Amy Wang
Staff Reporter
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Quinlan appointed admissions dean

Whether accepted or rejected, applicants to Yale next year will see a new signature on their admissions letters.

Rushdie recounts life in hiding

On the morning of Valentine’s Day in 1989, Salman Rushdie woke to the news that an entire region of the world wanted him dead.

Supreme Court accepts race case

For decades, university administrators across the country have contested the use of affirmative action in college admissions.

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 […]

Ivies, Stanford, MIT post record-low admit rates

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 […]

Admit rate hits record low

For over three months, 30,000 high school seniors have been holding their breaths.

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 […]

Alum supports financial literacy

With Commencement looming two months away, the Financial Aid Office and Undergraduate Career Services are racing to prepare Yale seniors for life after graduation, especially in the sometimes daunting realm of personal finance. But the University’s current offerings may not be enough.

Term bill increases, but financial aid budget falls

The cost of attending Yale will increase by roughly 4 percent for the next academic year.

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 […]

Yale tackles financial illiteracy

On an ordinary day, the lobby of the Student Financial Services Center is clean, brightly lit — and almost completely empty.