Yale University Top Questions

Your classmates are passionate and gifted, and you often will feel like they belong there much more than you do.

Engaging, passionate people who love to learn from others and teach others about what they are passionate about, whethere that is politics, music, or biomedical engineering.

Yale is incredibly diverse. No two people have the same background. You can find people from all walks of life, from ever corner of the world, and from ever ethnic, social, and economic background. It's frankly quite humbling. You learn so much from each other that way.

Yalies are really diverse in terms of geography, interests, and religion/ethnicity. There isn't a ton of socioeconomic diversity, though, and everyone is similarly ambitious and hard working. We're also a very liberal campus, though there is a vocal conservative minority. Bear in mind that I'm speaking from the perspective of a white, middle-class student, but I'd say that students generally hang out in diverse groups and get along well.

Students at Yale are incredibly diverse and amazingly talented. For example, as a freshman, I lived in a 10-person suite. My roommate was from Shanghai, and we had students of many different races, religions, socioeconomic backgrounds, and interests. Some sing a capella, others are on varsity sport teams, others are involved in politics, others write for the newspaper, others play intramural sports intensely. Diversity is embraced at Yale; students love meeting other students from different backgrounds. It's a very welcoming, warm environment.

A common trend among students is that we all have the drive to do something great - whether it be a future political leader or simply write the best essay ever. The best part about this motivational energy is that it pushes everyone to strive in their own niches. But the thing is, everyone here is just so different (I guess that's what admissions wanted?). Personally, I love the fact that I can walk into a dining hall and sit next to a stranger with a totally different life story and leave with a new friend. Because the atmosphere here is so academically competitive, students use extracurriculars to handle their stresses in proactive ways. As a result, Yale has a host of incredibly influential student groups, all comprised of leaders and resourceful minds. The student groups here have the power to actively participate in local elections, invite prominent guest speakers for Master's Teas (actors, politicians, writers, etc.) and even create non-profit organizations, among many other things.

The classmates are very friendly.

My classmates are an amazing, very driven, very diverse group of people from all walks of life who encourage each other to try new things and keep an open mind not just in the classroom, but in the world outside of it as well.

Smart, motivated, concerned people who are truly dedicated to exploring their interests and working hard to acheive their goals.

An incredibly ecletic mix of people who are for the most part devoted to school but maintain a variety of other interests and extracurricular activities.