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Do you get to choose your residential college at Yale?

Before arriving as a first-year, each student is randomly assigned to one of fourteen residential colleges, providing undergraduates a built-in community from the moment they arrive on campus.
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How does the Yale residential college system work?

All incoming undergraduates are assigned to one of Yale's fourteen residential colleges. Students remain affiliated with their residential college for all four years (and beyond). Yale makes every effort to represent the diversity of the entire undergraduate community within every residential college.
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Can you switch residential colleges at Yale?

Students may request a transfer from their assigned residential college to another college. Such a request will be granted when a student has compelling reasons and there is space in the college to which they wish to transfer.
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Does Yale let you choose your roommate?

The dean of your residential college typically sorts you into a suite for your first year, but after that, you get to choose who you want to live with.
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What is the smallest Yale residential college?

Trumbull College is located at 241 Elm Street in New Haven and is one of the smallest residential colleges at Yale. It is also by far the most picturesque, a granite fortress that looks just the way people think Yale is supposed to look, with Jacobean chimneys, gothic arches, and a Norman dining hall.
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Was Gilmore Girls filmed at Yale?

“What they did not take into consideration was we didn't shoot at Harvard, but we also didn't shoot at Yale,” she explained. “That is not the reason why we didn't shoot at Harvard. If we wanted to build Harvard on a stage, we would have.” In case you were wondering, the math is definitely mathing.
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Is Yale smaller than Harvard?

Harvard is significantly the larger of the two; its 25,000-strong student body is almost twice the size of Yale's 12,000. Both offer internationally diverse student communities.
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Is it cheaper to live on or off campus at Yale?

Social and financial costs of living off-campus

Yale's financial aid policy calculates the estimated cost of attendance as the same for students living on or off campus which is $19,180 for housing and meals in the 2023-2024 school year.
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Is it impressive to get into Yale?

The Yale acceptance rate is 5%, making it one of the most competitive universities in the world. Acceptance rate is an indication of how competitive a school is, but it is also an indication of how popular a school is.
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Do Yale students live on campus all 4 years?

If you are in Berkeley, Ezra Stiles, Grace Hopper, Jonathan Edwards, Pierson, or Trumbull you will be housed on Old Campus during your first year and move to your own college in your sophomore year. While most Yale College students will live on campus for four years, some juniors and seniors choose to live off campus.
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What is special about Yale residential college?

The residential colleges are combination dormitories and dining halls in which Yale undergraduates lives. There are now twelve, with two more under construction. They house three to four hundred students. Each is a single building and also contains a theater, a gym, and other facilities.
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What is the oldest residential college at Yale?

Jonathan Edwards College | Yale University's Oldest Residential College.
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How are roommates assigned at Yale?

Lottery & Room Selection

After Oversubscription is complete, each group will be randomly assigned a room selection appointment. Each room selection appointment will last for 15 minutes, during which time the group can select a suite and assign beds to all group members.
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Is Yale 100% need?

For undergraduates with financial need, our aid awards meet 100% of a family's demonstrated need without using loans. We are committed to making the process of paying for your Yale education as manageable, clear, and efficient as possible.
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What do Yale students call themselves?

Pop quiz: what's a Yalie? We use the term routinely in the Yale Alumni Magazine, as shorthand for "any Yale student, alumnus, or alumna." But recently we received a gracious dissent from James C. Goodale '55, who wrote, "I view 'Yalie' as a pejorative term.
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Is Oxford or Yale harder to get into?

The acceptance rate for Oxford is higher than Yale, irrespective of its high score requirement for exams to study in the UK. Undergraduate programs at Oxford are highly focussed, while at Yale a broader curriculum is included at UG level of study.
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Is Yale or Harvard better?

Harvard Beats Yale in All Major Ranking Factors Save For One

In almost all the major ranking factors, Harvard has the upper hand except for the faculty/student ratio. Here, Yale is ranked at 4th while Harvard is at 40th. This aside, Harvard ranks first in academics and graduate employers while Yale is at ninth.
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How do I get into Yale from UK?

Pre-registration is required. Yale's most competitive applicants have Cambridge English scores of 185 or higher on the C1 Advanced, C2 Proficiency, or B2 First exams. Applicants may submit the Duolingo English Test (DET), which combines an English proficiency test with a brief video interview.
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Why is Yale so prestigious?

Since its founding in 1701, Yale University has exemplified a commitment to academic rigor and intellectual curiosity. As a member of the prestigious Ivy League, Yale consistently ranks among the top universities worldwide, attracting students and scholars from all corners of the globe.
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Is Yale better than Oxford?

Yale University jumps three spots to third place, while the University of Cambridge claims fourth and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Oxford tie in fifth. Princeton University and Harvard University are ranked seventh and eighth, respectively.
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Does Paris Geller go to Yale?

Paris and Rory then graduate from Yale.
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Are Yale dorms nice?

Yale dorms have many of the essential characteristics that other dorms have, but they also come with some pretty unique features. Think old fireplaces in common rooms*, wood floors, and bay windows overlooking gorgeous courtyards.
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What were the last 4 words of Gilmore Girl?

Gilmore Girls fans have waited nine years to hear the last four words that creator Amy Sherman-Palladino originally planned for the show, and those who binged all four episodes of Netflix's Gilmore Girls revival on Friday got them: “Mom?” “Yeah?” “I'm pregnant.”
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