<p>Is the Yale Summer Session (For high schoolers) difficult to get into? Is financial aid available or do they offer scholarships? I'm going to try to get into Stanford or Harvard program too, depending if students have to pay for tuition, room, board, etc.</p>
<p>No - it's not that difficult to get into. They kind of just want your money. I think limited financial aid and scholarships are available, but I wouldn't necessarily be expecting anything from them.</p>
<p>No on the financial aid (aka, not even stafford loans..)--not even to people who are actually going to Yale in the fall.. blah..</p>
<p>What about Harvard and Stanford? I think Stanford gives scholarships, but I'm not certain...</p>
<p>I don't know about the financial aspects; I do know that all three colleges' summer programs seem to be fun, but are noncompetitive.</p>
<p>If you want to learn and have a bit of spare change, go for it. Don't expect it to increase your chances of getting into that university, though.</p>
<p>It is academically enriching though, right?</p>
<p>i might do session B</p>
<p>I did YSS last summer (it was YSP then). It was easy to get into, easy to stay there, but not easy to leave.</p>
<p>It's not really competitive at all. It's academically enriching, but depending on the courses you take and the profs you have, it's not that difficult to get an A. I only knew of one person who thought the courseload was too much and decided to go home. He was a pansy.</p>
<p>However, what I value most about the program are the friendships that I formed there. There was a whole lot of down time, so people just got to know each other, hang out, party, etc. So if you're looking to really challenge yourself academically and you don't really care about making new friends, I wouldn't recommend spending your summer at YSS. Try Harvard. ;)</p>
<p>But if Yale is where you must be this summer and you want something challenging, I hear MCDB with the lab is pretty hard.</p>
<p>doesn't it come out to be approx $6000? </p>
<p>$1900 tuition X 2 (You have to be enrolled in 2 courses, it says)
$1700 room & board</p>
<p>Sounds like ALOT of money for some course credit!</p>
<p>Yeah, true, it's expensive. But at least you get credit for it. I know at the Brown program you pay a crapload of money, and get practically nothing. And I'm pretty sure that courses are cheaper during the the summer semester than during the other two semesters... correct me if I'm wrong.</p>
<p>Heya there. Well, MCDB with the lab isn't too hard. Now throw in an extra course like....developmental psychology in with it....and you got yourself an overloaded plate...a very informational one...but very busy.</p>
<p>And if you're fortunate to be accepted to Yale, I guess you can tranfer those credits. But say you're going to Princeton....just SAY....the credits don't tranfer, but you can take a placement test and test out of those classes.</p>
<p>Hah. I remember that kid who went home. He annoyed me. Thank god he left. Wow, I'm so mean.</p>
<p>Anyway, YSP/YSS was SO much fun. And who knows...you could meet people from other countries and become good good friends ;).</p>
<p>yay i'm going to session B. does anybody know if the rooms are singles at stiles and morse?</p>
<p>hey does anyone know if doing well in the summer session greatly improves your chance of undergrad admissions? just wondering. im going to the b-session this summer. micro and macro econ.</p>
<p>Hrm. I don't think it greatly improves your chances of admission. Out of the like 200 summer high school students, i'd say a GOOD lot of them applied to Yale. Of those (maybe like 150??) I know that 6 got into Yale (of course there are probably some more). Don't use the summer session as a way to get into Yale. Use it as a way to learn and have fun. :o) hope this helps.</p>
<p>When I went, most people who did the summer program did NOT ultimately get into Yale. This program will NOT greatly increase your chances at all. If you're going to ultimately get into Yale, that'll happen without this program, but at this point, there's no way of telling. Granted, I think that maybe if you're borderline and you have great grades and good prof recs (and bear in mind that over the summer many times the professors are not really professors, but rather TAs just about to get their PhDs, so there isn't too much clout with them... there'll only be great pull if it's a tenured professor) that will look good in your favor... otherwise you're going to look like a bored kid w/ deep pockets and money to burn.</p>