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September 3, 2004|Volume 33, Number 2|Two-Week Issue



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Peter Salovey (left), who is marking his first year as dean of Yale College, greeted incoming freshmen and their families on Aug. 27.



Yale welcomes new freshmen

The 1,312 members of the Yale College Class of 2008 arrived on campus Aug. 27 amidst the usual bustle and hustle associated with move-in day and associated orientation activities.

This year's class was chosen from the largest number of applicants Yale has ever had: 19,682 in all. That number represents an increase of 11% over last year's total number of applicants, and an increase of 27% over two years ago. This year's freshman class was the most competitive ever to gain admission to Yale College. Only 9.9% of applicants were admitted, the lowest rate in the history of the school.

More than half (54%) of the incoming freshmen attended public high schools. The remaining 46% graduated from private and parochial schools. All 50 states in the U.S. are represented, as well as 45 other countries. Male students slightly outnumber females, 51.7% to 48.3%. Students of color make up 32.3% of the class.

The median SAT score for entering freshmen was 750 on the verbal exam and 740 on the math, with the middle 50% of scores ranging from 700-780 for both.

About 42% of the freshmen qualified for financial aid grants from Yale. The average grant is about $21,700. Yale admits all students without regard to their ability to pay for their education -- a policy called "need-blind" admissions -- and meets the full demonstrated financial need of all students. All financial aid offered by Yale is based on need.

Incoming first-year students and their parents were officially welcomed at the Freshman Assembly in Woolsey Hall on Aug. 28 by President Richard C. Levin and Yale College Dean Peter Salovey.



Freshman Address by President Richard C. Levin

Freshman Address by Yale College Dean Peter Salovey

Welcome to Yale photo page


T H I SW E E K ' SS T O R I E S

Yale welcomes new freshmen

Hockfield is appointed as MIT president

Changes to improve campus shuttle's efficiency

China's education leaders learn about Yale

FRESHMAN ADDRESSES

Nursing dean Catherine Gilliss accepts dual post at Duke

Law student makes wrestling history . . .

Graduate School's 522 new members welcomed . . .

Yale to be test site for national study on childhood epilepsy

In Focus: Studying the Near East

Desert expeditions challenge previous notions
about early societies


Year's first Chubb Lecture to explore ethical issues and Olympics

Studies demonstrate role of cilia in kidney disease

Yale researchers' studies of mental illness win grant support

Historic events in psychology to be celebrated

Jewish philosopher Maimonides is the subject of conference

Film Fest New Haven to feature four works by Yale alumni

While You Were Away: The summer's top stories revisited

Welcome to Yale

Yale United Way Campaign sponsoring 'Day of Caring' book drive

In Memoriam: Mathematician Walter Feit, advanced finite group theory

Memorial Service for John Rodgers

Symposium honors Dr. Charles Radding

Historian is term member of foreign relations council

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