William Deresiewicz spent 24 years in the Ivy League: first as a Columbia undergraduate and grad student, then on the Yale faculty. His public biographies prominently feature those... Read on
The seminar topic was borders, and particularly the US-Mexico border. The teacher, Alicia Schmidt Camacho—Yale professor of American Studies and... Read on
We already knew that more people than ever are eager for admission to Yale College. Now we also learn that those lucky few who were accepted are more... Read on
As the game of elite college admissions gets ever more competitive, the idea that the game is rigged in someone else’s favor is always sure to garner... Read on
Kwasi Enin "would cross Long Island Sound to attend Yale," Newsday reports. Well, who wouldn't, since Yale rejects 94 of every 100 applicants? Maybe... Read on
In his first freshman address as Yale president, Peter Salovey ’86PhD talked about his immigrant grandparents and the American Dream: how, "in two... Read on
Yale and Harvard, modeled after Oxford and Cambridge, are enticing some of the UK's top public-school students away from England's most prestigious... Read on
Kids, if you work really hard and graduate at the top of your high school class, maybe you'll get accepted to Yale. And if you work really hard and... Read on
Those of us who still harbor the image of squash as a fancy prep-school sport, one step down from polo, should take a look at the Wall Street... Read on