Trinity, Wesleyan, and Yale admissions representatives will review all applications for the Connecticut Counselor Tour following the May 29 deadline. To ensure a broad variety of community-based and college-access organizations are represented, only one counselor per organization may attend. Selected participants will be notified mid-June.
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We welcome the opportunity to connect with you to help you and your community understand what makes the Yale experience unique, our extraordinary commitment to affordability, and our thoughtful whole-person review process.
Resources to support applicants
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Application material upload form
If you are unable to submit application material using Slate.org, Common App, Coalition App, Naviance, or Parchment, use this upload form.
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Application timelines
First-year applicants have three options: Early Action, QuestBridge Match and Regular Decision.
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Standardized testing
Applicants can fulfill Yale’s flexible standardized testing requirement with any of four types of tests: ACT, AP, IB, or SAT.
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Essay topics
Help students prepare to complete their Yale application by reviewing the Yale-specific essay topics for the current cycle.
Yale Admissions is on Slate.org
Slate.org is a free platform for counselors to view students’ application checklists, upload application documents, and access released admissions decisions. To join, create a counselor account at slate.org and select Yale Undergraduate Admissions using the colleges icon. One counselor per school is designated to manage permissions and portal settings.
Connecticut Counselor Tour
Trinity, Wesleyan, and Yale’s Connecticut Counselor Tour Program is a new fully-funded, three-day, two-night event program for counselors from community-based and college-access organizations that coincides with Yale’s annual Multicultural Open House (MOH). Selected participants will attend campus tours, panels, information sessions, and workshops focused on identifying distinguishing characteristics of each institution as well as developing broader college counseling skills.
Applications for counselors will open in the spring.
Selected participants will be expected to join all scheduled events on Thursday, October 1 through Saturday, October 3. Saturday’s schedule will center on the Multicultural Open House, which is open to the public. Participants may opt to arrive earlier or leave later but will need to share arrival and departure details when accepting their invitation. Trinity, Wesleyan, and Yale will cover reasonable transportation costs associated with an early arrival or later departure, but participants will be responsible for any additional lodging and meal costs.
The Connecticut Counselor Tour Program accommodations will be single rooms in a New Haven hotel, only for selected participants.
The program begins with a welcome dinner on Thursday followed by a half day on Wesleyan’s campus, and a half day on Trinity’s campus on Friday. Participants will then participate in Multicultural Open House (MOH) programming on Saturday at Yale. The program will conclude Saturday afternoon.
Yes. The Connecticut Counselor Tour Program will include unstructured time to connect with current students and explore our campuses.
No. The Connecticut Counselor Tour Program is limited to counselors working with community-based and college access organizations serving students who have been historically underrepresented in higher education.
Selected participants will be invited to share details of dietary restrictions, food allergies and other accessibility needs prior to booking transportation.
Affordability by the numbers
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$72,941
Average need-based scholarship in 2024-2025.
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$0
parent share for households with less than $100,000 in annual income and typical assets.
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80%
80% of US families with children qualify for grants covering at least the cost of tuition.
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88%
Yale College graduates in the Class of 2024 with no student loan debt.
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54%
Students receiving financial aid from Yale College.
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100%
Demonstrated financial need met by Yale College.
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23%
Of the class of 2029 qualifies for Federal Pell Grants
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$260 million
Estimated annual Yale College financial aid budget
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Yale Admissions Podcast
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Fee waivers
Yale does not issue its own fee waivers, but it is easy to apply for free if you meet any of the eligibility criteria for your chosen application platform. Follow the instructions when completing the Common App or Coalition Application on SCOIR. The QuestBridge Application is always free.
Veterans of the U.S. military and active duty service members are eligible for automatic application fee waivers.
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