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Meet our tour guides! Yale tour guides come from all over the globe and together represent just a small percentage of the passionate, involved, and academically-oriented students in the undergraduate program. Whether they are telling you about research projects with their favorite professors, explaining history behind Yale’s collegiate gothic architecture, or sharing stories about late night adventures with suitemates, you can trust these Yalies to give you the inside scoop on student life.
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Making the Most of the Campus Tour by Josh ‘14
“Try not to feel overwhelmed next time you take a campus tour. Remember that the most important part of the tour is not the facts or the architecture: it’s a chance to help you envision yourself as an undergraduate at Yale.”
Check out this and other great tour advice from Josh at http://bit.ly/MakingMostofTour.
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“I see you,” said Cory Booker ‘97 J.D., mayor of Newark, New Jersey, addressing the Yale College Class of 2013 during Class Day. Booker told the Class that they are:
“… stronger than you know, more beautiful than you believe, more powerful than you imagine.”
Photos: Michael Marsland, Yale University
Scenes from Class Day at #Yale2013 and words from speaker #CoryBooker
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Every undergraduate at Yale belongs to one of twelve residential colleges, each a microcosm of of the University.
Residential colleges are headed by a Master and a Dean, and each has an independent library, dining hall, common room, and gym, as well as facilities such as a movie cinema and printing press.
Here are the shields that represent Yale’s twelve residential colleges.
Thanks to @Yale for sharing!
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Kat Lau, a member of Yale College Class of 2013, reflects on what she loves about Yale.
Congrats to all graduates from Yale - enjoy these reflections from Kat Lau, #Yale2013
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Last year’s Dan Cam at the 2012 Commencement.
Congrats to the Class of 2013!
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The Yale Center for British Art has been selected as one of The World’s 50 Greatest Galleries by The Times of London, beating out the Tate Modern and the Vatican Museums in Rome.
The gallery is always free and open to the public.
Wow! Congrats to the staff at the Yale Center for British Art.
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Stumped on selecting high school courses?
Yale Undergraduate Admissions site offers some good advice - http://bit.ly/HSclasses -
To all AP and IB test takers - good luck this week and do your best!
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Congratulations to the Yale Bulldogs Racing Team for their MASSIVE win at the Formula Hybrid 2013 Competition at Loudon International Speedway in New Hampshire!
Here’s the full list of prizes that the team picked up during last week’s competition:
- Ford Most Efficient Hybrid 1st place
- Chrysler Innovation Award 1st place
- GM Best Engineered Hybrid 2nd Place
- Fastest Hybrid Acceleration Time
- Fastest Autocross Lap
- Fastest Endurance Lap Time
- Fastest Average Endurance Lap Time
- Formula Hybrid 1st Place Best Hybrid Vehicle Overall
Photo: Michael Marsland
