Four for Four (UPDATED)

Famous Yale alum, Mr. Burns--Class of 1914. (Sideshow Bob is also a Yale alum.)

I’ve always had a soft spot for Yale.  Two of my favorite former students are there now, as is one of my finer former colleagues from my University of Chicago days.  I also feel their office, for reasons mostly unknown to me, continues to make the most reasonable and thoughtful decisions year in and year out.  And on a semi-related note, I think it’s one of the few universities that begins to compare with my alma mater in terms of a rigorous undergraduate education. (But yes, I’m biased.)

So, it was a lot of fun reading this story in Saturday’s NYT about a set of quadruplets who were ALL admitted to Yale under Early Action last week.  The kids sound pretty amusing and compelling and it makes for a great story. I hope Jacques will follow up with them in the spring so we learn what their final decisions are…

And in a complete aside, one of my favorites vignettes from a Simpsons episode was when Mr. Burns was trying to get his dolt of a son into Yale as a legacy. He asks the admissions officer, “So, how were his test scores?”  Her reply, “Let’s just say he spelled ‘Yale’ with a six.”  When he then asks what kind of donation he’ll need to make to ensure his son’s admittance, he’s told Yale needs an international airport.

UPDATE: Seems that some folks got a little nasty in that cesspool of humanity also known as The NYT Readers’ Comments.  Jacques wrote up a quick followup post on his post and I can’t say I disagree.  Almost as good of a read as his original post on the quads.