The 649 women and 649 men who make up the Yale College Class of 2005 arrive on campus on Friday, Aug. 31.
The 1,298 members of the class were selected from among 14,809 applicants, a record number. This year's admittance rate of 13.8%, down from 16% last year, reflects a trend of increasing selectivity in the admissions cycle. Of the students who were admitted, 65% chose to attend Yale College, continuing a record of strong yields in recent years.
"The Class of 2005 is representative of the most academically qualified and competitive young people in higher education today. We are honored that after being admitted to Yale they have decided to come," says Richard H. Shaw, dean of undergraduate admissions and financial aid.
The incoming freshmen represent 49 states, 44 foreign countries and two U.S. possessions. There are 191 freshmen from New York, 158 from California and 97 from Connecticut.
The most popular majors indicated by the incoming students are molecular, cellular and developmental biology, 10.3%; political science, 7.5%; economics, 6%; and English, 5.4%. Majors in all areas of engineering represent 4.8% of the class. The students' median SAT scores were 730 in verbal and 720 in math.
The freshmen will engage in various orientation activities until classes begin Wednesday, Sept. 5. President Richard C. Levin and Yale College Dean Richard H. Brodhead will deliver their annual Freshman Addresses at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 1 in Woolsey Hall.
Levin and Graduate School Dean Susan Hockfield will formally welcome the newest crop of students at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at a Matriculation Ceremony on Wednesday, Aug. 29, at 9:30 a.m. in Battell Chapel, corner of College and Elm streets.
The ceremony will include remarks by Peter Salovey, the Chris Argyris Professor of Psychology, who will share his thoughts on graduate education. Then, to make their arrival even more official, students can sign their names into the official Graduate School register during a reception at the President's House, 43 Hillhouse Ave. This is followed by a picnic lunch in the courtyard of the Hall of Graduate Studies (HGS), 320 York St., and then by an Information Fair introducing the newcomers to the organizations and services of Yale and New Haven.
This year, there are 559 new students in the Graduate School, chosen from a pool of 6,300 applicants -- a record-breaking number. Males slightly outnumber females, 298 to 261. These newcomers join 1,685 continuing students.
Among the new matriculants, 402 are in doctoral programs; 107 are pursuing terminal master's degrees; and 50 are either Exchange Scholars or in the Division of Special Registration. They come from 273 undergraduate institutions, including Yale College, where 30 of them earned their bachelor's degrees.
Two hundred thirty-six international students are entering the Graduate School this year from 47 different countries. The largest group, 53, comes from the People's Republic of China, followed by 21 from Germany, 14 from India, 14 from the Republic of Korea and 12 from Japan.
Two other events will mark the opening of the Graduate School's academic year.
"Teaching at Yale Day" will take place 9 a.m.-4 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 4, in Rm. 119 of HGS. Student-facilitators from Working at Teaching (WAT) and Bill Rando, director of the Office of Teaching Fellow Preparation, will present a program to help teaching fellows (TFs) become capable and confident teachers. For further information, visit the website at www.yale.edu/graduateschool/mcdougal/tfpd/index.html or call (203) 432-2583.
All students, new and returning, are also invited to attend the Dean's Fall Reception 4:30-6 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 11, in the HGS courtyard. In case of rain, the event will be held in the HGS common room.
Both the Matriculation Ceremony and the Dean's Fall Reception are open to faculty and staff.
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