Jordan Fitzgerald
Staff Reporter
@jordtwitzgerald | jordan.fitzgerald@yale.edu
Jordan Fitzgerald edits for WKND and writes about admissions, financial aid & alumni. She is a junior in Trumbull College majoring in American history.
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LUCY HODGMAN & JORDAN FITZGERALD
Bulldog Days returns to campus for first time in two years

Incoming first years descended onto campus this week for the first in person Bulldog Days in two years.

April 27, 2022

JORDAN FITZGERALD
Yale Admissions Office looks back on “triumphant” reading season

Yale admitted 4.46 percent of applicants in March.

April 27, 2022

JORDAN FITZGERALD
Lawyers assess Yale’s efforts to dismiss antitrust suit brought against it

Legal experts share that motions to dismiss are standard practice, and are unlikely to influence the case’s outcome.

April 20, 2022

JORDAN FITZGERALD
Yale files motions to dismiss antitrust case

Yale and other members of the 568 Presidents Group filed a joint motion to dismiss the antitrust case brought against them in January. Yale also filed an individual motion, claiming their 2008 suspension of the consensus methodology exempts them from legal action

April 17, 2022

JORDAN FITZGERALD
UP CLOSE | Yale’s FGLI community: fact or fantasy?

Though there is a robust group of students who use the first-generation, low-income label, there is not a clear consensus on if a community exists for FGLI students.

April 11, 2022

JORDAN FITZGERALD, WILLIAM PORAYOUW & SARAH COOK
Yale administrators and Ukrainian students aim to increase Ukrainian admissions

In the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, administrators say that they will focus on expanding Yale’s Ukrainian population, although it is unclear whether admit numbers for the class of 2026 honor this assertion.

April 6, 2022

JORDAN FITZGERALD & CAMILLE CHANG
“Succession” star Jeremy Strong ’01 sits for sold-out talk

When Jeremy Strong ’01 was a student at Yale, he nearly bankrupted the Dramat to bring his favorite actor to campus. Twenty years later, Strong […]

April 3, 2022

JORDAN FITZGERALD
Yale admits 2,234 students, acceptance rate shrinks to 4.46 percent

Yale’s acceptance rate reaches its lowest point in recent history

March 31, 2022

JORDAN FITZGERALD
Yale College term bill raised by nearly 4 percent; cracks 80k

Yale increases cost of attendance from $77,750 to $80,700

March 10, 2022

JORDAN FITZGERALD
Bulldog Days back in person for first time since pandemic’s start

After a three-year hiatus, the Office of Undergraduate Admissions will once again host Bulldog Days on campus.

March 4, 2022

JORDAN FITZGERALD
Yale submits response to antitrust suit

Defendants in the 568 Presidents Group antitrust case filed a motion to stay the discovery process.

February 20, 2022