Yale Daily News

In 1955, Williams College Admissions Director Fred Copeland was bothered by a new trend: “This year, Yale, and, to some extent Harvard, gave early verbal […]

October 5, 2006

Numbers are a funny thing. Even the simplest ones can trip up the best of newspapers with the best intent. A recent article about the […]

September 23, 2005

This will be a little different than what you normally read on this page. This is not a rant about a policy. It’s not an […]

April 25, 2005

Imagine you’re a high school senior. Imagine you want to come to Yale. Imagine you come up to New Haven with your mom, and you’re […]

February 18, 2005

College admissions, like anything else that rides on the whims of 17-year-olds, tend to be erratic. A spicy rumor, a championship run by the football […]

February 7, 2005

After years of steady growth, early applications to Ivy League schools have dropped almost 14 percent this fall. The change in numbers was by no […]

December 10, 2003

Participation in Yale’s Junior Year or Term Abroad program is up more than 40 percent from last year, defying a recent national trend of plateauing […]

December 2, 2003

Nearly three weeks after Early Action applications were due to the Yale College Office of Admissions, Yale President Richard Levin said that the more than […]

November 20, 2003

Early applications increased this year by roughly 42 percent at Yale and dropped by about 47 percent at Harvard University, according to preliminary estimates by […]

November 13, 2003

Sarah Levin backs up her new book on athletics with an impressive resume. A member of the Harvard Class of 2000, she captained the Harvard […]

November 10, 2003

With early applications due tomorrow, the effects of Yale’s recent switch from binding Early Decision to single-choice Early Action are still unclear. Under the new […]

October 31, 2003