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prospectus_2019_final_1_gr3.indd 1 7/24/19 8:15 PM Yale is best deﬁned by the word and. Yale is both a research university and a liberal arts college. Yale students and professors pursue innovative scholarship in the arts, humanities, social sciences, sciences, and engineering. Individuals of all backgrounds, beliefs, identities, and interests create a global community that values a multifaceted approach to undergraduate education—an approach deﬁned by and.

prospectus_2019_final_1_gr1.indd 2 7/22/19 6:27 PM Learning at Yale: Big & Small

Big ideas, global ventures, and life-changing lessons begin in small spaces at Yale. All undergraduates enroll in a single liberal arts college while immersed in one of the world’s great research universities. Despite its immense scope, Yale maintains a singular dedication to teaching and mentoring. All tenured faculty members in the arts and sciences teach undergraduate courses, and all students work closely with faculty advisers.

Yale students are as supportive as they are ambitious. Yale professors are as committed to their teaching as they are to their scholarship. Yale’s curriculum emphasizes breadth and depth in equal measure. In a community strengthened by its diversity of backgrounds, specialties, and goals, Yalies ﬁnd common ground in embracing the spirt of and.

“We are a research university that proudly and unapologetically focuses on our students. This is who we are and what we aspire to be.” – Peter Salovey, President of Yale University

of courses73 enroll% fewer languages53 o≠ered than 20 students; to undergraduates from student-to-faculty ratio 6:1 26% enroll fewer than 10 Akkadian to isiZulu

of most2/3 students’ 2,000+courses o≠ered majors coursework will be each year 80+ outside their major

prospectus_2019_final_1_g.indd 1 7/16/19 4:25 PM Academic Programs: Inside & Outside the Classroom

Every student arrives at Yale undeclared and has until the end of the second year to select a major. Whether they choose to pursue the summer fellowships % 200+ of 47Yale STEM majors for undergraduate ABET-accredited B.S. in Mechanical Engineering are women or the creative writing concentration in the science and engineering students each year English major, all students have access to the same courses and professors, without the restrictions of a core curriculum. Every student creates a customized academic program built around individual interests, with countless Fulbright145 Scholarships, opportunities for multidisciplinary study. 38 Rhodes Scholarships, ratio of declared and 27 Marshall STEM2:1 majors to Yale’s expansive course o≠erings are just the Scholarships awarded STEM faculty beginning. Hundreds of labs and research centers, to Yale alumni over the a major medical center, exceptional museum and past 10 years library collections, and the resources of 13 graduate and professional schools provide extraordinary opportunities for undergraduates to work directly with leading scholars and practitioners. Students 800+science, math, and 15,000,000+ pursue original research with Yale faculty in every engineering labs across holdings in department and around the world. the University Yale’s libraries

Majors in Yale College Archaeological Studies Cognitive Science Engineering Sciences: Architecture Computer Science Chemical, Electrical, African American Studies Art Computer Science & Environmental, or African Studies Astronomy Economics Mechanical American Studies Astrophysics Computer Science & English Anthropology Chemistry Mathematics Environmental Studies Applied Mathematics Classical Civilization Computer Science & Ethics, Politics, & Applied Physics Classics Psychology Economics Computing & the Arts Ethnicity, Race, & Migration East Asian Languages & Film & Media Studies Literatures French East Asian Studies Geology & Geophysics Ecology & Evolutionary Geology & Natural Biology Resources Economics German Studies Economics & Mathematics Global Affairs Electrical Engineering & Greek, Ancient & Modern Computer Science History Engineering: Biomedical, History of Art Chemical, Electrical, History of Science, Environmental, or Medicine, & Mechanical Public Health

prospectus_2019_final_1_gr3.indd 2 7/24/19 8:15 PM Making a Mark: Student Leaders Expand Their Impact at Yale Academic Programs: Inside & Outside the Classroom

Megan Perkins Ben Weiss Zahra Baitie

What? Yale’s Rocketry Project Team, What? Havenly, a nonprofit that What? Yale Association for African winner of a national rocket launch helps refugees sell baked goods to Peace and Development (YAAPD). competition. local cafés. When? Zahra co-founded YAAPD When? Megan helped launch the When? Ben and two classmates in her sophomore year to increase Rocketry Project Team as a first-year co-founded Havenly in his sophomore awareness about issues related to member of the Yale Undergraduate year with Head Chef Nieda Abbas, an African development and to provide a Aerospace Association (YUAA). Iraqi refugee who had recently arrived forum for those interested in Africa. in New Haven. How? As YUAA members, Megan and How? With support from several her teammates are funded by The How? Havenly partners with the Yale Yale departments, a board of Yale Boeing Company and the Yale School Refugee Project and received $15,000 students annually hosts the College’s of Engineering and Applied Science. from the Tsai CITY Summer Accelerator. largest Africa-related conference.

Humanities Mathematics Molecular, Cellular, & Theater Studies Italian Mathematics & Developmental Biology Urban Studies Judaic Studies Philosophy Music Women’s, Gender, & Latin American Studies Mathematics & Physics Near Eastern Languages Sexuality Studies Linguistics Modern Middle East & Civilizations Literature, Comparative Studies Neuroscience *Available only as a Literature & Comparative Molecular Biophysics & Philosophy second major. Cultures Biochemistry Physics Physics & Geosciences Physics & Philosophy Special Programs Political Science Portuguese Education Studies Psychology Energy Studies Religious Studies Global Health Studies Russian Human Rights Studies Russian & East European Directed Studies Studies First-Year Seminars Sociology Residential College South Asian Studies* Seminars Spanish Special Divisional Major Statistics & Data Science

prospectus_2019_final_1_gr1.indd 3 7/22/19 6:28 PM Residential Colleges: Diversity & Community

Before arriving, every incoming student is randomly Each residential college includes student suites, a assigned to one of fourteen residential colleges. Each dining hall, community spaces, a gym, a café, and a close-knit community, housed in stunning buildings library. The Head of College, Dean, and other Resident centered on a green courtyard, serves as a microcosm Fellows form an integrated system for advising and of Yale’s student population while preserving the support. The colleges host guest speakers, academic intimacy of a smaller college experience. Students symposia, and cultural events. Students join their bring their varied experiences, identities, beliefs, colleges before arriving and remain loyal members and interests to each residential college community, even after graduating. Students often refer to their where diversity and a shared identity are mutually residential colleges as “home base,” or “my home reinforcing, not mutually exclusive. away from home,” or simply, “the best.”

residential colleges14 where students live all four years

students400–500 in each residential college

Cultural4 Houses: the Afro-American Cultural Center, Asian American Cultural Center, La Casa Cultural, and Native American Cultural Center

of84 undergraduates% live on campus in residential colleges

prospectus_2019_final_1_gr1.indd 4 7/22/19 6:28 PM q20ualify for %Federal 1,578members of the Pell Grants for Class of 2022 low-income students

students from all 50 states

speak a language other than English 39% at home or as a ﬁrst language

% will 18be the ﬁrst% in their identify47 as members 11international% family to graduate from a 57countries of a minority group students 4-year college or university represented

Identity at Yale: Being & Becoming

Students come to Yale from all over the world, representing countless backgrounds and experiences. For many, a journey of reﬂection and growth includes Yale’s Cultural Houses, religious organizations, and dedicated resource centers. Students engage in discus- sions, performances, celebrations, and demonstrations that give voice to diverse communities and give new meaning to essential elements of their identities. Yale students share a commitment to creating an accepting community that celebrates di≠erences.

prospectus_2019_final_1_gr2.indd 5 7/23/19 7:23 AM Student Pursuits: On Campus & Abroad

A Yale education is never limited to the classroom or even to campus. Students engage their extracurricular projects and organizations with as much energy as their academic endeavors, and seek opportunities for study, service, and internships far beyond New Haven. In all student500 organizations+ student endeavors, tradition blends with a restless spirit of innovation.

100varsity, club,+ and intramural athletic teams

organizations70+ that promote student voices through politics, advocacy, and journalism

$6 million+ countries114 where awarded to Yale undergraduates traveled undergraduates for in summer 2019 international experiences

% of71 the most recent graduating class participated performance95 in study, research, and/or groups internships abroad

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employers120 conduct More than % over 2,400 interviews of 2018 graduates50 found their on campus annually job through a Yale resource

of the Class of 2018 entered the workforce, 17% went to graduate % or professional school, and 2% 75 pursued independent research

More than 1/3 of the70 Class of% 2013 have of all graduates work in individual6,000 advising sessions at completed or are currently pursuing nonproﬁt, NGO, or government the O∞ce of Career Strategy a graduate or professional degree or public agencies during the academic year

Beyond Yale: Service & Success

Yale students graduate with the benefit of an education that has valued and over or, preparing them for positions of leadership in every imaginable field. Yale alumni work in boardrooms and in classrooms, as engineers and as editors, with multinational corporations and with small startups, on Broadway and on call at the hospital. Students develop a meaningful definition of success that combines personal accomplishment and public service. Yale encourages and prepares graduates to make significant contributions to every community they join.

prospectus_2019_final_1_gr2.indd 7 7/23/19 7:22 AM Next Steps: Applying & A≠ording Affordable. For Everyone. meals, books, and personal expenses—is $75,925, It is easy to get a quick look at your family’s but the average scholarship covers more than two anticipated costs with the Quick Cost Estimator, thirds of this cost, and hundreds of Yale families a six-question tool that provides a personalized have no expected parent share. estimate in three minutes or less. Use the calculator Admissions: Whole-Person Review now at admissions.yale.edu/a≠ordable. Yale’s need-blind admissions policies ensure that a Yale seeks students of every background, interest, family’s ability to pay is never a factor in the selection outlook, and talent. While academic strength is the process, and Yale’s need-based financial aid policies first consideration, no student is admitted according ensure no student will ever need to decline a place in to a formula, and no one thing alone determines the class for financial reasons. Yale is proud to extend who will come to Yale. The various pieces of the both policies to all applicants regardless of citizenship application work together to showcase each student’s or immigration status. unique mix of qualities and strengths.

Yale meets 100% of every family’s demonstrated In selecting applicants, the Admissions Committee ﬁnancial need without loans, and for most American aims to gather an extraordinary variety of interesting families, attending Yale is more a≠ordable than and promising individuals to form a supportive attending an in-state public school. The total cost of community that is strengthened by its diversity. attendance for 2019–2020—including tuition, room, Two questions guide the Committee: Who is likely

Financial Aid Snapshot for the Class of 2022

Annual Income Median Median Aid Applicants parent$ share for Range Net Cost Scholarship Who Qualiﬁed 0 households with less than $65,000 in annual income and typical assets Less than $65,000 $3,450 $74,732 99%

$65,000–$100,000 $5,538 $72,217 96%

$100,000–$150,000 $15,298 $57,856 93% $ 11,200median net cost $150,000–$200,000 $34,005 $37,542 85% for students receiving ﬁnancial aid in $200,000–$250,000 $45,051 $27,165 72% 2018–2019

Greater than $250,000* $52,102 $19,817 23%

*Most who qualify have multiple children in college. ﬁnancial100 need met% with a Yale ﬁnancial aid award that does not include loans 8

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• One of the following: The Coalition Application, The Common Application, The QuestBridge National College Match Application

• $80 Application Fee or Fee Waiver

• Two teacher recommendations

to make the most of Yale’s resources? And who will • School Report with transcript and contribute most signiﬁcantly to the Yale community? counselor recommendation

Yale is especially interested in candidates who have • Standardized test results, including either had a profound, positive, and lasting impact on others the ACT or the SAT and who will enrich their communities in college and • Mid-Year Report beyond. The University also makes a deliberate e≠ort to bring to Yale students who have exhibited great promise but who may have lacked access to some advantages and resources for college preparation.

Visit admissions.yale.edu for a complete set of application requirements, advice from admissions o∞cers, and answers to frequently asked questions.

$ of86 the Class% of 2018 average52,300 Yale need-based graduated with zero scholarship in 2018–2019 loan debt

Application Deadlines

Single-Choice Early Action*

estimated$160 annual Yale millionCollege ﬁnancial aid budget Application: Financial Aid Forms: November 1 November 1

Regular Decision % of undergraduates64 receive Application: Financial Aid Forms: 50+ some ﬁnancial assistance January 2 March 1

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