Molly Charter Mariella Monroy Avid 4A
Environment of the college Founded in 1701 New Haven, Connecticut From SDHS to Yale university is 2,924 miles School size: 11,700 Located on regional city: 100,000 and more (urban) 94% out of state people Private school
Campus House capacity is 4,600 Co-ed residential halls 51% female, 49% male Mandatory that freshmen and sophomores live on campus Medium sized campus: 88% of students live on campus
Housing – Berkeley – Branford – Calhoun – Davenport – Ezra Stiles – Jonathan Edwards – Timothy Dwight – Silliman – Saybrook – Pierson – Morse – Trumbull 12 Residential Halls
Academics More than 2,000 courses 75 majors to choose from Many of the majors at Yale include a senior requirement (essay, project, or portfolio) that allows students to work closely with a professor on an issue that interests them. Student to faculty ratio is 6:1
Unique Facilities two art museums, natural history museum, wind tunnel, engine testing facility, graphic workstations, robotics labs, crystal growth, nuclear accelerators, nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometers, optical spectroscopy instruments, high-resolution mass spectrometer, x-ray diffraction instruments, electron microscopes, observatories, marine studies field station, biospheric studies institute Corinthian yacht club basically a fancy way of saying sailing club
What does it take to get in? Application deadline: Dec. 31 Application fee: $75 Free waiver ability Early action deadline: Nov. 1 Don’t offer early decision No score cutoffs, but average score of people accepted: SAT-Verbal: SAT-Math: SAT-Writing: ACT: Tuition and Fees: $40,500 Books: $3,150 Room and Board: $12,200 Other: $2,400 Total: $58,000 Cost:
Financial Aid Average grant/scholarship: $36,000 Average Loan: $8,000 Federell Pell Grant, FSEOG, FWS 57% receiving need-based aid (over 3,000 students) Financial aid budget will increase $120 mill (up 2.5 % from $117 mill) Freshman will be expected to contribute $2,700 to their education (down $3,000) Families whose total gross income is less than $65,000 are not expected to make a contribution towards their child’s Yale education
Food Plan 14 Meal Plan Available to all except Freshmen students Any 14 meals per week 5 bonus meals per semester (for yourself, guests, parents, etc.) $150 per semester in Dining Points to spend at Durfee’s, uncommon or the Blue Dog Café at HGS’ McDougal Center as well as KBT, Marigolds, and Divinity. Dining Points carry over from Fall to Spring only. $2,750 per semester Full Meal Plan Mandatory for Freshmen. Available to All! If you are a resident undergraduate student and never specifically select a meal plan, this will be your meal plan by default. 21 meals per week 5 bonus meals per semester (for yourself, guests, parents, etc.) Eat as much as you want in any of the residential dining rooms or in Commons $2,750 per semester Anytime Meal Plan Unlimited number of meal swipes for cardholder at Yale College residential dining halls and Commons ONLY. $70 per semester in Dining Points to spend at Durfee’s, & other uncommon locations such as KBT, Marigolds, Divinity, and Blue Dog Cafe at HGS’ McDougal Center. Dining Points carry over from Fall to Spring only. 5 bonus meals per semester (for yourself, guests, parents, etc.) $2,817 per semester