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'''Yale University,''' located in New Haven, [[Connecticut]], is the second oldest university in the United States (after [[Harvard]]).  It was founded it 1701 to train ministers, and was the first university in the United States to award a Ph. D. degree. The University was given its name to honor benefactor Elihu Yale, who donated a substantial amount of goods for sale and books during the early years of the institution, which was then named the Collegiate School. It is a member of the Ivy League, and, with Harvard and Princeton, part of the group known as the Big Three or HYP, which are associated both with academic excellence and with social prestige.  

'''Yale University,''' located in New Haven, [[Connecticut]], is the second oldest university in the United States (after [[Harvard]]).  It was founded it 1701 to train ministers, and was the first university in the United States to award a Ph. D. degree. The University was given its name to honor benefactor Elihu Yale, who donated a substantial amount of goods for sale and books during the early years of the institution, which was then named the Collegiate School. It is a member of the [[Ivy League]], and, with Harvard and [[Princeton University|Princeton]], part of the group known as the Big Three or HYP, which are associated both with academic excellence and with social prestige.  

Yale is one of the eight colleges known to make up the [[Ivy League]] and one of four of the Ivy League schools to accept applications from homeschooled children.<ref>Christian Examiner, Sept. 2007, Vol 25, No 9, Pg. 12</ref>

Yale is one of the eight colleges known to make up the [[Ivy League]] and one of four of the Ivy League schools to accept applications from homeschooled children.<ref>Christian Examiner, Sept. 2007, Vol 25, No 9, Pg. 12</ref>