Jon Victor
Staff Reporter
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JON VICTOR
Mixed awareness of OCS resources

Though the Office of Career Strategy has increased its efforts to branch out to students over the past couple of years, some students remain unaware of the office’s extensive programming.

January 28, 2016

JON VICTOR
Application numbers break records

Yale has received 31,439 total applications for the class of 2020 — the highest number submitted for any individual class in University history.

January 26, 2016

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JON VICTOR
YYGS launches Arab leadership awards

The Yale Young Global Scholars Program, a two-week summer enrichment program for high school students, will now be offering new Arab Student Leadership Awards in an effort to recruit more talented students from the region.

January 26, 2016

JON VICTOR
SAT to change format

On Saturday, thousands of students took the SAT for the last time before it moves to a redesigned format. Next year, Yale will accept scores […]

January 25, 2016

JON VICTOR
Schwarzman Scholarship boasts powerful network

For a national fellowship in its first year of operation, the Schwarzman Scholars selections committee featured a lot of heavy hitters.

January 22, 2016

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JON VICTOR
Admissions to focus on character

In response to a Harvard Graduate School of Education report centered around reforming the college admissions process, Dean of Undergraduate Admissions Jeremiah Quinlan announced Wednesday that Yale would be making changes to next year’s application to emphasize ethical conduct and authentic academic and extracurricular engagement over laundry lists of achievements.

January 21, 2016

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University hosts Yale-NUS study abroad students

When Alex Pont YNUS ’18 began looking through Yale’s course offerings, he found himself impressed by the sheer number of classes available in the Bluebook. […]

January 21, 2016

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JON VICTOR
Early admits undeterred by campus unrest

Despite the racial tensions and conversations that put Yale in the national spotlight last semester, some students recently admitted to the class of 2020 said […]

January 20, 2016

JON VICTOR
Five Yale students named Schwarzman Scholars

After a four-month selection process, five current or former Yale students have been named to the inaugural class of Schwarzman Scholars, a program founded by Stephen Schwarzman ’69 in 2013.

January 16, 2016

JON VICTOR
Yale accepts 17 percent of early applicants

Yale admitted 795 students, 17 percent of its 4,662 early applicants, to the class of 2020 Tuesday evening.

December 15, 2015

JON VICTOR
Financial Aid Office updates award letter

In just under a week, the first admits to the class of 2020 will receive a revamped financial aid award letter.

December 11, 2015

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