<p>More and more I have been wondering how hard are the classes. I guess Yale would not accept someone who could not handle the work.Is someone attending Yale and feel it is too much? What is the average schedule for a freshmen? How hard do you need to study for test? Have you ever felt that maybe you are dumb compared to others? Do your classes often have pop quizzes and tests? Does everyone speak with an advanced vocabulary. Please tell me. Thanks. PS if posted sorry.</p>
<p>Is someone attending Yale and feel it is too much? wasn’t for me. But Yale has excellent advisors. If you’re in, you won’t fail. I think 94% graduate in four years</p>
<p>What is the average schedule for a freshmen? 4 classes first term usually, 5 2nd term. Lots of time to explore ECs and to hang out w/many new found friends. Some road trips too</p>
<p>How hard do you need to study for test? like HS – I had very rigorous HS classes</p>
<p>Have you ever felt that maybe you are dumb compared to others? some people do. everyone is pretty amazing. It’s how you see yourself. I didn’t care. I was just happy to be around such greatness. This intimidates some.</p>
<p>Do your classes often have pop quizzes and tests? no</p>
<p>Does everyone speak with an advanced vocabulary. you’re watchin too much Gossip Girl</p>
<p>My experience is old, but I came from a high school that didn’t prepare me all that well, but I still didn’t have significant problems. The only class in which I felt dumb was French, and that was mostly because I should have taken a lower level class.</p>
<p>I think it’s really true that they won’t take anybody who can’t do the work. Some classes are hard–but you can get a sense of that before you sign up for them.</p>
<p>Yale’s 4-year graduation rate (class of 2008) was 89.6%.</p>
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<p>I think those 5 year rates include students who took a year off to do something else, which a lot of students do - like study in China on a Light fellowship or travel with the Whiffenpoofs. My S didn’t go to China, but did study abroad for a year between junior and senior year. It’s not uncommon at all, so I don’t think that relatively low 89.6% rate is as bad as it sounds.</p>
<p>I certainly did not mean to suggest 89.6% was a “low” rate. On the contrary, compare these four-year rates (2008):</p>
<p>University of Pennsylvania 88.30%
Harvard University 87.80%
University of Chicago 86.20%
Washington University in St Louis 84.80%
Columbia University in the City of New York 84.30%
Johns Hopkins University 79.80%
Stanford University 79.50%</p>
<p>And yes, the rates include those students who take some time out of school and then return. (Yale’s five year rate is 95.3%, six year rate is 97.4%. Hence about 1 in 40 students entering Yale fails to graduate in six years.)</p>
<p>For the sake of completeness, these LAC’s have equal or higher 4-year rates:</p>
<p>Davidson College 91.90%
Claremont McKenna College 91.60%
Williams College 91.30%
Haverford College 90.70%
Pomona College 90.40%
Carleton College 89.60%</p>
<p>but Yale’s six year rate is higher than all except Harvards’s (97.6%)</p>
<p>Depends on what classes you take.</p>