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The school 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 school 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. | ||
| − | 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 | + | 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. |
Yale has a highly competitive undergraduate program, recently admitting as few as 9% of its applicants. Students and alumni are often referred to as Elis (after Elihu Yale) or Yalies. | Yale has a highly competitive undergraduate program, recently admitting as few as 9% of its applicants. Students and alumni are often referred to as Elis (after Elihu Yale) or Yalies. | ||
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| Yale University | |
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| City: | New Haven, Connecticut |
| Type: | Private |
| Sports: | baseball, basketball, crew-heavy, crew-light, cross country, fencing, field hockey, football, golf, gym, ice hockey, lacrosse, sailing, soccer, softball, squash, swimming, track, tennis, volleyball[1] |
| Colors: | blue, white |
| Mascot: | Handsome Dan (bulldog) |
| Website: | http://www.yale.edu/ |
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 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.[2]
The school 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.
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).[3] Senator and former Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton attended Yale Law at the same time as her husband.
Yale has a highly competitive undergraduate program, recently admitting as few as 9% of its applicants. Students and alumni are often referred to as Elis (after Elihu Yale) or Yalies.
See also
Notes and references
- ↑ http://yalebulldogs.cstv.com/
- ↑ Christian Examiner, Sept. 2007, Vol 25, No 9, Pg. 12
- ↑ Colleges and Universities attended by the Presidents.
