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I really liked Yale, although it was extremely intimidating. When I visited the campus, I was hiding behind trees, I felt so unworthy.

— Claire Danes

I went to Yale for undergrad.

— Kevin Olusola

When I left Yale, it was so painful to me. I had worked so hard, gotten so far, and just walked away.

— Eileen Pollack

I had three jobs to make my way through Yale.

— Scott Bessent

Yale was one of the best moments in my life - also one of the hardest. I learned about community.

— Brian Tyree Henry

As a kid, I was overly studious, overly serious, very academically driven. It was important to me on a cellular level to do well.…

— Claire Saffitz

I was probably the first kid in my high school to go to Yale. I applied almost as a lark. Then, when I got…

— Maya Lin

Four years was enough of Harvard. I still had a lot to learn, but had been given the liberating notion that now I could…

— John Updike

When I was younger, I took everything seriously, and I still do to some degree.

— Doug Baldwin

Where you go to these really good schools, and it's all about preparing for the next step of success. That was never even on…

— Larkin Grimm

The work that I wanted to create wasn't being done then. I was too much concerned about fellow students, professors, institutional style [in Yale].

— Kehinde Wiley

I made the decision to take acting seriously after high school.

— Mary-Kate Olsen