Yale College Confidential 2027 (2024)

FAQs

What is the yield for the class of 2027 at Yale? ›

The yield rate for the Class of 2027 was an historically high 72%. “Thousands of members of the Yale community, including alumni, current students, faculty, and staff, played a role in enrolling this incredible class,” said Quinlan.

What is the minimum GPA required for admission? We do not set a minimum GPA, nor do we attempt to re-weight GPA's to any standard other than what a school provides. An applicant's complete secondary school transcript (not just the GPA or class rank, if they are provided) is evaluated during the admissions process.

Yale University Early Admissions

It is a 1 percent increase from last year. They accepted 709 for a rate of 9 percent. This is the lowest rate since 2008. They offered admission to 776 Early Action applicants for the Class of 2027, down from 800 applicants for its Class of 2026.

The admitted class includes students from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, two U.S. territories and 62 countries. The 3.7 percent acceptance rate for the class of 2028 is the lowest in Yale's history, down 0.65 percentage points from last year's 4.35 percent acceptance rate.

It's called "Psychology and the Good Life," and enrollment soared to almost 1/4 of Yale's undergraduates just days after registration opened. Deemed the "hardest class at Yale" according to Dr. Laurie Santos, the course focuses on accountability and positive psychology.

Yale psychologist Laurie Santos is famous for teaching the university's most popular class ever -- on happiness. Her insights on how to achieve the good life were so incredibly popular that they have even been turned into an online class taken by millions of people.

SAT Requirements

We recommend that students aim for a good SAT score of at least 1530 to be competitive in the admissions process at Yale University.

A 3.5 GPA will be highly competitive, and admission can be reasonably expected at many colleges. Still, it's not the most competitive at places like Harvard, Yale, and Dartmouth, which, on average, accept students with GPAs exceeding 4.0.

There's no absolute SAT requirement at Yale, but they really want to see at least a 1470 to have a chance at being considered.

Yale Early Action Admissions Statistics Over 7 Years

1,531 students (20%) were deferred to the Regular Decision pool, while 5,537 students (a whopping 70%) were denied admission. Prior to 2021, Yale took an approach much like Harvard's in deferring far more students than it denied.

Is it easier to get into Yale Early Action? ›

Applying Single-Choice Early Action does not increase the likelihood of being admitted to Yale. Historically, the rate of admission among early applicants has been higher than the overall admission rate because many of our strongest candidates, from a wide range of backgrounds and interests, apply early.

Yale admits 709 early action applicants, matches 72 QuestBridge finalists. Yale College has offered admission to 709 applicants for the Class of 2028 through its early action program.

Yale accepts 4.35 percent of applicants, marking lowest acceptance rate in history. Yale College admitted 2,275 students to the class of 2027 from its largest-ever pool of 52,250 applicants. An additional 1,145 applicants were offered a place on the waitlist.

With a GPA of 4.14, Yale requires you to be at the top of your class. You'll need nearly straight A's in all your classes to compete with other applicants. Furthermore, you should be taking hard classes - AP or IB courses - to show that college-level academics is a breeze.

# of Matriculants: 1,641. Yield: 70%

At Yale University, the median federal loan debt among borrowers who completed their undergraduate degree is $12,975. The median monthly federal loan payment (if it were repaid over 10 years at 5.05% interest) for student federal loan borrowers who graduated is $138.

The student-faculty ratio at Yale University is 6:1, and the school has 72.1% of its classes with fewer than 20 students.