| Line 12: |
Line 12: |
| | }} | | }} |
| | '''Yale University,''' located in New Haven, [[Connecticut]], is the second oldest university in the United States (after [[Harvard]]). Its endowment of $16 billion is second to Harvard overall (although Princeton has more per student). | | '''Yale University,''' located in New Haven, [[Connecticut]], is the second oldest university in the United States (after [[Harvard]]). Its endowment of $16 billion is second to Harvard overall (although Princeton has more per student). |
| − | | + | ==Schools== |
| | There are numerous components, including the undergraduate '''Yale College''' and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, as well as world famous professional schools of Law, Medicine, Architecture, Art, Divinity, Drama, Engineering & Applied Science, Forestry & Environmental Studies. Management, Music, and Public Health, along with many research centers. | | There are numerous components, including the undergraduate '''Yale College''' and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, as well as world famous professional schools of Law, Medicine, Architecture, Art, Divinity, Drama, Engineering & Applied Science, Forestry & Environmental Studies. Management, Music, and Public Health, along with many research centers. |
| | | | |
| Line 22: |
Line 22: |
| | | | |
| | The College is also known for its system of twelve residential colleges, as opposed to dormitories. Students are randomly selected for their residential college before their freshman year, and remain in their residential college for the remainder of their time at Yale. Six of the colleges, including Branford, Saybrook, Jonathan Edwards, Berkeley, Calhoun, and Trumbull, serve as excellent examples of the Collegiate Gothic style of architecture, whereas Davenport, Pierson, Timothy Dwight, and Silliman are Georgian. These first ten were designed by [[James Gamble Rogers]], while Morse and Stiles colleges are renowned examples of [[Eero Saarinen]]'s modern style. Although they are intended to be covered in ivy, the concrete-stone amalgam used in their construction repels the vines. | | The College is also known for its system of twelve residential colleges, as opposed to dormitories. Students are randomly selected for their residential college before their freshman year, and remain in their residential college for the remainder of their time at Yale. Six of the colleges, including Branford, Saybrook, Jonathan Edwards, Berkeley, Calhoun, and Trumbull, serve as excellent examples of the Collegiate Gothic style of architecture, whereas Davenport, Pierson, Timothy Dwight, and Silliman are Georgian. These first ten were designed by [[James Gamble Rogers]], while Morse and Stiles colleges are renowned examples of [[Eero Saarinen]]'s modern style. Although they are intended to be covered in ivy, the concrete-stone amalgam used in their construction repels the vines. |
| − | | + | ==Alumni== |
| | Yale alumni among U. S. Presidents include both [[George H. W. Bush]] and [[George W. Bush]] (Yale College), as well as [[William Howard Taft]] (Yale College), [[Gerald R. Ford]] (Yale Law School), and [[Bill Clinton]] (Yale Law School).<ref>[http://www.presidentsusa.net/collegelisting.html Colleges and Universities attended by the Presidents].</ref> Senator and former Democratic Presidential candidate [[Hillary Rodham Clinton]] attended Yale Law at the same time as her husband-to-be. | | Yale alumni among U. S. Presidents include both [[George H. W. Bush]] and [[George W. Bush]] (Yale College), as well as [[William Howard Taft]] (Yale College), [[Gerald R. Ford]] (Yale Law School), and [[Bill Clinton]] (Yale Law School).<ref>[http://www.presidentsusa.net/collegelisting.html Colleges and Universities attended by the Presidents].</ref> Senator and former Democratic Presidential candidate [[Hillary Rodham Clinton]] attended Yale Law at the same time as her husband-to-be. |
| | | | |
| | + | A survey of alumni in 2009 indicated that 53% are Democrats, 25% Republicans, and 19% independents. |
| | + | ==Admission== |
| | Yale has a highly competitive undergraduate program, recently admitting as few as 9% of its applicants. The highly prestigious medical and law schools are even harder to get into,. Students and alumni are called "Elis" (after Elihu Yale) or (now more often) "Yalies". | | Yale has a highly competitive undergraduate program, recently admitting as few as 9% of its applicants. The highly prestigious medical and law schools are even harder to get into,. Students and alumni are called "Elis" (after Elihu Yale) or (now more often) "Yalies". |
| | | | |