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Yale’s Cultural Houses, Our financial aid p. 30 | Blue Booking. religious communities, policy eliminates the When parties and p. 62 | and a∞nity organiza- need for loans and shopping are academic. Inspired tions and centers. makes Yale a≠ordable Plus: shopping lists, by Icons. for all. special programs, p. 46 | A Hands-On Why p. 90 | Difference and some startling Education. Learning architecture Makers. Through numbers. by doing. matters. Dwight Hall, students find their own paths p. 48 | Next-Gen p. 70 | Nine Squares. to service and leader- Knowledge. For The modern univer - ship in New Haven. Yalies, one-of-a-kind sity, the cosmopolitan resources make college town. all the di≠erence. p. 72 | Here, There, Everywhere. p. 36 | College Fourteen Yalies, where Meets University. they’re from, and An undergraduate road where they’ve been. p. 22 | Bright map to the intersection p. 52 | Think Yale. College Years. of Yale College and Think World. Five In many ways, friend- the University’s gradu- Elis share their pivotal ship defines the ate and professional moments abroad. Pursuits. Yale experience. One schools. student sums it up: p. 56 | Connect the p. 76 | Bulldog! “It’s about the people, p. 38 | Eavesdrop- Dots. From start-up Bulldog! Bow, not the prestige.” ping on Professors. capital and internships Wow, Wow! Why being an amazing to top fellowships and Playing for Yale— p. 26 | Breaking place to teach makes a worldwide network of The Game, the mission, News. A few of Yale an amazing place alumni, Yale positions the teams, the fans, the year’s top under- to learn. graduates for success in and, of course, graduate stories. the real world. Handsome Dan. 4 7 Yale is at once a Lives. tradition, a company of scholars, a society of friends. Yale: A Short History, by George W. Pierson (Professor, Yale Department of History, 1936–73) Mallet Njonkem Preorientation Freshman Programs Counselors The Hometown Freshman Diaries. Several optional Freshman Counselor Richmond, TX preorientation programs (a.k.a. Froco) Program (Life in the first year) Anticipated Major give new students a was established in Economics, Engineering Sciences: Mechanical chance to meet each 1938 and has been other prior to the formal an intrinsic and Freshman Orientation. essential component of Yale’s advising From the moment they Cultural Connections system for freshmen arrive, freshmen are “While it may not be particularly (CC) introduces fresh- ever since. Each men to Yale’s cultural first-year student is able to dive into all that easy to excel at Yale, finding resources and explores assigned a counselor Yale has to offer. In part the diversity of student who acts as a guide this is because so many out that there are many resources experiences on campus, through the transition programs are in place with emphasis on the to life at Yale. Frocos experiences of students are a diverse group specifically to welcome to help achieve goals was my of color and on issues of seniors who and guide first-year related to racial identity. are friends/mentors/ students— from pre- greatest surprise.” problem-solvers— FOCUS on New Haven but not supervisors orientation to freshman takes freshmen on a or disciplinarians. counselors (Yale seniors) six-day exploration of All freshmen except to Freshman Seminars On preorientation: I did On expectations: I was never the urban landscape those in Timothy (small classes taught Cultural Connections and loved completely sure what I would want within and beyond the Dwight, Benjamin Yale campus. Franklin, Pauli Mur- by some of Yale’s most it! I had a fantastic time going to study in college, so I knew that ray, and Silliman prominent professors) on adventures, participating I wanted to go to a place where I Freshman Outdoor live together on to parties. We caught in stimulating discussions and could engage in several di≠erent Orientation Trips Old Campus during (FOOT) are six-day and their first year, and up with three freshmen conversations, and being ushered pursuits. The ability to easily four-day back packing Frocos live among near the end of their into some of the finer aspects of switch majors or disciplines was trips for all levels in them. (Freshmen second semesters. student campus life with things one of the main factors that drew the mountains and are grouped in Old Here they share advice like a talent show and poetry me to apply to private schools like hills of Vermont, New Campus residences Hampshire, New York, by college affiliation, on preorientation, performances. I really benefited Yale in addition to my state’s flag- Massachusetts, and which allows all independence, and First Year’s Classes from the program in that I felt a ship school. When I visited Yale Connecticut, led by freshmen no matter schedules; reflect on A Tuesday > Comprehensive General sense of belonging and already during Bulldog Days—a three-day upperclassmen who their college affilia- have extensive training tion to get to know their own freshman in the life of Chemistry II had a network of friends before program for admitted students— > General Chemistry Lab II in keeping FOOTies each other.) expectations; and record 9:30 am Wake up, shower, and (ideally) > Reading and Writing the Camp Yale even started. I’ve I was blown away by the fluidity safe and healthy in the a day in their lives get breakfast at Saybrook. Modern Essay heard similar experiences from and flexibility across several backcountry. during the first year. > Introduction to Ethnicity, Race, friends who participated in FOOT. spheres in the school. It became 10:30 Spanish in Linsly-Chittenden Harvest begins at the and Migration I highly encourage incoming clear to me that integrating into (conveniently located between > Calculus of Functions of One Yale Farm, and then Vanderbilt and Saybrook). Variable I and II students to consider one of Yale’s residential college communities, groups of freshmen > Introductory Microeconomics preorientation programs. extracurricular activities, and led by upperclassmen 11:20 Rush to Hillhouse to make it > Introduction to Engineering, head off to spend to my 11:35 calculus class. the larger Yale community would Innovation, and Design five days on family- On roommates: Whether by be seamless. And now that I’m owned organic farms 1:00 pm Grab lunch at Silliman with > Vikings pure coincidence or by Yale’s here, one of my most pleasant in Connecticut. a friend or two from math. > Elementary Spanish II complex room assignment system, surprises is that there are a ton Orientation for 3:00 Work out at Payne Whitney Activities I was matched with someone I of great resources such as o∞ce International Students Gym, shower, and leave by 4. > Yale Black Men’s Union > Yale PALS Tutoring and had met and hit it o≠ with during hours, tutoring, review sessions, (OIS) is a four-day 6:00 Meet up at Chipotle or another Mentoring the college search process. After intelligent fellow classmates, program designed to ease the transition of local eatery with fellow Black > Yale Undergraduate Diversified we got our suite assignments, etc., all around just waiting to Men’s Union members to work Investments international students on a newsletter for alumni. > Science, Technology, and we texted each other in happy be utilized. to the United States Research Scholars surprise that we would be by familiarizing them 7:30 Weekly meeting with Cluster > Saybrook College Council rooming together. with academic and Technicians at the Student Chair of the Dining Hall Committee social life at Yale. It is Technology Collaborative. > Shaka at Yale Polynesian dance organized and led by group On Freshman Seminars: international upper- 9:00 Watch TV for an hour. These are very popular classes classmen with support from the Office of 10:00 Do homework with a friend at with limited sizes. I definitely International Students Squiche (Saybrook’s buttery). recommend applying to them. and Scholars. 12:30 am Back to my room to get some sleep. 10 | lives 11 Eliza Dach A Wednesday Oscar Pocasangre A Thursday Hometown in the life of Hometown in the life of Washington, DC San Salvador, El Salvador 8:25 am Wake up and get ready for 9:00 am Comparative Latin American Anticipated Major Anticipated Major classes. Politics: Get ready to take a lot Chemistry (although I also want to Economics, Political Science of notes! explore Chemical Engineering) 8:45 Walk with my roommate to Branford for hot breakfast. 10:15 Breakfast. At Berkeley College, Our favorite day is chocolate I usually get a bagel, mu∞ns, First Year’s Classes chip pancake day. wa±e, or fruit and yogurt, and > Directed Studies: Literature 6:45 am. Wake up, shower, and walk orange juice. 9:25 Organic Chemistry class. With (both semesters) the help of giant styrofoam 10:30 I go back to my room and > Directed Studies: Historical models, we’ve been learning to Payne Whitney for archery practice.