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With Bulldog Days just days away, many members of the class of 2029 still don’t know where they will sleep during Yale’s three-day admitted student event.

Over 1,400 admitted students are set to descend on campus on Monday, according to the Office of Undergraduate Admissions, marking a record-breaking turnout. But as excitement builds, some admitted students say they have yet to receive information on their assigned hosts or suitemates. With less than three days to go, some are getting nervous.

“I have not been assigned a host yet, nor do I know how many students will be in my suite,” said Kailey Calvo, a prefrosh from Florida, on Thursday evening. “I received correspondence about 30 minutes ago from Yale Undergraduate Admissions that I will receive my host’s contact information this weekend, and Bulldog Days start on Monday.”

The admissions office has not disclosed how many students have signed up to host. The office declined to comment for this article.

In the past weeks, the admissions office sent multiple emails to Yale College students asking them to host incoming first years for Bulldog Days.

“More than anything else, admitted students cite Bulldog Days as THE reason they choose Yale,” Senior Assistant Director of Undergraduate Admissions Karen Blake wrote in an Apr. 16 email to the student body. “Hosting even one student makes a difference … All you need to provide is space on your couch or floor.”

In an effort to “accommodate this much larger Bulldog Days audience,” Assistant Director of Undergraduate Admissions Skylar Cobbett sent an email early Wednesday morning offering monetary benefits to all Yale tour guides who sign up to host admitted students.

Cobbett explained in the email that tour guides will be compensated the equivalent of a regular tour for each admitted student they host during Bulldog Days. He noted that for guides to be eligible to “submit these hours” on their timesheet, they must sign up to host on a special form by Thursday night.

Yale admitted 2,308 applicants to the class of 2029 through a combination of early and regular decisions. With this incoming class, the University plans to expand its undergraduate class size by 100 students.

Admissions Office emails have repeatedly reassured prefrosh that details are coming “soon.” For some, though, that reassurance has not fully eased concern. The News interviewed nine admitted students who have yet to determine where they will stay on Bulldog Days.

For students like Calvo, the lack of clarity so close to arrival has raised logistical concerns, especially for those traveling alone.

While Calvo said she was “extremely excited to be on campus” since she committed to Yale in December, she found the lack of information regarding her host to be “a bit concerning” and said that her mother is also “extremely worried.”

But several admitted students, particularly those who arranged to stay with current friends at Yale, are more confident in the housing process.

Admitted student Zain Anwar told the News he will be staying with a friend from high school, who is a current student, and expects six to eight other admitted students to stay with him in the suite. 

Catrina Chen, another admitted student, also arranged her own housing. She will be staying with her former high school track captain, now a Yale first year. However, she said she “can’t imagine how stressful it would be planning without knowing” for her friends who opted for randomized Bulldog Days hosts.

Yosi Magaña, who previously visited Yale through “Yale in MOHtion,” a fly-in program for high school seniors to explore Yale’s cultural houses, said she anticipated a late release of host details based on past experience. However, others noted the timeline feels particularly tight this year.

“This is a little worrying for me personally,” wrote admitted student Elisabeth Lozier. “I wanted to go in comfortably with where I’m staying and who I’m staying with. Delaying the host reveal makes that a little harder.”

Sophie Sarazin, who said she will be attending Yale on full financial aid, expressed concerns that she may not “even have a host assigned and will not have a place to sleep” — and she cannot afford to pay for a hotel, “especially on this short of notice.”

Despite the lack of information on their Bulldog Days hosts, admitted students still expressed excitement for the experience.

Lozier, for example, said that despite not knowing her housing situation at Bulldog Days, she doesn’t believe “it’s going to be too big of a problem” and that she looks forward to visiting Yale.

The deadline for Yalies to sign up to host an admitted student was Thursday, April 17, at 12 p.m.