Yale University
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Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, is one of the eight Ivies, the third-oldest college in the US, and one of the nine schools founded before the American Revolution. In a word: storied. Yale is extremely popular with Ivy League hopefuls and extremely competitive – last cycle, they had a 3.9% acceptance rate. However, if you’re reading this, we assume you know this. You’re here because a parent (or both!) went to Yale and you want to follow in their footsteps. Let’s talk about it.
Getting into Yale is hard, as you’ve experienced. Yale had a 3.7% overall first-year acceptance rate in 2024 after receiving the largest pool of applications ever in Yale history — and 10% larger than the previous year.
Getting rejected is a huge bummer, and if you are reading this blog, things didn’t go your way in Yale’s Early Action round. But try not to stress out. There is still time to turn it all around. It is just going to take some work.
Yale University, nestled in New Haven, Connecticut, is one of the eight Ivy League schools, the third-oldest college in the U.S., and one of just nine institutions founded before the American Revolution. In other words: steeped in history.