Ivy League students as snowflakes in a few news sources. [Cont...]