The title is alarming: "Why we dropped out of Yale to start a dating website" But the first paragraph is less concerning: "... taking time off from school to b

The title is alarming: "Why we dropped out of Yale to start a dating website" But the first paragraph is less concerning: "... taking time off from school to build and grow our company" Yale is generous in terms of granting leaves of absence, so the knowledge that you're not actually dropping out really changes my view of your decision (for the better). You'd be crazy to drop out of Yale for an idea with no traction. To take a semester, or possibly a year, for the same? That's a much less drastic proposition.