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The 1,304 members of the class were selected from among 15,466 applicants, a record number. The admissions rate of 13%, down from 13.8% for the Class of 2005, reflects a trend of increasing selectivity in the admissions cycle. Of the 2,009 students who were admitted, 66% chose to attend Yale, continuing a record of strong yields in recent years.
"The Class of 2006 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 attend," says Richard H. Shaw, dean of undergraduate admissions and financial aid.
Nearly 40% of the Class of 2006 has qualified for need-based financial aid grants from Yale. The average student scholarship grant for the Class of 2006 is $21,599 per year. The total Yale financial aid budget for these students for the 2002-2003 academic year is expected to exceed $11.3 million. None of this scholarship money is in the form of student loans or pay for campus jobs. Yale's financial aid policies are designed so that every student who is admitted may attend, regardless of ability to pay.
The incoming freshmen represent 47 states, 45 foreign countries and four U.S. possessions. They include 500 students from the Northeast, 248 from the West, 138 from the Midwest, 125 from the South, 86 from the mid-Atlantic states and 83 from the Southwest. International students make up 9% of the class.
The most popular majors indicated by the incoming students are molecular, cellular and developmental biology, 10.5%; political science, 7.2%; economics, 5.3%; and English, 5.3%. Majors in all areas of engineering represent 6.8% of the class. The students' median SAT scores were 730 in verbal and 730 in math.
Freshmen will engage in various orientation activities until classes begin Sept. 4. President Richard C. Levin and Yale College Dean Richard H. Brodhead will deliver their annual Freshman Addresses at 10 a.m. on Sept. 2 in Woolsey Hall, corner of Grove and College streets.
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