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Yale University
 * __Getting In (How good your grades have to be, what tests you need to take and how you need to do, cost, financial aid)__**

Yale is extremely challenging to be accepted to, they only except about 9% of the 22,817 students who apply a year. In order to be excepted to Yale University you have to graduate from high school with a 3.5 to 4.0 GPA (Grade Point Average) All students who were accepted to Yale scored a 700-800 on their SAT's. The school's tuition is 53,000 dollars a year, not including the expense of living on campus. Yale University is located in New Haven, Connecticut and 100% of first year students live on campus. Although the price may sound expensive, Yale has a special process once a student is admitted. This process is called "//need blind"// This means that once a student is accepted to Yale the student is automatically guaranteed housing and tuition needs met. Your financial situation will not affect whether or not you get accepted to Yale. Yale meets 100% of students' needs. This money will come in forms of different grants, scholarships (depending on grades and academic status) and students can work on campus. None of the money given to you as needed will be in loans, Yale University doesn't want any of their students to leave their school with debt so to prevent that they do everything they can to work with you and your needs.

Rating: My rating for this category is 4 out of 5. I like that the school is competitive and I also love that they fill all financial aid need, so no matter what my financial situation is when I graduate high school, if I am accepted I won't have to worry about paying to tuition. The only negative in the situation is that only 9% of the 22,000+ students who apply each year get in which means that my chances of getting in are quite small.


 * __Academics (Majors the school has, class size, access to professors, special programs, study abroad)__**

Yale University has 90 majors. Each class size differs depending on what the class is for. The typical class size isn't more than 10 students to 1 professor. This makes the relationship between the students and the professors better. When a student has a question they can feel more comfortable going to their professor and just ask a question. When there are 600 students to 1 professor it is tremendously hard to get a hold of your professor just to ask a question. The normal ratio of student to faculty at Yale is 7:1. Two of Yale's special programs are internships and teaching assistant opportunities. Internships are offered to Yale students so they can earn real-life experience in the major of your choice. Being a teaching assistant is another special program at Yale. This is offered to second and third year undergrads who scored very high in a class. Yale gives that student an opportunity to teach that class along side the professor. Yale also allows students to study abroad. Students at Yale can study abroad anytime in their 4 years. Students usually wait until their sophmore year to study abroad just because it's a more comfortable time and their already settled on campus. When choosing to study abroad students can choose to go anywhere around the world. The only places that are restricted are war zones (anywhere that there is a war or major violence happening)

Rating: My rating for this category is 5 out of 5 because there are allot of different special programs offered and overall they offer many opportunities.




 * __Student life (social life at the school, housing, fraternities and sororities, sports)__**

Student life at Yale is very comfortable. At Yale 100% of first year students live on campus. Their is co-ed housing and the campus surroundings are Urban. Yale has something called "colleges" As a student you are placed in one of them before you step foot on campus. These colleges are for housing students. Yale also offers special housing for disabled students. The way housing is divided is 100% random, this gives students a chance to meet new and diverse students and will create a rich social life for the student. Other social opportunities at Yale are sororities and fraternities. Yale has 7 fraternities and 3 sororities. They basically serve to do community service and open up networking. Yale is division 1 in sports. Yale, apart from competing with other schools, competes within the University. These are called intramural sports. The housing colleges compete with each other in intramural games. There are also club sports that are mainly just for people who either just want to learn how to play the game or are interested in having a little fun with it. In total Yale offers 53 sports and their team name is the Bulldogs.

Rating: My rating for this category is a 5 out of 5 because Yale offers and if I choose not to compete I can just join a sports club and have some fun. I also rate this a 5 because of the fact that Yale offers sororities and when I go to University I want to join one.


 * __My comfort level (getting back and forth, demographics, setting)__**

Yale is located in New Haven, Conneticut and 93% of the student body are out of state students. I live in New York which is fairly close to Conneticut so getting back and forth would be easy. The student body is 52% female and 48% male. I would say that the student body is diverse because there are allot of different nationalities represented within the school. The student body is 16% Asian, 7% Black, 9% Hispanic, 1% Native Hawaiin, 49% White, 6% of the student body are Two races or more and 1% of the student body is Native American. Yale is located in an urban setting whcih means there are allot of stores malls and things going on within the town where Yale is.

Rating: My rating for this category is 4 out of 5 because the school is very diverse and it is close enough to home that I don't feel as if I am not comfortable. I would love to go to Yale based on my personal research.