An Hour with Yale Admissions

Hi everybody!
This is Mia Levy,Lisa suggested that I create a post about the Yale session that went on in the career center about a week ago, which I was shockingly the only one who attended. Although extremely intimidating it was an amazing experience to have a one on one conversation with an ivy league admissions.

Unlike when Princeton came to RHS, Yale did not have a speech prepared. Our conversation was fueled only by questions I asked her. 
Here are the main points I remember about Yale that might be of interest to you:

• Every senior at Yale is required to complete a master thesis, report, etc.
• Yale looks for a prospective student who takes the most advance courses their high school offers, combined with incredible achievement in their community, especially their school.
• The main major at Yale is political science and government
• The only offer about 30 majors but they have an extreme amount of courses and professors are required to teach at least one undergraduate course. (I can't really remember but I know it's at least one.)
• They have this thing called Residential Campuses where you are required to live your first year and you don't get to choose, they put you with people who are unlike you to enhance your stay at Yale.
• They're only a couple hours away from New York and Boston
• IT'S COLD!
• You can double major though most freshmen don't
• Study abroad is extremely encouraged.
•  Some firms, such as insurance, actually come on campus at the end of year to recruit seniors right out of college. Though for those with other majors they do have specific staff dedicated to help you transition into a career after college.

I wasn't even planning on going to Yale, I mainly went for the fact that ivy leagues interest me and my 1st period bores me to death. So most of my questions probably weren't what she was expecting. In case you were wondering the lady I talked to did not attend Yale. Get this:
She and the admissions officer of Princeton both attended University of Pennsylvania.

Weird huh?

They have weird clubs too. Such as:

• A Greys Anatomy Club, where the group gets together every Thursday night to watch the show.
• MEAT: men eating animals together, which is a group of guys who raise money on campus to hold BBQs.
• Qudditch. Don't all colleges have this club now a days?
• Anti-gravity Association, they juggle, a lot.
• and tons of others, their amount of clubs is amazing.

All in all the women I met with was extremely welcoming and nice. We got to know each other more then how usual college fairs go and that was an awesome experience. If you have anymore questions, because I basically asked every question known to man then you can email me at levymia@yahoo.com or just ask me at school! I can also give you her email if you would like to talk to her personally, I'm sure she wouldn't mind.

Oh and she also recommended to try a Thai restaurant in New Haven because supposedly it's amazing, just a heads up if you're thinking of visiting. 

Have a nice day:)