Schools within school: all undergrads go to Yale College
Unique focus on undergrads lol
2000 courses, student:teacher = 6:1, 3:1 for STEM
Big classes less than 2% - small classes within a larger university
Liberal arts college
1. The philosophy: not to just narrow into a certain field, rather
2. Majors are not tailored to specific career
3. Core curriculum
- Distributional requirements
4. And
- Dovetailing different fields together = well-rounded
- 2 courses in humanities, social sciences, natural sciences
5. Skills
- 2 writing intensive courses
- 2 quantitative reasoning (eg math, statistic course)
6. Foreign languages
- At least 3 semesters
- What if you want to learn a language not of the 50?
i.
Independent language study program **
ii.
Work with a free tutor
7. International Experiences
- Summer language institutes
- Own independent research proposals
i.
You do you!
8. Paid internships
- Offered to yale undergraduates
- Housed with yale students
A good college?
Do you fit in?
1. Thoughtful, collaborative, adventurous
- Reasoning for their endeavors
- Work together pls no srsly
- Minimum guidance, you do you
% 2x major?
Ez to do both
Dont declare major until end of sophomore year
1/3 classes go to majors, 1/3 to distributional, 1/3 electives
If double major = 1/3 1st major 1/3 2nd major
Can major in things like chemical engineering + theatrical studies lol
Cons
- Miss out on opportunities
- Dont need to declare a second major to access higher studies
Interdisciplinary courses
- Global affairs, ethnicity etc.
How many courses?
Fall and spring semester
Minimum 36 courses, 4 or 5 courses per semester
Independent research?
Take initiative
Lots of research + small number of undergrads
Fellowships?
Center for International and Professional Experience (CIPE)
Serves as network, extensively for liberal arts colleges
Selective departments? No pre-med, no business?
Based on academic scholarship, not career scholarship
Broader sense in curricula
Yale atheletics?
Yale invented game of modern football
Participated in intercollegiate
Yale bowl (1914)
34 Division 1 varsity teams
whole spectrum of commitments = many ways to enter sports
College experiences?
12 residential colleges
No formal academic component
Like Hogwarts, but no Sorting Hat
System
- Randomly assign students into one of twelve communities
- Done before people arrive
- Experience = members of smaller community
Small community, not self-selected, within a larger university (diverse)
Distinct living space microcosm (24 hour library and gyms)
Basement facilities = dance studios, music rooms
Two professors for each college (College master and dean)
Dean is advisor
College master = facilitator
Teatime @ 4PM
I.
Talk with interesting guests
II.
Composers of Broadway musicals etc
Performing arts?
Yale is good place for arts (and everything else lol)
4 graduate professional classes - professionals at highest degrees
Undergrad classes access those professional classes
200 musical and theatrical performances
Not music majors, but can be part of things like Yale Symphony Orchestra
2500 people Rosen Hall
~20 acapella groups
Basically a lot of classes, and not one where you have to major to join anyone can participate
Fraternities and etc?
Doesnt overwhelm social scheme
International students?
Ten to eleven percent of undergraduates
15-16% overall
Extracurriculars?
A lot of things
Yale Daily News + other completely student- run things
500 student organizations, 5400 students = people want you to join; easy to join
Guaranteed housing?
Close to 90% will take the offer
Move off campus, still a member of your residential college
Graduate from Yale; get degree @ residential college 120 people
Financial aid and admissions?
Expensive
1. Over 60,000 a year?
i.
If you can afford, pay
ii.
If not
a. Net price calculator
b. Based on demonstrated financial aid (doesnt matter if you play sports or not)
c. Meet 100% of demonstrated needs without loans
d. Includes Yale scholarship and a small student contribution (exclusively used towards
things like purchasing books and pizzas)
e. Average scholarship = over 42,000 dollars per student per year
f. 65,000 dollars or less = no contribution from parents
g. Above to 200,000 = receive need based aid
Admissions
1. Need-blind
I.
Dont care about who can pay
II.
Extended to all international students (so Yicheng is fine too)
2. Submissions
I.
Yale highly selective (31000 admissions, 2000 admitted)
II.
80% academically well-qualified
III.
Every spot, 12 applicants can do it
IV.
Wrong visions
a. No supercomputer
b. No secret society
V.
Right
a. Sit at a table and talk about you
b. Give those people something to talk about
c. What is this student bringing to the campus? Whats he/she taking away?
d. I wish we could follow you around for a day and see your interaction with
others
e. Adventurous, take advantage of the opportunities
VI.
How selective colleges make their decisions
A. Academics : high school transcript : resources + scores : take advantage,
Standardized test scores : SAT ACT, 2 SAT II tests
B. Breadth and depth of extracurricular activities
- Pointy students and well-rounded students both accepted
- Extracurricular should reflect personality
- Who you are and what you value = dont need to go to Puerto Rico
C. Character
- College essay is make or break thing?
- Important piece, allows you to speak directly to admissions office
- College essays are about you: require different type of writing
- Things to think about
- Thoughtful? Show off how you think
- Reflective? Essay is about you pls pls
- *personal approach*
- Reflective the philosophy of colleges in your voice/ essay
- Reflect yourself in the colleges
Yale is expensive, and anyone can afford to go to Yale
Student contributions
1. Work an on-campus job
I.
Cool fun jobs = singing in a choir @ 13 dollars an hour
II.
Menial jobs = guarding a room full of toilet paper @ 14 dollars an hour
