<p>See title. </p>
<p>I'm wondering, because they were rather cryptic about it at Yale's site.</p>
<p>they do it randomly at first, and then they look to make sure there aren't twenty guys named Dave in one college, or sixty engineering students in another so that each college has a good blend of different students. Or so I've been told.</p>
<p>It's fairly random except if you are a legacy or your sibling currently attends Yale. Then you can request either to be in or not be in your parent or sibling's college.</p>