University | 1:48 pm | April 2, 2013 | By Kirsten Schnackenberg and Amy Wang

Jeremiah Quinlan named new dean of admissions

Deputy Dean of Admissions Jeremiah Quinlan has been named named Yale’s new dean of undergraduate admissions. University President Richard Levin, President-elect Peter Salovey and Yale College Dean Mary Miller announced in an email to select staff and faculty members in the Yale community this afternoon that Quinlan has been appointed to replace Jeffrey Brenzel, who »

University | 10:55 pm | March 31, 2013 | By Amy Wang

High school senior posts college rejection op-ed

Last week’s flurry of college admission decisions left thousands of high school students elated by their acceptances and another hundreds of thousands disappointed at their rejection letters. On Friday, one rejected student posted a tongue-in-cheek commentary in The Wall Street Journal on her college application experience, a piece that has garnered national attention and sparked »

University | 8:51 pm | March 29, 2013 | By Amy Wang

Ivies, Stanford, MIT post record-low admit rates

Yale Admissions Office

It’s that time of year again — several colleges released their admissions decisions this week, sending hundreds of thousands of anxious high school students into either incredible elation or crushing disappointment. Seven out of the eight Ivy League schools posted all-time low acceptance rates for the class of 2017 yesterday, making for the most competitive »

University | 7:15 pm | March 28, 2013 | By Amy Wang

Admit rate falls to all-time low

Yale will admit 6.72 percent of students for the next incoming class, hitting the lowest-ever acceptance rate in University history. The Office of Undergraduate Admissions will accept 1,991 students this year for the class of 2017 from a pool of 29,610 total applications, Dean of Undergraduate Admissions Jeffrey Brenzel said in a Thursday email to »

University | 11:42 pm | March 12, 2013 | By Amy Wang

Term bill to increase by 4 percent

Yale announced a $57,500 undergraduate term bill for the 2013-’14 academic year on Tuesday — a roughly 4 percent increase from the current year. The new term bill, which is approved by the Yale Corporation each year, sets tuition at $44,000 and room and board at $13,500 for the next year. Tuition is currently at »