I wasn't trying to make a decision for you; I was giving you advice on how to make your decision, not ruling out possibilities for you. I am trying to help you sort things out. I did, in fact, read your post, and while you implied strongly that you aren't going to drop out of Yale, you also implied strongly that you are deeply unhappy about that decision, and it is some sort of character flaw that you cannot bring yourself to leave. You are suggesting, in your post, that you really ought to leave, but you don't have the guts to end the status quo. I also never said you are stupid, nor do I think you would leave without a plan or a reason. It's just that even if you do, carrying out your plan might not fix all your problems, and I'm concerned that you could end up no happier, and worse off in terms of your career and so on. And of course, it could all end up happily ever after, but the point is it's high risk (depending on the plan), so you should be sure before you undertake something like that. I have been negative intentionally, because if you can think extremely critically about your plan and still want to do it... you can be more sure it's the right thing. And in that sense, I'm actually encouraging you to think about leaving. Not that I think you should, but that you should think about it thoroughly.